I witnessed two scenes this weekend that struck me as worthy of being put on film as “Bangkok experiences”. The first would have been a few seconds in a television commercial, the second, a few minutes in a Hollywood movie. One of the scenes was in Sukhumvit, where I have returned to live after a short 9-month absence. The other scene was in the Ratchada area, which I have recently abandoned to return to the comforts of ‘my’ Sukhumvit.
Entries from November 2008
NOT NottheNation.com
Sunday, 30 November 2008 · 6 Comments
is a great website; it is a satire of the Nation one of the English language daily newspapers here in Bangkok.
The spoofs, satires and other comedy on the NottheNation website are often comic genius.
The article pasted below reads very much like a NottheNation.com article, but it is no sendup. It is an actual news story taken from the Bangkok Post wesbite.
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Monty Python Politics: Letting the PAD close the airports
Friday, 28 November 2008 · 11 Comments
By the time I finish writing this post, things may have changed, but the situation at the two Bangkok airports has been pretty stagnant for the past three days.
In case you don’t know already, the PAD – anti-government thugs who go by the name of People’s Alliance for Democracy – have taken over both Bangkok airports (Suvarnaphumi and Don Meuang) forcing them to shut down. This has frozen both cargo and passenger movements.
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Koh Samet and My Favorite Go Go Dancer
Monday, 24 November 2008 · 18 Comments
Koh Samet is a small island just a short boat ride away from Bang Phe, south east along the Gulf of Thailand from Bangkok. I went there last weekend for my third trip to the island (with the third different girl) across three years. Each trip has been a virtual carbon copy of the other two.
Getting there is easy. A one-way bus ticket from Ekkamai Station is just over 160 baht, and it’s a 3 ½ hour ride to Bang Phe, then a wait of 20 minutes or so until you can hop a 50-baht ferry for a 35 minute ride out to the island.
It’s possible to get a speedboat for about 250 baht per person, and on my first trip to the island that’s exactly what I did. (more…)
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Lending a helping hand
Thursday, 20 November 2008 · 11 Comments
I got an email from a reader this week. He offered me some material for a blog. Well, it was largely in his own self-interest, but that’s okay.
Trouble is, the email came in two days ago, and I get the feeling the information might be time-sensitive. I won’t have the time to look at it all and deal with it for a while, so I thought I’d just reprint his email below and let anyone who is interested look at it all for themselves.
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Being a tenant in Thailand
Wednesday, 19 November 2008 · 13 Comments
In my last blog (going to the cop shop) I described an altercation that took place on a Saturday night/Sunday morning at my apartment building.
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