According to the Buddhist Era I am in the year 2556…..
Thailand mainly uses the Buddhist Era which is 543 years ahead of the Gregorian year. The year AD 2006 is indicated as 2549 BE in Thailand. Despite adopting ISO 8601 (see below,) Thai official date is still written in DDMMYYYY format, such as 1 January 2549 BE (AD 2006) or 23/04/2555.
ISO 8601 Data elements and interchange formats – Information interchange – Representation of dates and times is an international standard covering the exchange of date and time-related data. It was issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and was first published in 1988. The purpose of this standard is to provide an unambiguous and well-defined method of representing dates and times, so as to avoid misinterpretation of numeric representations of dates and times, particularly when data is transferred between countries with different conventions for writing numeric dates and times.The standard organizes the data so the largest temporal term (the year) appears first in the data string and progresses to the smallest term (the second). It also provides for a standardized method of communicating time-based information across time zones by attaching an offset to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Looking around you wonder if in the future the world will be like this.
Some people have no time, they are working 7 days a week, every three to four months, if the employer decides, they can take a day off!
When people are in restaurants, bars and even clubs they are always attached to their smartphones/tablets, they just need to know what everybody else is doing, they then feel the need to tell everybody else what they are doing.
Could this be a Facebook entry of the future?
“I have just been on the dance floor, danced to the music, it felt strange dancing and not being able to check my phone. Luckily the dance only lasted 1 minute so my phone and I were not apart for long!”
Then there is the traffic, a short journey takes so long because of the crazy traffic jams and nobody walks, they love taking busses, taxis or motorbike taxis. When mentioned that I was going for a walk to the Tesco Lotus, everybody was in shock they said take a taxi as it is very far! It is a 20 minute walk!!
Pollution is just so bad, you are walking in the street and the bus passes you all you can see is black exhaust fumes, one just has to cover their nose!
Starting weight: 88.8kgTarget weight: 63kgWeight recorded on November 12th 2013: 82.2kg
Over the last two months, I have proved to myself, that if I take one day off from training, I can put on 4 to 5 kg in weight, which takes a week of VERY hard training to take off!!
My diet has consisted of vegetables, steamed rice and lots of water (6 – 7 litres a day) I have not had cheese, bread or any other naughty foods for two months, you could say, without realising, I have taken on a vegan diet, although the very odd occasion I will drink milk and when visiting the Gurdwara have tea. Who can refuse Indian tea!?
Before coming out to Bangkok my eating habits were terrible, eating lots of bread, cheese, fried foods, sugary foods and other naughty goodies. After every meal I had to be close to the restroom, 'just in case I needed to go' which more often then not I had to visit a few times. In a day I had endless restroom visits, my stools were never solid!
I have felt and noticed my health improving so much, after eating I can comfortably go for a walk without worrying 'if' I need the restroom, in fact now I only visit the restroom once a day and my stools are solid, you could say they are picture perfect…..do not worry, there will be no pictures of them!
Believe me when I say the change has not been easy, for example after training, when I head back to the apartment, I take the lift to the 14th floor, there is a television in the lift and I am sure they know when I enter because all of a sudden there is an advertisement for pizza!! Have you noticed how everything looks so tasty when you are hungry?!
My weight has dropped to 82.2kg I need to keep up the Muay Thai and eating habits as my target weight is still 63kg…..
These delightful goodies are now a thing of the past!
Starting weight: 88.8kgTarget weight: 63kgWeight recorded on November 2nd 2013: 82.8kgFor the final month of training I have decided to rent an apartment. It is a 10 minute walk from the gym. At this point I attached some pictures of the apartment and realised my kachera were in full view! so better clean up and take more pictures!my apartment
The next picture was taken when I first viewed the apartment
As I have stayed in the 'village/ghetto' as I like to call it for two months, people have started to know who I am and become friendly. When I was moving to the apartment people stopped me in the street and asked “are you leaving?” They actually had a sad look! I said I am moving to the apartment at Lumpini Condo Town. They all seemed happy, it felt like the boy from the ghetto had done well!!
