Category Archives: Bangkok

Bangkok Happiness Down

July 29, 2007 – 10:26 pm

Bangkok Happiness Index has plummeted to 3.71 in comparison to 5.02 for national average. The present political unrest is causing stress, as families argue opposing views. My father would tell them. “Don’t watch the news. Never has anything good on it. That stuff makes you crazy.” What makes a Bangkok man happy? A bottle of Johnny Walker Black, his […]

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CCTV 360 In Bangkok

July 24, 2007 – 3:37 am

Civic ambition combined with corporate greed sometimes create mega-projects boogling the minds of common man. No more so as when the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) agreed to install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in a major shopping hub for the supposed public safety. Against shoplifters? No, even worse. Shoplifting terrorists.

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Rivals to Sin City

June 29, 2007 – 11:35 pm

“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of living.” Sam Johnson The same could be said for most big cities and by big cities I mean New York, Paris, Rio, and Bangkok, but certainly not LA. Each has their attractions. Times Square, the Eiffel Tower, and Cocacabana Beach are all fine and good, however […]

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Million Baht dinner ala Bangkok

February 7, 2007 – 1:58 am

This weekend Bangkok’s Dome restaurant atop State Tower will be the setting for one of the most luxurious dinners in recent history. Places for the 11-course banquet can be had for a million baht or $29,000 and so far 15 guests have reserved a seat at the table. Six international chefs from around the world will be preparing […]

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Don Muang re-opens for International flights

February 6, 2007 – 10:45 pm

The Thai Prime Minister announced Bangkok will have two international airports with the re-opening of Don Muang aka Don Ho. Suvannabhumi or Cobra Swamp International will continue operations, while investigators try and unwind the tangle of corruption which has lead to too few toilets for passengers and Thai Air officials alike. Repairs to the new […]

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