Monthly Archives: May 2006

Gas prices to go higher

May 12, 2006 – 9:34 pm

A year ago I was filling my Nuevo Scooter for 60 baht. Now it costs 120. My car strangely cost twice as much too. Little relief seems in sight and 95 has already hit 30 baht/litre in distant Mae Hong Song. It’s only 1.5 baht from that in Pattaya and we have oil refineries down […]

By Peter | Posted in News | Comments (0)

No Government is good government

May 10, 2006 – 6:43 am

It’s been over a month since the last election and no one has opened the senate. dust collects on the desks. A caretaker turns on the lights. Limos stand unused. PM Thaksin no longer wears a tie. There is no government. no democracy. Does that mean we are living in anarchy? I went to the 7/11 […]

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Tuk (Buffalo Bar)

May 9, 2006 – 9:37 pm

Tuk works at the Buffalo Bar. Has been there on and off since 2001. She was 19 then and sexier than a bar filled with go-go girls, mostly because she was crazy and didn’t mind taking off her clothes to be groped by older men. She took her revenge by letting them fall in love. […]

By Peter | Posted in Nightlife, Pattaya | Comments (0)

MI3 Nicole wants Tom

May 9, 2006 – 10:24 am

Yesterday afternoon the Mission Impossible 3 DVDs hit the street of Pattaya. the DVD touts were telling customers, “Good movie.” like they had just graduated from the Pauline Kael film critic school (she was a famous critic who never panned a totally meaningless film by an unknown director) ie she was an intellectual. Anyway MI3 isn’t […]

By Peter | Posted in Movies / TV | Comments (0)

Official low season in Pattaya

May 9, 2006 – 9:55 am

High season in Pattaya begins a little before Christmas. The bars are filled by rookies and trouble-makers from all over the world. Guys are younger. Your side-squeezes or geeks don’t answer your phone calls. Your mia noi or small wife tells you she has to take care of her sick buffalo. You can’t get a seat at […]

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