We had a call at work today from a Norwegian man who wanted to pass on this message: In support of our incredibly brave friends in Burma: May all the people around the world wear a red shirt on Friday, September 28. This message has been spreading by SMS across Phuket, but it’s also being passed on by bloggers, users …

The world is watching Burma as security forces kill demonstrators and drag away scores of Buddhist monks in Rangoon while some 10,000 people march in protest of the country’s military dictatorship. At least five people have been reported dead so far, with hundreds arrested. People are being beaten to death amid some of the most chaotic scenes Southeast Asia has …

I was looking around my room today when I noticed an unusual amount of plastic bags. I don’t know where they came from or how they got here, but they are just hanging out making a nuisance of themselves. It’s impossible to go a day in Thailand without acquiring at least half a dozen plastic bags. Even buying something as …

I got the new Ian Brown album, The World is Yours, today and was really excited to listen to it. It's awful though. I don't know why he bothers churning out these ludicrous albums any more. This is his fifth solo album since the split of The Stone Roses, and it's just ugly. Too many orchestral pieces and some really …

Norwegian national Simen Sparra Knudsen was stabbed to death early Sunday morning in Phuket near the Kata-Karon lookout. The details of the attack are sketchy at the moment, but from what I’ve seen it doesn’t look like a grudge killing. There’s speculation that Simen had been in a fight prior to the stabbing, but this is unconfirmed. The 47-year-old was …

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