Southern separatists responsible for Bangkok bombings (question mark optional)

Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable. After the drama, the panic, the fear, the indifference, the finger pointing, the accusations, the insinuations, the allusions, the half-truths: after all that, the Bangkok Post this morning broke a story suggesting that Southern separatists were behind the New Year’s Eve bombings. The police team investigating the New Year bombings in Bangkok and Nonthaburi has concluded that …

Mar 16, 2007

A quote that brightened up my day

This comes from Jean Baudrillard. I had to laugh for a few minutes when I read it. He can be very funny with his remarks sometimes. The carbon gas produced by all the Winter tourist industries is contributing to the warming of the atmosphere, which is bringing milder Winters and, as a result, an absence of snow and, consequently, disappointment …

Mar 15, 2007

Why would I ever want to get married?

I was on my way home in a taxi tonight when a curious thing happened: I thought about my father. There was a drunk man, in his forties, slightly fat around the waist, staggering along the pavement. The taxi was stationary, waiting for a green light. I watched the man intently. He swayed uneasily, walking with giant steps as if …

Mar 14, 2007

The Opposite Sex: One Thai girl I will never fathom

Moon lay asleep, naked on her bed. Her clothes were strewn across the room haphazardly. A sheet loosely covered her legs up to her lower back. I was half asleep on the floor when I noticed that she had started to stir. Her head began to move as if she was preparing to reenter the world of the living. Her …

Mar 12, 2007

Lomography: Pop culture's photography fad

"Don't think, just shoot." That’s the moto of Lomography. To me, Lomography is a concept created to sell overpriced cameras to people who are tricked into believing that the only way to achieve effects in photography is with the ubiquitous Lomo-cam. Catchy taglines, quirky gimmicks, and an internet portal are all that was needed to create the Lomo-buzz and commoditize …

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