What’s Happening?
Now – 6th December THIP THEP SAMANGKEE @ Galerie Panisa 053 202 779 This exhibition shows the mural paintings of Wat Maesapok, Mae Wang, and is featuring Rungroj Piamyossak. Now – 5th December A MESSAGE FROM PAPER & IRON @ Chiang Mai city Arts and Cultural Centre 053 217 793 This is the 6th Lanna-Japan Festival: A Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition by Shigeno Sawada and Junko Masumoto. 11th … Continued
City Sport
• FOOTBALL Just before their trip to Phuket for the International 7’s tournament the westerners gave two local teams a whipping. They beat the Kad Churng Doi team 10-2, after dominating most of the game. The following week they played the Chiang Mai FC Supporters Club team. The young Thais went 2-0 in what seemed like five minutes, though with loads of goals from Arek and Swiss Chris the Faranguta … Continued
Community Services
• Charity Christmas Cards 200 club, Citylife Chiang Mai Magazine, AA insurance and Rachamankha Hotel have teamed up to create a set of five Charity Christmas Cards. Every package contains five different designs. 250 baht per package. 100% of the money goes to the Elephant Clinic. ON SALE NOW [while stocks last!] at the Citylife office, Rachamankha Hotel, The Rim Hotel, AA Insurance offices [Meecho … Continued
City Buzz
A stylish, breezy and scenic restaurant located alongside the Ping River should be a hit with those who enjoy eating out, drinking out, chilled live music and a great nighttime ambience. The restaurant offers river-view seating, indoor air-conditioning, and lounge sofas overlooking the Ping, or you can sit under the large rain tree in the garden. No expense has been spared – they even have a walk- … Continued
City Vibes
Artist: Avey Tare Album: Down There Rating: Animal Collective’s Dave Portner releases his first solo album as Avey Tare, a release he says may never be played live. The first track, Laughing Hieroglyphic gives an immediate indication as to why that might be. One can hardly imagine these gurgling, melancholic introspections transposing themselves well to a packed arena. Down There is not made for t … Continued
Chiang Mai on the WWW
www.howardweiner.com www.howardweiner.com American artist and photographer Howard Weiner has taken his fascination of the infinite possibilities of contemporary photographic art to the web. Over more than 30 years, his photography passion has evolved into a unique blend of kaleidoscopic colours and patterns. Citylife has recently set up his website, which is very easy to navigate. You will quickly … Continued
World Tourers visiting Chiang Mai
Jean and Nathalie left France 18 months ago with a route in mind that will take them around the world in four and a half years, through 40-50 countries. Number 24 on the list is Thailand. When 44-year-old Nathalie Constantin and her husband, 50-year-old Jean, reach Chiang Mai in November 2010, they have many kilometres behind them. Traveling in a motor home, they have gone from their home in Franc … Continued
A Retring Attiude
Looks like somebody else wants to be my wife. Wait; let me put that another way. Looks like someone tried to steal my wife’s identity. We had heard about identity theft in Thailand but never thought that we would be hit. My wife has an expat sounding last name and a Thai sounding first name, obviously a Thai married to a foreigner. We wonder if that may have made her a target. Here’s what happened … Continued
Your Say
• 27 Years I like to read your magazine but finding it is difficult. I hope you will be able to send me some copies of your magazine to help me pass the time. Plus I am looking for a pen pal, please try to help me. My only contact with the outside world at present is by reading copies of your magazine. I feel I don’t have anybody inside or outside the prison that I can speak to and I feel very alo … Continued
Citylife In-house
Citylife Next Issue: Innovation We are looking for anything innovative, so if you know of a great innovator, a wonderful idea, something new and exciting, please email us at pim@chiangmaicitylife.com. Citylife’s 20th Birthday! We will enter our 20th year this year with our anniversary officially in July. However, there will be a series of activities, promotions and exciting goings on all year, so … Continued
This is Thailand
For those of you with any questions regarding Thailand, Thai culture, history, tourism, laws, rules, food, nightlife, sub-cultures, dating; generally anything as long as it is relevant, we have a panel of three experts who will respond to your enquiries. Email: james@chiangmaicitylife.com. 1. Hi. Just wondering, as the second hand book shops here don’t often sell books that have just come out, is … Continued
The Life of Wine
