The games that I'm playing at the moment are Skyrim and League of Legends. What games do you guys play? I'm curious, maybe we can play together sometime. It might be hard though, because our timezone is different, which means I might be sleeping when you're reading this post! It is 7 hours before Bangkok from London, and 13 hours before Bangkok from Washington DC. Thankyou for reading my blog.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
What's up
Hello. I'm a student learning at Ruamrudee International School in Bangkok, Thailand. I'm excited to exchange blogs with you all. I'm a 13-year old boy, 8th grader learning in Ms. Torie's LA class. At the moment, i'm sitting in a classroom, headphones on, listening to Linkin Park, writing this blog. We are having extended periods of class, 15 minutes more to each 70-minute class, for 2 weeks, and a Saturday school day, due to the devastating flood in Thailand.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Innovations Created During the Flood
As you know the flooding in Thailand has been ongoing since the end of July. It is yet the worst flooding in 50 years. The amount of water was unexpectable, and it's hard to predict how much water will come. Now that the water has arrived, and it has flooded, us, humans, will need to start adapting to the environment until the flood is over. As long as we don't give up and stay strong, we will fight through this flood disaster
To make life easier for people who have been affected by the flood, many people have innovated products that are useful for flooding conditions. One of the creations was a floating toilet made by Cotto. Not only people can safely dump their waste safely, the toilet will treat the waste with microorganisms before its' dumped. I think it's a very useful and creative product made. Humans have to eat, and dump after, so having a floating toilet will make the environment much cleaner and better to live in.
To make life easier for people who have been affected by the flood, many people have innovated products that are useful for flooding conditions. One of the creations was a floating toilet made by Cotto. Not only people can safely dump their waste safely, the toilet will treat the waste with microorganisms before its' dumped. I think it's a very useful and creative product made. Humans have to eat, and dump after, so having a floating toilet will make the environment much cleaner and better to live in.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Flooding in Thailand
Since the flooding disaster in Thailand has started, I had to wake up every day checking the road from my room window to see if there was water flooding. Whenever I turn on the TV, I had to turn to the news channel to be updated about the flooding, and if our district is at risk. It's really sad seeing people leaving their homes and all those loss of lives and belongings. My parents weren't able to work and go to places where there was flooding water. We didn't lose any money at the moment, but if the water is high enough, and goes into our storage site, we will lose quite much.
At first, my parents decided to go to Rayong, but we didn't want to leave our homes, since we have work to do, so much valuables to take care of, and there was enough food, space and supplies to live at home. During Saturday and Sundays, when I was out to eat, there was so less cars and people around compared to the times without the flooding. Many shops were closed down, protected with sand bags and bricks.
The reason for this flooding is really man-made. First of all, industrial estates, homes, and factories that are built were once forests and trees, where plants and tree soils store water. Also, many rivers and canals in Thailand are not deep enough, and there are too much dirt, trash, and water-plants that slow down the flow of water. I recommend the Thai government to form a ministry of water/rivers or something like that that takes care of cleaning rivers, digging into the water to increase the dept of the water, so the rivers would not flood and we all are dry from water. This might cost a lot of money, but if this is done, we wouldn't all be suffering from the disaster, the amount of money lost, and life can be much easier, since flooding is the most damaging and effecting natural disaster that occurs in Thailand.
This flood occurring right now has really affected the economy. We all know that big amounts of tourists come to visit Thailand, which because of the flooding, tours were cancelled. We lose the chance of making money from foreigners. Many industrial estates are flooded, the cost of the renovation is indeed high, people aren't working, everyone is worried, and life is hard. School are closed, businesses stop and the cost of living increases. The amount of investors who decide to come to Thailand will decrease, which means there will be fewer jobs, price of real estates will also decrease, due to the risk of flooding in Thailand.
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At first, my parents decided to go to Rayong, but we didn't want to leave our homes, since we have work to do, so much valuables to take care of, and there was enough food, space and supplies to live at home. During Saturday and Sundays, when I was out to eat, there was so less cars and people around compared to the times without the flooding. Many shops were closed down, protected with sand bags and bricks.
The reason for this flooding is really man-made. First of all, industrial estates, homes, and factories that are built were once forests and trees, where plants and tree soils store water. Also, many rivers and canals in Thailand are not deep enough, and there are too much dirt, trash, and water-plants that slow down the flow of water. I recommend the Thai government to form a ministry of water/rivers or something like that that takes care of cleaning rivers, digging into the water to increase the dept of the water, so the rivers would not flood and we all are dry from water. This might cost a lot of money, but if this is done, we wouldn't all be suffering from the disaster, the amount of money lost, and life can be much easier, since flooding is the most damaging and effecting natural disaster that occurs in Thailand.
This flood occurring right now has really affected the economy. We all know that big amounts of tourists come to visit Thailand, which because of the flooding, tours were cancelled. We lose the chance of making money from foreigners. Many industrial estates are flooded, the cost of the renovation is indeed high, people aren't working, everyone is worried, and life is hard. School are closed, businesses stop and the cost of living increases. The amount of investors who decide to come to Thailand will decrease, which means there will be fewer jobs, price of real estates will also decrease, due to the risk of flooding in Thailand.
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