Category Archives: Health

Who Be Old

My doctor wrote “…is an elderly man.” Elderly! Elderly!! Elderly!!!Be I’ve been called ‘sir’ I have been called ‘old man’ Young latinos call me ‘Papi’ Okay Not so okay But elderly??? Yeah I am what I is An elderly old man But my eyes have improved to the point Where I see what we have […]

The Exquisite Fatness of Farangs

“Why farang so fat?” Lil’ Noi the 16 year-old waitress from Chez Michel asked at the end of the night. “Kin mak.” Lil’ Noi was right. Farangs ate a lot, although not as much as a hungry Thai woman during the course of the day. Morning rice and chicken, mid-day sum tam with Chinese noodles, […]

Allergy to Silence 2004

2004 Pattaya It’s the start of the Songkran festival and the temple across the our house on Moo 9 in Pattaya has set up loudspeakers to harangue the city dwellers into not drinking too much during the holidays. Debicel level 110. 24 hours a day. Thankfully I can’t understand a word they are saying and […]

America: The Grim Truth / Late Breaking News 2010

Posted in Truth http://en.wordpress.com/tag/truth by lancefreeman76 on April 5, 2010 Americans, I have some bad news for you: You have the worst quality of life in the developed world – by a wide margin. If you had any idea of how people really lived in Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and many parts of […]

Doctor Mai Pen Rai

From 2009 This interview with the renown Thai Doctor of health, Khun Mai Pen Rai, comes to mangozeen thanks to its London correspondent, Nick the Wanker. Q: Doctor, I’ve heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true? คุณ หมอครับ ผมเคยได้ยินว่าการออกกำลังแบบคาร์ดิโอ (ออกแบบเหือกๆ แบบหนักๆ ต่อเนื่องๆ เหงื่อซกๆๆๆ) สามารถทำให้ชีวิตยืนยาวขึ้นได้จริงไหมครับ A: Your heart is only good for so […]