Thailand Webzine, Bangkok Pattaya Thailand
10 Billion baht were transferred out of Thaksin Shinawatra’s bank before the freeze on his accounts. This money was deposited in London and Swiss banks for the purchase of the Manchester City Football Club, whose fans referred to the ousted prime minister as Sinatra. Shinawatra has to many syllables for Midlanders.
The sports entrepeneur has established UK Sports […]
Those pesky Nigerian scam artists are at it again.
Talk about industrious.
The latest email plea comes from a supposed Thai student without funds in Nigeria ie up a creek without a paddle.
Without further ado here it is.
Subject: Emergency
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007
How are you today? I went to Nigeria yesterday for a program called (Empowering students […]
“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of living.” Sam Johnson
The same could be said for most big cities and by big cities I mean New York, Paris, Rio, and Bangkok, but certainly not LA.
Each has their attractions.
Times Square, the Eiffel Tower, and Cocacabana Beach are all fine and good, however 42nd Street is […]
The Thai IT Minister is thinking about asking the ruling council to rescind its ban on Youtubes. The popular website’s exile arose from violating the nation’s lese majeste laws. Order #5 also x-ed over 200 political websites and pornographic sites, earning Thailand a listing on the international list of media pariahs.
Big Brother knows best. XXX is bad. Gambling […]
Thaksin’s children were praised by their father for their part in the Shin Corp sale to Singapore. They had purchased 329.2 million shares from Ample Rich Investments in January 2006 at 1 baht each. Thanks to the business acumen inherited from their great-grandfather, the children increased the stock’s value beyond anyone’s expectations and sold the company to Singapore’s […]
The Thailiban is getting ready to enforce new alcohol restrictions on the Land of Smiles. Liquor ads will be banned and the sale of booze within 500 meters of a school or temple will be prohibited by the law. The health minister claimed this new policy will solve the nation’s excessive drinking problems, however hotel and retaurant […]
Fabo and I were sitting in the garden of the Welkome Inn. He was drinking Heineken and I was supping a cold San Miquel Lite. Unexpectedly two unordered bottles arrived at the table. The waitress explained that a girl had received ten million Zaire Francs from a customer and rung the bell for the entire bar. […]
“Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” JFK.
One thing the military junta discovered upon overthrowing the previous government was that the treasury had been plundered to finance the ex-PM’s popularity. To refill the nation’s coffers without alerting the international financial markets that revenue pirates have been […]
The monsoons coincide with low season in Pattaya. Hotels offer special rates and the bargirls call everyone ’sexy’. Many retreat to Isaan to wait for the high season. Better to work in the family rice paddy, then settle down with an 80 year-old retiree on a limited pension. At least until high season comes back in November.
The desperation […]
The world’s most famous prisoner was freed from LA Jail. A gauntlet of paparazzi greeted the blonde heiress outside the gates. She smiled with the proper contrition and boarded her grandmother’s SUV with a gracious wave to the crowd. The Press followed the Caddy Escalade a la Princess Diana. No one died in the frenzy […]
