Interim Prime Minister has been named, and his name is General Surayud Chulanont. The former military leader is taking the spotlight among criticism that the “junta” is still controling the government for the year until the promised election. Sure, he has a military background, but he is also trusted by the King. If the King’s game, I’m game. Not to mention, picking Surayud for this post over the WTO guy (I’m sorry I forgot his name) is a good choice. Why? So when times come for the election, we’ll have someone qualified and available to run the country. The last...
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We’re down to the wire for the company’s annual fundraiser awards dinner event. This Thursday, where a few employees see it as time to party, it is actually hell in the making for our department. Not so much the underlings, but Demi-Boss and Lady-Boss are damned near going insane over the past week. For some reasons, this year feels more stressful with 2 people heading up the charge than with just Demi-Boss last year. Then again, the former CEO wasn’t this involved with the show. The madness spilled down to me yesterday as I stayed late and helped them with...
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Touch down…into chaos Thailand’s brand spanking new airport opened to “75% satisfaction”. Folks lost their luggages and the main computer system crashed. (Hey, Sam – isn’t that what you get paid to get ready at SWB? Are you sleeping on the job?? Hehee.) Snaffus are to be expected. But man, 3 hours of lost luggage? That’s just sad. With all the snaffus and boasting of being the mother of all airports with the largest single building and tallest control tower in the world , you must admire the 44 years of graft generations of government got off of this piece...
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3 TIVO’ed shows and 2 glasses of wine later, here I am! I’m buzzed. Hi. But even if I’m nice and alcoholized, I must stay true to my blogger duty and induct 2 new people to my blogroll. First, my “cousin” Nicky. Nicky is Aunty Tim’s youngest son and Aunty Tim is a friend of the family. Hence, the honorary Asian relative title. Nicky takes amazing photos and he finally finds his place on the web on Xanga. It doesn’t get updated often (well, not as often as I’d like to see anyway) but when he updates it, it’s massive...
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Me: You know, I’m so tired of explaining to Americans about the coup. Dad: They’re just jealous. Me: What? Why? Dad: When Thais are desperate for a change in the government, we resort to the coup. When Americans are desperate for a change in their presidency, and since they can’t have a coup, they just kill him off. Me: Dad!? Dad: Look at what they did to JFK! And Lincoln. And almost did it to Reagan too. *Chuckles* Me: *Sigh* Okay I’m hanging up now....
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Just a wee little bit of Thai politics. Wee little bit! New York Times – A Banned Book Challenges Saintly Image of Thai King I am personally half way through this big ol’ book myself. (And no, I haven’t gone back to it much. Kind of burned out on it right now. Perhaps I should return it to my Demi-boss…) Here’s the content of that article: A Banned Book Challenges Saintly Image of Thai King By JANE PERLEZ JAKARTA, Indonesia, Sept. 24 — When soldiers and tanks rolled onto the streets of Bangkok last week and the king appeared on...
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