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  • Phuket Photo Special

    I’ve kinda been dragging out my posts about Thailand, so, in the spirit of finishing it up and posting a link in the sidebar to a full list of the posts in some semblance of order, I will be blasting out three posts today.  That includes the one before this and one more after this…

  • International Thai Boxing. TONIGHT!

    Unfortunately this is one event we didn’t get to see, this time around anyway. What we did see (and hear) were the boxers riding around on the tops of trucks.  There was a recording playing, lauding the boxer and his achievements and informing onlookers of when the next show would be held.  Louder and more…

  • Hari Raya Sweets For Sale

    Two days ago I wrote a post about being surprised to see “Christmas” lights up already, in September.  When I asked about it and found out that it was for Hari Raya, a holiday I’d never heard of, I was surprised.  I don’t remember seeing any lights up around this time last year.  I also…

  • Durian Is Just Disgusting!

    Before moving to Singapore I’d never heard of a particularly vulgar fruit called “durian”.  It is sometimes referred to as the “king of fruits”, though how it can even be considered a fruit, let alone the king, is far beyond me. The first time I encountered durian was when I was still around the corner…

  • The Food in Phuket (Part 2)

    Nicky’s Handlebar Pretty close to where we were staying there was a restaurant called Nicky’s Handlebar.  As you can probably guess, it was a biker type bar.  It was decorated with a ton of Harley Davidson paraphernalia. This was my favorite item in the place: Anyhow, the atmosphere was great.  It had the right look.…

  • Old Man At Esplanade KKJ Concert Gets Dancing Fever!

    This video came to my attention through Twitter via a friend (@LaiSan_C (sorry, locked profile!)). Apparently, this older guy got so into the music by this local Singapore band that he jumped up in front of the stage and started dancing.  The short of it is that none of this was organized or choreographed and…

  • The Food in Phuket (Part 1)

    One of the best parts about this trip was running around town finding different foods to eat.  While we were there we ate at quite a few different restaurants, not all of them Thai.  I think we probably could have found better food if we’d gone to a less touristy part of Thailand, but we…

  • China Kills Its Own Citizens

    Back in April I wrote a post about China and how it sold poisoned gyoza to the Japanese.  I then went off on a rant about how China is ruining its world image, because here lately everything that comes out of China is poisonous or defective.  If you’re wondering why I’m so pissed off about…

  • Livita Energy Drink in Singapore

    I saw this Livita on the shelf in the drink section of the grocery store at Whitesands (Fairprice I think) and at first thought it was medicine that had been misshelved. My wife glanced at it and told me that it’s an energy drink that’s also sold in the Philippines under another name. A quick…

  • Thai Ladyboys At The Simon Cabaret

    One of the main attractions of the Phuket area is the Simon Cabaret’s Ladyboy show. Yup, ladyboys. We’d seen a few of them walking around the town.  We even saw a white guy walking down the street holding hands with one.  I don’t know if the guy knew he was with a ladyboy, but he…