Ms. Chitra Kawnanthakiert , age 41, graduated a bachelor degree in Economics from Chulalongkorn university and a master degree inf Business Administration and in Economics from University of Detroit , Michigan, U.S.A.

She has been in Lintas Advertisement Company Ltd. (3 yrs), Unilever (Thai ) Company Ltd. (3 yrs., Siam Tinplate Company Ltd. (1 yr.) and Unicord Company Ltd. ( public ).

She is a welknown writer, radio program host, florist, and program host and has compiled aticles that are quite knowledgeable to readers. She owns a florist shop named Bloom Bliss.

Vegetarian Chinese Style

In Thailand, the Chinese Vegetarian Festival begins on the 1st day to 9th days of the 9th month every year . The Chinese named the Vegetarian Festival , " 9th month Jay "

"Jay" is the Chinese word, means no meal and is also meaned "temple"

Correct abservance of vegetarianism not only requires obstruction of meat but also requires strict religious practice as well as purify in body , speech and mind in order be complete.

True Chinese Vegetarians will abstain from eating pungent smelling vegetables such as garlic, onions , shallots, radishes and tobacco leaves because of their strident taste and pungent odor . Ancient Chinese believe that those vegetable contained toxins that destroyed the five elements and damaged the principle internal organs causing them to be deficient.