Archive for September, 2007
In Pursuit Of Drinking Clean, Non-Expired Singha Beer
Watch that bottling date of Singha beer, a staple of Thai culture. Why? Let a true beer lover explain: Drinking locally made beer is a pursuit hes has. In Thailand the choices continue to diminish. Singha lager beer is one beer he’s had an affair with for over twenty years during his vacation visits over
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Redder Than The Devil: Foreign Intervention Please
The red shirts, attempting to force Thailand’s new unelected government to dissolve the house for new elections, have a serious image problem. Their tactics look like a virtual carbon-copy of those used by the opposite yellow shirts. And not one of Thailand’s usually very talkative academics and representatives of the social and military elites openly
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Bargains Anyone? Here’s The Soft Launch Of Thai DealZ
Still beta and a pure fun project, have a look at absolutely Bangkok.com‘s latest offspring Thai Dealz. Yes, despite politics and crisis, life can be a steal in Bangkok. You don’t have to be a Cheap Charlie to appreciate a decent bargain. Stop by now and then for latest offers. Or submit a hot Dealz
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Tsunami By Choice
Four years ago, on December 26th 2004, at around noon, one of the worst weeks in my life started in Villa Market with some free degustation of Blue Ice Beer, the probably worst beer in the world. While attempting to spew the terrible brew, my mother-in-law called. There’d been some big wave down in Phuket,
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Finland Plot Revisited
What has Thailand’s deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to do with Lapland?! And why does he have a reindeer driving license? Well, Thaksin was in Lapland in 1999. How can that possibly have anything to do with the political crisis in Thailand and the kingdom’s tough lèse majesté laws? “Finnish conspiracy” lurks behind political crisis
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Season’s Greetings
Season’s Greetings to all! Thanks for your loyalty in 2008 and we’re all set for an exciting 2009. This year for the first time I haven’t written a single christmas card. It’s all gone emailized. And I was thinking and thinking about what to upload on absolutely for this year’s festive season. Tempting was a
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The Poseidon Link
Poseidon was the Greeks’ god of the sea and, as “Earth-Shaker,” of earthquakes. Poseidon is also a Bangkok icon of the other kind. But first: For observers interested in Thai politics there wouldn’t be much sense of direction without the takes of Bangkok Pundit, a “complete political junkie” who’d “rather listen to ASTV 24/7″ than
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Street Art In Bangkok, City Of Europe & Life
Hail the PAD for chasing away tourists. Otherwise the 1st Bangkok Street Show would have been even more crowded. But even with heaps of locals and families: what an event. What an enthusiastic show de force of Bangkok as a city of vibrancy. And life. Eleven stages at Lumpini Park with a new show every
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Haunted Abhisit? Who Was Not In Bed With Each Other
Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the most haunted of them all? Over the past few weeks, Bangkok’s non-Thai blogging world was focused on due political process and rule of law. Thai politics though are a twistable pragmatism, a customizable dictation of a few only reminding themselves of the broader masses once the needs
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How Western Parents Can Have Polite, Kind & Respectful Kids: Teach Them Thai Values
Thailand may not be a world leader in Westminster democracy, high morals and ethics. But obviously in children’s behavioral education. Following text is by an author who’s all but an idolizer of Thai values and therefore ignores the potential effects the – submissive? – Thai values may have on the kids later on. Just to
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