What could possibly go wrong with a small boy being at the top of a 30-foot pole? Watch it to the end. It gets more frightening with every second. You scream, you lose. Filmed at Central World Rama 9 mall.
Jan 24, 2012
Jan 22, 2012
One week on and what more do we know?
It's been more than a week since the US Embassy clumsily announced that Bangkok was in danger of a terror attack. I'm still dumbfounded at the complete lack of respect that has been shown to the general public. It's basically a guessing game with the media hamfistedly uncovering new snippets of information from one day to the next. Are we …
Jan 22, 2012
Vietnam for New Year
There were thousands of people out on the streets of Hanoi. In the middle of the madness was a large stage, apparently sponsored by Yamaha, that wouldn't have looked out of place at some kind of motorshow. The music was booming — David Guetta-inspired hip-hop-electro fusions — while a loud American chap hyped the crowd up as we waited for …
Jan 16, 2012
Have you seen this man?
Over the weekend the Thai police were looking for a Lebanese terror suspect believed to be in Bangkok. Here he is (on the right): So basically I ran the pic through my super high-tech facial recognition software and cross-checked the results with my database of known criminals and this is what I came up with:
Jan 15, 2012
Bangkok terror 101
It has been a peculiar weekend in Bangkok. On Friday afternoon, the US Embassy issued a rather vague warning that there was the possibility of a terrorist attack being carried out in the Thai capital. The announcement came out of the blue and the Thai authorities were quick to downplay the warning, insisting that there was no threat and that …
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Picture the scene: It's Chinese NewYear, all your friends are out celebrating, you've been left behind. What do you do? Simple. You pick up your one-stringed instrument, you go out, you sit in the middle of the street and you played the saddest tune Thailand has ever heard. |
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