Vanessa Mae & The Winter Olympics

Famous Thai violinist Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson has told the Thailand Olympic Committee that she would like to represent Thailand in the 2014 winter Olympics. A British Citizen Vanessa Mae was born in Singapore to a Thai father and Chinese mother.

Apparently NOCT ( The National Olympic Committee of Thailand) has agreed to send her to the 2014 games to represent Thailand in the Ski competition. This won’t be set in stone until she is approved by the International Ski Federation.

Vanessa Mae will be only the second Thai to represent the kingdom in the winter Olympics; the first being U.S. based Prawat Nagvajara who represented Thailand in the 2002 and 2006 winter games competing in the cross country skiing event.

I have to be honest here, I don’t care if she entered the winter Olympic tiddly winks games I would have still written this up just to post her pictures. I am disappointed she’ll be competing in the winter Olympics though because she really shouldn’t be covered up…ever.

Thailand to End Mobile Phone Concessions

Thailand’s economic ministers agreed Monday to go ahead with a plan to end all mobile phone concessions by years end. The concessions will be converted into telecom licenses to ensure fair competition in the industry.

Currently, mobile phone operators are granted concessions by state-owned firms TOT PCL and CAT Telecom PCL that vary in terms and fees. Under the revised system mobile phone operators will operate under standard telecom licenses to be issued by the industry regulator, the National Telecommunications Commission.

The NTC ( National Telecom Committee ) plans to hold an auction in September to issue up to three licenses for the 2.1 gigahertz spectrum, allowing mobile phone operators to offer 3G services that could be upgraded to 3.9G.

Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij said “whether the concession proposal will derail the auction efforts will be decided by the NTC.”

Thailand Hangover is On

The wildly successful comedy, The Hangover, has got a sequel coming out and it has been confirmed that they will be filming in Thailand.

Released in June 2009, The Hangover amassed a global box-office gross of $467 million on a budget of $35 million, and racked up Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy.

When questioned originally about the sequel director Todd Phillips laughed at the notion of filming in Thailand but it seems the rumors were true.

The first film was centered around Las Vegas and one thing is for sure, Thailand will be a much better backdrop for some seriously funny debauchery.