Even thought I support Tata Young, (even though her last cd was a poor effort) I do wish she would understand that ‘the album’ is dead, we don’t buy CDs anymore. From Reuters: “I wish I sold more albums and not pirated CDs,” the 26-year-old, who is often seen as Asia’s answer to Britney Spears, […]

Seems to be a lot of airport indecision, but I vote for staying at the new airport. The old communist era airport is fine for domestic budget flights, but Thai and all international fights should stay at the new Airport. It’s so nice driving into the new airport knowing you won’t have to worry about […]

The best thing we can do about the bombs in Bangkok is ignore them. Media coverage is what bombers crave. Let this die, stop blogging about it, stop talking about it. Ignore it, move on with life.

The best week of the year to be in Thailand has arrived. Take advantage of the cool weather you lucky ones!! The only gripe I have.. is where are the Beer Gardens??

It’s about time the Swiss take some heat for something. Enough of the anti-American attitudes, it’s these Swiss guys are the REAL problem: “…they certainly were not amused to find portraits of the king defaced with black spray paint in six villages in Chiang Mai on Tuesday. The culprit turned out to be a Swiss […]

HBO will start showing it’s film Dec 10th, Tsunami: The Aftermath this Sunday. (if not here in thailand, there is always the torrents) Part 2 is shown on Dec 17th. Starring Tim Roth, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Okonedo, Hugh Bonneville, Samrit Machielsen, and Toni Collette. This made-for-HBO miniseries drama follows fictional characters in Thailand after the […]

If you are a tech guy or gal, you read Slashdot. Period. But after the recent statements by the new Thai IT Minister which made the Slashdot front page and alienated open source developers world wide, I was curious to see how the Slashdot community views Thailand, so had a look at the biggest stories […]

If you want to see the new new, come have a look at the true urban park at Siam Paragon 3rd floor. Wow. As a tech guy, I was in heaven. All kinds of neat tech like custom ipod tables with personal sound domes, 30″ lcd displays, and a few dual moniter set ups, and […]

For an overview of future expansion check the Wikipedia page. The routes to built are: … the Blue Line (Bang Sue-Tha Phra-Bang Khae and Hua Lamphong-Tha Phra with a length of 27km and a cost of Bt52 billion); the Red Line (Rangsit-Bang Sue-Taling Chan, 41km, Bt53 billion); the (Bang Yai-Bang Sue, 23km, Bt29 billion); the […]

If you do, than Vicha Poolvaraluck is enemy #1. He plans to open between 50 and 60 new McDonalds outlets in the next five years. Hey Vicha, if I want to see fat people, I will got to America! But wait, how clever you are, you also own California WOW. How’s this for a businss […]

The popular Stickman’s Guide to Bangkok site is down. Bangkok‘s most notorious troll John Galt is claiming credit. Let’s hope Stickman takes this time off to make huge strides in readability.

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Taksin lowers the price of health care to 30 baht, and so the new governent goes and makes it free? “We’d lost touch with many patients, not because they didn’t payattention to their health, but because they could not afford to pay thetravel costs or even the Bt30 fee,” she explained. powered by performancing firefox

In the spirtit of the Mental Health Department survey, this site will do it’s own survery. Of course the results won’t be official untill late 2007. Congratulations to Maha Sarakham for being the most happy place in Thailand. Wow, that makes me happy just to say it. powered by performancing firefox

“It wouldn’t be allowed to land.” – Sonthi (from the Nation story) So what should he do? “He should use the phone if there’s something urgent.” So it looks like the Taksin corruption inquiry isn’t going so well.  The post-coup investigation so far has uncovered no solid links between the overthrown leader and major corruption […]

An nice overall summary of the new visa rules and where they fit into the big picture for Thailand, from Asian Sentinel. Just how many people live and work here using 30-day stamps is hard to say, but with at least a dozen agencies now operating daily visa run tours, plus those taking public or […]

