The Lost Boy in BangkokThe Lost Boy in BangkokOne lost boy wandering aimlessly, fighting the tanks, looking at the ladyboys, running round the city. This is a 24-year-old expat's take of life in the City of Angels, with more than a few sinners. Articles
Dili?s car horn shenanigans
2008-09-20 04:31:00 You can tell that people in Timor-Leste have a sense of sense of humour just by listening to the wide variety of car horns that people have. Not content with a simple beep, the Timorese have all manner of interesting horn styles, some of which are so distracting that I end up stopping my bicycle ... More About: Horn , Shenanigans
Displaced Timorese rally to return home
2008-09-17 01:56:00 By Matt Crook and Domingos Fernandes (Voice of Culture) DILI, EAST TIMOR: Disgruntled Timorese living in one of Dili’s camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) were told on Tuesday that the verification process that will allow many of them to return home will begin on Wednesday, although thousands more remain in IDP camps around the district. About ... More About: News , Home , Rally , Return
Plans, plans and more plans
2008-09-16 04:22:00 Among all the palaver of the past couple of weeks, every now and then I wonder what I?m really doing or what direction I?d like my life to take; when I arrived in Dili I had only vague aspirations with no idea whether they were too ?out there?, even for me. One afternoon last week, a ... More About: First Impressions , Plans
A tour of Dili Airport
2008-09-14 04:16:00 I have to hand it to the Thais; Suvarnabhumi International Airport is an impressive sight. Regardless of all the problems that came to plague the airport, it?s enormous and full of stuff. Perhaps you?re wondering what Dili Airport is like. As Timor-Leste is only a small country, the guys in Dili keep everything minimal. Even in ... More About: Tour
Dili days
2008-09-10 04:25:00 My first few days in Dili have passed by with lightning speed. My time has mostly been spent cycling around and getting a feel for the place. The heat is sweltering, perhaps even more so than in Phuket. The rainy season is due in a couple of months and I?m looking forward to seeing if ... More About: First Impressions , Days
Welcome to Dili
2008-09-09 07:32:00 I touched down in Dili, East Timor, on Sunday morning and right from the offset I knew that I?d let myself in for a life very different to how it had been in Thailand over the past three years. I?ve been lucky to have a friend working for an NGO in Dili who has been ... More About: First Impressions
It?s not about choosing sides
2008-09-06 14:44:00 There?s no doubt that the most exciting time to read Thailand blogs is during a crisis. It was the same when the coup happened and there was just as much buzz when the Bangkok bombs exploded. When it kicks off in Thailand, bloggers jump to action, debate ensues and people interact. With the crisis in Bangkok ... More About: Sides
Jimbaran beach in Bali
2008-09-05 21:29:00 I?m not normally much of a beach person, but I figured that while I?m here in Bali I may as well see how the beaches are compared to in Phuket. Jimbaran is located south of Kuta and has a small beach that, as far as I could tell, not many people bother to visit. The beach ... More About: Beach
The PAD must stop
2008-09-03 15:07:00 Although I?ve spent the majority of the past week lazing about on Bali?s beaches, I?ve been following the events in Thailand loosely. From an outsider?s point of view, it just looks like chaos. All I can see is a group of radicals trying to overthrow an elected government. The economy, tourism, the wellbeing of the ... More About: Stop
Kuta Beach in Bali
2008-09-02 04:49:00 We woke up fresh after touching down late in Bali the night before. Unsure of exactly what the time was, we left the hotel sometime around midday to hunt out a flower shop, where we were to meet a local kid to borrow his motorbike. We walked for about an hour along Raya Seminyak Road ... More About: Beach , Kuta
Arriving in Bali
2008-08-31 14:10:00 After our brief stopover in Singapore, we caught a Valuair flight to Bali . The flight cost S$172 (about 4,000 baht) and took about two and a half hours. I had never been to Bali. We chose to spend about a week in Bali because it?s one of the stops on the way to Dili. The ...
Phuket to Singapore to Bali
2008-08-30 15:42:00 Oh boy, do I have a lot to update. I have been absent from posting here for a few days and I don?t expect updates to be more than sporadic for the time being, but I am safe and in Bali . I decided not to dwell on long goodbyes and nostalgic moments by leaving Thailand at ... More About: Singapore , Phuket
President of the Phuket Reporters? Club dies in Narathiwat
2008-08-26 10:19:00 Sad news today. Thai Rath reporter Thongtuan Sukmuang, who was also president of the Phuket Reporters ? Club , died today when the minivan he was travelling in blew a tire and overturned in Narathiwat. Four other Thai Rath reporters were also killed in the accident. Khun Thongtuan was a familiar face all over Phuket and he will ... More About: People , President , Dies
People?s Alliance for Democracy goes berserk
2008-08-26 04:50:00 Is this a coup? Thoughts: What the hell are the guys from PAD trying to prove with all of this? With every update that I read, PAD increasingly comes across as a bunch of lunatics. Is this supposed to win the hearts of the people? It’s an ugly, ungraceful attempt to do something, but it’s unclear ... More About: People , Democracy , Berserk , Alliance
Thaksin looking at toilets?
