I’d always thought that the rainy season in Thailand was supposed to run from June to October, but it appears to have come early this year. I wasn’t quite prepared for the barrage of thunderstorms and downpours that we’ve had in Bangkok these past few days. It even felt a bit cold today. What does [...]

This comes in the wake of the Virginia Tech Massacre. A student with straight As across the board, a GPA of 4.2, a place on the school wrestling team, and a plan to join the marines was arrested on Tuesday for creative writing.

As if the rules for visas in Thailand weren’t already ludicrously confusing, it has now been announced that the rules for visas on arrival have changed again. The report from the Phuket Gazette doesn’t quite clear the issues up, however:
“From October 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007, we counted all the days from the foreigner’s [...]

Volta is the title of Bjork’s much anticipated new album. This image is part of the artwork for the album, which is to be relase on May 7.

We all know how much people in Thailand (and many other countries in Asia) love comic books. You can’t walk around Bangkok without seeing numerous people (both adults and children) getting into a good Manga. Hentai is a term used to describe a pornographic anime or Manga, although the word is not actually used in [...]

Fitness Centers are renowned for having aggressive policies and for turning up the steam to get as much money out of their customers as possible, but I don’t expect to have it thrust in my face every day. Stationed at the entrance to Central World Plaza in Bangkok are representatives from True Fitness. Their tactics [...]

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Former Primer Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra is a crafty fella. Despite quitting politics, he has still managed to find his way into newspapers across the world (not just in Thailand) on an almost daily bass. To an outsider, he just looks like a fun-loving type of guy bumbling his way around the world, but [...]

Imagine coming home, soaked through to the skin by Bangkok’s “summer” rain, itching to get dry and shake off what remains of a long, working day. Imagine getting to your front door: the relief, the satisfaction, the release of tension – imagine all of that, and you’re with me up until I put the key [...]

The sound of a runner’s feet approaches, skipping lightly along a path. He effortlessly slices though the air, turns sharply, and jumps over a bench, landing with ease on the opposite side before rolling forwards and back up to his feet, continuing on along the path. Another runner nearby stands tall before leaping several feet [...]

I occasionally miss British television, particularly the sitcoms, so I decided to further utilise my (quite slow) broadband connection by downloading an old favourite. It’s called Peep Show and a new series (the fourth) began a couple of weeks ago. It airs every Friday on Channel 4 and you can get the episodes on a [...]

I’m not sure why this occurs, but pretty much every week I get at least one or two calls to my cellphone from people who have dialed the wrong number. I’ve had at least three different numbers in Thailand, and each time I’ve experienced the same thing. It’s almost always a Thai person calling from [...]

HR had the job of recruiting a new receptionist at work recently. I had to speak to the girl on the phone (she was in a room next door) to observe how well she could speak English. This conversation occurred after that phone call:
HR girl (looking concerned): “So what did you think her?”
Me: “I thought [...]

Urban legends are commonplace all around the world. I receive enough of them in my mailbox everyday that I could compile a book of made up stories if I wished to do so. Thailand has it’s own fair share of stories, although I’ve mostly heard them from foreigners. I’ve no idea if they are true [...]