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ELEPhantetiquetteB y D a v e S t a m b o u l i s .

I have always been quite skeptical of elephant tourism, and it is with good reason that Thailand’s symbol and favorite beast, and the abuse of it, has come under worldwide scrutiny as of late. Especially in island tourist magnets like Phuket and Samui, there have been tourist fatalities, injuries, and calls by animal rights activists for a total cessation of elephant rid-ing, and one does wonder if man and beast can strike a balance, or if there can be ethical elephant tourism at all. The good news, is that at least up north, programs run by the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation (GTAEF) are doing their best to ensure there is a happy medium.

There are a few prime reasons why things go deadly wrong at many of the smaller elephant rid-ing outfits. In places like Phuket, there is little open space to care for elephants, and provide them suitable forest habitat, as they

really need to lead a relaxed, stress free existence. Addition-ally, many elephant attractions here use bull males, a prime no-no according to John Rob-erts, the director of the Asian Elephant Foundation. Bulls go into musth, a periodic condi-tion accompanied by massive hormonal rise (testosterone levels rise up to 60%!) and characterized by highly ag-gressive behavior. When bulls are in musth, they have killed their trainers and even mem-

bers of their own elephant family. At the Golden Tri-angle Foundation, no bulls are ever used with tourists, not to mention that the bulls they do have have plenty of forest space to hang out and decompress in, minimizing potential dangers in the sur-rounding camp.

In the Golden Triangle, the elephants are shared by two upscale resorts, the Anantara and the Four Seasons Tented Camp. In-come generated by tourism here goes to help fund the

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various projects of the foundation, which include target training (a type of passive reinforcement training of the elephants with no punishment or negative conse-quences, a real departure from the often cruel methods imposed to train elephants here for circus type acts), the reintroduction of elephants into the wild, and sustainable mahout development, working to ensure that the trainers and their families have ac-cess to making a decent livelihood, without needing to resort to abuse of the elephants to do so. The foundation also does not buy or use wild elephants, but takes elephants that cannot help themselves, many coming from the streets, illegal logging camps, or elephant shows.

On my recent visit up north, I got a chance to go to elephant school. As opposed to some of the more dubious operations where one just pays money and gets hoisted up on top of an elephant, at the Four Seasons Tented Camp, guests get put through a morning of training, which involves everything from putting on a blue jean mahout suit (the el-ephants are sensitive to color, so visitors are dressed in the same soft colors as the trainers), to learning how to speak to the el-ephant, to actual demonstration and prac-tice as to how to successfully mount, ride, and get off of an elephant.

While the command to go forward to an elephant is “pai,” don’t think about speak-ing Thai to the elephant and getting away with it. The other basic commands come from the Karen language (most likely due to


the fact that there were traditionally large number of Karen mahout trainers). “Baen” is another important one, meaning turn, and perhaps the most vital, “how,” which means stop.We were all given cards with these com-mands, along with the words for sit down, stand up, trunk up, slow down, lower the head, and lift the leg, but most folks were far busier with the more practical aspects of the training, that being the three ways to get on and off of the elephant. The easiest involves the elephant being made to kneel down, from which point one can hoist one-self up without too much ado. A tougher one involves putting ones foot on the leg of the elephant, taking hold of the ear, and stepping up. Even harder, pretending to be an NBA player and, with the elephant in trunk and head bowed position, jumping up towards the forehead, eventually work-ing ones way up the mount, a process that can go horribly wrong for guys if not ex-ecuted right! The converse of this, getting off the elephant, is a bit more fun, involving sliding off the forehead towards the trunk, and then leaping to the ground.

Elephant spines are fragile, not really made to support human riders, and the saddles that are used to ride them can cause plenty of damage. At our camp, we rode bareback, and were instructed to sit far up on the head, away from the spine. Additionally, the GTAEF elephants only work once per day, and are rested and rotated to ensure

their health and welfare.

The most enjoyable part of trekking with elephants, for all parties involved, is head-ing across a sub-channel of the Mekong River, where the participants get a bit of adrenaline going, especially when the wa-ter levels are high, and the elephants take the chance to drink, and then spray their riders with large showers to celebrate the end of the morning.

The calls to ban elephant riding may have some very valid points, but they miss out on the simple fact that there are huge numbers of elephants who cannot go back to the wild, not to mention that they exist with mahout families that are now com-pletely dependent on tourism to make a living.

