Like mother like daughter. When women's tennis star Tamarine Tanasugarn is not holding a racquet, she loves to spend time in the kitchen, just like her mother Sunetr. Only a few are aware of the Thai No 1's cooking skills, and not many get the opportunity to taste her speciality.

Her mother is a former chef, and Tammy is an expert in spicy Thai food and likes to show off her expertise in the kitchen to only a few close friends on the women's tour. Whenever international events are held in Thailand, the Indonesians players are invited to her house where she pampers them with yummy food. Even countrymen like Danai Udomchoke have tasted her delicious food - she cooked for Danai in London two years ago and he loved it.

Of all her dishes, her tom yum koong is rated the best. Mother Sunetr insisted that her tennis star child was not second to her when it comes to catering ability. "Madame is a good cook, especially her tom yum koong," said Sunetr, who gave her daughter's kitchen skills the thumbs up.

Server serves the wrong food

Sometimes simple communication is not easy. After finishing their training session in the morning, the women's sepak takraw team, who were preparing for the 2002 Asian Games in South Korea, went back to their rooms at their training camp in Ratchaburi to get some rest. They sat around in a group and decided some snacks would be nice as they chatted.

Fortunately, some mangoes were on their table, however the girls needed something to peel them with. They all looked at server Nitinadda Kaewkumsai and asked her to get a knife from the floor below. They had to communicate using gestures as Nitinadda is a deaf mute. Nitinadda is a generous girl and answered her friends with a smile. After a while Nitinadda returned with a plate full of watermelon pieces, only to see her pals eagerly eat the mangoes and not looking happy. That left her wondering how difficult it is to please her friends.