The rich vocabulary of orchids and spa treatments
Published: 20/01/2011 at 07:00 PM



Whether you seek employment at a spa or aspire to open your own, a rich vocabulary will come in handy.


Thailand is a premier travel and spa destination so every year there are an increasing number of job openings in this sector.

Better schools increasingly give students some direct experience in running service-oriented businessesspas. The schools of hotel and restaurant management at ABAC, Bangkok University, Suan Dusit and Mae Fah Luang University in Chiang Rai come immediately to mind.
such as hotels, restaurants and
The spa section of the popular website About.com, written by spa industry expert Anitra Brown, is full of wonderful ideas worthy of imitation by future spa entrepreneurs (See website and blog)

LISTENNING NEWS

BEAUTY: Flower power: ORCHIDS WORK WONDERS IN NEW SKINCARE AND SPA TREATMENTS by Kanokporn Chanasongkram



Orchids are smart and seductive flowers. They use their sweet fragrance to attract pollinators and some orchids even mimic the scent of a female insect to lure males for pollination.

Likewise, does a woman wearing Tom Ford Black Orchid have guys queuing up to date her? If so, find a bottle of that sensual fragrance and spritz on your charm. In addition, primping from head to toe with the flower of longevity will let your beauty bloom.


GUERLAIN'S IMPERIAL ORCHID


The orchid is the most evolved and diversified flower in the plant kingdom, claim Guerlain researchers, and with its extraordinary vital energy it can live in inhospitable places

The French cosmetics brand even has an orchidarium where researchers study the mysteries of the orchid's longevity, and they dig into the cellular level. Research carried out has made it possible to categorise different orchids according to their longevity powers and to select those with the highest performance for formulating skincare...

DIVANA VIRTUE SPA WHITE ORCHID AND KISANA TREATMENT


The luxurious spa is housed in a 100-year-old colonial style, white mansion that has a certain positive energy to enhance spa therapy. Imagine a lavishing soak in a milky bath with floating white orchids. That's the final step in this three-and-a-half-hour package (9,850 baht) to help promote facial and body skin radiance.

The white orchid extract is claimed to contain ingredients that help brighten and rebalance the skin. Agarwood is related to regeneration, and the auspicious tree has self-healing powers as it produces a dark aromatic resin in response to attack.

In the body treatment, the white orchid extract is a component of a scrub to exfoliate the skin, which will then better benefit from the agarwood resin, honey and beeswax body mask and the following agarwood essential oil massage with warm rose quartz.

To help regain a glowing complexion, a detoxifying rose water facial is included in the pampering delivered by four experienced hands of two therapists.

(Source: Bangkok Post, BEAUTY, Flower power, ORCHIDS WORK WONDERS IN NEW SKINCARE AND SPA TREATMENTS, 12/01/2011, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, link)

Open11am-11pmon weekdays and 10am-11pmon weekends, Divana Virtue Spa is at 10 Srivieng Road, Bang Rak. Visit www.divana-dvn.com or call 02-236-6788

orchids - a variety of plant with many different species, perhaps as many as 25,000 (See Wikipedia)

flower power - 1. the power of flowers for emotions and health, 2. the power of doing things peaceful, "flower power" was "a slogan used by the American counterculture movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of passive resistance and non-violence ideology. It is rooted in the opposition movement to the Vietnam War. The expression was coined by the American Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in 1965 as a means to transform war protests into peaceful affirmative spectacles. Hippies embraced the symbolism by dressing in clothing with embroidered flowers and vibrant colors, wearing flowers in their hair, and distributing flowers to the public, becoming known as flower children" (See Wikipedia)

aspire - want to become something in the future มุ่งที่จะเป็น, อยากเป็น
rich vocabulary - having many words which to express meanings in useful, appealing and precise ways
premier - among the best, first class
destination - a place that tourists travel to and stay at for a period of time
sector - a part of the economy (private sector = all privately owned businesses, public sector = the government)
service-oriented business - a business that provides a service (rather than manufacturing a product for sale)
come to mind - think of (after hearing about something)
come in handy - be useful

work wonders - do something very well, surprisingly well
skincare - (See Wikipedia on natural skin care and list of skincare topics)
spa - a resort or beauty salon for relaxing personal care treatments (See Wikipedia)

seductive - attractive which makes you like them a lot เย้ายวนใจ
fragrance - a sweet or pleasant smell กลิ่นหอม
attract - to cause someone to be interested in something ดึงดูดความสนใจ

pollen - tiny grains (particles, powder) that come from the flowers of plants and float through the air or are carried by bees to other plants and used for reproduction (creating new plants), effectively the sperm of plants (See Wikipedia)
pollination - the process of pollen leaving one plant and reaching another plant to be used in reproduction
pollinator - something like a bee or the wind that brings pollen from one plant to another plant for reproduction

mimic - make something that is the same as another thing, or do something in the same way
scent - a smell กลิ่น
female - of a woman สำหรับผู้หญิง
lure - to persuade someone to do something or go to some place by making it seem very attractive, make people go to a place or do something by using a trick หลอกล่อ (See glossary)