While all elephants really belong in the wild, the sad truth is that this is not a re-ality today. In Thailand alone there are around 4,000 captive elephants, who along with their trainers, need to be fed, and there is not enough natural space for the elephants to survive, thus tourism may be one of the only ways of creating a prac-tical balance. If done responsibly, it can be of great benefit to all parties involved.

For more on sustainable elephant pro-grams and projects, contact the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation at helpingelephants.org.


B y V o i c u M i h n e a S i m a n d a n

There’s no secret that the old ways of Thai life are slowly becoming a thing of the past. Technological ad-vances, the modernization of the countryside, and a general flow of the young generation towards ur-ban areas are changing the dynam-ics and appeal of what once was the Thai traditional countryside.

Parents are starting to notice the fast rate at which the generation gap be-tween them and their children (and even between their older and young siblings) is becoming shorter and shorter. While this is inevitable, due to the fast pace at which technology is changing our every day life, more and more adults are acknowledg-ing the fact that the old values and lifestyle of their great-grandparents was by far healthier and more moral.

In an attempt to show their children

Day Tripping: Buffalo Village

that there’s a world out there that does not revolve around imaginary points earned on a smartphone or tablet game, more and more par-ents make the effort to take their kids out of the city to explore the village life of their ancestors. One such destination is “Baan Kwai” (or “Buffalo Village”), located in Sri Prachant District of Suphanburi Province, approximately 170 kilo-meters northwest of Bangkok.

The Buffalo Village is, as its name suggests, a buffalo preservation area covering 40 acres of land that aims at replicating, as faithfully as possible, the rural lifestyle of farmers living in Thailand’s central region. This village would make a perfect destination for a family trip, but it’s also worth checking out even if you’re a longtime ex-pat, a tourist on holiday, or, per-

haps even most resonant, a Thai who lives and works in the city.

Obviously, the focus of the village is the buffalo corral with its many beasts of burden. The village also serves as a learning and preservation center for buffalos whose numbers have dropped below one million from the three mil-lion heads recorded in 1996. You will be able to see some very rare types of water buffalo, including an albino buf-falo named ‘Kwan’.

The guide and the farmers attending to the buffalos can tell you all the distinct characteristics each special buffalo has, and you can also climb on them to take a picture or go for a short ride. There’s even a buffalo show in which, quite sadly, the animals are made to walk up on small structures, but you will also see how to make a ‘saphan kwai’ (a ‘buffalo bridge’), by lining up the buffa-los and walking on their back from one side to the other.

But there are many more things to do and see at the Buffalo Village that don’t involve buffalos. You can actually ex-


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perience the complete rice-making cycle, from taking care of seedlings, to turning the paddy filed earth using a wooden plough pulled by buffalos, to planting the rice, and finally to rice-threshing.

If you thought planting rice in the paddy field is an easy job, then you’ll find out the exact opposite. While at the same time trying not to slip and fall facedown in the mud, you enter a small paddy field barefoot with rice saplings in your hand and plant them in neat rows. It is literally backbreaking work, and the scorching sun above has no mercy on you either.

Once you’ve come to understand how dif-ficult it is to be a farmer, you then move on to explore the rest of the village. There’s still plenty to do, including learning how to use a fishing net, how to gather hay with a pitchfork, and how to care for the buffalos. After you’ve gone through the daily motions of a typical Thai farmer, it’s time to relax.

The village has well-kept gardens, and there’s even a lake with two black swans and fish that you can feed while resting in the shade of a roofed jetty. While walking around the village, you’ll discover a small zoo, an orchid garden, a herb garden, Thai wooden houses built on stilts, a souvenir shop, plus several photo stations where

you can fool around and pretend you’re a ‘real’ farmer.

There is no doubt that after a trip to Baan Kwai in Suphanburi Province, you will better appreciate the hard work farmers throughout Thailand do in order for us to have rice on the table. The village offers an idealized peek into a farmer’s life, but it is important to understand that, out there, in the real world, droughts, bad harvests, fi-nancial problems, poaching, and forest en-croaching are true problems that Thai farm-ers struggle with on a daily basis. Maybe next time when we’re about to throw into the bin the rice leftovers from dinner, we’ll think twice and be less wasteful.

