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 when Club Astra closed its …

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 post it caused an uproar, …

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 spoken to since my last …

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 yellow, briefly challenged by …

I know many of you dislike it when I blog about Phuket, but really, this post is so universal it could be about anywhere in Thailand. As a traveler, holidaymaker, backpacker, whatever, you pick up certain hints in guidebooks and from websites. One such hint, which I have read frequently, it to distrust anything resembling a personal safe in your …

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