Just noticed Thai banks can now be added to your Thai Paypal account (mine is in USD). This means it’s pretty easy for anyone in the world to pay you via Paypal, and pick it up with your local Thai ATM card.If your account is a Thailand Paypal, you will have the choice for a […]

I love Engrish. As an Expat, it makes your eyes squint like visual sour candy. You see a nice piece of Engrish and feel like you landed on another planet. I know Engrish.com does an exelent job, but I’d love to see Engrish you found in Thailand. If you have some please send it to […]

First, let me start with the bad things. The name. Compare the way a Westerner would read it, to the way it’s said. “Su varn a buh umi” vs “Su wan a poom” . From now on, this blog’s offical spelling of the new Bangkok International Airport is – Suwanapoom. Suwanapoom International Airport, Bangkok. Has […]

Just found the full lenght Ong Bak Movie right in Google Video. Cool. Watch it at work.

Please help me understand what the USA has to do with this: Labour union leaders of a Thailand-based lingerie factory on Saturday insisted they would defy martial law and stage a protest outside the US embassy in Bangkok this weekend to pressure company owners into paying severance pay to 1,400 laid-off workers. Union chairwoman Duangjai […]

Promise kept, and Thailand gets back to normal, but I guess not everyone is happy: In one of the few signs of public opposition to the coup, a taxi daubed with slogans saying “Destroying the country” and “Die for the country” rammed a tank in Bangkok on Saturday.The taxi was badly damaged and the driver […]

The Nation has a survey of Thai’s and their view on tourists. Hightlights: … 28 per cent naming mainland Chinese as the least polite visitors, followed by tourists from India (20 per cent) and the Middle East (19 per cent). …When asked which tourist behaviour they find impolite, 29 per cent said damaging the local […]

The Council for Democratic Reform website is up. Looks like they specalize in Coup’s. Maybe you can hire them for your party. And check out the Ban on Eavesdropping. Could this be directed at loyalists in a special room somewhere inside an AIS building listening to certain converstaion? Hmm… In cases where the violator is […]

The headline writers at International Herald Tribune go for senationalist gold with the headline: “Thai soldiers take a break from the coup to watch go-go dancers ” – to bad it wasn’t really go-go dancing, and just a sad excuse for a headline. Hey IHT… THIS… is go-go dancing. More from Bangkok Pundit. Photos here […]

Take the test at AllLookTheSame.com. I got a 10 of 18 right btw, and the average is 6.

This story (also here) in The Nation by Thanong Khanthong offers the best insight I have read so far into the Coup. If true Sonthi Boonyaratglin could go down as one of the great Thai heros. Taksin had planed to use a bloody protest as pretext to declaring a state of emergency… an intelligence report […]

Check out the Coup in action. Some good action shots from a good friend of mine: “My first Coup!” “B2 ready for action” Motherfuck!n’ Tanks on a Motherfuck!n’ Street! The business end of the Coup More photos Coup Photos. Thanks John!

Thailand’s new military ruler, winning crucial royal backing for his bloodless coup, announced Wednesday that he would not call elections for another year. – Washington Post

Been looking for this for a while (thanks 1Rai) – Thai land sizes: 1 Rai = 4 Ngan = 1600 Square Meters1 Ngan = 100 Talang Wah = 400 SqM1 Talang Wah = 4 SqM Common Western Conversions:1 Acre = 2.5 Rai1 Hectare = 6.25 Rai

Huston Cron:” Thailand would be better off with a deeply flawed leader ultimately accountable to the electorate than what it has now: a military dictator who has revoked the constitution.” You forget he is the richest man in Thailand. The only other two forces that could possible oppose him are the military and the King. […]

This could be both good and bad. Hopefully the Baht will loose some strength against the dollar, and make a bit of a buying opportunity. Also lets hope this finally means a return to fair closing times, and if we are lucky… a repeal on the this visa situation. Troops loyal to army chief Gen […]

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