The Buffalo Village is located on Suphan

Buri-Chai Nat Road at Km115-116 of Highway 340. The place is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and tickets for Thais run 20 baht for adults and 10 baht for children; foreigners cost 150 baht for adults and 100 baht for chil-dren, but if you show your work per-mit or Thai driving license, you might get a discount. Visit their website at w w w . b u f f a l o v i l l a g e s . c o m (Thai-language only) to find out more details.

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One of the primary joys of revisiting Eu-rope last summer for me was coming across wonderful little cheese shops, bakeries, and wine stores serving up local fresh delica-cies and cuisine for a fair price, found in just about every hamlet in Italy, Austria, Spain, and France. Unfortunately, in Bangkok, get-ting such mouthwatering items involves a trip to gourmet markets in designer malls or to jaw dropping rental units in Thonglor, with a mere few grams of my favorite deli-cacies costing a dear percentage of my monthly income. Thus, it is a delight to dis-cover a homey spot bucking the trend and delivering a slice of Europe to our Bangkok doorstep.

El Mercado, Spanish for “the market,” really is right out of France. Hidden away in a small street tucked behind the Queen Sirikit MRT Station, passersby most likely don’t even know it’s there, as one has to go through a small tunnel-like entryway which then re-veals a pleasant open courtyard, filled with tables and chairs, and then the wine shop and charcuterie / fromagerie, all in one café-shop behind it.

The Multiple Personalities of

El Mercado


French owner Axel Aroussi and his Spanish partner Griselda wanted a place that typified French and Spanish markets, where cater-ers and haute cuisine chefs could buy high quality products at wholesale prices, sample the goods and have business meetings while ordering, and make such a place available to the public as well. El Mercado succeeds on all fronts, as it is the place for some of Bangkok’s best restaurants to buy meat and seafood, as well as being most welcoming to the average Joe wandering in from outside.

You’ll need to book a table if you want to eat dinner here at night, as seating is limited, the cooking takes time, and don’t expect fancy tablecloths, menus, or particularly attentive service. The daily offerings change depend-ing on what the market has, and choices get written up on a blackboard. With a small staff and attention to the food, dishes take time to prepare, and you will be left mostly alone, but this is all about trattoria-style eating; you come with your friends, have a slow bottle of wine, order a plate of cold cuts that you choose yourself from the shop, and enjoy a quiet place well away from the normal hustle and bustle of Bangkok.

Perhaps even better is coming in here in the afternoon after lunch when it is quiet. I had the entire shop to myself for much of the time during a recent visit, with a chance to talk to the staff about various cheeses and meats while languidly nursing my latte. I set up an appointment to sample some imported ol-


ives, tried some Spanish salchichón, bought some creamy hummus, and was even offered a glass of pure pomegranate juice all the way from Azerbaijan, as the staff were keen to show off their products, knowledge, and just share the great food wealth with a visitor.

The only drawback of the shop portion of El Mercado is that it isn’t big enough to house all of the wide range of products they carry, so this is one place where you really do need to ask. The glass cases inside are made up mostly of goat and other creamy French cheeses, many of them now locally made, along with an awe-

some selection of cured meats, all of which are sold at prices below those of Bangkok su-permarkets, yet of far superior quality (it prob-ably helps when you aren’t paying Thonglor rents). At one end of the shop is the coffee bar, at the other end the kitchen, and there is also a bread shelf, with some of Bangkok’s top bakers contributing amazingly fresh ba-guettes and dense loaves of premium bread.

El Mercado has several kitchens, so that visit-ing chefs can test out the products they are purchasing, and while the fancy products may make the non-connoisseur feel a bit lost,

the “place des cons” sign outside (essen-tially “place of the idiots”) makes everyone welcome and treats everyone as equals.

It’s easy to spend an afternoon here. One wanders in thinking it’s a shop, but then one gets invited to sample the products (an absolute rarity in Bangkok’s high end mar-kets), and soon one is enjoying a fresh piece of quiche, a croissant, or having an espresso with a fellow gourmet food lover at the next table. This leads to a look at the outside blackboard, perhaps followed by ordering a full meal, followed by an investigation into the wine shop. Forget about time here, you are inside a courtyard that seems far closer to Barcelona than Bangkok.

While Thai food might still rule the roost, expats longing for some simple rustic home fare that won’t wipe out their wal-let will find El Mercado a real treat. Think of gourmet markets like Rungis in Paris or La Boqueria in Barcelona, gourmands’ heaven, replicated on an intimate customer friendly scale, and you’ve got Bangkok’s latest sur-prise.

