Asian Sweetheart 2.0

Maybe the story hasn’t completely taken over the news but in today’s The Nation there were two articles plus the Opinion page cartoon about it. That’s the cartoon above with the title “Thailand Got Hypocrisy”. (more…)

Coffee Memories is a coffee shop on Thanarat Road near km 13 across the street from Khrua Khao Yai. You pass it on the way from Pak Chong to the entrance to Khao Yai National Park. They have a selection of hot and cold coffee drinks plus cakes. (more…)

As my dear readers probably know, we have an election in Thailand coming on July 3. Whenever there is an election the streets are lined with placards for all the different candidates. This year they are pretty entertaining so I drove around and snapped a few photos of them. (more…)

Today I went into town for some business and decided to stop for coffee at one of the several shops nearby. This town is Pak Chong which is about half way between Bangkok and Korat, about two hours drive from Bangkok. In this area there are many little coffee shops but, as I have blogged in the past, most of them do not have good coffee. After having a coffee today I decided I should start doing reviews (more…)

When I posted previously that Thai kids have weird nicknames these days I mentioned one of them was Bus. Well, here is one of those “kids” with that nickname. (more…)

I was talking with a friend today who said they read a little news story about a family who named their kid Face after the popular website Facebook. The writer of the story thought that was so strange and said it must be the weirdest name ever for a kid. (more…)

Some years ago it was not accepted to wear dresses like that in Thailand. You would see them in magazine shoots sometimes but even the stars couldn’t wear them in public. Short hemlines were ok but plunging necklines with a lot of cleavage were not. (more…)

Readers in Thailand have probably seen this commercial by Gnet featuring Poy, the most famous katoey in Thailand. I know it is disturbing to some people but I find it very interesting that a boy can end up looking so much like a cute young girl. Check out the video to see what I mean. (more…)

That’s the cover of this month’s Cosmetic Beauty and Anti-aging magazine. It’s all about cosmetic surgery and they get into some very specialized procedures. (more…)

Maybe you know who Pleum is. He is a member of the royal family (mom luang) and a very interesting person. He went to school in the U.S., Georgetown University I believe, and is quite outspoken on many things in Thailand but with a more international point of view. (more…)