Posts Tagged as ‘Bangkok’

June 19, 2008

If You Build It Now, You May Survive Its Arrival

The forecast is wet for Bangkok. It is anticipated that in the next 10 to 15 years the city of Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand will be submerged beneath 2 metres of water.

 
Construction of flood barriers has been proposed, but it has been emphasized that action has to be taken now to be prepared [...]

April 14, 2008

SONGKRAN BANGKOK THAILAND NEW YEAR WATER PARTY

Off to a tragic start….

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Thailand’s road safety center listed 743 accidents on just Saturday the 12th of April…
 
With 59 people killed and another 854 injured.
 
 
Last year there were 1,234 injuries and 98 deaths during the first two days of the Songkran New Year holiday in Thailand.
 
 
So far, for the first two days of Songkran 2008, [...]

April 8, 2008

IT’S NOT BANGKOK; IT’S SONGKRAN PATONG BEACH PARTY TIME!

 
The Thai New Year is quickly approaching, and it’s a celebration with a splash.

 
 
Washing away the bad things in life and hoping for a bountiful harvest with plenty of rain are just some of the aspects of Songkran.

 
 
April 10th through the 13th, the place to be is Patong Beach in Phuket,

Thailand.

 
 
It’s a short flight [...]

April 7, 2008

We all see the world differently, don’t we?

I got a perspective from an acquaintance of mine here in Bangkok, Thailand that I thought I would share with you.
 
 
It will perhaps help you to appreciate your current position in life.
 
 
The man who I am about to quote is from Nepal, which is a country that has China as it’s neighbor to the north [...]

April 3, 2008

BANGKOK WON’T BE HITTING THE HIGH NOTES

There has been no definite date set, as to when this latest decision by Thailand’s Public Health Ministry will end, but the latest directive was not shocking.
  
Over 3 thousand clinics in the Bangkok have been ordered to stop performing unauthorized castrations.
  
These clinics have the right to protest the Public Health Ministry’s decision within the next [...]

March 31, 2008

BEIJING BANGKOK OLYMPIC TORCH CONNECTION

Last week, the sun was used to light the Olympic Torch in Greece and it began its journey to Beijing. 

Scheduled to arrive in Beijing on August 8th, the torch will literally be passed and pass through many cities along the way. 

This time, about 22 thousand different runners will carry the torch a distance of somewhere [...]

March 28, 2008

A STITCH OF NEWS

Following my usual 12 hour-plus work day (NO SYMPATHY EXPECTED)…

I stopped into Odermark tailor shop on Sukhumvit to pick up some pants that I had made and when I entered the shop, a gentleman was trying on a freshly made suit. 

Distinctive in stature and well-groomed, I discovered that the gentleman was from Düsseldorf, Germany. 
Over [...]

March 27, 2008

PARENTS WILL SERVE TIME

Thailand’s Justice Minister is getting tough on street racing.
Modified motorcycles built for speed and winning are becoming too much of a nuisance on the streets of Thailand, so parents are being warned that they’ll serve up to 6 months of jail time if their children are caught street racing.
Street racing isn’t the only growing problem [...]

March 26, 2008

NOT IN BARS… Behind Bars!

WOW…
Don’t drop the soap!
 The latest statistic from Thailand’s Department of Convictions reveals that there are more than 12,500 foreigners serving time on criminal convictions.
Dont’ worry, they have sporting activities in jail here; well, there’s pitchin’ and catchin’.
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March 24, 2008

THEY WERE CUTE IN SCIENCE CLASS…. BUT…

RATS!!! Too many of them says Thailand’s Public Health Ministry. Stall vendors and restaurants disposing of their left-overs in open bins… and the sewers (which they confuse with the storm drains) has ballooned to… worrisome proportions. And the improved supply of food scraps has lead to bigger rats, so big in fact, that they even [...]