El Mercado – elmercadobangkok.com – 490 Soi Phai Singto, Tel. 02 003-8922.The best way to get here is to take the MRT to Queen Sirikit, get out at Exit 4, walk south past the station entrance, and you’ll discov-er Soi Phai Singto leading off to the left. The soi curves left, then right, and El Mercado is about 100 meters after this turn on the right side.


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Plearnary MallGetting a bit bored of being caught in Bangkok traffic on a weekend? Let’s get away from the hustle and bustle and drop by at this lifestyle mall that comes with theme park-like atmos-phere. Welcome to one of Watchara-pol’s most unique destinations, the ‘Plearnary Mall’

Opened in October 2014 with its re-markable concept, using bears as the symbol of love, warmth and liveliness. Plearnary Mall has become a popu-lar spot for both locals and tourists of all ages. It’s located just next to the Tanommit Market, in Soi Watcharapol where public transportation is eas-ily accessible. From the very first step getting into this place until the last, you will feel that you’re actually walking around the world of fantasy!

Boost your morning energy with a cup of coffee and freshly baked bread from the oven at Bellinee’s Bake & Brew, a clas-sically furnished tiny café in earth-toned decor. They offer a variety of drinks including Pre-mium Blends, either in CALDO

In every corner of this lifestyle mall, you’ll get to meet with 80 different bear characters in their own distinguished costumes and uber cute postures. You can start with the 12 ZODIACS BEAR welcoming you at the entrance. Find your own zodiac sign, and then snap your cameras away! You can also enjoy your time at a huge ‘Plearnary Courtyard’ where the signature Mr. Plearn Bear is standing. Hug him if you’d like but make sure you’re tall enough to reach his height of 8 meters!

(hot) or FREDDO (iced), Classic Blends, with hot, iced, and even twist, Coffee-Free drink, and also Smoothies. You may want to sweeten up your breakfast with cakes and rolls of your choice or just a simple butter croissant will do.

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Once you’re done touring the site, Hong Kong SUKI on the first floor is your next sta-tion! With its concept of ‘de-liciousness of authentic Hong Kong-style foods’, this Chi-nese restaurant serves an au-thentic Hong Kong-style Hot Pot that you can rarely find in Bangkok. Its outstanding

offers are the three palatable choices of soup, Szechuan Soup, Chinese Herbal Soup and Preserved Egg with Chi-nese Parsley Soup. Roasted ducks paired with barbecue and roasted pork along with over 50 a la carte selections are some combinations you can try.

After a big meal, it’s time to walk around the mall and check out what shouldn’t be missed. Get on the sec-ond floor, and you will catch sight of an indoor amusement park, called the ‘Plearn Land’! You can leave your children hang-ing out with their new friends here so you can do your own shopping. Need to run some banking er-rands? Then walk straight to Plearn Cash zone. Want to grab some trendy clothes? Then head right to the Plearn Fashion zone. If you’re looking for electron-

Head down to the first floor again and search for the White Day Patisserie, a Japanese style café, with free Wi-Fi and superb service. The dessert that I would recom-mend is the Japanese Melon Short

Cake, which is served on a vintage wooden plate. The melon cream is so soft that it melts in your mouth together with the fluffy cake, fol-lowed by the unexpected bites of melon. Must-try!

Before going back home, you can stop by at TOKUTOKUYA, a store from Japan where all things you need are available for only 60

baht! Want some home decora-tions? Kitchenware? Tools? Sta-tionary? You’ve come to the right place for cheap!

As you make your way to the park-ing lot, you may want to stop for 5 minutes to take some food and snacks at ‘Plearn Food’ home. The food court is filled with food stores of all kinds, from Thai traditional to international dishes. You can enjoy

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Raise your hand if you are a Bangkokian who loves seafood so much, but can’t spare any holidays to go and eat the fresh shrimp, shells, or baby octopus in Pattaya or Hua Hin! Well, count me in also. But since I wandered around Ratchada Train Market and came across a cool-design restaurant under its unique name “Holy Shrimp”, I have found that the Louisiana dishes served here answer all seafood lovers’ needs!

