Category Archives: Thailand
David Carradine in Bangkok Dangerous Lawsuit
Seems David Carradine’s widow has come forward with a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging that Carradine was not provided with adequate services to protect him from Bangkok. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles, California also claimed damages against the French film company for failing to follow industry standard and provide David Carradine with sufficient assistant [...]
Political Chaos in Bangkok
The last few weeks in Bangkok has been one massive headache, fueled by anxiety and mounting frustration with the political strife permeating every corner of Thailand. Bangkok’s political struggle and its major players, the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) which overthrew Thaksin Shinwatra’s government in 2006, and the People Power Party (PPP) which took office [...]
The Oriental in Bangkok, Fine Dining at Sala Rim Naam Restaurant
This is a fantastic venue to take your family and friends to if they are passing through Bangkok, Thailand and want to sample some exquisite Thai dining while watcing a Thai dance. The Oriental has a long history of providing the hi-so of Bangkok with fine cuisines, incomparable services and hospitality, so their latest refurbishment [...]
Conversation heard in a cafe in Bangkok
After walking nearly a mile in wildly humid weather and navigating through exhaustive traffic, I was keen to reach my destination and relax with a cup of coffee before my Thai tutor berate me for not studying, again. This was the conversation I overheard while sipping my coffee. Intro: Male in mid forties, semi balding, [...]
Two Months in Thailand
Recoverd from the virus and was attacked by a foreign stomach ailment immediately after. Am I doomed to suffer the agony of malaria next? Are my small nephews sabotaging my meals in their futile attempt to remove me from their residence? On the bright side, at least I lost 4 lbs. since coming here, an [...]
Thailand – 1 month later
Arrived in Thailand with little hassle but once I dropped my bags in my new home I was knocked out for three days with some sort of virus. After three days of insufferable high temperature and fatigue, I was finally able to crawl out of the apartment to get some sun and fun on the [...]
Saying goodbye
It’s come to that time where you have to face the music and do the inevitable “hasta la vista.” Like most average people, I dread the solemn emotions and the tortuous act of demonstrative affection. While deep in my heart I am heartbroken over the idea of not seeing these people for an extended period [...]
Woman Goes Missing for 25 Years After Boarding Wrong Bus in Thailand
What the ??? After reading the latest news on events occurring in Thailand, it gave me pause on my questionable decision to move to Thailand. The lost woman and I have much in common; neither speak the local language, traveling alone, and dark enough to be mistaken for a native in the remote tribal village. [...]
Homeless
As of today, we are technically homeless. No meaningful humble abode to declare our own, and no desirable land to claim as our future home either. So now that we’ve relinquished our permanent residence so to venture into the oblivion world of Southeast Asia, we’re experiencing bittersweet emotions and deep doubts deriving from our questionable [...]
Two weeks…
Sitting in our nearly empty place we realized that our plane tickets are non-refundable and our itinerary does not involve a return to square one, here. Sadly it is too late to change our minds and too soon to give up. Bags packed, TV sold, mattress sold, plates and cups gone too. Seems there’s nothing [...]
Less than three weeks
The last bit of history is littered around the living room and kitchen for the last minute stragglers, bargain basement vultures to come this weekend for the imminent House Sale. In all honesty, the sign should say Life For Sale, because every little spoon and fork has remnants of the unforgiving, and indefensible past. Pinky’s [...]
History For Sale
Sold leather sofa today and was quite disillusioned about the prospect of the human condition where emotions are attached to inanimate objects. Seems like every item in my surroundings is for sale. The distasteful and loud blue bamboo pot that holds the symbolic good luck charm given to me when I started my first business [...]
Tickets purchased!
So we took the ultimate step today and booked our one way tickets bound for Bangkok. While I am nervous about the fact that the only seats available for two happens to be miles apart from each other, I’m ten times more anxious about the commitment and finality of what the tickets represent. As the [...]
Life in two suitcases
I can’t believe I have to pack my personal history, 33 years of it, into two lousy semi-efficient suitcases to be traversed at the international terminal. How do you distinguish between what’s worth keeping and tossing out to the hobos loitering in the alley nearby? How do you ascribe a value to sentimental items that [...]
2nd Entry of Same Day – the inevitable…
The inevitable will go someting like this…. we arrive in Bangkok and never ever return to the states, wherein our families and friends will forget our existence as we would transcend into the mystique of “going native” and deny that we even know where California is. Well, that’s Plan A. Plan B is if we [...]
First Entry 12/11/2006
So now I think it’s final. I’ve turned in my notice to all my friends, family, and business associates so there’s no turning back at this point. Good or bad, it’s better to do this now then contemplate it any further and procrastinate, or worse yet, to become complacent with where you’re at and what [...]
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