I recently had my eyes opened up to Google Reader. It’s one of the most useful online resources I’ve come across since I started reading blogs. There are heaps of Thailand blogs and sometimes it’s difficult to keep up to date with all them. If you use Firefox and have RSS feeds bookmarked for ease of use then you’ll know …

I received a distressing SMS message last night. It read as follows: Max: Tonight when you look at the starry sky you’ll know… someone think of you through the starlight… Max? Who on earth is this Max? The message came from an unknown number, but whoever sent it doesn’t know me well enough to actually know what my name is. …

Thai pop music is fantastic. I don’t mean the soppy ballads and the melodramatic love songs. The sort of Thai music that I’m into is the sort that makes me laugh at how completely nuts it is. My current favourite band are Four Mod. Four Mod are two Thai girls (I assume they are Thai; they sing in Thai) who …

Has anyone else noticed that German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks identical to British Conservative Party MP Ann Widdecombe? I had my TV on silent a couple of days ago and saw what I thought was a story about Ann Widdecome, but it actually turned out to be about Angela Merkel. Ann Widdecombe and Angela Merkel could be twins. I’m not …

Ever since the coup last year life in Thailand has felt like a bit of a stage show. There’s always some sort event that seems to be an extreme reaction to a preceding event. It’s like a chain reaction of oddities designed to capture headlines and raise eyebrows. Allegations have been thrown around like they were going out of fashion. …

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