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
Nobody is perfect ? not even the IHT
2008-05-14 04:20:00 Everybody makes mistakes. Here are a couple from the International Herald Tribune. While such an occurrence to this degree is rare, it is somewhat heartening to remember that newspapers are not the products of machines. We tease Nation every day for making disastrous mistakes, but, from time to time, even the big boys slip up. Meanwhile, ... More About: People , Perfect
Pattaya sex tourist brings Youtube to an all-time low
2008-05-13 22:06:00 The Internet is a dangerous resource. It gives anyone with a phone line access to a wealth of technology that can then be used to do the most bizarre things. If you?ve ever been to Pattaya , then you will know that the city attracts its fair share of oddballs. I have been to Pattaya a ... More About: Youtube , Time , Bizarre , All Time Low
Some facts about Coke
2008-05-12 22:41:00 After drinking about one liter of Pepsi Max a day for several weeks, I found these facts about Coke (is there really much difference) that made me decide to stick with water for the time being. In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway ... More About: Facts , The Boy
Blame Cana? no, wait a minute
2008-05-12 19:44:00 In South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, there?s a scene where some of the characters sing a song called ?Blame Cana da? in response to the trouble that their children have been getting into after watching the movie Terrance and Phillip: Asses of Fire. Imagine, for a minute, that South Park is set in Thailand. What ... More About: Censorship , Minute , Wait
From cigarettes, to Pepsi Max and on to fruit juice
2008-05-09 15:46:00 I?ve documented my previous attempts to quit smoking in varying degrees on this blog. Coming from a country where cigarettes are ludicrously expensive to a country where they are 10 times cheaper means that cost is not much of a deterrent for any smoker in Thailand. I?m three weeks into my latest attempt to quit, which ... More About: Fruit , Pepsi , Cigarettes , The Boy , Juice
Interpol?s most wated may be in Thailand ? again
2008-05-08 04:19:00 Interpol has launched an international appeal for information about the whereabouts of an unnamed man suspected of sexually abusing children. As usual, there?s a fair chance that this guy is in Thailand . The accused allegedly appears in hundreds of photos abusing Southeast Asia boys. Interpol has so far received about 250 leads. After Interpol successfully ... More About: The Boy , Interpol
Burma death toll may exceed 100,000
2008-05-08 03:43:00 Wow. Just a quick post this morning before I go to work. From The Nation: Burma ’s military government is under pressure to open its borders to more international help after a devastating cyclone that a US diplomat said may have killed more than 100,000 people. The numbers just keep getting higher. What a tragedy. More About: Death , The Boy , Toll
Being offered porn work in Thailand
2008-05-07 14:29:00 I received something of an indecent proposal through a forum last week. Firstly, the forum I?m talking about is Thailand Friends, an odd community of Thais and expats who, from what I can tell, are looking for people to date. I registered about one year ago and then left my account unattended until I received ... More About: Work , The Boy
Treading the line
2008-05-06 18:05:00 I had a hard day in the office today. My usual workload somehow became heavier with the knowledge that I ruffled a few feathers with an article I wrote last week. The article was a review. It could have been a restaurant, a nightclub, a hotel, whatever. The point is that my review reflected badly ... More About: The Boy , Line
Thaksin asks Man City to bow to him
2008-05-05 09:43:00 While there is no denying that Thaksin owns Manchester City , you can?t help but feel that perhaps he has let the whole situation go to his head. His latest reported actions, if true, reveal that Thaksin is a madman with little to on appreciation of English football. Thaksin has, apparently, asked for player to bow ...
Small upgrade to the ?top 100 Thailand blogs? list
2008-05-04 18:39:00 The ?top 100 Thailand blogs? has been doing its thing for about a week now. As promised, I have added Alexa rank to the metric so that the ranking system is a bit more rounded. I?ve noticed a few glitches in some of the figures, such as Werewolfs Lair apparently having an Alexa rank of ... More About: Tech , Blogs , List , Small
More on freelance writing in Thailand
2008-05-03 20:44:00 I wrote an article about freelance writing in Thailand that some of you found useful. Well, almost a year later and I feel like I?m a little older and a little wiser. I still receive a lot of emails about freelancing in Thailand, so I thought I?d update you with my thoughts and the best ... More About: Writing , Freelance , The Boy
The most provocative music video you will see this year
2008-05-02 19:14:00 Now this is a music video. I haven?t seen a video this intense for as long as I can remember. It?s disturbing and incredibly well executed. See it to believe it. This is ?Stress? by Justice. More About: Video , Music , Music Video , Year
Walk through Pattaya ? Google Earth style
2008-05-01 17:09:00 You have to see this to believe it. Google Earth still blows my mind every time I use it, but the guys over at Pattaya Photo Guide have taken things one step further and applied similar, albeit scaled down, technology to a city. Instead of zooming in to a point from above, you can basically ... More About: Tech , Google Earth , Style
Man City fans ?warned? over Thai-flag incident
2008-04-30 19:38:00 While Manchester City may have had their best season for some time, a solitary flag and power-hungry former prime minister could be about to spoil the party. Firstly, the flag. Someone took a Thai flag with them to Manchester and hung it up at the City of Manchester Stadium. Nothing out of the ordinary there, but ... More About: Fans , Flag , Incident
Police informant crucified in Thailand?s Deep South
