Archive for September, 2007
New Pro-Thaksin Website: Postcards & Banners To “Please Save Thaksin”
We fondly remember the – now banned – pro-Thaksin website hi-thaksin.net and other sites praising the now-fugitive former strongman, such as thai-grassroots.com and newskythailand.com. But those sites are solid propaganda compared to the just launched, girlie-like savethaksin.com fan site. It’s a Thaksin-sanctification spreading the mantra “Please Save Thaksin – One for All, All for One.”
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Bangkok Sirens: Nishita Shah, 28, Thailand’s Third Richest Woman, Single
You’re spot-on, she doesn’t really look Thai. Her family had migrated from India to Burma to Thailand. She got that Thai passport – and she is not only a hundredfold millionaire and the youngest person to make the Forbes list of the twenty richest Thais. Nishita Shah is a glamorous, single woman who is constantly
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Bangkok, Film Aficionado’s Delight
If you love Bangkok and the good life, there are many goodies coming up. In September we’ll have the return of the World Gourmet Festival – we’ll bring an in-depth preview about what you’d miss. Seriously, rediscover the art of food. And if you’re a film aficionado, well, what better place than Bangkok. Big Mango
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Bangkok Scams
A helpful little Bangkok website is Bangkok Scams. A site truly dedicated to the few Thai people out here you could live without them. We’re not pretending there are no farang scammers around, but especially when you’re newer to town you’re some locals’ thankful prey. Or you still talk to your first real estate broker?
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The Amazing Thai Bomb Squad
We can’t be dead serious all the time, can we. Still, this Thai bomb squad video is dead serious. Let’s hope the guy made it all right. Tells you a lot about how things are done over here. Remember? We recently dedicated a post about Thailand’s unmatched art of improvisation. Nevertheless trust the real Thai
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Urban Advice: Blissful Bangkok Shopping
Another lifestyle piece by Jennifer Gampell who recently brought us Bangkok’s Soi Arab closer. This time it’s about shopping. You don’t have to be a nerd to ignore Bangkok’s outrageously vast shopping possibilities. Everybody can find everything – Jennifer though is going for the upper market. And yes, she doesn’t like “noisy” Siam Paragon that
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Learning Thai … For What?
You may be a Thai-by-choice since years. But you’re living a blind existence in the Land of the Free. You have your life, work, are able to eat and enjoy, but don’t even master a few grammatically correct Thai sentences. Even though you’re proud of the some Thai expressions you master. If you’re asked how
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Collected Thaksin Quotes
All the analyses are written and done. The Thaksins are gone. Now we’ll just have to wait and see. I’m not expecting the Thai government to proactively seek the extradition of Thaksin & Pojaman from the U.K. Why did they allow them to leave in the first place. And we’ll hear again of the man.
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Political Asylum Seeker Thaksin: No More Passport, No More Homeland, No More Excuses
Just about when the wheels of justice start working in Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister of Thailand deposed nearly two years ago by a bloodless coup, pretends there’s no justice for him and his family in the Thai homeland. Blaming security threats to him and his family, Thaksin said in a statement released
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Thaksin Exile Rumors Swirl
Thaksin about to begin his second exile? This time accompanied by his wife Pojaman? Bangkok Pundit quotes Manager and MCOT that “Thaksin will make an announcement (…) from London.” As foreseen by absolutely on July 31st. A no-show at the court hearing would amount to a confession of guilt. But as it’s mostly about the
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