That’s right, to this day some things that seem to good to be true still exist. I’m talking about the No Fuss Pizza & Pasta Lunch over at Witch’s Tavern, Thonglor. A whole pizza with a salad prepared by Italian pizzaiolo Francesco. Or a plate of pasta with salad prepared by Italian chef Francesco. For [...]

What a delicious barrage of outstanding quotes. In case you missed the recent panel at the FCCT on Chaturon Chaisang’s new book “Thai Democracy in Crisis: 27 Truths,” there’s a solid write-up over at Bangkok Pundit. And here is mine:
It doesn’t happen too often around here that such bright and sadly lonely light of intellectual [...]

Rumors, denials, accusations, shadow plays, a third hand in action and the blaming of others … there’s never a dull moment in Thai politics. The consequence being that investors have long lost confidence. Thailand’s financial markets are by no means attractive these days. Here’s why, from a financier’s perspective:
In economic transactions and stock markets, trust [...]

So you’re in Thailand maybe since years and you’re not able to speak a single coherent Thai sentence. Told me an Aussie friend here recently whose local business spiraled downwards that in a meeting with his Thai in-laws the long unsaid was finally said to him: “You don’t speak Thai, that’s why!”
There’s a hidden world [...]

Headaches at Hua Hin’s Asean gathering. A Thaksin rift mars the Asean solidarity. Prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva cancels a press conference mid-summit and no bilateral meeting with Cambodia. Well, ignoring the simple fact that he had been installed by a de facto judicial coup and that his power is not necessarily based on strictly democratic [...]