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'We have nothing left from the old times,' said Srichai Taisiri, or Auntie Tai, of the small Kuan Khama Community, going on to compare her neighbourhood with other areas in the old city such as Puak Taem on the south side of the old city known for its craftsmanship and the famed silversmiths of Wualai community near Chiang Mai Gate.

'I don't know, but I tend to believe the academic's version,' said the 69 year old Auntie Air, true Chiang Mai native who today lives in the same house her great grandmother built.

ANY LOVELY AUNTIES AND DID THEY GIVE YOU ANY INSPIRATION?

WHAT OR WHO INSPIRED AWFUL AUNTIE? IT MAY not be the answer you were expecting, but I am obsessed with the film, The Shining.

We can't complain too much, though, because over the years we have benefited from the organizational prowess of my Chinese aunties, and now that we have children, my wife, albeit reluctantly, has been forced into the role of auntie (though, of course, she's not an ordinary auntie, she's a cool auntie).

But you must be fast, because when the bell goes off at 12 noon on Sunday, you are in competition with all the other aunties, who have been scoping out the buffet since they walked in 15 minutes earlier.