Archive for September, 2007
Bangkok iPhone Whispers
// It’s the must-have-thingy in Bangkok: A shiny new iPhone – illegally imported from the US. In that very Bangkok though, where global trends are copied before they even started, the iPhone is old news already. According to reliable sources that most-revolutionary-simplifier-of-life has already shown up at Soi Nana and Soi Cowboy. Trustworthy sources have
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The Thai Smile
We all know about the legendary Thai smile. That smile – called “yim” in Thai – is a most captivating tool disarming the most cold-hearted foreigner. Deep down though that famous smile is more of a self-defense than a deeply felt expression of the heart. Take following incident: Somebody is killed in a car crash.
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Golfers’ Fantasy
Some time ago Erik Schmid, a good friend and architect in Bangkok, mentioned his newest project: Designing the club house of Thailand’s latest golf course, the Black Mountain Golf Club in royal Hua Hin. The main investor of Black Mountain was a Swede – who had to bring an auspicious round of Thai high society
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