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Vote NO! Animal Campaign: Political Posters Translated
Tiger, lion, bull, rino… politicians are WILD BEASTS! After writing about Thai politician Chuvit in two posts: Thai Politician Chuwit Kamolvisit: A Man. His Dog. Their Park and Chuvit’s Angry Man Campaign Posters Translated, it’s now time to feature another star of the Thai political show, the Vote NO! animal posters upsetting many Thais. The [...]
Bangkok: I’m Getting the Last Word in Edgewise
Thinking about Thailand… I debated about writing this post because I don’t want WLT to be taken over by Thai politics. Also, my leanings are more towards history, with a preference towards reading about politicians long dead. So political events in Thailand, especially as they happen, are in a mist of confusion because I don’t [...]
Update 2: Expat’s Eye-witness Report: Ratchaprasong
Just when we went back home the street we were on came under fire from very close. We were running for our lives. Later troops were screening every corner, house, hotel and all roofs in the area from pockets of “terrorists”. We have not been allowed to leave our house for the rest of the [...]
Update 1: Expat’s Eye-witness Report: Ratchaprasong Resort
Here is a short update… At the moment we have power most of the time. There have been only a few blackouts so far. Mobile phone signal is off mostly and the internet signal is very unstable. Lots of interruptions – sometimes for hours. Water is still running with few interruptions. Our neighborhood is completely [...]
Topic Thailand: Keeping up with Thai Politics
Topic: Thailand. Understanding Thailand’s political crisis… During my research for an earlier post, Staying Safe in Thailand: Streetwise Advice + Twitter, Newley Purnell introduced me to his grand new site: Topic: Thailand. Understanding Thailand’s political crisis. Now, I love world history, but I haven’t always been fond of politics (or does my fondness stop at [...]
Thailand’s Multi-Coloured Politics: Will Thais Talk to Thais?
Red Shirts, pink shirts, yellow shirts… or no shirts… With Thailand’s political skuffles deepening, I’ve had daily rethinks about the contents of my posts. You see, there are three weeks + of product reviews waiting in the wings. And understandably, no one wants their feature to go live during a time of bloodshed. Boggles the [...]
Staying Safe in Thailand: Streetwise Advice + Twitter
What’s going on with Thai politics… Some westerners in Thailand see the Red Shirts as an inconvenient pain in the butt (but so are volcanoes). Others feel that the Red Shirts have a valid point (a number of Pink Shirts believe that too). To top it off, knowledgeable expats plugged into the mainstream of Thai [...]
An Expat’s Eye-witness Report: Ratchaprasong Resort
What I see in my neighborhood… I live in an apartment right in the middle of the Ratchaprasong area, so I am able to give a firsthand report about what I see. Several times a day, my wife and I go on the streets around the Ratchaprasong intersection, out among the reds. From our windows [...]
Bangkok’s Pink Shirts at Victory Monument
So, am I Red, Yellow, Pink. Or Blue even?… Thailand is awash with colour: Red, yellow, pink and blue. And as most everyone knows, on Mondays we used to watch seas of Thais heading to work wearing yellow shirts. But now the wearing of yellow is no longer seen as just supporting the King because [...]
The Red Shirts. A Sofa Rant. Of Sorts.
A rambling rant… Due to the deaths in Bangkok this weekend, my time-stamped posts for Wednesday and Friday have been rescheduled for a more peaceful time. Instead, you get the below: A ramble, a sofa rant, of sorts. But before I get into it, please let me offer condolences to those who lost family members [...]
Red Shirts in Bangkok: Signs of the Time
The signs of the Red Shirts… Bangkok is dripping in red: Red shirts, red hats, red clappers, red headbands and more. All are slathered with slogans. Some are for an English audience – hello BBC! – but most are in Thai. So… do you know what the Red Shirts are saying? In Thai? If you [...]
The Red Shirts: Thai Reading and Listening
Learn Thai with the Red Shirts… When it comes to learning the Thai language, there is a real need for decent materials. Gaccha, an expat living in Bangkok, aims to inspire others to contribute their Thai skills towards creating the needed materials. I ‘met’ Gaccha online last year when he translated and compiled a Pulp [...]
The Red Shirts in Bangkok: Thai Army goes RoboCop
RoboCops cover the Thai army… Thailand’s RoboCops made an appearance on day one of the Red Shirt’s march into Bangkok. Impressed and surprised, I had Khun Pissout whip around to drive sloooowly past this Bangkok bunch. But it wasn’t until day two, when I was dwarfed by RoboCops, that I realised just how impressive they [...]
