Archive for September, 2007
The Mae Baan
I know, heard that charge before that we’re all “bemaided” after a while in Thailand. You forget doing basic things, just to mention the laundry, dishes, garden … But why not supporting a woman or girl AND her family by letting her having control over your household. It not only boosts the local GDP. It
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Phuket’s Tamil Tigers
The accusations are not new – they’re known since years and were also heard during Indonesia’s war in Aceh, not to mention Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge …: Thailand serving as a regional hub for arms smuggling. Ian Williams’ TV report below is a nice piece of investigative journalism, visiting a small shipyard in southern Phuket assembling
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Chris Coles’ Bangkok Vanilla Sky
The man, an ardent reader of absolutely Bangkok by the way, needs no introduction if you’re familiar with Bangkok’s art scene: Bangkok noir artist Chris Coles, known for his darkish Bangkok portraits, yearns for the Bangkok the glossy tourism brochures avoid. The bare, completely apolitical human is the centerpiece of Chris’ Bangkok work. Chris grasps
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Dead Country Walking
Been in a black hole for the past two weeks, surrounded by mountains and beaches and penguins and sea lions. About mid through this self-imposed renunciation of Thai politics and the internet I got hold of a local faraway newspaper. Thailand wasn’t front page news anymore, but still got a fat headline – and the
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The Vongthip Letter Apr 09
Abhisit’s first 100 Days: As anticipated, PM Abhisit has been maturing (and aging!) fast before our eyes. It has indeed been a Herculean task, trying to raise Thailand’s international image, steer the country through the world’s Great Recession while endeavoring to satisfy his demanding coalition parties as well as his own hard-to-please supporters. In the
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En Route
absolutelyBangkok.com will be hibernating until after Songkran. In what is supposed to be my first computer-free break since the creation of computers I’ll be somewhere where there are actually hardly any computers. Maybe a Twitter tweet now and then … First withdrawal syndromes kickin’ in … With sparse access to the net and default set
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Bangkok Sirens: Sonia Couling
What’s up everyone! Sorry for the huge delay (busy doing other projects, switching jobs, finding one in the recession, the usual), but I’m back! Anyway, enough about me, let’s cut to the chase and talk about our featured Thai hottie. As you have read from Yardthip Rajpal last time, I’m into the luk kruengs. And
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BKK News Feed Archive Q2/09/II
BKK News Feed for Week 27 in 2009, June 29th – July 05th: BANGKOK POST – Crushing By-Election Defeats: Democrats Should Abandon Their Aloofness NOT THE NATION – Da Torpedo’s Speech Kills 12, Injures 344, Destroys Rice Harvest PRACHATAI – Khun Thong Daeng as Prototype of Thai Dogs AFP – Thai Minister Faces Charges Over
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BKK News Feed Archive Q2/09/I
BKK News Feed for Week 20 in 2009, May 11th – 17th: NOT THE NATION – All Future Govt Announcements to Be Made by Girls in Space Boots BANGKOK POST – Container Saga: Camera to Be Used in Search for Remains (Abhisit’s statement is simply shocking) AFP – Tiaras @ Thai Transsexual Beauty Contest RELIGION,
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