One of the things that’s interesting about living in Thailand is the unusual assortment of animals you sometimes come across. I remember sitting eating lunch once in Bangkok when an enormous millipede (or centipede – it could have been either really) popped up out of nowhere and scared everybody half to death. I’m not kidding – the thing was about …

I’m a day late with my birthday wishes here, but yesterday, Thailand’s ousted prime minister turned 58. May I be the first to say that Thaksin looks genuinely good for his age. He must have spent much of his frozen fortune on some rather good moisturizers and days at the spa. To celebrate Thakin’s birthday, his legal aide Noppadon Pattama …

My laptop started to bite recently. Every now and then, while I was typing away or surfing the net, I got an electric shock. It wasn’t anything life threatening, but it became increasingly annoying the more I found myself being zapped by my computer. I searched the Internet for what the problem might have been and discovered that it was …

I used to struggle to stay awake during the day when I was working in Bangkok. This made office hours a chore and I often found myself taking mini naps of between five and 10 seconds to get through the day. Every now and then I’d take a mini nap and do that thing where your body sort of jumps …

When I was living in Bangkok I could never turn down an opportunity for a buffet. Although Bangkok buffets are usually expensive, the variety of food and the chance to eat as much of it as you want always got me excited. I had my last buffet at the Grand Hyatt Erawan, and once again I ate so much that …

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