Holy Shrimp’s highlight is that it serves what is called a ‘Seafood Bucket’, with a most fla-vorful sauce. You can make your own choic-es on what to fill your bucket with. Shrimp? New Zealand mussels? Scallops? Clams? Baby octopus? If you love all these seafood peeps, then order the tempting Holy Shrimp Catch, which includes all your seafood fa-vorites, plus potato and corn. If you really love corn, order an extra corn-on-the-cob to make an even more mouthwatering meal. Next, lay on the sauce. Five different sauces are offered, but I strongly recommend that you choose the Holy Moly Signature Sauce, which is the most popular among all. Then, it’s time for you to pick the heat. Choose the spice level you’d love to go with, rang-ing from non-spicy, mild, medium, fire, and finally “holy moly”, which is super-extremely spicy.

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After your Holy Shrimp Bucket is served in front of you, spread it all out on the big sheet of paper prepared on top of the table, and then use your fingers to taste these finger-licking seafood bites! I guarantee that you’ll get swept off your feet by this awesome seafood bucket. But let me tell you the secret recipe to add a delicious spell to your meal!

Along with the Holy Shrimp Catch, I recommend that you order the garlic bread as well. How can a piece of bread make your seafood meal taste better? I’ve tried it myself and would like to con-firm here that it was such a perfect match. First, you may want to stick with the basic by just turn-ing the sauce into a bread dip. But do you know that you can play more with this combination? Place a jumbo shrimp on a garlic bread slice, top it with corn, pour the sauce over it until soaked, and then swallow them all in one bite. It’s just “wow!” It will make you feel like eating a mini sea-food pizza overloaded with great toppings from the sea. Or if you want to make it look like a sand-wich, then pick two garlic bread slices, put a few clams in the middle and then – Bingo! – your clam sandwich is ready.

Stop by Holy Shrimp this week in a few lo-cations – check out their Facebook page at www.fb.com/Holyshrimpbkk to find where they are, or order it delivered from foodpanda – and create the combination bucket of your own im-agination. See how many “thumbs up” you’ll get at the table!


By Dr. Poungpen Sirisuwannatash, Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Digestive Disease Center, Bumrungrad Hospital

ColonosCopies Don’t Have to Be sCary

It’s no secret that colonoscopies have had a bad reputation for a long time. However, the benefits of undergoing this very important procedure far outweigh the short-term discomfort and tempo-rary awkwardness that can be associated getting a colonoscopy. The process allows your doctor to check your large intestine for diseases, tumors, ulcers, inflammation, or any other abnormali-ties, thus creating an opportunity to confront any diseases about which you may not be aware. Af-ter all, prevention truly is the best medicine. Of course, getting a colonoscopy is not glamorous, our doctors at Bumrungrad International have the tools and training to help make sure that each patient feels comfortable and well cared for from start to finish. In this article, we’ll explore some of the questions you might have about colonos-copies, and hope to shed some light on this very important preventative procedure.

Why are colonoscopies important?Simply put, a colonoscopy is a great step in the early detection of disease and cancers. Knowing about an ailment before it manifests into some-thing more serious, and possibly untreatable, is the first step in a proper preventative health care

routine. In the case of a colonoscopy, this screen-ing is especially important for patients over 50 years old (who have no colon cancer risk factors other than their age) and those who have a fam-ily history of colorectal diseases or cancer. Moreo-ver, a colonoscopy can help the doctor explore the possible causes of abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, chronic constipation, chronic diarrhea, and other intestinal problems.

Although preventative exams such as dental checkups, eye exams, general physicals, and women’s pap smears and mammograms are usu-ally done without hesitation, patients oftentimes are reluctant to schedule a colonoscopy. Many patients are anxious or afraid of undergoing an-esthesia or are embarrassed by someone examin-ing a part of the body that is often considered to be taboo.

Are there any risks associated with undergoing a colonoscopy?A colonoscopy poses a few risks. Rare complica-tions with a colonoscopy can include: an adverse reaction to the sedative agent, bleeding from the biopsy (in small amounts during or with bowel

movement after the procedure), bleeding from an interventional treatment such as a polypec-tomy, or a tear in the colon or rectum wall.

How do I prepare for a colonoscopy?The day before the colonoscopy, patients will have to clean out their colon, which is also known as the large intestine. This preparation is essen-tial because it provides the doctor with an unob-structed view during the procedure.

To empty the colon, the doctor will ask you to un-dergo the following process:

• One day before the colonoscopy, eat only light soft foods – no vegetables, fruit, dairy or dairy products. For example, you can eat soups (with fish or chicken), rice, and porridge. Drink only plain water or clear liquids. Avoid red or dark colored liquids, as it can be confused for blood during the procedure.

