Monthly Archives: June 2008

Beer Buddhas in Pattaya

June 16, 2008 – 9:09 am

Drinking beer is supposedly good for you or so Guinness tells its customers. I’ve invested probably about $100,000 in beer drinking, which has led to a more than slight expansion of my personal property around the waist, however in Pattaya there are those partakers whose investment in beer has thrived beyond all expectations. Some boast a […]

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BANGKOK 8 by John Burdett

June 16, 2008 – 9:01 am

BANGKOK 8 like its follow-up BANGKOK TATTOO is a step away from the typical farang novels about betrayal from a sex tourist in love with a go-go girl. As previously stated the author John Burdett has a better insight into Thai life than those tales of woe from broken hearted drifters or even that of […]

By Peter | Posted in Bangkok, Books, Crime, Magic | Comments (0)

Thai Wife on the BBC

June 16, 2008 – 7:46 am

For every sad story about farang/Thai marriages, there’s a happy ending about which you never hear. Check out this offerings from LITTLE BRITAIN. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpWw8KSzSFs&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX58bjwIbiQ&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba2NqGNeUoo&feature=related Little Ting Tong from Thailand will warm your heart.

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2 Million Baht Lunch Pail Owner no longer MIA

June 15, 2008 – 12:53 pm

When I first traveled to the Orient, my friends asked, “Aren’t you scared of thieves?” “No, because if anyone wants something from me, then all they have to do is wait for me to forget it.” And basically no one ever really stole from me in Thailand. I left a camera at a restaurant. They […]

By Peter | Posted in law, politics, Thailand | Comments (0)

Thai Language Lessons

June 15, 2008 – 12:35 pm

I learned Thai from my various girlfriends using an old colonial technique known as the ‘sleeping dictionary’ or suea non gin poot-ha-na-noo-grom approach. I read 3-4 words a day from the regular dictionary to increase my vocabulary. The only problem was my Boston accent, so I sometimes confuse Thais with my speaking their language. My […]

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