People have started coming to Phuket in droves. It was as if someone flicked a switch and all these people suddenly appeared. The high season is well underway.
I first noticed something was up when a large number of foreigners materialised where I live on Yaowarat Rd, but these people aren’t tourists – they are teachers. [...]

I was bemused when I read this story in the Bangkok Post earlier this week. It’s certainly one of the more ambitious ideas to come out of Bangkok for some time. Remember that Bangkok is a city that floods almost every time it rains. Concerned about global warming, a local disaster-prevention group and some former [...]

If you’re in Patong this Friday, head straight to Seduction on Soi Bangla where Brandon Block will be DJing. Lil Louie Vega is booked for December 11 and Judge Jules will play January 16. Derrick May was all set to come but it looks like that gig has been postponed.
Meanwhile, at Club Lime on December [...]

Yesterday, unlike last year, I actually didn’t go out and float a krathong. Instead, I stayed home and watched Hostel 2 – what a waste of time that was. After all the reviews I’d read, I was expecting something shocking – something truly grotesque that would churn my stomach. All I got was boredom and [...]

I checked Google Analytics for the first time in a while to see how this blog is doing and things have improved a lot recently. I’m now close to 1,000 unique hits a day, 75% of which comes from search engines. That’s good news considering in August traffic plummeted to about 100 uniques a day [...]

I was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok a few weeks ago. At work, we were told that we all need to go to Bangkok at some point in order to apply for non-immigrant M visas, which are media visas. I haven’t heard of any other companies that have been told to [...]

This is so funny I actually cried when I read it. It’s an exchange between a guy staying in a London hotel and the staff of the hotel. The letters were sent to The Sunday Times.
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Dear Maid,
Please do not leave any more of those little bars of soap in my bathroom since I have brought [...]

From Reuters today:
Thousands of tourists have flocked to Thailand’s Surin province to watch elephants show off their soccer and dart-throwing skills at an annual festival said to be the largest of its kind.
The show in Thailand’s elephant heartland has become one of the country’s biggest tourist drawcards since it began in 1960, with 11-aside elephant [...]

Leaving parties are great. They’re a chance to relive happy memories, say goodbye to friends and bid farewell to the clowns you didn’t really get along with but had to bear anyway. In Thailand, a leaving party is much the same as in the West as people go out, get drunk – the usual. But [...]

From the British Council today:
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Muse are disappointed to have to announce the cancellation of their show in Bangkok Hall on Wednesday 28 November. They hope to reschedule as soon as their schedule allows.

The last time Coldcut played in Bangkok it was one of the busiest nights to grace Club Astra at RCA. You couldn’t move inside, let alone dance. For two years Astra was the club in Bangkok, hosting everyone from Carl Cox and Deep Dish to Shy FX and Goldie. I think we were all saddened [...]

As birthdays go, yesterday’s probably ranks as my worst to date. I figure I’ve got a few more left, so there’s plenty of room for improvement. Yesterday, however, was just one disaster after another. Dinner was particularly memorable. In between all the catastrophes, I had to remove this post. The last time I removed a [...]

Did I really just turn 25? How sad that I’d forgotten my own birthday until other people reminded me. I went to work this morning and a friend confirmed that it was almost my birthday. According to Facebook, I’m now 25. MSN messages started popping up around midnight from people, some of whom I haven’t [...]

OK I’ve put this post back up. The comments are still closed so we’re all just going to have to deal with that. If Prime Minister Surayud would like to talk about the contents of this blog, he can use the contact form to send me an email. Thanks.
After the enormous popularity of all things [...]