• Take a laxative: generally, laxatives come in both pill and liquid forms. You may be asked to take a laxative the night before the procedure or in the morning of your colonoscopy. The process


generally takes 3-6 hours, with 5-10 bowel move-ments in order to clean out your large intestine. There is no need to worry if feeling a bit tired, and it unlikely that you’ll feel any symptoms similar to those of diarrhea.

• Lastly, it is vital for you to inform the doctor at least one week before the colonoscopy of any medications you are currently taking, particularly for diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, or blood thinner medications, as you may need to adjust or stop taking medication temporarily.

What happens during the procedure?On the day of the exam, the specialist will take you to a room where you’ll get dressed in a hos-pital gown and asked to lay on your side. Seda-tion will be used in order to minimize any pain or discomfort.

The large intestine is then inspected with a colo-noscope. This device is a thin, flexible tube with a small camera and light attached to one end, with a side channel (tube) in which the doctor can pump air through in order to inflate the co-lon. The doctor may insert instruments through the channel in order to take a tissue sample, or to perform treatment. During a colonoscopy, the doctor (gastroenterologist) carefully examines the entire inner surface of the large intestine and looks for polyps or small growths and any exist-ing signs of colorectal cancer. The procedure takes roughly 20-30 minutes as the doctor gen-tly guides the colonoscope around these bends looking for polyps and other abnormalities.

Once the procedure is complete, you will be sent to the recovery room for monitoring until you re-cover from the sedation, which can take around 1-2 hours. (Afterwards, you’ll be able to go home,

get some rest, and of course enjoy some food. Some patients can be worried about the pain they may feel after the procedure is conducted, but in most cases only mild discomfort such as feeling bloated or tender in some areas due to the inflated air during the procedure may follow the exam.

After the exam, you may need a friend or family member to take you home as it may take up to a day for the sedative agent to fully wear off.

What can you expect?Negative result – Assuming that you are of aver-age risk of colon cancer, with no other risk factors other than age, a negative result indicates that the findings are normal and the doctor doesn’t see any abnormalities in the colon. In this case, the doctor may recommend another colonosco-py in 10 years’ time.

Positive result – Colonoscopic findings are positive if polyps or any other abnormalities are found. Usually, polyps are non-cancerous, and the doctor will remove them during the colo-noscopy. If one or more polyps are removed, the doctor will recommend follow up colonoscopies, depending on the polyp sizes, cell characteristics, and quantity. The duration of the procedures may last between 5-10 years, 3-5 years, or as little as 3-6 months. If the polyp has a high potential of becoming cancerous or is already at an early cancer stage, the doctor will inform you after the procedure with the full pathology report.

A potential issue after the colonoscopy is if the doctor is concerned with the condition of the large intestine due to a poor view quality from poor bowel preparation. In this case, the doctor may suggest an additional colonoscopy.

Talk to your doctor.You may feel uneasy or anxious bringing up the subject of a colonoscopy with your doctor, but don’t worry! They’ve talked about this topic with many first-time patients before and know how to calm fears and offer reassurance. If you still feel reluctant to schedule a colonoscopy, remember that this is the best method in detecting intesti-nal diseases and cancer, and that it’s worth the temporary discomfort.


YouTube has become one of the most coveted online moneymakers, and the surge of videos uploaded on YouTube that have monetizing partnerships with Google (who has owned YouTube since 2006) is tre-mendous. The most popular and profitable topics to make videos are about gaming, comedy, and music, but this doesn’t mean that if you’re not playing games, if you’re not funny, or you can’t sing, you won’t be able to start your own YouTube channel. Actually, anyone can start a channel, and with passion, time, and dedication, one day you might even be able to call yourself a full-time YouTuber.

Farah Asif is a Bangkok-based You-Tuber. A mix of Pakistani with Euro-pean Jewish roots, Farah moved to Bangkok when she was two years old, grew up here, and has lived in Thailand almost all her life. In July 2015, she uploaded her first video on YouTube and has never looked back.

“I’ve loved and watched YouTube for years and years, mainly beauty and fashion videos, for creative in-spiration, knowledge, and to update myself on what’s up and coming,” she says referring to her beginnings as a YouTuber. “One day I finally ad-mitted to myself that I wanted to be on the other side of the screen. I filmed my first video and uploaded

it, and the rest is history. It’s been a jour-ney of constantly learning and growing!”

