The shape of thing to come

BIKEFINDER, a cycling group that has “creative friendship” as its motto, recently joined About Coffee Garden, the Tri Erawan Team and the founders of Facebook page “Lopburi@Here” in pedalling 60 kilometres from the Statue of King Narai the Great in Lop Buri to Wat Huay Pong School. The aim was to help students reorganise their vegetable garden by giving the plots fun geometric shapes.
“The purpose of creating the Lopburi@Here page is to promote Lop Buri and its several tourist attractions and interesting restaurants,” Weerakij Chaiyasuk, freelance photographer and co-founder of the page, explained. “We are a group of young people and new graduates who are proud of our hometown and want to spread the word to both Thai and foreign tourists.”
“We all help promote tourist attractions and communities and have worked together on several projects including creating works of art at several interesting places such as the abandoned Malai Rama Theatre and zoo and preserving the old city of Lop Buri,” added Kwannari "Sweetie" Srisopa, co-founder of About Coffee Garden.
The cyclists along with celebrities Chokchai Charoensuk and Jaturong Kolimas gathered at Lop Buri City Hall and started cycling towards the Statue of King Narai the Great before setting off for the rural school.
There they were welcomed by 30 students, who later separated into three groups to redesign the vegetable garden into three geometric shapes: a circle, square and triangle. The activity is part of the “Agriculture for Lunch” project.
The first group of 10 students started shaping their land into a square, spreading soil on the surface and digging holes. The second and third groups worked in the same way but adopting triangular and circular shapes.
Sajja Wongkittithon of Mukdahan Tourism Industrial Organisation donated Bt17,130 to the school principal, Somsak Pombupha, to support the building of a library.
“Our thanks go to BikeFinder for coming out to our remote school as Wat Huay Pong and organising this activity. The students are all very excited at redesigning their farm into geometric shapes. It is a new learning experience,” Somsak said.
“And it is great to receive the donation for building a library as a learning centre. It will be separate from the classroom as I want silence to prevail in the library.”
The cyclists ended their day at About Coffee Garden where they tasted its signature drink which is based on “Tangerine Coffee” by Pattamapa Chumuenwai, the second runner-up of National Thailand Barista Championship 2015.
The winning coffee is made from heirloom bean varieties –Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Koke, Catimor and Bourbon from Indonesia’s Wahana Estate, and Caturra with Kenya Kirinyaga Gachami AA.
The cyclists enjoyed their coffee with the cafes signature dish of waffles with stir-fried pork with basil and fried egg.