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Breaking News: Dalai Lama Did Not Give You AIDS

by The Farang April 18, 2008 Religion

Gawker caught this short-lived story and correction which appeared in the Columbia Spectator.  Both the article and the correction have been yanked from the site but Gawker captured the correction which reads: CORRECTION: This submission misstates that one Dalai Lama admitted to having sex with hundreds of men and women while knowing that he had [...]

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Are You Willing to Bet on Thailand?

by The Farang April 8, 2008 Thai News Snippets

Not sure how many readers of Bangkok Diaries invest in the world of stocks and bonds but I thought I would pass along a little info about a new exchange traded fund (ETF) pegged to the Thai market.  ETFs are mutual funds that trade on a major exchange like the NYSE.  You buy shares like [...]

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What is it with Thais and Viruses?

by The Farang March 30, 2008 Hazards

I try not to do the rant thing too often but every single day at least one of the Thai people on my MSN contact list shoots me this message: Click here www.blockcheckerim. com Editor’s Note: I inserted a space so my blogging software won’t make it clickable When you go to the website you [...]

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Thai-Farang Prostitution = Bad. Thai-Thai Prostitution = Good

by The Farang March 29, 2008 Bangkok Nightlife

I ran across Asian Sweetheat’s post about an epidemic of farangs marrying Isaan girls. In her post she gives us her take on a Thai documentary about this phenomena. According to Asian Sweeheart: The host told of how common it is now for very young school girls in Isaan, when asked what they want to [...]

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Freak Air Hostesses

by The Farang March 9, 2008 Hazards

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts I do not have the great pleasure of living in the LOS.  That means if I want to date “normal” Thai women I’m at a pretty severe disadvantage given their tendency to be shy for the first 1000 dates.  So that ushers me toward the only viable option; internet [...]

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Hansum Man Syndrome

by The Farang February 9, 2008 Expat Life

Tatt2Dude and I were exchanging emails this week and he made a “hansum man” reference. It’s not the first time I’ve heard of the disease called hansum man syndrome (HSM) which is why I am thankful that my undeniably less than hansum appearance serves as an adequate barrier to infection. For those who may not [...]

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