Advertisements

Back in those days, advertising of products were either passed by 'word of mouth' or published in the newspapers. Brochures and pamphlets were also given out just for advertisement sake. However, many of us lead busy lives these days and we rarely get to move around, other than the routine of traveling to and fro from home to school/work. Brochures and pamphlets were often discarded as we found it ridiculous to be receiving pamphlets that had little or nothing to do with us. We do read the newspapers from time to time, but we seldom flip to the advertisements. Instead we only read to check on the latest cases, gossips, and TOTO results.


With modern technology, people these days need not worry about not having a franchise of their own company. This is because they can simply open up their own blogshops and 'blog hop' around, tagging people or rather, advertising about their blogshops. Needless to say, more and more people use the television and radio to advertise their products as well.


Sometimes it is these advertisements that make us peeved as it cuts down on the 'amount' of the drama series that we get to watch. I remember back then, my brothers and I would always complain that "a 30 minutes show got 3 minutes advertisement after the theme song starts. Then in between got 3-4 advertisment. Like that only watch 10 minutes of show loh". As much as I hate to admit, I still do complain about the advertisements every now and then.


Over time, I got to realize that the advertisements actually had some plus points too. Even though they took up time from our television programmes, we actually get to see of the new products in the market, new television programmes coming soon and even new shops in town. All of this without having to leave our home, so why complain? Well, Singaporeans as we are, nothing is satisfying enough to us.


Complain all you want, but have you ever stop to think of how much creativity the advertisers have just so that they can catch our attention to watch the advertisement for that few seconds without complaining and switching channels?


Have your songs stopped and pause all other softwares as this post will be making your computer very laggy. Enough talk, on to the videos!



Cheers Commercial Thailand

Janice and Gina had a hard time describing the videos, but I still found it hilarious as they went to every detail (while we were in the train) just so that I understood. I immediately checked the video out upon reaching home and believe it or not, it was exactly the same as how they described. Really hilarious video (3 in 1) where the people exaggerate by celebrating 'every little thing in life' with Cheers.






Another hilarious advertisement from Thailand, promoting the benefits of exercise.






Yet another awesome thailand advertisement!






I caught this advertisement when I was on a trip in Malaysia. It's a Thailand advertisement again, but look at the creativity of having a story of a lizard commiting suicide for the sake of his other half that had fallen through a crack in the ceiling.





Another Thai commercial that Gina described to me.





And another Thai commercial





Yet another commercial where Gina showed and described.





Before you want to do anything embarressing, just make sure no one's watching.






And the last commercial is a really touching one. Just watch:






Till then.

Museum Of Life

Okay, I have heard of the "Temple Of Life" in modern days, sung by Avril Lavigne. I am sure most of you heard the song too.


But, have you heard of the "Museum of Life"?No, it's not another song done by Avril Lavigne. In fact, it is not a song at all!



What I am talking about is Thailand's Life Museum.





Now what is so interesting about this museum is that, unlike the other museums that we go to, that has photos and antiques of the past, this museum actually has corpses of humans displayed there!


These are not normal humans, but actually of those who suffer from Aids. Working alongside this museum, is a temple called "Aids Temple". This temple was initially a Buddhist Temple, but was later converted "into a small hospice to care for fully blown AIDS patients".





If you want to read more about the temple, and would like to lend a helping hand, Click Here!



You can also watch a video of a documentary done with a few patients living in the temple.





Do read the website as it has many interesting facts about the reason as to why "Thailand is ranked as the Fourth in terms of most AIDS patients per head of population".


Simplified version:

• Rural area, education level is low, thus farmers have no idea as to how to protect themselves against Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
  
• "It has long been in the Thai culture for men to sleep with prostitutes". The females are mainly the wives who contracted the diseases from their husbands. In turn, the kids are affected.
• "Thailand is a society where conservative appearances are deceiving. Drug use is rampant and there is virtually no education towards the use of needles".
  
• "The support for AIDS patients is negligible". Families are basically afraid of catching AIDS by being around the AIDS infected ones.

Sad but true.


Read more of it here!


* The ones that are placed "like this" are quotes lifted off of the site.



Anyway, as we all know, AIDS is not a joking matter. And to end this post, I would like to "enlighten" you by displaying photographs of the life in the museum and temple. The bodies were donated to the Life Museum by AIDS patients that have passed away.




Here goes.





These are cremation ovens.



And these are the thousands and thousands of bags of ashes. These are the ashes of the HIV patients.



"9 Thais die from AIDS every hour. 500 Thais contract HIV every day. It is estimated that there are one million HIV positive people in Thailand", as said by Dr. Alongkot Dikkapanyo.




Speaking of innocent children who die, this is Panida Kumrat. She was one year, three months and 21 days old when she passed away. Her mother had infected her with the deadly virus.




This is also another child, James, who died at the age of five.











This is the corpse of Miraporn Chindatong. "She died of AIDS at the age of 24. She was infected by "providing sex" as it says on her vitreous coffin. Miraporn's last will had been to donate her body to science, for "educational means" to help others".







Now if you think that contracting AIDS is a joke, then see how this man suffer(ed) as he spend his last few days in struggle. There is in fact, 10 000 people who are on the waiting list to get care and a bed in the hospice.



Now on more photos. I'll let them to the talking, or at least the frightening.




































*Credits: - http://www.aidstemple.th.org/Historytemple.html
- http://www.pbase.com/cyberholz/temple

AND TO SHARIFAH RAUDAH WHO EMAILED ME ABOUT THIS MUSEUM! (see?!!?!?!? Hahah)

Take care of yourself. Love not only yourself, but your family.



Loves.