Monthly Archives: October 2006

Ong Bak – Thai Movie

October 4, 2006 – 4:10 am

ONG BAK marked the debut of Tony Yaa, the explosive martial talent, to both Thai and intenational audience. The story of a young man searching for a stolen Buddha head in Bangkok is aided by the skillful direction by Prachya Pinchaew for the director truthfully portrays country life, while going a little over the top with […]

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Pattaya Bar Etiquette Lesson

October 2, 2006 – 6:38 am

Somehow when men from the West come to Pattaya they lose whatever manners their parents had beaten into them as children. Bad behavior becomes almost a prerequisite for a good time. drunkeness, rowdyism, and macho studity are usually forgiven by our Thai hosts, but the other night a foreign patron at Lucifer’s Discotheque overstepped the lines. The […]

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Miss Czech wins Miss World 2006

October 2, 2006 – 1:01 am

Miss Czech Republic took the crown in the Miss World pageant yesterday in Poland. The event was held in the Palace of Culture, a masterpiece of stalinist architecture, which was tarted up for the event. Old Joe Stalin must be rolling in his grave and feminists stuck to tradition calling the beauty contest a cattle […]

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Peace in Bagdhad

October 1, 2006 – 7:19 am

Peace was achieved in Bagdhad this weekend after US liberation forces advised the Iraqi government call for a complete curfew during daylight hours. No cars. No pedestrian. Everyone had to stay at home as a precaution against the feared bombing of the International Zone.  GW Bush suggested the people of Bagdhad stay the course and order […]

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