Monthly Archives: August 2008

Number 23 Madness

August 18, 2008 – 3:10 pm

From the pages of www.pattayaghost.com http://www.pattayaghost.com/2008/08/14/thailand-to-disappear-from-universe-aug-23/#comment-1198 Someone please explain the significance of Aug. 23, 2008. For it’s on that day that Thailand’s esteemed government officials have decided to lose their minds and turn the entire country upside down. The ghost goes on a tirade about the Thai government enforcing a 30-minute change in time. He […]

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Happy Sad

August 18, 2008 – 2:47 pm

This weekend’s Guardian portrayed the grim reality of the Thai paradise. Sex and murder. Lust mistaken for love. A fortune lost by a naive farang. This story is repeated ad infinitum without anyone ever learning from the mistakes of others. To err is human. To err all the time is more human. The Guardian’s Andrew […]

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Not a Pretty Picture

August 18, 2008 – 2:44 pm

The latest from Ian MacKinnon and Andrew Drummond’s coverage on the Isaan Murder in the Guardian. THE BAR GIRL AND THE FARANG Every year hundreds of Britons leave the UK to marry Thai brides. The perils of such liaisons were revealed last week when retired engineer Ian Beeston was murdered by his wife and her […]

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Thai Bomb Squad in Action

August 18, 2008 – 2:32 pm

I found this video of the Thai Bomb squad Very courageous Read WAR TRASH by Ha Jin For a related article please click on this URL https://www.mangozeen.com/biased.htm

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Fay Wray Cometh

August 18, 2008 – 2:30 pm

At 10am I was standing on the terrace of 137 King’s Road. Slashing veins of lightning probed the black overcast. Thunder reverberated from every direction. The wind bullied the palm trees into submission. Tropical Depression Fay Wray was introducing herself to Palm Beach and I thought, “This will be interesting.” No. The rain abated without […]

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