Pastrygate has been sharing the limelight with the censure debate. The whole debacle raises many issues and is one of the oddest stories of the year so far. Three of Thaksin’s lawyers were jailed on Wednesday for six months for trying to give a court official 2 million baht contained in a “pastry” box. The alleged bribe attempt happened on …

To everyone who responded to my call for guest posts on other blogs: I haven't forgotten about you, but I just need a bit of time to actually write the posts. I'm hoping to get them all out by the end of this week. So please bear with me for a few days — I'm not being rude by not …

After the discussion that went on here with regards to katoey toilets at a Thai school and the subsequent talk over at Roger's blog, I asked someone whose opinion is perhaps a little more in touch with the issue than any of ours. This post was written by Nong Duu from Phet Ti Saam. — Matt Basics first: there is …

I make a habit of buying as much Thai music as I can. The low cost of CDs means that I can buy a few every week and not really notice the expenditure. There’s also a weird satisfaction in confusing store cashiers, who seem to find it hilarious that a foreigner could even comprehend buying Thai music. Lately, I’ve been …

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