2008-04-27 18:33:00 This is based on a very sketchy translation of tomorrow?s edition of Bangkok?s Daily News newspaper. On April 26, suspected insurgents in Yala shot dead a 22-year-old informant and nailed his body to the middle of the road. The informant, who had been shot in the back of the neck with a 9mm pistol, was dragged ... More About: Thailand , Police , The Boy , South , Deep
Introducing the top 100 Thailand blogs
2008-04-26 18:15:00 NOTE: The top 100 CANNOT be viewed in IE6 or IE7 yet. I’m working fixing this, but it won’t be done until later tomorrow (Sunday). Call this a soft launch. OK, I?m going to let you in on the project I?ve been working on for the past couple of week?s It?s a list of the top ... More About: Thailand , Tech , Blogs
Activist faces 15 years for sit-down protest
2008-04-26 17:08:00 Have you ever been in the cinema when the Thai national anthem plays and you?ve seen someone not stand up? I have, a couple of times — and it was Thai people, not foreigners. I?ve also seen people not stop in the street or at the BTS station when the anthem has played. There are some ... More About: Censorship , Faces , Protest , Years
At least 100,000 migrant workers in Phuket
2008-04-25 21:10:00 I?ve been writing about immigrant workers a lot recently. It?s not that I feel some sort of satisfaction by criticizing the police or the government, but I think it?s important to highlight the hypocrisy of the government?s recent attempts to curb the flow of illegal Burmese laborer entering Thailand. The 54 Burmese migrants who died in ... More About: Workers , Censorship , Phuket
Man marries snake, snake lays egg, snake leaves husband
2008-04-24 20:02:00 I first heard about this story a couple of weeks ago. You may have seen it covered by Kom Chad Luek or on Channel 3. A guy in Phen district, Udon Thani, named Sathian Khenkutrang married his pet python because he believes that the two were lovers in a past life. Sathien was, apparently, a bodyguard ... More About: Snake , Bizarre , Lays , Husband , Leaves
Advertise on Thailand?s Lost Boy
2008-04-23 19:26:00 As some of you have noticed, I have opened up a couple of channels for advertising on this blog. First of all, why would you advertise on this blog? Well, at the moment, the blog has: A Page Rank of 5 An Alexa rank of 143,234 More than 600 posts About 700 pages indexed in Google More than 250 RSS ... More About: Lost , Thailand , Tech , Advertise
Stereophonics set to bore Bangkok this weekend
2008-04-23 18:52:00 Despite being the dullest band on the planet, the Stereophonics have an unusually large following in Thailand. The Welsh trio will be in Bangkok this Saturday. If that isn?t enough to overwhelm you, they will be playing on a boat. Not only is the event free, but Modern Dog will be supporting. The frustrating thing about ... More About: Music , Weekend
Has Jodie Marsh lost her mind?
2008-04-23 18:22:00 I think Jodie Marsh is even more loathsome than Paris Hilton. As if faking a wedding as part of a massive, televised publicity stunt weren?t bad enough, the 29-year-old tramp decided to enhance her already-full bust by getting her breasts supersized to double-Gs. Jodie told The Sun, ?I said to the surgeon, ?I want them ... More About: Lost , Mind , The Boy
Swept under the carpet
2008-04-23 15:03:00 From a credible source whom I won?t name: There are 14 children, currently in custody in Thailand who witnessed the deaths of their parents in that container. I don?t think I have read a single news story with information about the number of children Thai police have in custody. More About: The Boy , Carpet
An open challenge to Bedwyr
2008-04-23 04:51:00 Bedwyr is probably the most active commenter on this blog. He is one of my favorite commenters to read because he usually says some offbeat stuff that incites discussion. In the absence of my beloved Sooksiam, there haven’t been many arguments in the comments recently… until now. Just yesterday, a new commenter, Gonzobrains, joined the ... More About: People , Open , Challenge
A little CSS help
2008-04-23 04:45:00 Could someone with the Firefox web developer app take a look at my style sheet and help me figure out what I need to change in order to have a line break between each paragraph in a blockquote? Take a look at my newest post to see a blockquote. I want spaces between those paragraphs. ... More About: Tech
Human trafficking? What human trafficking?
2008-04-22 20:07:00 It has taken the death of 54 Burmese migrants to provoke the government to redraft a law prohibiting human trafficking. The way the law is set up at the moment, the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act is ineffective. The National Operation Center on Human Trafficking is part of the Ministry of Social Development and ... More About: Censorship
The death of Thailand blogs
2008-04-21 22:08:00 I?ve just spent the past couple of hours looking through about 300 Thai blogs ? I?ll tell you why later. Out of about 300 blogs, more than 200 are dead, left by their owners to gather dust. Almost all of the dead blogs end with a post apologizing to the world that the blog is ... More About: Thailand , Tech , Blogs , Death
Man cooks himself alive in the name of fried chicken
2008-04-21 19:40:00 The Bangkok Post ran an unusual story today about a guy in Phetchaburi who has harnessed the power of the sun to cook chickens. He roasts whole chickens with sunlight reflected by an enormous wall of small mirrors. Sila Sutharat found the inspiration for this brainwave from when, as a child, he would use a magnifying ... More About: Bizarre , Chicken , Fried , Alive , Fried Chicken
Britney Spears does anime
More articles from this author:2008-04-21 08:24:00 ?Break the Ice? isn?t a bad pop song, but it?s the video that caught my eye. The video is done in the style of an animé. It?s all very ?Ghost in the Shell? for my liking, but it?s definitely more watchable than the majority of music videos I?ve watched recently. The video seems to have little ... More About: Britney Spears , Music , Anime , Britney , Spears 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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