Archive for September, 2007
New Mandala: Craving For Thai Politics
Got several warnings these days from friends. To tone down the postings on absolutelyBangkok.com. For fear of being troubled by the new rulers in town. Hey, we talk lifestyle here. Compared to several Thai and foreign online sites, the observations on absolutely are quite flattering. But we’re reasonable, we listen to advise. A site that
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Hungry? Tuk-Tuk Terror In Bangkok
Hungry in Bangkok – and trying to find pad thai on a tuk-tuk? Good luck-luck. Walking the streets of Bangkok is rather like being home alone. It’s possible to sing to yourself in complete privacy, your voice drowned out by traffic and ambient noise. And in many places you can fart without anyone in the
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Survey: What Thai Women Want
Thai women are easy to please. If you know the how-to. Unfortunately though, the correct how-to remains a great unsolved mystery to this day. But we don’t want to give up, do we. Please take part in our representative scientific survey. Your participation will help to get to the bottom of the issue. We encourage
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The Illegal Prime Minister?
You heard it before: There are some controversies around our new prime minister, Samak Sundaravej. We’re not minding his tongue. His tongue is clearly not as honey-coated as Chuan Leekpai’s. Maybe there’s even a chance in this un-Chuan-ness: Some serious tongue-blunders by His Excellency Samak – and he becomes an intolerability. But there is more
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Lust Or Gluttony: Which Sin Brought You To Bangkok?
Does anybody look good in camouflage pants? My seatmate doesn’t. He’s a great big dude from Manchester, England, with the kind of mug that can win fights just by staring. We’re on a Philippine Airlines flight. He’s on his way to go diving. Look out, plankton. He’s an amiable sort, though, and pretty soon he’s
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Tidbits: Duo Infernale
Thais – as we know – are very creative in depicting their ill-gotten heroes. As we see, the new love affair with Thailand’s new leaders is in full swing already. Here are our two coyote boys – best enjoyed with your own music. And that’s just the beginning. Trust Thais: They’ll soon come up with
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Thailand’s Most Beautiful Woman
The heavy flow of her playful long hair, that coy smile – and her money. She’s the Kingdom’s most desired woman. Where she walks, cameramen go crazy. Where she shows up to dance, the floor erupts. For the sake of the myriads of beauties in this country: I’m not talking about the mother. And it’s
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Go True Urban
It’s not the latest place in town, but whenever you want to feel like having your mind plugged into a power outlet, then take a timeout and head down to Paragon’s TrueUrbanpark. You may shun TRUE, the monopolist of cable TV and slow-speed Internet in Thailand. But TRUE’s Urbanpark is the ugly orphan. The exception
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The Thai Taliban
Some may vividly remember the resurgence of the Thai Taliban in 2005. When Thailand’s cultural authorities banned the “too realistic” Bangkok travel guide “Bangkok Inside Out”. The bone of contention was a photo of a bar girl sitting on the lap of a foreigner. As furthermore “too realistic” were considered the parts about gambling, faked
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Wanted: Ambassador To Thailand
The Dominion of Melchizedek D.O.M., with its nominal capital situated in the North Pacific Ocean above the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is looking for its Ambassador and/or Consuls General to Thailand. D.O.M., with its center located on the main island of the Taongi Atoll with the geographic coordinates 14 80 N, 169 39 E,
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