By Graham K. Rogers

This is now Day 9 of Apple's 12 Days of Christmas. For those who use the Thai iTunes store, today's gift from the 12 Days App is a selection of tunes from Wanting Qu: Say the Words (Special Holiday edition). She is an artist from China, who is based in Vancouver.

So far we have had:

1. Tunes from Justin Timberlake, live at the iTunes Festival in London
2. A game called Tiny Thief
3. A great app in Halftone 2
4. Toca House - a children's game
5. Home Alone - the movie
6. An EP of tunes from Joey Yung
7. Rayman Jungle Run
8. Cytus

I don't suppose this gift will be available in the USA, and I doubt (despite the location) if Canada will have this gift either.

Out of the free gifts so far here, I have downloaded three or four: missing the children's games, but enjoying the music, Home Alone and of course the Halftone 2 app. I will download this mainly out of curiosity: always worth looking at something new.

Graham K. Rogers teaches at the Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University in Thailand where he is also Assistant Dean. He wrote in the Bangkok Post, Database supplement on IT subjects. For the last seven years of Database he wrote a column on Apple and Macs.