-EIMT 2010...

stand for Educational Interaction Malaysia-Thailand 2010...

Mineral Resources Eng. 4th Year

last week, from the 24th-31st Jan, the Fourth Year of Mineral Resources Engineering had a field trip to Thailand.. it was a great and very enjoying experience for us.. and yeah, a very tiring one too..

off we went...

this field trip was a collaboration with the Mining Department of Chulalongkorn University and we owed them a lot since they did a lot of preparations for us.. they had been a great help for us during our stay and journey in Thailand.. all of them were master students with the average age of 22-23 years old.. very young indeed.. and my special thanks to Keng their committee leader for working tirelessly with us to make this program a success...

inside the train

Day 1

we arrived after a long 23 hours of journey from Butterworth-Bangkok.. u should try it.. glad that the train had beds where we can sleep at night.. the journey didn't felt so long coz we enjoyed ourselves with playing cards, singing and yeah a bit of gossips to spice up a dull conversations.. hehe..

posing at Thailand's Railway station

some unique building designs from the art museum

they (CU Students) brought us to visit Jim Thompson's Museum and shopping at MBK.. there were other plenty other shopping complex within reach nearby (Siam Paragon!!)

do u know this Jim fella lost in Cameron Highlad.. in case you found him do give this museum a call.. (respons la a bit aiya)

beautiful lotus at the museum

Day 2

we went to Chulalongkorn University to visit their engineering faculty.. CU was ranked 78 in THEST and they told us that they never expect that.. but after looking at their facilities and their style of learning, they really deserve it..

journey to Pichit began later that evening..

Day 3

our first mine, Akara Mining.. it is a gold mine and a big one too.. putting all the facts and informations aside, its a very educational (skemakan i.. huhu)

with my CU friends

Ice and Anuch, Reng women!! hehe...

then leave to Lumpang in the evening...

Day 4

it was the first coal mine and yet the largest we possibly could see for us, MR students... Mae Moh Mine.. the mine is so vast that it reached kilometres away from one end to another and hundred metres in depth.. a magnifecent view though.. they are responsible to supply electric energy to a large demand in Thailand..

me at the hostel compound.. feel like autumn right? hehe

overall view of the mine.. i told cha it is vast...

posing cket.. hehe

jex posing

then leave to Tak...

Day 5

went to a zinc mine own by Padaeng Industry.. a well planned and organised mine the way i see it...

some pics in the mine area

mine view

Day 6

went to the smelting plant of Padaeng Industry.. i can remeber back all the knowledge that i learnt and see it with my very own eyes the detail processes in metal extraction..

me and Ice

royal symbol made of zinc

after that, we went to a feldspar mine.. a small one only..

yup.. we dunno how to read the sign board.. huhu

at the feldspar desert, mind you it was hell hot that time..

then, come the fun part.. we visited a, hmm i'm not sure, a park, a rehabilitation place, or whatever but the place was really beautiful... few thing about all the mines that we had visited were they really take care of the environment surround them and that including the society too.. they didn't ignored their social obligations which is a good thing.. they have long concerned regarding the sustainable development and yet in some part of our country, we're still talking about it! hmm...

me and Jex with the lush green forest

and again... =p

it felt so heavenly..

all the distances from each mine were hundred kilometers away from one another.. imagine travelling like that for one whole week.. massage? of course Thailand was well known for their massages.. we did want to have one coz the price at one of the place was dead cheap only 250 baht for 90 minutes.. its 25 myr people.. cheap right?!! but then, we booked it lated and the masseur didn't come.. adui sayangnya... other kind of massage? don't ask me.. don't know.. i'm a good boy bha.. don't know such thing.. ehhee (though there's a lot of taxi driver who promoted us to go to Patpong, we didn't go).. hehe

Day 7

we had a conference and a cultural exchange session with them.. we watched a very graceful and exquisite performance by the high school students.. of course, the guys were paying their attention to the fullest.. ehhe...

they are all pretty kan??

we did a great performance too i guess.. well, we were the ambassadors of Malaysia's culture after all.. hehe.. we performed the dances from the Malay, Chinese and Indian community and followed by a dance using the Malaysia Truly Asia song.. very cool right?

my dance mate at the back, Ex, credit to her for some of the photos here

what about dances from Borneo u might ask.. as a Borneon boy, of course i want to introduce our culture too.. hehe.. we did a short performance of Sumazau dance and then we invited all people to join us along.. its an easy and merry dance.. even the Thai people learnt it easily.. we had a happy time...

Bornean at Thailand!! YAY!!

after the session finished, we went back to our hotel err still with our own costumes (with some of my friends).. hey, its really cool you know to walk around with the traditional costumes in a foreign country where people look at you with where-on-earth-these-people-coming-from kind of look.. moreover, i'm wearing the sumazau costume ok.. borneo costume err people rarely wear it outside in the public.. imagine you wear the orang ulu costume with the cawat and all the other regalia, walla!! you are sure to have everyone attention on the street.. however, its a good thing you do it in a foreign country..hehe.. nobody will capture your photo and send it to The Star..

no, if you're thinking we're giving maggi mee from Malaysia to them, you're probably right.. no lah inside got antique labu sayung bha..

YEAH!! CHULA FIGHTING!!

these are my cool friends!!

later that evening, i went to MBK alone coz i want to meet Theressa.. she's Burmese friend that i met during SALT last year.. i got a chocolate ice cream treat and a small present too!! yay!!

in front of Siam Paragon...

hardworking Theressa...hehe

at night, we went to have a dinner on a cruise and the best thing was for only 500 baht ok!! that was like less 50% than the original price for one person.. the food were yummy (mind you, all of us were gaining weight there..adoh!!), then the view along the river was mesmerising especially when we passed the grand palace..(it's a big palace ok)..

Day 8

went to Chathuchak market (not sure whether the spelling correct or not) for shopping and i found out that i was overwhelmed with disbelief with the unbelievable cheap prices of the stuffs there.. you can even bargain for cheaper price for the stuffs you like.. whoah!! my eyes and my body were like; i want this! i want that too! oh there's another!!!... huhu.. yeah, its that cheap..and the fashion style of shirts there are cool too.. so, basically many of us brought back quite a lot of stuffs.. remember, next time you go Bangkok, make sure you bring just a few shirts so later when you go back you can fill your case with a whole lot of new clothes..hehe...

with Yin and Anuch in Tuk Tuk.. cool experience

it was a sad departure from Bangkok (i even hurt my own finger as the sign of my sadness.. duh.. sign of my clumsiness to be exact).. their hospitality were great and we enjoyed ourselves very much during the whole trip.. Thailand is indeed The Land of Smile!!

coz i'll be leaving on a railway train..dunno when i'll be back again.. oh babe, i have to go..

:leaving on a railway train.. =)

on another story, there was this one night i went out alone outside our hotel and walked along the pedestrian in the city.. what so special about that huh? hehe..with a cup of maggi mee in my hand and a can of beer to complete it..hoho.. i always wanted to walk in a city while eating mee in the cup and just walked around not bothering anyone.. it was a great feeling for me since it was my first time doing that.. i want to do that again next time.. i wanna go back there again.. yay!!

Cheers!!!