MacBook 13"

I've just bought a new MacBook on the last weekend. Now I have configured to use it under Microsoft Environment at my office. Here's the things that I did.

1. Use Directory Service utility to connect to the Active Directory
2. Configure the Entourage to connect to Exchange Server
3. Access to DFSRoot shared drive and created an Alias on the Desktop for fast accessing
4. Connect shared print server. I have no problem connecting to shared HP printers, but cannot find the driver for Fuji Xerox printer.

The Mac can be used under Microsoft environment eventhough its not that smooth, but it's acceptable.

I'm glad I can survive.

Loy Kra Thong

November 12 is Loy Krathong day in Thailand this year. Loy Kra Thong is a festival in Thailand where once a year that you apologize and pay respect to the mother river for having us use water to wash, clean, and drink all year round. We make flower bouquet from banana stem and decorate it with flowers and banana leaves.

My son and I went to a canel behind our house to float the Kra Thong. My son was pround as his Kra Thong was the most beautiful Kra Thong on the whole canal.

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Of course, his Kra Thong was the only one in the canal.

Around half the world in October

Amazing things happened to life. I had just finished traveling half the world in two weeks. First, I went to a Knowledge Management for Public Sector conference in London, England. Stay there for 4 nights and came back to Bangkok. Later in the following week, I had to go to Perth, Australia for a similar conference. Then had to rushed back to travel to Samui Island with family.

London is just the same as the London that I went 10 years ago. This time I had a chance to go to a play, "Momma Mia". It was fun. I was ripped of by buying the CD album of the play at 14 Quid, just to find out that the same CD is on sale at HMV shop (just across the theater) at 2 for 10.

England trip was quite fun. I remembered the first time I was in England (1978) ABBA was on the hit chart. Now I cane back 30 years later, ABBA was still evolving around me.

Perth was so boring. at 5:00 PM everything was closed. My conference ends at about 4:30 PM every afternoon. So I only had 30 minutes shopping. Nothing much to see either. I stayed at Holiday Inn hotel right in town. The hotel gave me a feeling of staying at hospital. All the toilet bowl and shower with stainless handrail which is very common in a hospital was used here.

On the second day of the stay, I went to Freemantle, a port just down south from Perth with old settlement and historic building of the early sttler of Perth. The seafood was great. I would be a lot better if I should have brought along the Thai spicy seafood source to go along with.

<See Picture about PERTH for explanations>

Samui Island, in Surathani, Souther Thailand, was fun. We stayed at a 5 star hotel. It's a very lovely 3-bedroom apartment with a view to private beach, located just miles from district area. I just had my world away from hectic life. I a great month for me actually.