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From the monthly archives:

October 2007

Singing with Kipling

by Phet October 30, 2007 Relationships

It was the choir’s conductor announcing the next number that bought me from my reverie. The last thing I remembered was Ken, our baritone soloist pounding out “On the road to Mandalay” in his own inimitable style. One of the lines of the song evoked a memory that triggered my day dream but what it [...]

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Just another learner

by thaistory October 29, 2007 Thai Language

One day I was surprised to find out that I had offended one of the Thai female teachers from my school. The truth is that, during an informal chit-chat, I might have used Thai slang, and thus I involuntarily offended the Thai teacher I was conversing with. The funny thing was that I found out [...]

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Dead Letters To A Bargirl

by Gates Of Paradox October 28, 2007 Thai Girls

Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company” – Lord Byron Journal entry, March 2007 Dear T**, I’m in the Phuket airport, writing to you while waiting for the boarding time. We said our goodbyes only one hour ago and I’m already starting to miss you, I’m still full of you, [...]

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10 things I hate about Bangkok (Part 5)

by On Nutter October 19, 2007 General

BARGIRLS’ MOBILE PHONES: Have you ever met a bargirl whose phone does not have Bluetooth, email, digital camera, WAP, GSM, HSCSD, GPRS, SyncML, J2ME, MMS and a whole lot more unintelligible acronyms? Neither have I. It always puzzles me why anyone financing an extended family in Isaan, various unwell buffaloes and a Thai boyfriend would [...]

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Duong and Englebert

by Richard October 12, 2007 Relationships

Duong says that i have the legs of a ninety year old.I’m forty six. “Why everything hurt”? she asks as her vice like hands force my skinny white, non supple limbs, into positions that they were never meant to be put into. “I think you take lady too much” she accuses. I whimper and groan [...]

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