Re-opening

Hi Everyone,

The British council will be open this Sunday (27th November). I will be giving you all self study packs which will include the most important exercises in the book which have been missed, and you will be expected to do the pack in your own time. It will include 2 or 3 optional writing exercises that you can do and submit to me before the end of term.

I hope no one has been too badly affected by the flooding.

Thanks Dan

Opinion letter to the editor of the Bangkok Post Newspaper

Dear Editor,
More people should use the alternative fuels such as gasohol, biodiesel for their vehicles instead of petroluem fuels. Petroleum fuels or fossil fuels or conventional fuels are non-renewable resources which are removed from the Earth to provide humans with foods, cloths, houses and other things to continually upgrade the standard of living. However, there are increasing of demands for petroleum fuels due to the growth of world's population and expansion of industrial sectors, meanwhile the supply is decreasing and will be depleted in the future. It is time to reduce fossil fuels consumption to save such resources, and consequently there are many efforts to seek other energy sources. The renewable resource derived from agricultural products such as sugar can, corn, cassava and palm oil is one of the best choices suitable for our country. These agricultural products are needed to produce the various grades of the alternative fuels available in all gas stations. Moreover, the alternative fuels offer a number of benefits. One of the most distinct advantages is that alternative fuel burns a lot cleaner than normal petroluem oil, resulting to lesser environmental pollution. To replace the conventional fuels with the sustainable energy sources, people ought to use the alternative fuels for their transports.

EED
Ratchayotin BKK

Letter to Bkk Post Editor

To the Editor

I recently read your article in Sport Section dated November 27, 2011. I am writing this to express my displeasure with the way you described on Manchester United situation.

Sure, that Manchester United are not doing well as we expected, but i believe they are still in the transition time of the year. Obviously, Manchester United Fans expect them to win in every game and cup and we all know that will not happen. I think the way you just describe them is a bit offensive. I am sure that they are trying their best and have media throwing mud on them is not going to help them win any games.

Medias and fans should cooperate and be their inspirations by putting more supports on their hard works and encourage them in difference ways to win the games. The results are the prizes and finally, to make everyone happy at the end.

Sincerely,

Cathy S. (MUFC -Big Fan)

Patong Beach

In hot summer holiday, the most popular tourist destination is Patong Beach. It is famous beach in Thailand, located on Phuket's west coast. There is a clean, fine golden sandy beach and clear blue water sea with calm wave. During the daytime people can enjoy wide variety of activities here such as jet-skiing and parasailing through fresh air, swimming in cool water among sunshine, and strolling along soft sandy beach watching gorgeous scenery while sunset leaving the horizon. By night the beach has a bustling nightlife which includes hundreds of restaurants, bars and discos. Patong's nightlife never fails to attract curious tourists every evening, especially at Soi Bangla where is the heart of bar scene with neon light and deafening music. For these reasons, Patong Beach always has visitors spending their time blissfully all day and all night.

Samila Beach

Samila beach is the one of popular places in Songkhla that is in the southern part of Thailand. There is the statue of mermaid that is Songkhla's symbol. East of this statue are cat and rat sculptures. There are many benches and pavilions. Many people do a lot of activities on this beach. Some go for picnics. Some go for play kites. Some go for drawing. This beach is clean and peaceful. Therefore, locals and tourists love to go for relaxation.

The Beach

What comes to my mind when I think about the beach? For me beach is place where you can do anything that make you feel relax and forget all about this crazy and busiest world. One of the beach I like the most is in “ Maldives”.

Last summer 2010, I have got a chance to get away from work. After being on a long night flight, the plane has arrived and that was not just yet, I still needed to take a speed boat to get to the island which was about 45 minutes away from the airport. I almost went to sleep in a speedboat but the big waves and the darkness made me more exciting and dizzy while I was praying to reach the land safety. After reach the island I found myself a room and already too tired. I gave a bellboy little tip and went straight to that white soft bed without bother myself to take a shower or even brush my teeth.

