Archive for the 'Money & Shopping' Category
Necessity Is The Mother Of Those Fake 1,000 Baht Notes – UPDATE
// +++ Update: In a comment below a reader clarified that both banknotes shown below are correct. The fakes seem to be based though on the “old” design. Watch out for this: “The fake notes are printed on paper, not material. The color runs when the bank note is placed in water. The metalic strip
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iPhone 3G Bangkok Update: Winner’s The Winner
Just a short iPhone 3G update concerning Bangkok & Thailand. All right, I hear you. By now, you say, everybody has an iPhone and there’s the promising Blackberry Storm to arrive and the Nokia N97. But then again, no other phone offers the possibilities, functionalities and the platform as does the iPhone. Period. And as
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Going Melons
You always knew that the Japanese have a soft spot for the perfect. Not that the Japanese exaggerate, who doesn’t love modern life’s gadgets designed in Japan. The Japaneses’ yearning search for the perfect world though may go slightly overboard though when you go shopping for a melon at Japanese Murahata Fruits Parlor, Central World,
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Urban Advice: Blissful Bangkok Shopping
Another lifestyle piece by Jennifer Gampell who recently brought us Bangkok’s Soi Arab closer. This time it’s about shopping. You don’t have to be a nerd to ignore Bangkok’s outrageously vast shopping possibilities. Everybody can find everything – Jennifer though is going for the upper market. And yes, she doesn’t like “noisy” Siam Paragon that
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Magic Ice Cream
No, nothing to do with magic mushroom, but expect some tantalizing aphrodisiac side effects if you enjoy the marvelously unique ice creams of Spice Story at Siam Paragon. They say it’s just ice cream, but hey. With flavors such as Pepper Magic or Hibiscus Plus Jujube Sorbet, you seriously expect they won’t have any healing,
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Bush & Thailand’s Piracy Crackdown, Part XXVII
They’re a little late this time around. But they finally made it: The police raids in Bangkok on vendors with fake brand-name products – punctually again signalizing the arrival of a high foreign, mostly U.S. dignitary. And U.S. President George Dubya Bush is in town early August. Time for Bangkok to clean up its piracy
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Update: 3G iPhone in Bangkok/Thailand
Kind of bored with Thai politics and analyses at the moment. So why not talking about the essentials of a fulfilled life: The arrival of the 3G iPhone in Bangkok. Todd the iPhreak did some research. MBK has price signs up. Most reliable and always most expensive Winner Telecom wants 38,000 to 40,000 baht for
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Times Of Inflation: Tougher Bangkok Life?
Just had an eye-opener phone call. Was talking to a friend that the rising prices start taking a toll. That I’m thinking twice before driving upcountry with these gas prices. He, laughing: “Those gas prices don’t affect people like us, don’t they.” I was lost for words for a second. Those prices do affect me.
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Tidbits: Green Wi-Fi Haven Bangkok & Buy An Island In Thailand
For once Bangkok is not the taillight of the digital progress and environmental concerns. Under its “Green Bangkok” campaign the municipal administration gives away 500,000 free Wi-Fi cards for a network covering 400 square kilometers. Enjoy a blazing 64kbps pipe, slightly better than dial-up – and than wasting money at the gas pump. Free access
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!@%$#%@ Consumer Rights In Thailand
Wow. Am I pissed off. Just bought a brand new submersible water pump for the fish pond. Two weeks later the pump breaks down. The fish would quickly die without water and air circulation. Heading back to Carrefour, where I bought the pump, they smirk maliciously. Sorry, replacement only within seven days. Forget all Thai
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