At 6.45 p.m. today, less than 300 meters from my apartment at Victory Monument in Bangkok, a bomb exploded killing one and injuring four. The incident occurred at the bus station next to Center One mall. I arrived around 7.30 p.m. and the scene was a mixture of shock and curiosity. An area around 400 [...]

What inspires a person to put his life on display for all to see? Is it for fame, money, respect, recognition? Most of us have kept a diary at some point, but the thought of photocopying personal entries and stapling them up on notice boards around the city is unsettling. Yet that is precisely what [...]

After the anti-climax that had been superstar DJ-muppet Mylo’s set at Astra on Thursday, I went to Glow on Friday to see Atomic Hooligan. The DJ, Terry, was very impressive, but it was a shame there were not more people there. I was loaded on rum and cokes and was as drunk as I have [...]

I’m at work right now and my comments yesterday about the internet being fixed were a little premature. It’s still broken. My connection at home is working OK, but in the office it’s just trickling through. For some reason I can still access Wordpress though, which is why I’m writing this. The problems may take [...]

I arrived at work today and found out that in Thailand it is an unwritten rule that everyone goes to work late during the final week of the year. That’s great, but why didn’t anyone tell me this before? I could have slept in. Tomorrow is the last working day of the year for me. [...]

And there was me thinking I wasn’t going to get any presents. How wrong I was. From my Mum I received GBP50 and from my Gran GBP60. But it didn’t stop there.

What every boy wants: A diary with a padlock.

And this: A pencil with an aeroplane on top.
It was my lucky year.
Techno’ tags: No Presents [...]

I can’t believe it. It’s one of those moments when someone great dies and you’re not sure how to react. I didn’t know him, I only saw him once (at Glastonbury), and I can’t say I was obsessed with him, but it’s so sad when something like this happens. In spite of all his problems, [...]

As much as I hate Abba, I think they were right when they sang those five words. This doesn’t mean I’d ever listen to the song intentionally, but it’s reassuring to know that if I ever feel alone I can at least look to Benny, Bjorn, Agnetha, and Frida for solace.

I woke up at noon and remembered it was Christmas Day. I think it’s been even more anti-climatic than last year. I spent Christmas Eve at Café De Moc. The party was OK and it was good to see a few faces. I wasn’t particularly in the mood for a party for one reason or [...]

What better way to celebrate Christmas in Bangkok than by luring young children to Central World Plaza and surprising them with a series of Christmas terrors? The real spirit of Christmas comes to life when you scare all the children in the city to death.

“Welcome to Christmas town. Enjoy it… or I’ll eat you.”

This gigantic [...]

I interviewed Sam from Kid Insane this week. This is a quote from the interview that I didn’t use in the final article. I’ll post the article up early next week.
“The most scared I have ever been? Tough. I think I was skiing in France one time, and being a speed freak, I love going [...]

I can’t believe it. After sitting through endless cycles of The Spice Girls and Paris Hilton, Next FM is playing Lily Allen. They are playing ‘LDN’, which I think is the best track on the album. That’s made my day. I can now go to my grave happy. It must be Christmas.
Addendum: My good mood [...]

At Jazzit on Saturday there were two guys doing visuals for the party. One was a friend of Bill’s, the other was a friend of J Montonn’s. During one of Katsue’s songs, I forget which one, J’s friend played his pre-prepared visuals. They included images of the 9/11 attacks, of the tsunamis in Sri Lanka [...]

A friend of mine recently mentioned that he had had sex with a ladyboy and not realized it at the time. It was only several weeks later that he became aware of this fact, and only then it had come to him thanks to some deep thought and piecing together of hazy memories. I think [...]