The topics Farah Asif choses for her vid-eos are something she really enjoys and

YOU TUBERBy Voicu Mihnea Simandan

is passionate about in real life: fashion and beauty. She doesn’t mind spend-ing her free time researching and cre-ating content about these topics, and this might just be the secret to her suc-cess.

Although there are hundreds of thou-sands of fashion and beauty videos out there on YouTube already, Farah doesn’t think of the competition. “We all have a unique perspective to share even if it’s on the same topic. So, I’d rather focus on creating and support-ing my fellow YouTubers than compet-ing with them,” she confesses.

Her audience is predominantly female with only about 8% of viewers be-ing male. The top countries her view-ers come from are Mexico, Vietnam, Ukraine, the United States, and, of course, Thailand. But, the hard work she has put into creating videos has also started to bring in some profit. “Revenue didn’t kick in for the past seven months, but now it’s begun to. I still can’t pay the bills with it, but I’m working up to that!” says an enthusias-tic Farah.


Her channel has just topped 1,000 subscribers, and her vid-eos have been viewed a bit over 60,000 times. To reach this point, Farah had a few basic strategies: “Be consistent in delivering valu-able content (I upload once a week for the moment), support my fellow YouTubers as much as I can (because I love it and be-lieve in growing together), and keep learning and implement-ing new ideas.”

The topics she covers are most-ly on beauty and fashion, but, for the sake of variation and of reaching out to various audi-ences, Farah also uploads the occasional ‘vlog’. “I want my au-

dience to get an insight into my everyday life and activities. This helps in building a closer rela-tionship between us; because they come to know me better as a person.”

The funny things is that, al-though she looks for fame and fortune on YouTube, Farah Asif is also reaching out offline, searching to connect with peo-ple in her line of business here in Bangkok. With the aim of get-ting content creators who live in the Thai capital together, she started a Meetup group called “Beauty and Fashion Bloggers/Vloggers in Bangkok!” that meets once a month at various

locations in Bangkok.

The group was opened on De-cember 2015 and, since then, has grown to include over 170 members. “At first I had intend-ed to create a group for You-Tubers only, but then I realized that bloggers are also content creators. The group is open for people from the fashion and beauty industry, from makeup artists to art directors, but also for those who don’t do it as a profession but have interest in this area,” explains Farah.

According to Farah, the quali-ties of a serious YouTuber can be summarized as follows:

hardworking, having a vision or goal for their channel, deter-mined, and persistent. If you think you’ve got these quali-ties, then go for it and start your own YouTube channel. It is estimated that by 2017, over 70% of Internet traffic will come from video. Will you be too late for the party?

If you want to join Farah’s group, search for it on meet-up.com. Also, check out her videos at youtube.com/farahasifa and keep in touch with her on Twitter (twitter.com/farahasif17),Instagram (instagram.com/asiffarah),and Facebook(fb.com/farahasif15).


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Floating Towards NirvanaA lazy day on the Maha Sawat Canal

By Andrew Redwood

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loating in a smalltin canoe in the

middle of a lakeoverflowing withlotus blossoms, it'seasy for me toimagine I've attainedsome sort of nature-based nirvana.

My guide invites me to splashwater on the leaves, and thedroplets form instant balls ofquicksilver, scattering acrossthe palms as if chased byunseen hands. It is socaptivating that I have toremind myself that splashingwater for extended periods oftime is not an adult activity. Theonly sounds to be heard arethe rhythmic swish-swish of ourpaddles and a dry scraping ofleaves against the side of the

boat as we make a slow circuitof the lake.

As would be expected, thepath to this particular nirvanais long and arduous. From mynative skytrain I make severalswift transitions, from foot tokhlong, motorcycle taxi to rivertaxi to songthaew beforefinding myself at the Thonburirailway station. Once aboardmy train the pace eases, and Ichat to the farmer opposite mein pigeon Thai before itbecomes apparent his pigeonEnglish is considerably better.Lek is on the way to hismushroom farm after visiting hisdaughters and Bangkok home,and we both agree that thecountryside is a more pleasantway to occupy one's time. Theconversation lulls as we passout of the city, and I soon slipinto the meditative lull peculiarto scenery passing by at asteady speed.

