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   From: takin&kanoknuan@stuck-in-a-wheelchair.org   
      
   "nurk_fred2000"  wrote in message news:   
   > On Jul 9, 4:24 pm, LarbGai  wrote:   
   >> ******* by our very own hard hitting newsreporter.   
   >> This is the stuff he treads the soi's and jungles for at night all   
   >> alone for.   
   >>   
   >> Great bargains found at Japanese Bazaar   
   >>   
   >> Funds raised go to charity   
   >>   
   >> Story and pictures by Steve Kramer, Photoenvisions   
   >>   
   >> The crowds began building by 9:30 a.m., even though the annual charity   
   >> fundraiser wouldn’t open until 11 a.m., and excitement filled the air.   
   >> It was time for the Nihonjin Kai, or Chiang Mai’s Japanese Woman’s   
   >> Association’s Annual Bazaar!   
   >>   
   >> This flea market, held every December, is run by the woman’s group and   
   >> donates the moneys raised to the Red Cross, the Disabled Center, and   
   >> various orphanages in Thailand, while offering great bargains to all   
   >> who attend.   
   >>   
   >> The space for the bazaar was provided by “The Kitchen Hash” Japanese   
   >> restaurant in Chiang Mai, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Fujita, and is an   
   >> excellent place to dine when in the mood for a great Japanese meal   
   >> served in traditional manner.   
   >>   
   >> ****** Betcha got a freebie there eh Steve?   
   >>   
   >> All of the merchandise on sale is donated by the various families   
   >> belonging to the Japanese Association members, and is as varied as   
   >> books to golf clubs, new Zebra brand cooking pots to antiques   
   >> furniture and new and used clothing. This reporter   
   > > was on hand for the   
   >> event and came away with a few treasures of his own! From the looks of   
   >> things, a good time and some great bargains were had by all.   
   >>   
   >> ****** No wonder the hardhitting newsreporter did'nt last long in   
   >> Thailand.   
   >>   
   >> *GRIN*   
   >   
   > ***And to think "He risks his life with thousands of dollars of gear   
   > around his neck" for Kombat Krap such as this...Lol, No wonder he's so   
   > famous at the Bangkok Radisson Hotel,,,Simply a BRILLIANT piece of   
   > journalism, any buyers for the story...?...ehhhh Pinkie...:-)   
      
      
      
      
   **I wonder if Steve really wrote that article? I suspect that it was written   
   by a 12 year old!  :o)   
      
   Steve used to boast that he wrote for all the leading travel magazines in SE   
   Asia, yet the only publications he named were not actually travel magazines   
   but rather those free/give-away tourist magazines you find in the back of   
   taxis and in the lobbys of 250 baht a night backpacker guesthouses!   *grin*   
      
      
   --   
   "I'm good, I know it, and I have no need for false humility. I'm proud of   
   who and what I am. And even prouder of what I'm becoming." - Steve 'Kombat'   
   Kramer   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)