Young Thai School Boy blowing Air Bubbles

By Thai-Eyes | February 20, 2010

While we lighted upon this young Thai schoolboy, sitting on the road
blowing air bubbles, it gave us food for thought.
How his future will be ?
Like a bursting soap bubble ?
While many tourists think Thailand is the paradise on earth,
for young Thai kids it´s more like a hell.
Many of them have to leave school long before they could get a graduation,
because of their parents run out of money.
Later on, in their life it´s more than difficult to get a job
to afford their livings, even with a graduation.
Wages are very low,
as there been minimum wages in 2008 from 148.- to 203.- Thai Baht,
depending on the provinces (Changwat), young Thai boys and girls reported,
that they nowadays just get about 80.- Baht a day for a 12 – 14 hour job.
If they´re lucky they´ll get food in addition
and a room which they have to share with the other staff,
but that´s more than rare nowadays.
Many young Thai kids start to abuse and sometimes also sell drugs
to get out of their hopeless lives and end up in prison.
The blow bubbles bursted !

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Image: Young School Boy blowing Air Bubbles
Photographer: Kitisak ” Nat” Jaidee

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Insect eating delight Thailand

By Thai-Eyes | February 15, 2010

Eating insects is a delight for people in many Asian countries, so in Thailand,
while foreigners (farangs) screw up their noses and are thinking,
that´s just disgusting. In the end it´s just a point of view.
You´ll believe us or not, Thai people are crazy for insects
and while we went to the Chiang Mai Flower Festival 2010
our photographer Nat discovered this insect street vendor.
He was begging me for a few fried crickets, bugs, worms and caterpillars
and told me, that after this little snack his photographic skills will improve a lot.
What kind of a chance I would have had…
I bought a selection of the most mouthwatering, fried insects
and earned a big smile.
After his little insect snack, we went on with our work
and Nat was not cheating me, he could do a lot of outstanding photographies.
Does that mean, that insect eating improves Your photographic skills…?
I´m not sure, but insects are very high in protein.

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Image: Insect eaters buffet
Photographer: Kitisak “Nat” Jaidee

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Mobile Thai Grocer

By Thai-Eyes | February 6, 2010

Especially Thai construction workers and business people don´t have time
to do their daily shopping,
so the mobile Thai grocer shops are coming to sell fresh vegetables
and other stuff from cars and modified motorcycles.
While in many western countries attendance is already a foreign word,
in Thailand service is still an important issue.

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Image: Mobile Thai Grocer
Photographer: Posantor “Chocolate” Saelie

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