Thailand Webzine, Bangkok Pattaya Thailand
Last week’s GURU in the weekend Bangkok Post featured an article from Yanisa of LOVE RULES about GIRLS YOU SHOULD NOT DATE.
For the most part her choices were right on the money.
Your friend’s ex, your best friend’s sister, your ex-girlfriend’s sister or best friend, a work associate, your ex-girlfriend, a high-maintenence hi-so princess, a career-committed […]
There are 11 more shopping days until Xmas and 6 of them will pass without holiday cheer, as the reigning junta has declared 12/14 to 12/16 and 12/21 to 12/23 periods of no-alcohol sales anywhere in the country to insure a sober election for the new government.
No beer. No Lao. No tequila shots. Not anywhere […]
Surveying 5,529 heart attack deaths in Asia, Dr Wong Teck Wee discovered that 34 fatalities occurred during sex and 27 of those mortalities happened while the male was engaged in an act of illicit sex ie adultery. The Universiti Putra Malaysia cardiologist concluded from these findings that stress of illicit sex could lead to sudden […]
Every year the King pardons thousands of repentant prisoners. Most of the beneficiaries of his majesty’s largesse are unknown, except to family, friends, and the law, so I got a shock this morning upon reading the word PARDON and then seeing Wisut Boonkasemsanti’s photo on the Bangkok Post’s front page. This hi-so gynaecologist had been […]
THE GODFATHER 3 was a horrible movie; Andy Garcia, Sofia Coppola, and Al Pacino’s wretched line, “No sooner than I think I’m out, then they pulling me back in.”
Unfortunately those words hold personal resonance, for like Michael Corleone’s failure to leave the Mafia, I was unable to end my affair with my mia noi, Mint. […]
New Rule: No more gift registries. You know, it used to be just for weddings. Now it’s for babies and new homes and graduations from rehab. Picking out the stuff you want and having other people buy it for you isn’t gift giving, it’s the white people version of looting.
New Rule: Stop giving me that […]
Two weeks until the Thai national elections and officials throughout the Chonburi Province have pledged to pride themselves in running the cleanest voting process in the country. No vote-buying and no armed thugs at the polling places. Democracy ala Thai thanks to the special attention of the province’s 5000+ police force.
Political parties expect a high […]
“December 7th will live forever as a day of infamy.” President Roosevelt predicted before Congress in his declaration of war on Japan.
Infamy in Thai is cheu sia.
I asked several Thais about Pearl Harbor. My question stumped them all, but surprisingly when I asked several British friends, “What does December 7th mean to you?”
“Is it your […]
Yesterday Thailand showed its respect for the King with an emotional celebration of the revered monarch’s 80th birthday. The highlight of the day was the early evening’s majestic motorcade to his Bangkok Palace. Millions of his adoring subjects lined the broad avenues decorated with celestial light displays. The King and Queen sat in the back of the […]
Whenever I visit the States or Europe, old friends celebrate the prodigal’s return. The guest list run from the good, the bad, and the beautiful. After all we’re talking about London, Paris, LA, and New York. Most of the invitees are familiar with my history, but also a smattering of new people and sooner […]
