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Reflections on Bangkok Found…
I’m not a city gal. I enjoy gardening, country walks, and being able to see the moon and stars at night.
And since falling in love with Bangkok in 2004, I’ve had a troublesome time explaining why to those who spread out north, south, and elsewhere in Thailand.
Their lives [...]

Thai Language Schools in Bangkok…
I often get emails requesting information about decent Thai language schools in Bangkok. And as I don’t have any experience with the schools (yet), I started referring people to the long discussion on the Thaivisa.com Thai language forum. But the discussion grew to eleven pages (and was repeatedly disrupted), so I [...]

Sightseeing around Bangkok…
Last month a friend emailed to say, ‘I’M COMING TO BANGKOK!’
I emailed back, ‘Whooh! WHEN?’
A mere two days after his arrival, David had already paddled up the floating market, tussled for eight hours with tigers, then dropped a krathong into the klong. And more.
Which got me wondering…
… just what unique experience [...]

Expat Guide on twitter, tweets…
Today, Sharon Gilor (expatsguide), tweeted Glen’s Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Expats.
I have noticed in strangers, friends, and yes, even myself, seven habits that I think make you a very ineffective expat. My rookie year in China is nearing a close, so I plan on making a New Year’s resolution [...]

Baby bird watching and the Streak-eared Bulbul…
Following on from my previous post: Baby Bird Watching in Bangkok…
I don’t know my birds – Thai birds or otherwise – so I asked on the local Thai forum. Rather quickly, someone in the know responded that it was a Streak-eared Bulbul. As there isn’t much information on [...]

Birds come and birds go…
The Wednesday before last, the maid came running into the living room all excited (I know it was a Wednesday because it is the only day I have a maid).
‘นก มา! นก มา!’
Translation: Bird come! Bird come!
Waving her arms for me to follow, we went to the back of the [...]

The Red Shirts are coming…
When I woke up yesterday morning, there were no plans to go running around Bangkok looking for protesters. But when the termite company poisoned not only my condo but my lungs, go I did.
Calling my favourite taxi driver, we headed out. I’m near Victory Monument but we skirted around to [...]

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Cost: 10,000 Baht per person
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Over the past month I have had a [...]

And sometimes a lot of Indian…
Bangkok is an amazing city when it comes to delivery. But I’m not talking perfection as perfection does not exist most anywhere.
And as I’m not taking perfection, I thought I’d share a hilarious exchange between myself and one of the top food delivery companies in Bangkok.
To jump-start you [...]

In the beginning there was the young Rod…
Rod Stewart (ร้อด สจ๊วต) is often remembered for his later image: gravelly voice, big hair, wiggly bum, twirling microphone, assorted scarves, string of blond girlfriends and wives, flash jackets, a series of catchy anthemic and sometimes quasi-disco songs, and the soporific (sigh) Sailing.
But except for good old Maggie, [...]