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Tom Yum Goong (2005) created Thai movie history this weekend by storming the US box office charts to #5. The lame plot, the cliché dialogue, and choppy editing would normally relegate this film to the garbage heap, however Tony Yaa catapults the action to a new level. A 4 minute fight sequence is the centerpiece […]

Most recently Bangkok Police deported John Mark Carr as a suspect in the unsolved murder of a little girl in Boulder, Colorado. He was innocent of that crime, however the world scrutiny forced Thai immigration officials to examine their VOA or Visa on Arrival policy, since the accused non-murderer had been upping his visa with […]

My introduction to Thai ghosts and ghouls came from my three girlfriends. Vee believed in mae-mod or witches, Mem sought the help of love potions, and Nu, my wife, won’t stay anywhere haunted by a mor phi or ghost.

If you ask Thais if they’ve seen a ghost, most will timidly say NO, indicating the fear that […]

Some stories are too perfect
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 A Swiss man caught speeding on a Canadian highway has blamed his actions on the absence of goats on the roads. The man was caught driving at 161 km/h (100mph) in a 100 km/h (60mph) zone. A traffic officer’s notes said the Swiss driver had said he was taking advantage “of […]

4Q was a cryptic abbreviation for the most spoken phrase in the English language. People say it more than ‘I love you’ or ‘huh’. A variation of the term is ’snafu’, which means ’situation normal all fucked up’, which is exactly what I have to say after reading the following article from the WASHINGTON POST.
ALERT FOR TRANSVESTITE […]

The other day I was watching the BBC and Charlotte Rampling came on the screen. She had been a fantasy of mine after seeing THE NIGHT PORTER. The 60-year-old actress was promoting her new film by Laurent Cantent GOING SOUTH. 
This movie features a rare examination of sex, lust, and lust set in Haiti of the […]

written by PETER NOLAN SMITH - published BEAR ONLINE 2001
The driver of the black car had planned to drive straight to Iron Mountain, but upon spotting the van in the Wonderland Diner parking lot he stopped onto the highway’s shoulder and slowly surveyed the surroundings. The agent in the government-issue sedan sensed no danger from […]

The hierarchy of farang Pattaya is ranked according to the source of your money.
At the top are those rich retirees divorced their wives before their investments could be raped for alimony. Second come the westerners working for the up-market chains as executives. Third stand successful go-go bar owners and hotel proprietors, although everyone knows their […]