Limbo

Thanks twentybaht and dingdong!
Aside from Ernesto1, a banned member of this forum, who for reasons only known to himself started to
question Alan's enormous achievement on other forums and linked them to Thaivisa.com only people
who never showed any interest in bicycling feel themselves obliged to give a negative opinion.

It is too ridiculous for words!
One really wonders what their motivation is for this slander.
It can not be the bicycling itself, as they never showed any interest in bicycling.
Vinnie Cox and Alan Bates both delivered an enormous performance in the same
year. Contacts have been made with GuinnessWorldRecords and they have confirmed
Alan's record.

The 'method' of the merchants of conflict is to refer to websites that don't show the
final results of the communication with the Guinness organisation. Unbelievable!

I really don't dare to speculate about other reasons that could be behind this, but I can
imagine that it could be reasons for this thread to be closed.

L.

cdnvic, on 2012-01-17 04:55:13, said:

Thanks cdnvic! As SBK would say: It took a while, but ...

Alan Bate is one of those foreigners living in Thailand that have widely gained respect among
Thai people for sharing their tremendous respect and love for His Majesty the King of Thailand.

On Thai television, radio, in Thai newspapers and magazines the Thai people have been informed,
without any doubt to their great happiness and satisfaction, that foreigners living in Thailand can
share their spiritual orientation and therefore the deepest of their inner feelings.

Mr. Allan Bates, a Briton living in Thailand, more precisely in our beautiful Chiang Rai Province,
was given the opportunity to open his heart. Millions of Thai people know mr. Bates now and respect
him greatly.

During his world tour mr. Bates has been an ambassador for Thailands finest gifts to the world;
Everywhere he came he brought the message of the power of love and humbleness, the pillars of the
Thai Mind and Nation. Inspired by his love for the Greatest of Kings he endured any hardships.

Alan has, in word and deed, shown that foreigners living in Thailand can embrace the values
of the Highest Institutions of this Nation, of the Thai Culture in general and more specific of its inner
spirit, unique in this world and beloved also by an overwhelming majority of those, coming from elsewhere,
who in great gratitude enjoy the unsurpassable hospitality of the people of this great nation.

Mr. Bates was riding for us all!

Long live His Majesty!

Limbo

The birthplace of His Majesty, Cambridge Massachusetts, was one of the places Alan visited during
his tour.

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For the 'merchants of conflict': The worldrecord of Alan is approved by GuinnessWorldRecords.
The discussion in the world of bicyclists was about the fact that Singha Beer, the main sponsor of
this event, had provided a car to transport his luggage while riding the SE-Asian part of the traject.
The discussion is now if there should be two categories, one for those who transport their own
equipment and those who are supported in doing so.

It's only indirectly a community activity related to Chiang Rai, but worth to be mentioned:
The 24 hours of Dubai of last week!

The second price for participating clubs went to the gentlemen behind the wheel of the Ford Mustang
FR500 GT3, that was flying the flags of the Chao Phya Abhai Raja Siammanukulkij Foundation in
Mae Chan.

The Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 of Jeroen Bleekemolen, of the Team Black Falcon, was the winning
car with not less than 628 rounds.

For the Ford with chassis #002 is was the last race. After Dubai it gets its livery of the 24 hours of
Spa 2010 back (there the Mae Chan related text disappears) and it will be on display in the museum
of the Circuit of Francorchamps in Stavelot.
It was the seventh edition of the race and it had the strongest participation ever.

A great homage for this car in its last race! And an enormous performance of its pilots!
Gratulations!

Limbo

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Tonto21, on 2012-01-14 15:25:37, said:

Brilliant! With Mr. Bean it could become a real blockbuster!

I feel sorry about the lady though. The Birmingham tabloid showed
her picture without giving her the opportunity to tell her side of the story.
Is this because she is just a Thai woman?
This innocent Briton in the hands of an objectionable Thai woman and
aren't they all prostitutes after all?
That is the less funny part of this story.

She must have gone through difficult times ...
She deserves respect!

Limbo

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..............................................A View on 21st Century Thai Art


At the Institute of Contemporary Arts of Singapore Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani curated an exhibition of nine Thai leading
contemporary artists. Their work will be on show until February 7 at LASALLE College of the Arts, 1 McNally Street.

The exhibition includes mixed media installations, paintings, videos and photography works by the following participating a
rtists: Angkrit Ajchariyasophon, Chulayarnnon Siriphol, Chusak Srikwan, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, Piyatat Hemmatat,
Preeyachanok Ketsuwan, Ruangsak Anuwatwimon, Tawan Wattuya and Vichaya Mukdamanee.

"In a time when the Thai cultural zeitgeist is being redefined by a wave of younger artists, this exhibition offers multiple
reflections of contemporary Thailand by spotlighting iconic elements of daily life, vernacular culture and religion" (L P-P)

For those among us that are familiar with the art scene of Chiang Rai it will not be a surprise to see the name of Angkrit
on this list, as he is one of the few Chiang Rai artists with an international orientation. His work was exhibited in several
European countries, Hongkong, Japan and Malaysia.


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Angkrit Ajcharyasophon the gallerist

For Thailand he became not only a sign board for its modern art but also an internal link to general, thus international, developments
in art. As gallerist his programming was a statement and it became a forum for artistic exchange.
The first twelve exhibitions, together a co-ordinated project, showed us the work of twelve northern artists, mainly living and working in
Chiang Mai. The result was that he not only was invited to participate as an artist in the first great art exhibition of the Bangkok Art and
Culture Centre in 2008 but that he not much later was invited to curate an exhibit of the works of northern artists in the same, most
prestigious art institute of Thailand. This happened shortly after he had been invited by one of the most famous avant garde galleries
of Bangkok to do exactly the same.

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Art has to be learned

For Chiang Rai his Angkritgallery has become an obligatory dependance of the art courses of the Mae Fah Luang and Chiang Rai
Rajabhat universities. Whenever he has the possibility to do so he will work with the students himself. For him the relation with his
public has a reciprocal nature. In most of the work he did (for instance in Paris and Oslo two years ago) the public gets an active role.
Interpretation and participation are key concepts. The line between learning and teaching is very thin within this framework of thinking
about art.

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In the mean time it is ten years ago that I had the pleasure and privelige to be the curator of one of his first and greater happenings
of conceptual art. It all took place in the old Paw Wattana Hotel at the Tannalai Road under the title and denominator Nostalgia,
Chiang Rai My Town.
The public played an important role and a social context was created in which local government officers, the fine fleur of the Chiang Rai
art scene, but also the Vespa Club and the old light motorbike club each played a role. Classic cars and motorcycles filled the street in front
of the old wooden hotel and gave the happening, together with a French lady singer, an acoustic embedment. Several years later I worked
with him at the to a certain extend controversial Cultural Waste exhibition at Rai Mae Fah Luang.
'This artist will go far' I thought at the time. Now I know that Angkrit Ajcharyasophon will go much further! Chiang Rai can be proud of him!

Limbo


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