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slamat po s lahat ng mga bumati at sa mga taong patuloy na sumusuporta sa akin especially nung bday ko. heheheh [feeling artista ba?!] love u all!

heto po ang pictures namin nung bday ko

Phuket Island was assumed by geologists to be once part of the mainland in the form of a cape sticking out into the Andaman Sea but millions of years later the cape was gradually eroded by natural forces and finally detached from the main land. The cape was mentioned in a book written around the year 157 by Claudius Ptolemy, a famous Greek philosopher, that to travel to Malay Peninsula by ship, the travellers had to pass a cape known among them as Junk Ceylon. It was located between latitudes 6 N and 8 N which is the present site of Phuket Island. Junk Ceylon was at that time visited by merchants of several nations including India, Persia, and Arabia because the island offered a bay that protected its harbour from the wind and monsoon, making it a good stopover. Moreover, it had plenty of tin ore deposits that fetched high prices at that time because the mineral was much wanted by some foreign countries.

Location
Phuket island is located in the tropical zone off the west coast of the southern part of Thailand in the Andaman Sea and is connected to Phang-nga province by Sarasin Bridge and Thep Krasattri Bridge. It is 862 km. away from Bangkok by road and one hour and 20 minutes by air.

Area
Phuket is the largest island of Thailand but the second smallest province in area (the smallest being Samut Songkhram). The main island itself has an area of about 539 sq.km., about the same size as Singapore. The total land area of the province, including 39 small nearby islets, is about 570 sq.km.

Climate
There are only two seasons in a year — the rainy season from May to October and the hot season from November to April. September and October are the wettest months. The best period is from November through February. But whatever the season, there is always a breeze blowing. The average temperatures range between 23°C and 33°C.

Topography
70% of the area are mountains stretching from north to south, while the other 30% are plains, mainly in the central and and eastern parts of the island.
There is no important river but a total of 9 brooks and creeks. The west coast are stretches of white sandy beaches which are major tourist developments.

Population
Total 289,584 (end 2004) with 139,506 males and 150,078 females. They consist of Thai-Buddhist, 71%; Muslim 25%; and Chao Le (Sea Gypsy) 4%. The majority of population live in Phuket town and at Patong Beach.

**Note** The total population includes only permanent residents.

Administration
The only island province of the country, Phuket is divided into 3 administrative units called amphoe (county) — Amphoe Muang, Thalang and Kathu.

Language
Central Thai is the official language and used in business and tourism areas. People in general use southern Thai dialect, which sounds more succinct and is spoken faster than the central Thai. English is understood in tourist areas.

Products
The most important products of Phuket are marine products, latex, rubber, fuel oil and frozen fish.

Phuket Tour [ 09-12 March 2006]
@sarap ng life…patour-tour lang hehehehe!

@paclick lang po ng pictures namin

thnks for the frenship and love…love u pipol Happy hearts Day!

mga frustrated singer kaya sa chatrum n lang tumitira ng kanta hehehhe!…enewei, kakaenjoy naman :)…pangpalipas oras din

happy new year guys!hope dis year brings us happiness and peace in our heart!…

miss u all

help me naman po if there is somebody n me software nito i got one from download website but it wasn’t working so well..it sed dat i nid to buy d full version huhuhuhu!!!…

nov 30 to dec 1 ‘05

sarap ng life, ala kaming pasok

full of surprises, sometimes confusion and pretention :)…

why does it happen???

Loi Khratong is one of the two biggest events of the year. The other celebration is called Songkran and is the Thai New Year. Any excuse to party suits the people of Thailand.

Loi Khratong happens for three days around the full moon of the 12th lunar month. No one is certain when it started or why. However, there is a story that a beautiful princess, in the old capitol of Sukathoi, who pleased the king by floating on the river, a small, flower boat with a lighted candle. Whatever the origin, it is a delightful event.

Each night on the waterways around Thailand thousands of Loi Khratong boats gently float, their candles making a slow moving stream of light. The small boats are made of banana leaves that hold flower arrangements surrounding a candle. Incense is added and a coin is placed on the craft. Some say bad luck floats away with the Khratong. Others say it is to appease the Gods of the water, thanking them for the harvest and ask for an end to the rain.

In addition to the floating lights there are thousands of large paper bags that fill the sky. The bags are about five-feet long and a foot in diameter. In the open end there is a wire attachment for a fire source. The lit fire fills the bag with hot air and it rises into the night sky. Back on the ground everyone is participating with firecrackers and bottle rockets. Part of the fun seems to be trying to scare foreigners. There is a constant din of explosions. Periodically professional fireworks shoot into the night sky from one of the river barges.

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last night we had program about Loi Khratong, the administration requested us [foreign teachers] to sing their hymn it was fun indeed, though we didn’t reach d pitch hehehehehe

watch out for our pics