2008-08-25 14:04:00 Is this wishful thinking spilling over onto The Nation?s website? Whoever made this blunder had the comical insight to do it next to a picture of the prime minister looking at a row of toilets. (Spotted by Denis at Bangkok Recorder.) Also, did anyone happen to see the Bizarro cartoon in the Bangkok Post over the ... More About: Media , Toilets , Thaksin
School dazed in Thailand
2008-08-24 19:06:00 No matter how old I become, when I think of myself in relation to the people I went to school with, I still see us all as idiotic 17-year-olds. It?s only with hindsight that you really appreciate how clueless you were as a teenager and how wise your parents and teachers were. I still try ... More About: Life , Thailand , School
Moving on
2008-07-30 06:29:00 I have booked three one-way flights: one to Singapore, one to Bali and one to Dili. I?ve handed in my notice and work and my last day of full-time employment in Thailand will be on August 26, not including a few vacation days that I will be cashing out. As if that?s not enough, I?ve ... More About: Moving , The Boy
Page Rank update
2008-07-26 07:14:00 Google is updating the toolbar PR display at the moment. I’ve gone back down to PR4. 2Bangkok has dropped to PR5 while Thai Blogs has gone up to PR5. Sajal Kayan went up to PR6. I haven’t noticed many other changes. The toolbar updates usually take a few days to complete. Nothing too much to ... More About: Page Rank , Tech , Page , Rank , Update
Nok Air cuts Bangkok-Phuket route
2008-07-26 04:24:00 Well this sucks. As if One-Two-Go being delivered a standing eight-count wasn?t bad enough, Nok Air has reportedly thrown in the towel on its Bangkok -Phuket route, writes Chutima Sidasathian over at Phuket Wan. Flights from Bangkok to Chiang Rai, Ubon Ratchatanee and Krabi have also been axed. This is terrible news. It means that Air ... More About: Travel , Route , Cuts
When did you realise you weren?t going home?
2008-07-24 19:50:00 There comes a point for most of expats when they realise that they?re not going home. I don?t know when it happened for me, but there must have been a point when I decided that I would spend most of the rest of my life outside of my home country. What is the difference between ... More About: Life , Home
Dull cover stories
2008-07-23 05:13:00 You know there’s something wrong with a cover story when its lede is: “The Nai Lert Park annual fair is taking a more fun-filled approach this year, and calling itself the Flower Carnival.” Well yes, that does sound fun. “To advertise the event organisers paraded naked models covered with orchids.” Apparently this is front-page news ... More About: Stories , Cover
One-Two-Go gets pwned
2008-07-22 04:39:00 That’s geek speak. It means that One-Two-Go is in serious trouble. I thought that it was too extreme for an airline to cease its operations for two months. On the same day as One-Two-Go planned to halt its service, the airline has been hit hard by a 30-day flight suspension. Civil Aviation Department Director-General Chaisak Angkasuwan ...
Is One-Two-Go doomed?
2008-07-20 11:39:00 There are only three budget airlines in Thailand: Nok Air, Air Asia and, of course, One-Two-Go. This week, One-Two-Go announced it will not go anywhere for 56 days, effective from this Tuesday. This news doesn?t come as too much of a shock. As Andrew spotted, One-Two-Go chief Udom Tatiprosongchai ?told the Bangkok Post that he ... More About: Doomed
The new Terminator movie
2008-07-18 06:40:00 Christian Bale is John Connor. I love that they are focussing on the John Connor character rather than the machines. This will be fantastic. Terminator 4 Teaser Trailerby teaser-trailer More About: Movie
Voilence in the Deep South over?
2008-07-17 08:27:00 Out of nowhere, a spokesman claiming to represent 11 separatist group from the Deep South has declared an end to the violence. What. The. F***. Any groups who do not comply with this newfound peace will be dealt with accordingly, said the spokesman. “We want to see peace and stability in the region. All forms of attacks have ... More About: Deep South
Boycott Thailand!
2008-07-16 21:23:00 Every time there?s a high-profile case of a crime committed against a foreigner in Thailand , there are calls to boycott the country. We saw it down here in Phuket when Swedish tourist Hanna Backlund was murdered. There were expats and random foreigners being very vocal about the knock-on effect that would be felt in the ... More About: Boycott
Thailand?s Big Brother UK hopeful
2008-07-14 19:42:00 There is one Thai overseas who is single-handedly flying her country?s flag for her brothers and sisters. She is a 1.5-meter tall bundle of platform-boot-wearing character. She is currently the 13/8 favourite, according to Ladbrokes, to win the UK?s ninth series of Big Brother . I don?t want to say that Kathreya ?Kat? Kasisopa is weird or ... More About: Thailand , Hopeful
Is backpacking a thing of the past?
2008-07-11 20:37:00 Is the era of the Thailand backpacker over? The editor of Luxury Travel Magazine recently said that Thailand is now the destination of choice for people searching boutique hotels and upmarket spas. People have been saying this for a while, calling it the end of backpacking. Newley wrote an interesting article last year in the NY ... More About: Past , Backpacking , Thing
The Associated Press takes on the Internet
2008-07-09 20:03:00 Bloggers occasionally find themselves in hot water for stealing other people?s content. The hot topic at the moment with regards to blogs is the way the Associated Press has been dealing with people using its content. What exactly is ?fair use?? For anyone who doesn?t know, the Associated Press (AP) is a major news organization owned ... More About: Internet , Tech , The Internet
Tsunami drill in Phuket
More articles from this author:2008-07-07 20:42:00 There was a tsunami drill held in each of the six Andaman provinces today. There are 79 warning towers across the Andaman region, with 19 of those located in Phuket . The sirens sounded and the drill was conducted in a similar manner to the previous tsunami drills. I sometimes wonder how effective these drills are. They ... More About: Tsunami , Drill 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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