Archive for the ‘Sensible baloney’ Category

Mango With Sticky Rice – It’s the Season! (2011-4-25)

It’s mango season here in Thailand throughout April and May and the best way to enjoy them is to pair the sweet fruit with sweet and salty coconut-milk sticky rice. Khao Nieow Ma-muang is a very popular dessert with both Thais and foreign visitors. The Sea Bees galley will be making the most of this [...]

Happy Thai New Year 2011 (2011-4-14)

Songkran is the traditional celebration of New Year in Thailand, with residents washing away their sins and partying in the streets. Yesterday, 13th of April all Thais celebrated the Thai New Year. 1) The word ‘Songkran’ derives from the Pali language of the Therevada Buddhist scriptures, meaning ‘for movement or change’. 2) Originally, the date [...]

Google Translate…..for animals (2011-4-1)

Google has been coming out with so many cool mobile applications like Google Goggles that uses an image as a search term. Now there’s Google Translate for Animals from Google UK? Just open the new app on your Android device, select the animal language you need to translate, then record your dog’s bark cat’s meow or pig’s [...]

Lucky License Plate Auction (2011-3-5)

The sixth annual “Lucky License Plate Auction” held in Phuket Town raised 23,504,500 baht. This is five million baht more than last year. All 301 plates up for auction were sold, averaging 78,088 baht apiece – the highest average ever at the annual Phuket event. The event last year raised 18,745,500 baht, averaging 62,277 baht per plate. [...]

Valentine’s Day Gifts for Scuba Divers (2011-2-14)

Need a gift for that special diver in your life? You may think diving-related gifts always break the bank, but here’s a list of mostly inexpensive ideas. Some of these can be extremely handy gadgets for a diver, even if she would never think to buy it for herself. Retractors, clips, etc. – These little [...]

Why Sharks Circle You Before Attacking (2010-9-16)

Two galapagos sharks swimming near Dirty Rock, Cocos Islands spied two divers of the Sea Hunter waiting on the surface for their panga. “Follow me son” the father shark said to the son shark and they swam to the 2 divers “First we swim around them a few times with just the tip of our fins [...]

To: God From: the Dog (2010-6-22)

Dear God, is it on purpose our names are the same, only reversed? Why do humans smell the flowers, but seldom, if ever, smell one another? Why are there cars named after the jaguar, the cougar, the mustang, the colt, the stingray, and the rabbit, but not ONE named for a Dog? How often do [...]

Horoscope/Horoskop (2010-5-25)

Gemini horoscope 25th of May 2010: You will be cool and businesslike and able to make decisions that get your life moving. New romantic plans could motivate you to switch to a healthier lifestyle. You can coax someone you care about to try it, too. Luck is linking you to a friend who has a very [...]

JOIN OUR RAFFLE ON FACEBOOK AND WIN A SUPER-SUNDAY-4DIVES-DAYTRIP (2010-5-12)

JOIN OUR RAFFLE ON FACEBOOK AND WIN A SUPER-SUNDAY-4DIVES-DAYTRIP Every day we expose a small piece of a picture (Germans know this game as Dalli Klick… sie sind der Meinung das war Spitze). The first person who can identify the object is our glorious winner. Write your guess into the comment field. Only once a [...]

Songkran at/bei Sea Bees (2010-4-14)

The pictures don’t lie, the Sea Bees staff had lots of fun during the Thai New Year, also known as the Songkran festival. It is truely a water party! Die Bilder zeigen, dass unsere Mitarbeitern viel Spass hatten während das Thailändische Neujahr, Songkran. Es ist wirklich ein ganz grosses Wasserfest!