This description of Kratorn Restaurant in Bangkok caught my eye: BBQ chickens set on fire, catapulted through the air, and caught by a waiter riding unicycle. I must make a note to visit this place when I return to Bangkok. Find it at Bangna-Trad Road Km1 (opposite Bitech).
Sep 16, 2011
Bangkok "acid" attack
A rather disturbing story in the Bangkok Post today: American artist Elizabeth Briel and her English husband reportedly had acid thrown over them while they were walking near the Asoke BTS stop. It appears to be a random attack. A foreign woman artist, Elizabeth Briel, reported on Twitter on Friday that she and her husband had acid sprayed at their …
Aug 21, 2011
Thai casanova gets girls drunk on Soi Rambutri, takes them down a side street
There's a story in the Bangkok Post today about the changing face of Thai sexuality. This little snippet caught my eye: Dusit [not his real name] has an after-hours bar on Soi Rambutri, near the backpacker haven Khao San Road. He pays a small police fee to be able to sell drinks out of his car after midnight, and serves …
Aug 20, 2011
The original CU Polka
Following on from Chula's curious promo videos, here is what I presume to be the original CU Polka from way back in 1967, which leads me to believe we might have been a bit harsh on the CU Band for simply reinterpreting a very old song of their uni.
Aug 18, 2011
Bizarre Chulalongkorn University videos
Addendum: Less than a day after the two Chula videos started getting a lot of attention on Twitter, they've now both been made private by the university, but… they've been reuploaded by another user, so don't panic, although the picture quality isn't quite up to scratch. Chulalongkorn University (Thai: จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย) (commonly abbreviated as "Chula") is the oldest university in Thailand[2] …