Bangkok Guru

The British gang culture is dominated by Chavs terrorising people, especially the older and weaker ones, and this trend is well set to continue for many years to come despite the UK government’s desperate attempt to get ‘tough on crime’.

Every country has its own gang culture problem and Thailand is no exception. Here, we don’t [...]

Before moving into my current apartment, I did the usual thing by asking the landlady about everything including the internet connection that would serve as my gateway to the online world for at least six months to come. She said it’s a high speed connection running at an impressive 18mbps and shared by all the [...]

As part of the campaign to help ease the economic pressure fuelled by rising oil prices which have hit the poorest the hardest, the Thai government has introduced a plan to provide free bus rides for commuters in Bangkok. Whether or not this is a political move ahead of the highly imminent parliament dissolution, some [...]

If you live and commute to and from work on public transport - specifically the BTS sky train- in Bangkok like me, you’ve probably noticed the latest headgear fashion recently popular among young girls - the hair band. These fashionable hair bands come in many different forms and colours and are worn mainly by the [...]

The nationwide alcohol ban has started today and lasts until 12pm Friday night. I fully understand that Thailand is strictly a Buddhist country and we’re now in the middle of one of the most important festivals (Buddhist Lent) and all Buddhists should celebrate it by visiting the temple and refraining from drinking alcohol.

What I completely [...]

This week we have two back-to-back Buddhist holidays which are observed throughout Thailand and sure enough the not so-much-needed alcohol ban is in full swing! Naturally for a religious country like Thailand, quite a few people will visit temples to do their moral deeds and offer foodstuffs and shit to the monks residing there.

As a [...]

Last night I learnt some terrible news for all beer drinkers in Thailand: Plans to market and sell Beer Lao freely throughout Thailand have been put on hold until 2011. That’s a torturing 3 years we’ll have to wait before we can drink this fine beer as and when we please!

Lao Brewery had long planned [...]

Today I went to my local Tesco to do a bit of shopping and this is what it usuall leads to at the beginning of each month:

Quite a bit of stuff there but trust me it won’t last long at all, especially those golden cans that always go first before anything else!

Today I was looking at some old pictures taken over the past couple of years. They’re so reminiscent of my adolescence. And this particular pic I took back in 2002, if my memory serves correctly, reveals what my first and only PC and the workstation looked like!

At the time of the purchase, it was no [...]

Last month I was offered an extremely attractive gym membership deal at California Wow, Bangkok’s biggest fitness centre. I felt a bit ambivalent about it having heard loads of negative stories from many people. Anyway, I decided to give it a go and bought a one month membership trial to begin with.
I’ve since [...]