As you can see the apartment is very compact, but it is a nice bug free environment. Also, I get hot water, which helps my bruises!
When I was living and training at the gym it just did not feel like I got any downtime, being in the apartment now feels like I get downtime and am able to attend the training sessions with a fresh mind/feel…….in fact I have now even started training in Sundays.
Also, as I am still teaching English and finishing around 9:30pm, I will not have to walk back to the gym, where most of the time the village dogs chase me………I fear dogs, they chase me, snakes scare me and I see so many…..!!
If you are ever shopping at the 7 eleven in Thailand and are given these
keep a hold of them and use the stickers to get money off your next purchase at 7 eleven. 1 sticker equals 1 baht off the price. Does not sound like much but it all adds up!
This is basically wearing a rubber suit which helps you sweat more….actually the sweat pours out!! Running in temperatures of 34 degrees C and wearing the sweat suit is torture!
Below is a video of round 3 on the pads.
In between training sessions I get very down and depressed as am missing home so much. I really want to finish and go home…..
About a fifteen minutes taxi ride from the Gym is The Mall Shopping Center, Bangkapi. Bangkok is full of great malls, if you love shopping this is your city!
The Mall Shopping Center Bangkapi is a shopping center in the Bangkapi district of Bangkok, Thailand. It is owned and operated by The Mall Group. On the top floor of the mall is a large waterpark. On the 4th floor of the mall is SF Cinema City.
SF Group is a movie-theater and entertainment-leisure venue operator in Thailand. Behind the combined operations of Major Cineplex and the EGV chain, SF Group is the second-largest theater chain in Thailand, with more than 200 screens in 30 locations.
Opening times of The Mall
Mon – Fri 10:30 – 22:00
Sat-Sun 10:00 – 23:00
Nearby Attractions
Tesco Lotus
Tawanna Mall
Happy Land IT Plaza
Mark Plaza
Makro Hypermarket
Some pictures and videos from the mall
Behind The Mall is The Mall Pier (Nida Line)
The Khlong Saen Saep Express Boat service operates on the Khlong Saen Saep in Bangkok, providing fast, inexpensive transportation through the city’s traffic-congested commercial districts. The service has a checkered reputation, due to the polluted water in the khlong and the haphazard nature in which the service is operated.
The 18-kilometre route is served by 100 boats of 40-50 seats, and operates 5:30am to 8:30pm daily on weekdays (7pm at the weekend). Prices are 8 to 20 baht, depending on distance travelled. The service carries about 60,000 passengers per day. It is run by a company called Family Transport.
Route
The service runs between Pom Prap Sattru Phai and Bang Kapi districts in Bangkok. At Pratu Nam pier in Pathum Wan/Ratchathewi districts is an interchange between the western line, which terminates at Golden Mount, and the eastern line which terminates at NIDA, where passengers must change boats. Boats go past Watthana and Huai Khwang districts, running parallel to Phet Buri Road.
NIDA Line
Pratunam – interchange, near Pratunam garment district, CentralWorld and Pantip Plaza.
Chidlom – near Central Chidlom.
Wireless – at Witthayu Road near British Embassy.
Nana Nua (Sukhumvit Soi 3) – near Bumrungrad Hospital, “Little Africa” neighborhood.
Nana Chard (Sukhumvit Soi 15)
Asoke-Petchaburi – near Bangkok Metro Phetchaburi station and the old site of Embassy of Japan.
Prasanmit – at Srinakharinwirot University (Prasarn Mitr Campus).
Italthai – at Italthai Tower
Wat Mai Chonglom – near Royal City Avenue (RCA).
Baan Don Mosque
Soi Thonglor – a trendy street with many boutique shopping malls.
Charn Issara – at Charn Issara 2 Building.
Vijit School
Sapan Klongtun – near busy intersection of Petchaburi, Ramkhamhaeng, Rama IX and Phra Khanong roads, with Bangkok Skytrain (BTS) shuttle-bus service.
The Mall Ram 3 – The Mall Ramkhamhaeng, near Rama IX Road intersection.
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