Thailand Webzine, Bangkok Pattaya Thailand
A NYC opera critic once received a letter from an irate fan, accusing of sleeping through an opera about which he had written a favorable review. The opera critic wrote back. “I’ve seen enough opera to know that it’s the bad ones that wake me up.”
I feel the same way about movies and don’t subject myself […]
When I first came to Thailand no fast food chains, 7/11s, or mega stores existed outside of Bangkok. I was a sucker for the A&W restaurant near Patpong. I love root beer floats.
In the ensuing years 7/11s have invaded the nation. More kids drink Pepsi than water and KFC is finger-licking good everywhere.
Worst are Big Cs and […]
MTV issued their list of the Top Ten VDOs which broke the rules.
Now forget you can’t sing any of the choices around a campfire or all are insipid pop trash. These are songs for the people and if they are breaking the rules, then the bar has to be raised a few taboos.
Like naked sex, […]
Bangkok is a city well-known for its traffic. Main avenues are jammed at lights for hours and then released by city police whose brains have been addled from breathing too much CO2. Drivers stomp on the accelerators for a brief burst of freedom from the gridlock, even though another red light will trapped them within minutes.
This […]
The results have been tabulated for the Bangkok Municipal Authority.
People actually left their homes to vote.
And those that voted slammed the TRT (ThaiRakThai) Party.
The Democraps ( also a party of the rich and famous ) won 37 of the 54 seats.
Turnout was slightly larger than anticipated, however I still like to think that a non-vote […]
PUBLISHED IN ELK MAGAZINE 2006
My family moved from Falmouth Foresides, Maine in the summer of 1960.
Halfway to Boston my father stopped at the New Hampshire tollbooth for a lunch. After eating my Italian sandwiches, I asked for permission to go to the bathroom. My father ignored my request. He was busy corralling my three younger […]
Bird flu threatens SE Asia. Fires from Sumatra blanket the south. Pollution rise to poisonous levels. Government officials have responded to these challenges by promoting ‘HAPPY TOILETS’ to instill Thailand with the will to keep their toilets clean.
This policy is reminiscent of Singapore’s drive to insure the island’s citizens wash their hands after doing either […]
A record non-turnout is expected in today’s voting for 57 seats open for city councillors.
Officials for the Bangkok Metro Authority are blaming the heightened disinterest on predicted rains and the general apathetic malaise besetting the nation’s electorate. Thailand after all hasn’t had a national government in months and the electorate have figured out that no government is […]
Every year the Darwin Award committee nominated a select few for their achievement in pushing back the evolution of man several centuries.
Recently three teenagers from Sattahip stole Yamaha Mio motorcycle from Pattaya. Not able to start the motorcycle one joyrider decided to push it to Sattahip, a distance of 35 kilometers. Police stopped the youths […]
Coming back to America was a shock after a long absence in Asia.
Everyone was fat and I was thin in comparison to the tubby NYU students waddling down St. Mark’s Place. They all seemed have food in their mouth. My lower jaw hanging slack in shock was bound to attract the wrong attention and I […]
