Category Archives: Traditions

Thai etiquette

May 16, 2008 – 4:51 pm

Whether visiting or living in Thailand an understanding of Thai customs and culture can open doors to a world beyond the the temples, shopping malls, and beaches. Thai value systems regarding dress, social behavior, religion, authority figures, and sexuality are much more conservative than those of the average Westerner. Although the Thais are an extremely […]

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Bet on Thai

May 4, 2008 – 12:15 pm

The now not-so-new Thai government has been pushing for the legalization of casino to reap the ill-gotten gains of the various casinos dotting the Thai border. 8 casinos in Poipet alone and none of them as glamorous as Reno, because no one goes to Poipet for the magic. Thais love to gamble whether betting on […]

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On the 5th Day of Songkran

April 17, 2008 – 7:48 am

The Songkran madness has not infect New York. The only water splashed on the streets of Manhattan are from the Street cleaning trucks sluicing down the gutters, however the festival gathers its strength for its inevitable end in Pattaya this weekend. so far there have been 3,537 road accidents resulting in 276 deaths and 3,992 […]

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Lese Majeste ala Thai

April 11, 2008 – 9:39 pm

During the Vietnam War radical hippies would not stand for the national anthem at baseball games. I was one of them. More patriotic Red Sox fans would shout obscenities, but I believed our involvement in the Far East served only the rich military-industrial complex and remained seated through ‘Oh say can you see.” Not anymore. […]

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Good Clean Fun for Songkran

April 5, 2008 – 4:38 am

Thailand’s Culture Ministry has hired GIRLY BERRY to promote clean living for young girls during the Songkran festival, despite the girl band’s predilection to wear miniskirts and tube tops for the shows, since sexual harassment is one of the top 10 favorite activities of young drunk Thai men celebrating the Thai new year along with […]

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