A scrambled exit from the trainleaves me standing on a

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It’s hard to believe, but in 5 short months, this magazine will have been around for 10 years. We thought it might be fun if we took the next few issues to “flashback” to the first year. This article came all the way from Issue #1 of Bangkok Trader (the original name of the mag) in December 2006. Amazingly, the folks in the article are still around and doing their thing. Also, amazingly, we still have the computer files all the back to that first issue... and we still can’t figure out how they put this thing together! So we’re just sticking it in like the printers received and printed it a decade ago… in glorious black and white!

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deserted track that stretches toinfinity in both directions,affording me no clue of wherethe Maha Sawat canal may belocated. Meandering aimlessly,I luckily stumble upon anunexpectedly clear signpostwhich leads me down a schoolpath and I soon find myself bythe canal attemptingconversation with some kindfolks I spoke to on the phoneearlier. I had understood aboutten percent of what was said tome on the phone, but signlanguage and facialexpressions work wonders, andbefore long we haveestablished that I wish to hire aboat.

My guide and driver on thisjourney is Midnight, a motherly,knowledgeable woman with thesmile of someone who spendstheir life in close contact withnature and wishes for nothingmore. She eases the boat intolife and my view becomes thesleek prow of a long-tail cuttingthrough a waterborne jungle oflilies, which at times span theentire width of the canal andthreaten to clog our meagrepropeller. As the path dead-ends into an impassable massof vegetation, we turn suddenlyinto a narrow offshoot andarrive at my Nirvana. A groupof women crouch on the floor,packing lotus buds into neatleaf-wrapped parcels that sit inworkmanlike piles waiting to bedispatched to unknownmarkets. I follow a path throughtropical vegetation to a pagodathat stretches out into the large,square lake filled withblossoms. We float.

Back on the khlong, weencounter the first of manyextraordinary boom fishing nets- four spider-like arms attachedto a bamboo crane suspend abroad net in the water, which isthen raised by counterweight.Perhaps the fish in this area arewise to their tricks though, for Inever saw more than one in thenet's clutches. We draw level tothe next pier and step ashore to

find a loose collection ofbuildings next to a lake, and awoman emerges to greet us.On hearing my attempts at Thaishe launches into a steadystream of explanations abouther farm, which judging by herexuberance is a fascinatingplace. Unfortunately, mylanguage skills let me downand I have to go by bodylanguage and the powers ofmy own observation. It is a ricecracker farm, and from what Ican glean she sells at somehigh class places. The crackersthemselves are excellent andcome in two main varieties,shrimp and some kind ofsavoury seed, and I get theopportunity to make my owntoppings at a nearby table.

Equally fun is feeding time onthe lake, where whole basketsof crackers are tipped in until

the water seethes with catfishfighting for their dues. I'malmost certain catfish arevegetarian, but it would take agreat deal of persuasion for meto place so much as a fingerinto this feeding frenzy.

Our next destination is anorchid lover's dream - rowupon row of the beautifulflowers line the grounds, somestunningly pretty from afar,others seemingly understateduntil closer inspection revealsdelicately interwoven colours.Past the front shop, the farmstretches on to the horizon inneat rows tended by anoccasional worker. Midnighttells me it stretches back for12km, and smiles at my

amazement. A small dogacquaints itself with my leg.

One more stop on this organicmagical mystery tour, and it'sby far the most enticing. Onarrival, the fruit farm table isalready laid out with freshsamples of their produce, andI'm invited to tuck in. Feelinggreedy being the only oneeating, I pack as muchgoodness away as could beconsidered polite whileattempting conversation withMidnight and my farm hosts.They grow jackfruit (possiblythe best in the world),pineapple, bananas, papaya,mango, a strangely firm varietyof cherry I've neverencountered and several other

fruit species I cannot name. Aswe wander the fruit terraces,branches everywhere groanwith goodness and I wonderwhat life would be like outhere, tending my orchards bythe canal and stuffing theoccasional tourist full ofproduce. Most pleasant, Iimagine. They certainly seemvery happy, content people,and I thank them so profuselythat they load me up with freesamples to take away.

If you have a day to spare andwish to see life beside thecanals of Bangkok, as it wasbefore the skyscrapers grewand the neon sprang to life, Iwould thoroughly recommend atrip to Maha Sawat. Thejackfruit alone is worth thejourney.

For details of tours, call theMaha Sawat agro-tourismcentre at 0-3429-7152.

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