I only drink champagne when I’m happy, and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company, I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I am not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it – unless I’m thirsty.” – Madame Lily Bollinger Welcome to the fizzy end of the year. Travelling, partying or seeing the last few days out at work before the long deserved b … Continued
Citylife Chiang Mai Rugby Tens Tournament 2010
Chiang Mai Sua’s Rugby Club and Citylife Chiang Mai would like to thank the following sponsors for their contributions towards Citylife Chiang Mai Rugby Tens Tournament 2010. The tournament brought 16 teams from all over Thailand, such as the Pattaya Panthers, Phuket Vagabonds, The Old Bangkok Bangers as well as teams from further afield including the GU Doverie from Russia, who came together in a … Continued
A Chorus Line, Custard and a Bush
The word ‘spirit’ has its root in the old Latin word ‘spiritus’ which means breath. I am familiar with the word describing something that in itself may not have a physical manifestation but represents a way of being or an ethereal power. So I started to wonder what the spirit of the Daring family was. “Whisky?” suggested Mrs. D when I asked her. Not the answer I was looking for but an excellent su … Continued
Spiritual Predictions
What time of the year could be more suitable for a fortune telling than right now? Entering a new year marks a new beginning for many. Some, on the other hand, refrain from accepting the concept of time as we know it. “Time exists only for humans,” says Diana Manilova, a Russian psychic now settled in Chiang Mai. Our grasp of time as something linearly flowing and thus measurable might be nothing … Continued
Cruising the Mekong
Even knowing that nearly half the world’s population lives downstream of the Tibetan Plateau – Ganges, Irrawaddy, Salween, Yangtze, Indus and many more – the Mekong River is impressive. As it meanders its way down from Tibet, through China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and eventually lazing its way through Vietnam’s vast delta, spilling its muddy contents into the South China Sea, it provides l … Continued
In Good Spirit
“Let’s form a foundation, we can do good things” my good friend from childhood Po Garden announced one day. Not knowing the first thing about a foundation, let alone forming one, I smiled and gently told him, it was no good, I was too busy, after all, we also do all sorts of good deeds here at Citylife. Being a persistent little bugger, he decided to go ahead, and in the spirit of full disclosure, … Continued
Where Spirits Reside
Just about every old school, temple, home or tree in Thailand is purported to have ghosts, ghouls and spirits residing and haunting them. Urban legends abound in the land where spiritual entities are as real to believers as a Honda Dream. Whether you believe or not, here are a few of the hundreds of locations in Chiang Mai where you can have encounters of the third…fourth…or fifth kind. Just a … Continued
Editorial
It was tough, but we made it through the year, phew! Cutbacks, cancellation of projects, tightening of that metaphorical belt (just in case you thought I was applying to my literal one, which has sadly been loosened), and the word ‘frugal’ becoming the company motto…while we have not been alone in these painful experiences, it has not been fun. That having been said, we are very proud to report … Continued
Spooky Spirits
Waiting in the lift on the 5th floor at Chiang Mai Ram hospital, my colleagues were noticeably anxious, though when the lift pinged open on the 7th floor, and seeing a few kids chuck around plastic building bricks in a play pen, they breathed a sigh of relief…the floor was obviously unhaunted and in-use. We were on a mission. We were looking for a mysterious 13th floor, which was rumoured to be … Continued
Spirts of the Black Hearted Dog
I have been accused on too many occasions, perhaps most hurtfully by my mother (in view of her lifetime’s unwavering dedication to alcohol consumption) that I couldn’t organise a piss-up in a brewery. All I can say is, I wish the old battleaxe was here today (her dedication got the better of her) to apprehend my recent achievement: I had always wanted to see the place where all the magic happens, … Continued
Lifting Your Spirits
As if riding an invisible horse, Deborah Knight swings her entire body back and forth and up and down all at once in one smooth, continuous motion. She makes it look so easy. Limbs dangling loose, head rocking rhythmically to and fro, hips energetically shaking and both feet planted solidly on the wooden floor. These movements are meant to shake awake the energy at the base of her spine. “It is an … Continued