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Bangkok Fetish Festival
Yes we’re all tired, some upset, some still hopeful. Some puppet masters are playing us Pharisees and Philistines. Still trying to decipher Thaksin’s latest Hitler and gay phone-ins? Maybe you need a break from it all. Why don’t you just let go and head over to the 4th Bangkok Fetish Festival. For more than just
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Dr. Saul: Thailand & The Desire Economy
Dr. Saul Kruggerand, the renowned Ph.D. economist and native of South Africa, whom we last heard from in his article titled Thailand to Tackle World’s Desire Deficit in which he outlined the present economic structure of Thailand’s Desire Sector (DS) along with an insightful and detailed estimate of the Desire Sector’s current contribution to Thailand’s
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The Vongthip Letter Jan ’10
Tiger, tiger, burning bright! The Year of the Fiery Tiger has arrived and promised to be no less ferocious than the Year of the Mad Bull that has just left! Those who did not believe in astrology, seemed to be hoping and praying that 2010 would be the beginning of a better decade than the
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Why Are Thai Women Not Like That
“I can’t believe that Thailand has become like this,” she says. “Why does no one think of Thailand in that light?” “Why do Thai women let people do that to them?” Many answers to your questions dear vlogger jeerawan. Just to mention discipline, solid morals and ethics, a healthy sense of self-respect, to assume what
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Hail 2010, Year of More Liberal Booze
As we all know, being a wine lover in Thailand is an elitist thing. Imports being taxed over 200%, because wine lovers are considered to be snobs who can afford any price. An average bottle sets you back at least the double of the price you pay in the West. Or even in Vietnam or
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Beauty’s Moral Decay
Finally we see some focused government action in these trying times. Not only the Ministry of Information & Communication Technology is overly active these days to ensure a pure and prosperous society. We learn that the Ministry of Health “is considering action against alcohol beverage firms that distribute calendars clearly showing their brand names or
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Innocence Lost
Wanna know about the inner workings of the Royal Thai Police? You heard all the hearsay and read some of those stories. But do you have proof? Did you learn anything the hard way? Here’s an eyewitness account: Recently I was visiting a friend in Rangsit. It was a Friday night and we decided while
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Navigating The Bangkok Night
The Bangkok Night is so vast and diverse, spread across so many different districts of this gigantic Asian metropolis with so many bars, night clubs, lounges, discos, KTVs, snooker places, “Entertainment Complexes,” music venues, street stalls, night markets, “special services” massage places, cinemas and shopping centers, from tiny to huge, from low-end and very cheap
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No Escape
Tried to have a weekend free of politics, starting with a Saturday afternoon stroll to Pantip joining a party later on. But no politics is hardly possible in the metropolis Bangkok that’s just not getting rid of its provincial charm. You can meet anyone anywhere. At the party I ended up with meeting … well,
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Dangerous Ground
This topic is speculative, but in these times when even bankers can get arrested who acted on the basis of information that was available to them, then everything becomes speculative. Remember, a lot of information available in Thailand is not officially available. Call it a new, not yet seen interpretation of a LM-like approach. The
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