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 square meters had been cordoned …
Dec 30, 2006
Why do we blog?
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 bloggers do. According to The …
Dec 30, 2006
A lack of human compassion
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 been this year. At 2 …
Dec 28, 2006
The internet is still broken
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 two weeks before they are …
Dec 27, 2006
The day the internet broke
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. I’m going to get native …