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Entertaining GlobalPost video (embedded below) about Christmas in Thailand. Read full story >>>

Chickens bloody chickens. There’s chickens every bloody where, and roosters too. Since spending a fair amount of time over the years in Thailand I have often wondered if KFC stood for Kill the Fuc*ing Chicken rather than Colonel Sanders old hat Kentucky fried version, because in a rural village they … Read full story >>>

http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2009/12/introducing-google-browser-size.html I think this is a clever idea. It’s a “contour map” of this blog showing how much of the screen users can see at various browser sizes. They compile it from statistics Google gathers when users visit Google.com… Read full story >>>

Ho ho ho… where’s the snow?… Christmas in Thailand can be quite odd (but it is a nice odd). From November to December (and June even) it is quite possible find overheated Santas wandering around downtown Bangkok, reindeer fighting with elephants for sidewalk space, and Christmas carols blasting from tuk tuks. The Thais … Read full story >>>

Wonderful Wi’s mama has a strange habit when it comes to the kitchen fridge and an even stranger one when bathroom time comes around. The photo on the right looks innocuous enough, bottled water and Cadbury’s chocolate, but the poor clarity of the photo doesn’t reveal the contents of the glass bowl. Charcoal … Read full story >>>

When I noticed the Excel sheets with the names of the administrative villages (Muban), I wrote that those are apparently compiled by DOPA to be checked with the local entities. I am right now slowly working through the TAO to add the URL of their website to my… Read full story >>>

Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made, edited by Alison Castle, is a collection of ten volumes (Reference, Script, Production, Notes, Correspondence, Chronology, Text, Costumes, Location Scouting, and Picture File) packaged inside a large, hollow book. It’s outrageously expensive and extremely heavy (10kg), and is limited to 1,000 numbered… Read full story >>>

Before I say anything, please watch the following video:   If you don’t have even the smallest lump in your throat right now, there is something seriously wrong with you. This video is actually a commercial for a Thai insurance company. Regardless of what you think about the motivations… Read full story >>>

Village Noodles is the final part of my three post series about working life in Thailand. Pattaya Bar Gir l and Isaan Hotel being the first two stories which have both received a lot of positive reviews. This final part… Read full story >>>

The second Thailand Entertainment Expo will be held from September 16 to 20 in Bangkok in Siam Paragon’s Royal Paragon Hall, offering a chance for face-to-face interaction with just about every facet of the Thai entertainment industry. Film studios, music labels, TV… Read full story >>>

The Petrified Forest Park is in Tak Province, Northern Thailand, and boasts the longest Tree Fossil in the World. This tree fossil is 72.2 metres long. The petrified tree fossil was discovered along with many others after an aerial survey of the area. The petrified tree trunks found Read full story >>>

Imagine you are surrounded by natives and down to your last cigarette. You hear the desperate sound of plop as someone opens your last bottle of Beer Leo. Surely they must all leave soon. You glance at your hand crafted, lacquer finished, precision quartz mantel clock, its gone. You’re then gently … Read full story >>>

The first Samui Film Festival, set for August 14 to 16, will be held at the Imperial Boat House, located on Choeng Mon Beach.The lineup is a shorter version of program from this year’s Phangan Film Festival, which is put together by the same folks. It’s a collection of documentaries and shorts … Read full story >>>

I wonder how much of our life we spend day dreaming, I know on a timescale mine would be very high. My work days and much of my spare time are spent thinking about Thailand, perhaps thinking is not a strong enough word… Read full story >>>

Thai culture through a Western drama of love and death. Traditional Thai Nang Talung puppet theater, modern dance and opera: Bangkok is about to get a very own Carmen . The Thai adaption of Georges Bizet’s opéra comique with sweet love songs and marching tunes will … Read full story >>>

…of reality TV or Thai politics then you will enjoy this latest report from Not The Nation .  Classic. Read full story >>>

I could have picked a better time to travel to an international airport and stay inside it for over three hours. At a time when tortilla crisp sales are surely on the wane and pork is not flavour of the month, I’m leaving my Mexican sombrero at home and heading to Heathrow airport early … Read full story >>>

I read a post a while back on Thai Girl that posed the question as to why the younger generation of Thai people so often make a raised two fingered V pose in their photographs. Well the fad has certainly caught on because rabbits have started doing it, see for yourself … Read full story >>>