Archive for September, 2007
Who Doesn’t Love Him
Round one goes to Abhisit Vejjajiva, our new sunny boy prime minister who twisted us around his little finger most charmingly. The morning after his talk at the FCCT dinner I got an email from a collegue: “BTW, did you hear about Abhisit invoking Guns N’ Roses last night?” Not to mention Abhisit invoking the
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Kings Of Fakes
“Is that a real fake?” With that question you can easily embarrass a local belle who sports a brand new fake Gucci or Louis Vuitton or whatever bag. Because the question sounds like: “Is that one real?” Fakes of everything have become an integral part of Thai consumer and other goods. Industrial-style for that. A
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Police Shoot Them, Finally
Got quite some images these days from readers. Some unpublishable, such as the photos from the inside of Santika showing black charred bodies twisted into one another. But these photos showing police shooting minor perpetrators caught red-handed I’m more than happy to show. Finally they’re shooting them. You always wondered why some people here are
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Detox Revisited
Our early readers may remember our early piece Colonary Treats In Bangkok: Detox Yourself. Well, we’ve done the hard research work again, as it was time for another yearly detox cleanse, I mean, a colonic irrigation. Rejuvenating, to say the least. You may sniff at it, but it just feels ecstatic having your guts cleaned.
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Abhisit, A Better Thaksin?
Much has been said about the Abhisit I government being a plagiarism of the recent shadow governments of Thaksin who remains at the center of it all. Not only will Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva continue with Thaksin’s weekly Sunday address on TV – will he grant a slot to the opposition as he demanded under
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The Vongthip Letter Jan 09
Welcoming the (Mad) Bull: While celebrating the New Year with their families and friends, people were wondering what kind of a Bull year ’09 would turn out to be. After months of having been mauled by the year of the “Fiery Rat” and devoured by the “Angry Bear” in ’08, people had become so stressed
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Perishable Beauty
Art again, oh yezzz! And what kind of art. Just imagine the most splendid dinner you ever had. A juicy, crusty roast, freshest seafood, cheeses from France, freshly baked breads, fruits – a feast for palate, senses and mind. And all those delicacies decaying. First for one day, then for a week, a month …
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Retro Bangkok, Imagined Bangkok
In case you haven’t been to Bangkok’s new Art & Culture Center BACC yet, seize the opportunity: The center features the exhibition KRUNGTHEP 226 – ART OF YESTERDAY, IMAGE OF TOMORROW, tracing the life of Bangkok from the beginning in the late 18th century through the present into the future. Curated by Luckana Kunavichayanont and
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Apple, Strawberry & Prune
Not, those are no nicknames of local belles. But something’s in the air … The unique scents of apple, strawberry and prune lingering about … And what’s that strange bubbling sound? Shishas, hookahs, water pipes … You find them everywhere these days in Thailand. People chuffing fruity tobacco, herbs and such. No weed or dope
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Bangkok Sirens: Aff Taksaorn
Born in October 1980, of a physical density of 45 kilograms and longitude of 163 centimeters of concentrated Thai beauty, “Aff” Taksaorn Paksukcharern isn’t your typical Bangkok Siren. You won’t find any shots of a scantily dressed Aff. She’s a star of the lakorn, the overly dramatic Thai television serials, also called soap operas. And
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