Archive for September, 2007
Politically Correcter LPG/CNG/NGV?!
Don’t tell me you’re not affected by rising gas prices. Did you adjust your life? You’re now walking instead of taking the car for those few meters? Ah, you never really cared about gas prices. The company pays everything. Well, if you’re still ignorant, thank you for shoveling that money into the pockets of speculators
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Downtown & Depressed? It’s Temple Time @ Paragon
Pissed off? Agonizing over this and that? No way out? Then this place is for you: A temple in the midst of Bangkok. Flanked by bustling Paragon, Central World Plaza and Rama I Road. But as secluded as in a faraway solitude. It’s a temple village rather, a sprawling secretive monastery. As discreet and real
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Nabbed: British Sex Trafficker, That Is, Private Detective
Lots of shady characters are enjoying the freedoms of the Land of the Free. Take Ian Shuttleworth, 42, a former British police officer who worked as a security consultant in Thailand. Enforcer of truth and justice you’d think. Welcome to the Thai Twilight Zone. Shuttleworth, a former Liverpool traffic policeman, got arrested in his downtown
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Website Blacklist: Democrats Open Pandora’s Box
Most of us knew the names already, but we showed decency and did not publish the names. Democrat assistant secretary-general Thepthai Senpong though let the cat out of the bag. He disclosed five websites accused of lèse majesté charges and urged the Ministry of Information & Communication Technology ICT to take actions against them, as
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The Democrats’ End Of Hibernation. And Renaissance?
The honorable Democrats, marginalized since Chuan Leekpai’s all-too-polite resignation in 1995, impressed with some wily tactics over the past few weeks. The Democrats look as feisty as I haven’t seen them in years. One pinprick after another makes a dig at the Samak government. Many pinpricks start hurting. The first real bleeding is not too
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The Thaksin-Shop Nobody Visits
Ok, he’s in for the long run. But he must have thought it’s much easier. Buying a football team and making it successful should – publicity-wise – keep him in the positive headlines. He must have thought. Furthermore enjoying a sympathy bonus. As he’s a victim of injustices and wrong accusations. He must have thought
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A Kingdom For This Curry
To make it short: You haven’t lived yet if you haven’t had a Fried Crab Curry at Somboon Seafood. A crab curry as luscious, a friend flew in regularly from Singapore only to eat that boo phad pong curry at Somboon’s Surawong branch. Satisfied, he left again. Only to return. Soombon serves its legendary crab
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Of Amoral Thai Coeds & Campus Bunnies
It’s back-to-school time again and you must wonder how any work gets done in Thai colleges in view of all those distractions. Recently we heard about that professor who was more interested in a female student’s special service than intellect. I’m talking about the Chula and other campus bunnies. Who wear those most boring white
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Some Thais Shed No Tears For Burma
Couldn’t resist to publish this one. Makes some rough reading, this lesson in history. But doesn’t come as a surprise. As a farang you often wondered about Thailand’s and Asia’s shameless racism and stereotyping towards people of other race and darker skin, with less money and no elaborate jobs. Explains why China, Japan and the
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Mastering The Thai Stock Market
Ever wanted to become rich quickly? Well, we’re not suggesting that we know how to do that. But we know how to quickly lose money. By playing the Thai stock market. Not an easy playing field. But then again, there are stocks and stocks. If you are bored with having your money in a low-interest
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