I woke up at 7:00 am in the next morning and wondered if someone was trying to shake the room. I looked out the window, It was a bright sunny morning! I immediately stood up and walked out to a little balcony and looked around. I just realized that I was in the water… my bungalow was in the water! I walked down the stairs and saw tons of friendly fishes trying to say hello to me. I closed my eyes and asked myself if this was real or just my imagination. The answer was yes, it was real. I packed my essentials and got myself ready to go out. I didn’t bring a lot of "swim gear", but I did manage to find some cheap staffs from the hotel. I started to walked along the beach. It was quite and relaxing I could hear soft music in the background of the sea. I was amazed at the view of beautiful sandy beach with a clear blue sea! It was like paradise! As I found a nice spot on the beach next to the palm trees, I put my beach mat and get ready to the water. With the sun shining on me, I smiled and felt like I was living in another world. I walked towards the waves of the sea and couldn’t resist the temptations to swim in this crystal sea. I hopped into the sea to played with those friendly blacktip baby sharks, color parrot fishes and some others for hours until I got tired. I came back to the same spot at night to sleep on the hanging bed that tied between the palm trees and enjoyed looking at beautiful full Moon and stars. Well I told myself under the moon this was I wanted a simple life with nature not a luxury life with a busy world.

After 5 days of wonderful trip I had to go back work and I still missed Maldives a lot. There are many stunning shots I took from Maldives to show friends and family how beautiful it was, but I believe those photos are only be a part of your journey story to Maldives. What about the taste of the foods, the smell of fresh air, the new creatures you have discovered or even the enjoyment of taking to different people are something that you could not describe in the photos they only exist in your own memory.

Kai Bae Beach

One of the most popular places for my holiday destination is Kai Bae Beach on Ko Chang in Thailand. It is still peaceful and preserves the nature because it is unknown to tourists. It is covered with the clean finely white sand and surrounded by coconut trees. Consequently, it become the natural beatiful scenery. Just walking along the soft sandy beach is great relaxing for me . Beneath the surface of the sea, there are coral reefs in an exellent condition. I can spend time with snorkeling and scuba diving. Besides the spectacular view, the local people life is very interesting. Because most of them are the fishermen, their life is simple and depend on the nature. For example, they still live in the hut or the wooden house, and have an own fishing boat. They try to protect the area from damage, and therefore it is plenty of resources. It is my impressive experience to visit there. If you love the beach, Kai Bae Beach is the one of best choices to go.

Cozumel

White soft and smooth sand, crystal clear water, blue sky and a smell of fresh air can be touch at Cozumel, Mexico. Cozumel is a small island located in Caribbean Sea on the south of Mexico. It is the place where many cruises stop by in a day so their passengers can debark and enjoy activities at the Cozumel’s beach. Everyone enjoy spending time there. Some of them like chilling out on the white sand or on the sea surface and let the wave lull them. Some chose to go snorkeling to enjoy crystal clear water, white sane and teeny tiny little creature under the water. All the passengers had the fabulous times at Cozumel but sadly they all have to get back to the ship and go home keep good times and memories but leave this pleasant island behind as everything used to be so that everyone on earth can come and enjoy Cozumel.

Cha-am Beach

Cha-am Beach is one of popular tourist attraction. It located at Petburi provice. There has a deep magic sound of nature or a melody of ocean orchestra. There is a beautiful views for memory. For examples, the views of tidy bubbles of sea water aross the large blue sky and the green of pine leaves which is painted by the warm wind. As a result, you will get a special memory picture at Cha-am beaches. Moreover, you can do many activities such as riding a horse around the beach, eating delicious seafood with spicy sauce, walking around the beach on the little white sand, swimming in the warm sea water among the school of varity fish. Therefore, Cha-am Beach is the favorite beach of many people including me.

Hua Hin Beach

Hua Hin is one of the outstanding scenic beaches in Thailand. It is on the west coast of the Gulf of Thailand. This popular retreat offers everyone stunning view of long sandy beach and clear sea water. Also, it is such a pleasure walking along the beach hearing sea breeze rustles tall natural grow coconut trees. To be more excited, people could freely enjoy any activities such as horse riding, jet skiing, and swimming. Those are something that is well matched together with Hua Hin beach. If privacy relaxing is needed, many luxury hotels with elegant beachfronts are also available for travelers to choose. Besides, visitors could easily enjoy Hua Hin lovely local life style by hiring a motorcycle and having great impressive dinner in the local night market to indulge in food and drink which is an absolute must during the stay. All the superb beach view, variety of activities, and local life style make Hua Hin an attractive beach to go to.