Monthly Archives: June 2012

MIA in Thailand

June 16, 2012 – 11:39 pm

Last week I purchased a ticket for a flight to Bangkok. Flights were ridiculously expensive, since the airlines fatten their profits on the summer traffic. My itinerary had two stops. Tokyo was two hours, but Delta had scheduled a fifteen hours lay-over at SFO. I was cool with that length of time. My cousin Ty […]

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President Nixon 1969 Thailand

June 12, 2012 – 9:38 am

After a five and a half hour stop-over in Vietnam President Nixon landed in Thailand on 7/30/69 to speak with the King. The Thai military were a strongest allies in the fight against communism. The president was escorted to the airport by Thailand’s King Phumiphol prior to his departure for New Delhi, India. A crowd […]

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Thai Fidelity Test

June 12, 2012 – 9:31 am

Farang men actually hire detectives to follow their Thai girlfriends when all they have to do is heed the advice of Cennn3 on www.pattayaaddicts.com Is your Thai girlfriend bullshitting you? Ask yourself these questions. 1. Has she lost and asked you to replace more phones than you have owned in your life? 2. Do her […]

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Thai Water Buffalo Revival

June 12, 2012 – 9:19 am

A warning to farangs living in Thailand. Be prepared for an onslaught of kwai mai sabai or sick buffalo complaints from your girlfriends, as up-country relatives switch from tractors to water buffaloes to work their fields. For years the King of Thailand has proclaimed that the water buffalo was a vital part of the nation’s […]

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Quote of the Day by the Dalai Lama

June 10, 2012 – 12:17 pm

The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy. H.H. the Dalai Lama

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