May 6th, 2008

Bangkok budget apartment guide

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Nice work

Andrew Ferrett has published a guide to budget apartments in Bangkok. Bless him. This book can save you a lot of walking around town in dust and noise and 40 C. Read the rest of this entry »

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March 9th, 2008

Bangkok not calling

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Thailand

Bangkok is not calling. Chalerm is miffed and he doesn’t call me while I am in Malaysia.

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February 21st, 2008

One day in Bangkok

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Today my glamorous life in Bangkok included a trip to Burger Queen on Silom road. It was hot in there, hotter than on the street. The place has gone from filled with smoke to being without air condition.

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February 13th, 2008

Bangkok birds

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Disney birds


I deal with my visa problem
the Thai way. I don’t think about it. Denial is bliss.

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December 29th, 2007

Bangkok scams

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This is a website dedicated to the cheaters, liars and frauds that wait for unsuspecting tourists in Thailand. It covers the gem trick, the upstairs bar extortion, the fake boy scouts and more. If you are new to Thailand this is essential reading. If you are an old hand you can read it for the entertainment.

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December 26th, 2007

Shopping

Chalerm gave me a shirt in a creamy but pale yellow colour. I gave Chalerm a Dior kit.
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November 14th, 2007

Bangkok crazy

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I had been to Bangkok Bank on Silom road in the afternoon and was walking up the street. I passed soi 3 and the Pilot pen shop on the corner. I saw one beggar person sitting on the left side of the pavement, and a woman and a child selling lottery tickets on the right side.

As I walked past the beggar I saw him wave his arms and say something. I was looking and walking straight ahead and didn’t turn or look at him. But I followed him from the corner of my eye and saw that he was on his feet, talking and waving and walking in my direction.

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October 24th, 2007

Bright outlook

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I went back to Bumrumgrad hospital to remove the stitches from my eye. The doc looked at me as I walked in and I could tell he was pleased.

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October 16th, 2007

My day in Bangkok

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The Air Force cousin was watching television today, the Prince of Khon Kaen was doing laundry which Chalerm was supposed to have done, and Chalerm was in Farang D.’s office to make money.

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October 11th, 2007

Hospital & operation

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I had put removing the eyelid tumor off for years. I would think about it, and think some more, and decide to do it next month, or maybe the month after that, and it was never a convenient time.

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