Archive for September, 2007
Poll: The Teflon Premier
HTC has a new Android mobile phone, the Hero, with Teflon coating. Goodbye you oily fingerprints. Same goes for the Hero’s and the iPhone 3GS’ new screens. Oleophobic coatings. Fingerprint resistant. Same goes for our prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva. Kind of Teflon coated, as Reagan back then. Criticism just does not seem to stick. No
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$1,192 ++ The Celeb Night
“Remote Thai Getaway: Remote but accessible aptly describes the Thai island of Kood, on which Soneva Kiri is set amidst the lush tropical rainforest, off the south-east coast of the Gulf of Siam. International guests are personally met on arrival at Bangkok’s Suvarnabuhmi airport and transferred to the resort’s own airplane for the one-hour flight
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The Vongthip Letter Aug 09
Keep on going: In 7/09, PM Abhisit continued to work hard and to reach out to as many people as possible at seminar events and ground visits (Buriram and Songkla). He needed to communicate and explain his government policies, solicit cooperation for their successful implementation as well as to listen to the people’s wish lists.
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Miss Hopeful Universe
It’s this time of the year again, on August 23rd, of the Miss Universe contest, this time on the Bahamas. Hopeful Thailand, known around the world for the most pleasant aesthetic singularity of her female offspring, is represented by Chutima Durongdej. Chuti-who? Miss Thai Universe?! Gimme a break! She’s 23 years old, measures 35-26-35, has
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Blue Diamond Affair Re-Revisited
Thailand belongs – beside Israel – to the few countries on earth that can afford to have no full diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia. Most readers won’t be aware why Thailand ostracizes Saudi Arabia. Wait, it’s the other way round. Saudi Arabia is still waiting for justice. Prime Minister Abhisit wants to draw a line
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Before America Came, Thailand Was Pure
It’s an often heard charge and foreigners swinging into Bangkok keep on blaming themselves to this day, at least some: Since the mid-1960′s, when U.S. soldiers arrived from Nam for serious R&R, Thai officials keep lamenting the decline in morality. American soldiers had a good time in Bangkok, business for massage parlors was booming –
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Thailand’s New Face
He’s Nichkhun Horvejkul, born June 24th, 1988, of 182cm height and 64kg weight. And he’s Thailand’s first new celebrity ambassador. Who?! After the unforgettable, ever-lasting, worn-out Amazing Thailand campaign the tourism supremos are betting on something fresher. Here comes a young guy and sings Come to Thailand; Let’s take a break! Nah? Caught the fever?
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Same Same But Different
This one’s actually different from the usual “similar, but somehow not.” This one’s an adaptation, a Cambodian adaptation, with very obvious Thai undertones: The German film Same Same But Different, with – yes – the David Kross in the leading role who convinced as young Ralph Fiennes in the phenomenal The Reader. The female leading
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