queuing up - getting in a line to wait their turn to do something
sensual - giving physical pleasure, sensuous, stimulating, voluptuous ซึ่งกระตุ้นความรู้สึก, เกี่ยวกับความรู้สึก
fragrance - a nice smell, aroma, fragrance กลิ่นดี
spritz - to spray a liquid on something
charm - the pleasant and attractive qualities of a person that attracts other people to them and makes people like them, appeal, things that make a person pleasing เสน่ห์
primp - making small changes to your appearance in front of a mirror
longevity - living for a long time
bloom - the opening of a flower, becoming more beautiful

evolved - developed, changing structure over a long period of time in order to improve and become better
diversified - adding variety (usually to reduce risk, if one thing goes bad thenm another might succeed)
plant kingdom - all the plants that exist in the world
claim - saying something is true without proving it yet
extraordinary - beyond and better than what is ordinary or normal เป็นพิเศษ
vital - very important; necessary for the success or continued life and existence จำเป็นสำหรับชีวิต; สำคัญมาก ที่จำเป็นยิ่ง
energy - liveliness, not still or at rest but moving around doing many things ความกระตือรือร้น, ความมีชีวิตชีวา
hospitable - a place where it is easy to live
inhospitable - a place where it is not easy to live, very difficult to live

cosmetics - things such as lipstick and mascara that women (and ladyboys) put on their face to look more beautiful เครื่องสำอางค์ (See Wikipedia)
orchidarium - a special building for growing orchids

cosmetics - things such as powders, creams, lipstick, and eye liner that women (and ladyboys) put on their face to make themselves look more beautiful (See Wikipedia)
brand - a type of product made by a particular company ตรา, ยี่ห้อ
categorise - to put people or things into groups with the same features จัดกลุ่ม, จัดประเภท
performance - how well or badly something works

luxurious - very comfortable and expensive ฟุ่มเฟือย, โอ่อ่า หรูหรา
mansion - a large house, especially a beautiful one คฤหาสน์
positive - something good ในแง่ดี สิ่งที่ดี
enhance - to improve the quality, amount or strength of something ทำให้ดีเพิ่มขึ้น ปรับปรุง
therapy - a treatment which helps someone feel better, grow stronger, etc., especially after an illness การบำบัดโรค
soak - to make something very wet เปียกโชก
promote - to move someone to a job at a higher level เลื่อนตำแหน่ง
radiance - a brightness or glow coming from something ความสว่างไสว, แสงที่เรืองรอง, แสงเงินแสงทอง

extract - a substance that has been taken from a plant
ingredients - all the things used to make a food or a medicine, what something is made of ส่วนประกอบ
auspicious - suggesting a positive and successful future ที่มีฤกษ์ดี showing signs that suggest that something is likely to be successful โอกาสอันดี เป็นมงคลฤกษ์
aromatic - having a nice smell, having an especially good smell มีกลิ่นหอม
resin - a thick sticky substance that is produced by some trees and plant that becomes yellow and hard after it is collected, often used for making paints, glue and plastic สารสังเคราะห์ที่มีคุณสมบัติเหมือนยางธรรมชาติ

treatment - the process of providing medical care การรักษา
component - a part which combines with other parts to form something bigger ส่วนประกอบ,ส่วนเสริม
scrub (verb) - to wash or clean something by rubbing it hard, especially with a brush ขัด
scrub (noun) - a material used to scrub the body with
exfoliate - remove hair (See About.com Spas)
benefit - to get help or an advantage from something ผลประโยชน์
agarwood - wood from the Aquilaria tree, a large evergreen native to Southeast Asia, these trees occasionally become infected with mold and begin to produce an aromatic (fragrant) resin in response to this attack, as the infection grows, it results in a very rich, dark resin within the heartwood, also known as Oud (See Wikipedia)
beeswax - a natural wax produced in the bee hive of honey bees (See Wikipedia)
body mask - also called a "body wrap" or "body cocoon" (See About.com Spas and ehow.com)
quartz - "a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite)...the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's continental crust" (See WikipediaGoogle Definitions)

regain - to get back something that was lost ได้กลับมาใหม่, บังคับรถได้เหมือนเดิม
complexion - the appearance of skin on the face (whether it is smooth, dark, white, pale, etc) (See Wikipedia)
detox - removing harmful substances (toxic substances or poinsons) from your body
detoxify - causing poisons to leave the body
rose water - a liquid made from the petals of rose flowers with many possible uses including flavouring food, in cosmetics and medical preparations, and for religious purposes (See Wikipedia)
facial - a treatment for the skin of the face that may include "steam, exfoliation, extraction, creams, lotions, facial masks, peels, and massage. It is normally performed in a beauty salon but it is also a common spa treatment" (See Wikipedia)
pamper - give extra special treatment and service to a person (beyond what they normally get)
therapist - a specially trained person who gives medical treatment (or some other health enhancing treatment such as massage) and