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		<title>Al Jazeera: Slingshots &amp; Firecrackers, That&#8217;s All They Had</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Relive Black May with Al Jazeera&#8217;s &#8220;The Rageh Omaar Report: The Year of Living Dangerously.&#8221; As if the Thai government&#8217;s PR campaign fell on deaf ears you&#8217;re left wondering if the red shirts are no front. The last words belong to the opposition, it&#8217;s the government that&#8217;s in need of explanations. Add some somber music <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/al-jazeera-slingshots-firecrackers-thats-all-they-had/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/al-jazeera-slingshots-firecrackers-thats-all-they-had/' addthis:title='Al Jazeera: Slingshots &#38; Firecrackers, That&#8217;s All They Had ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Thai Politics Go Blockbuster</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 03:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hollywood has discovered the power of the misery of Thai politics. Guaranteed box office hits soon to arrive in a theater near you: &#8220;The Happiness of Sondhi,&#8221; &#8220;Prince of Montenegro,&#8221; &#8220;Thueag, I Love You.&#8221; Release dates of the latest Thai blockbusters are not yet finalized, but expect the Thai film scene to take the world <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/thai-politics-go-blockbuster/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/thai-politics-go-blockbuster/' addthis:title='Thai Politics Go Blockbuster ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>To Invest Or Not</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever lost or gamed away money in Thailand? There&#8217;s a new bible for investors: Your Investment Guide to Thailand. I had a word with the author Bruce Bickerstaff who has more than twenty years experience in professional and management roles in both the Australian government and private sectors. Over the past decade Bruce has been <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/to-invest-or-not/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/to-invest-or-not/' addthis:title='To Invest Or Not ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Street Food</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to not notice the Thai passion for food. Most first time visitors to Thailand are impressed with the sight of people cooking along street corners and alleys. The scent of garlic burning in hot oil, the fragrance of sweet sticky rice and mango (khao niauw ma mouang), the activity early morning at a <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/street-food/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/street-food/' addthis:title='Street Food ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Calvino Is Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every city has a dark side. Hardly anyone paints the dark underbelly of Bangkok more vividly than Christopher G. Moore, whose latest Bangkok novel The Corruptionist just hit the shelves. 466 pages of dark Bangkok. I had a word with Chris about his new book, his work and Bangkok. Most expats here are familiar with <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/calvinos-back/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/calvinos-back/' addthis:title='Calvino Is Back ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Thai Literature Made Easy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you&#8217;re in Thailand maybe since years and you&#8217;re not able to speak a single coherent Thai sentence. Told me an Aussie friend here recently whose local business spiraled downwards that in a meeting with his Thai in-laws the long unsaid was finally said to him: &#8220;You don&#8217;t speak Thai, that&#8217;s why!&#8221; There&#8217;s a hidden <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/thai-literature-made-easy/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/thai-literature-made-easy/' addthis:title='Thai Literature Made Easy ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>BKK Film Fest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the following sounds like Spanish to you, you have to read on: &#8220;Double Take. Weirdness involving Hitchcock and the Cold War. World cinema fans are into A Prophet, Antichrist and 35 Shots of Rum. Independencia and Manila from the Philippines, Here from Singapore, The Forbidden Door from Indonesia, Agrarian Utopia from Thailand, Burma VJ <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/bkk-film-fest/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/bkk-film-fest/' addthis:title='BKK Film Fest ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Girlfriend For Sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not much to add. This is a YouTube upload of &#8220;Girlfriend for Sale&#8221; filmed for Britain&#8217;s Channel 4. It&#8217;s been a while since it was on air in December 2007. But hell, while some get wiser and learn, some don&#8217;t &#8211; and are not less happy. It&#8217;s the same old story over and over again. <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/girlfriend-for-sale/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/girlfriend-for-sale/' addthis:title='Girlfriend For Sale ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>A Sad Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, after a fairly good Aikido session at Thai-Ippun Dojo in Din Daeng, I had dinner at one of my usual restaurants. I was quite hungry but I didn’t want to eat too much as it was already late, so I ordered just one plate of fried rice. As the owners of <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/a-sad-story/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/a-sad-story/' addthis:title='A Sad Story ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>TIME Archive &amp; The Art Of Titillation</title>
		<link>http://absolutelybangkok.com/time-archive-the-art-of-titillation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bangkok Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TIME Magazine&#8217;s online archive is a compelling treasure trove. The archive reaches back to &#8211; believe it or not &#8211; the year of 1924. That is, if you search for bangkok. Searching for thailand, the archive starts in April 1931. Because Thailand didn&#8217;t even exist yet back then? Covers are available back to 1923. My <br /> <a href="http://absolutelybangkok.com/time-archive-the-art-of-titillation/">Read more...</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://absolutelybangkok.com/time-archive-the-art-of-titillation/' addthis:title='TIME Archive &#38; The Art Of Titillation ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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