
Retro dreams
Regular readers may know that I have a Thai niece whom I have brought up since birth. She is now 22 years old in her final year at university. That in itself makes me feel old, but wait -- there is more that is about to poke sticks at my mortal coil.
What's past is prologue
Chang was filmed more than 90 years ago, it is a glimpse of history, and maybe our future.
The farthest fall
I once attended a birthday party at a house in Soi Ari where I was introduced to a middle-aged man with a rotating jaw.
Another one bites the dust
It is a rule of competitive businesses not to recognise the competitor, pretending it does not exist — a rule that is broken, naturally, when something terrible happens to the competitor.
Bangkok taxi passengers being taken for a ride
The Department of Land Transport in Chatuchak was abuzz last Monday when 30 taxi drivers converged on the complex, holding placards protesting the impending legalisation of Grab taxi service.
What chance of draining this swamp?
My commiserations to that poor woman who fell into the sewer on her way to work last Tuesday.
As the world turns
Greetings from Sydney, capital city of New South Wales, and centre of the world if your world happens to be halfway down the Australian east coast.