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[ncr]

This was on the 2B frontpage a couple of days ago.

Knut from Sweden is looking for a girl he once met on Phuket. Well, I know him through an exchange of emails and am the one who originally introduced him to 2Bangkok, so I might as well post his request here once again to give it a more permanent place and increase the chances of someone recognizing her.

The story as per his homepage:

Some years ago I decided to make a long walk from Patong to the waterfall in Kathu. After some kilometres a young Thai girl stopped her motorbike and asked me in very bad English where I was going. I told her and she offered me a ride. After some more kilometres she passed the cross road going to the waterfall. So I told her to stop and let me off. She stopped and said to me that we shall not go to the waterfall. I became a big question mark - what did she mean? She then said 'mai fon, mai nam tok', which means 'no rain, no waterfall'. I was still a big question mark - so where are we going now? Just hang on, you will see. My curiosity made me to obey. Soon we came to Kathu, where she stopped and asked me to join her. She entered a temple where she bought two bunches of incense. One she gave to me and told me to follow her and do the same as she. The air in the temple was thick of smoke, but I hold out and fell to my knees in front of Buddha and lit my incense on every place in the temple. When they were finished we hurried quickly away and soon we arrived to Phuket town, where a giant religious ceremony (katin) was passing through the streets with fire-crackers exploding around. I saw participants with masks (khon) representing different gods, among others Hanoman - the monkey god. In the long procession I saw many badly hurt by the fire-crackers. One had got it in his eye, which did not stop him from participating. I managed to get free from these and I don't think I was a goal. All the time the girl was running in a high speed and I had some difficulty to keep up with her. Finally the adventure was over and she asked me to sit up again on her motorbike. When we returned to Patong she told me that she should start working within 15 minutes. Her name was Cherry. I told her now that I wanted to talk to her, so we sat down on a stone bench. I first asked her why she had taken me up from the road. She answered: "I saw you were a Buddha". Now I really felt curious. "But - how ... ?". "Yes", she said "your white dress and you walked and walked and walked". When I showed her my Buddha amulet, she was not surprised. "I knew" she said. Now I asked her why she never smiled like other Thai people. She said "Cherry not happy, have no friends, no papa, no mama, no contact with brothers and sisters, Cherry not smile". I had to fight my tears - so touching. I told her she must smile a little to get friends. Then there was a little smile on her lips. "Oh, look", I said, "you just got a friend". "Have I", she replied with a big smile, "I will not work today, instead I bring you to Kata". So she did and now we were friends. In Kata I offered her a vegetarian lunch and we split. We never met again. I wish I could show a photo, but my camera was on my room that day, but see my painting.

[ncr]

Originally Posted by ncr

At the current pace, we'll reach the 10,000 posts threshold around June/July 2006, well before the forum's third anniversary.

Bingo!

Nobody paid attention, but we did pass the 10,000 mark some days ago.

Probably time to close this thread once and for all..... the only big thing still missing is surpassing the 1,000 registered users mark (as of today we have 794).

[von Hirschhorn]

… Nobody paid attention …

Sorry, there’s so much to attend to that things like this slip away. Do we really have to congratulated ourselves or do we just deserve it.
In the latter here some imaginary cakes, enjoy it.

[ncr]

Thanks for your cake, it was delicious. (Or I imagine it was.) I took the freedom to take two imaginary pieces.

Was it a Dutch cake or a Thai cake?

[von Hirschhorn]

A real Dutch cake with a lot of “slagroom” (Shlagsahne / whipped cream) but in this case a real Dutch treat I fear. Sorry guys.

[Pas]

you remember your birthday don't you?
have a good one.
Pas

[ncr]

...and you never forget to congratulate me? Has become something of a ritual on this forum, hasn't it.

Thanks, Pas.

[von Hirschhorn]

Well Nils, although we know each other only on this site also a happy birthday from abroad.
Let the steamer steam and celebrate the occasion on a Thai manner. Tschüß und viel Vergnügen.

[ncr]

Khop khun khrap, thank you, merci beaucoup, dankeschön, dank U (is that correct?), mille grazie.........

[Yappofloyd]

Khun ncr, a belated and most happy birthday.

Perhaps one of the political parties will deliver this year and give you a mass transit line or two for next birthday?

[ncr]

Originally Posted by Yappofloyd

Perhaps one of the political parties will deliver this year and give you a mass transit line or two for next birthday?

I certainly hope so.... if only it could be true!

[von Hirschhorn]

That's perfectly correct.

[Enis]

Hello

How do you insert pictures in a forumtread?

/Enis

[ncr]

And it's Pas' birthday again!

Best wishes to you, Mr. Highrise.

(Funny - we only met each other once: at the second 2Bangkok Meeting on 31 August 2004. But the birthday thing has been going on ever since. See, he's such a friendly guy. )