Pat's World Environment Day Diary (Part 2)

On Wednesday I was doing limericks with my Pronunciation class and in the last part of the class the students wrote up their opinions on saving the environment;two of the girls incorporated their ideas into a limerick! By the way I must remember to switch off the stand-by lights for my computer at home;the other night I forgot.
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Pat's Environment Day Diary

Well,what can I do to save Planet Earth and its people destroying their home?
First of I don't really do that many environmental friendly things,well I;m not a member of Greenpeace and I don't go planting lots of trees but in the mornings I try to save energy (and money;I save over 2,000 Baht a month)by walking to the Sky Train station Ari (it's only a fifteen minutes walk)rather than taking a motorbike taxi or normal taxi and I do the same thing when returning home.The walk is also good exercie.My landlady uses her car to do a ten second journey to a nearby block of flats where she rents out property!That is extreme laziness! and what a waste of petrol!

Yesterday afternoon I saw the film "Home"-very impressive;actually I had already seen the film on channel 9 on early Saturday morning but it was interesting to see the film up on the big screen.

Today: This morning I took some plastic bottles to a recycling bin;however,there weren't any recycling bins in the area of Ari but there were some at the entrance of Siam Shopping Centre;a long way to recycle things!
I've just signed up to Prince Charles's Rainforest Project.

to be continued.....

Pat

Bangkok Art Centre:prints and drawings exhibition

Some interesting prints and drawings plus you can buy a CD with images of all the prints and drawings.

Bangkok Bananas

Bangkok goes bananas with lots of interesting comtempory art shows.
On sunday watched the last show at the Paragon Parc with the fibre glass alien woman keeping a watchful eye over the various performances.
Although the drizzling rain could have dampened the spirits of the performers they were enthusiastic in their performances.

Hanoi

Mum and me had an early Pho for breakfast.Later we went to the Temple of Literature.
Then we went to the Ho Chi Minh mausolleum where mum had a little accident hurting cutting her head when she went to look at a model tuk tuk in a souvenir shop;the pavements are so uneven here.

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Vietnam Hoi An

Lovely town- to relax in for the last part of the holiday in Vietnam!
On the first evening I ended up playing a Vietnamese version of Bingo!
On the second day went on a day trip to My Son and then on the way back we stopped at an island opposite Hoi An and visited the handicrafts workshops.
Later in the afternoon I borrowed a bike from the hotel and headed off towards the nearby beach,whihc was packed as it was the holiday weekend. The sea was a little rough and the sky overcast,grey and slightly moody;for some reason I prefer the beach like this it seems there's more atmosphere.
In the evening the town's really picturesque with all the brightly lit lanterns in the shops.