Category Archives: Drinking

Too Much Beermas

September 13, 2008 – 3:30 pm

Neil Nepola, my doctor, has advised that I curtail my drinking until Xmas. “You’re getting heavy and I don’t like the readings from your kidneys.” “I only drink a little.” “Yeah, right.” Doctor Nepola knows me since college. “Stop and desist.” I will try, if only to regain my girlish figure.

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Thai Police Bust Drunk Monks

July 20, 2008 – 8:59 pm

Last year my friend Nai became a monk for three months aka the ‘rain retreat’. He was up by Poipet in a forest monastery. Coming out of Cambodia I detoured 30 km to visit the temple. Nai was shaven-headed and thin. “How’s the food?”

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Thai Lent Booze Ban

July 18, 2008 – 10:50 am

Thai Lent or ‘Phansa’ coincides with the arrival of the monsoon rains. 25 years-old men shave their heads before entering the monastery for a three-month “rain retreat” for a rebirth of their soul or win-yann. Thais traditionally abstain from alcohol during Lent and every year farangs complain about the ban on beer and booze sales […]

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Bangkok Gridlock Extinct

July 17, 2008 – 10:25 am

Oil prices dropped on the commodity market over $10. A sure sign of profit taking by speculators fearful of the bubble bursting. I invested $20 yesterday in the market. The gas at the pump was .05% more expensive this morning. My wife called from Chai-nat to complain about the pump prices. “Over 40 baht a […]

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This Is Gonna Hurt

July 11, 2008 – 9:21 pm

Nothing like coming off your bike face first like Superman.

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