Category Archives: Education

Macha Bucha Day

March 3, 2007 – 8:47 am

The bars of Pattaya are shut tonight and tomorrow and the next day. Normally you can buy a beer from your local store. Not today. Thais are going cold-turkey for Macha Bucha Day, which celebrates the day 1250 Arhantas’ or Enlightened One came to hear Tujah or Buddha preach the principles of the Buddhism, called “The […]

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Happiness down in Thailand

February 12, 2007 – 1:03 am

REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL 1-2-3. I loved that song by Ian Dury. Sadly Thailand most recent ‘Gross Domestic Happiness Index’ (GDHI) revealed a decrease in smilability for both Thais and farangs. New Year’s bombs, southern unrest, dark forces undercurrents, the sinking airport, and rising prices are attributed for the GDHI’s drop of six points. Bhutan’s […]

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Chulalongkorn Day 2006

October 23, 2006 – 5:11 am

The Thai calendar has a plenthora of non-western holidays. Most foreigners have no idea that a day is a holiday until they gather in  stupified huddles before bank, utility office, or post office. None can read the Sanskrit sign. Asking a pThai about the date offers little help, since most farangs are clueless about their own heritages, let alone […]

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Real Estate Bargain in Pattaya

July 10, 2006 – 1:51 am

A friend recently drove me to view some luxury houses south of Pattaya in his Benz. The four bedroom houses were set on their own beaches with an estate of smaller houses scaling the sloping hillside to Sukhumvit. The sound of the waves on the sand was soothing and the architect had spent time getting the dimensions of […]

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