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 torrent from EZ TV. The …

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 another cellphone, and more often …

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 she was fine. …

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 or not, but I’ve heard …

We certainly won’t forget the name ‘Cho Seoung-hui’ in a hurry; the media’s handling of this story has made sure of that. “Worst shooting massacre in US history” and similar phrases have been all over the press for about a week now. While nobody would argue that the Virginia Tech massacre was a tragic event, one cannot help but feel …

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