thailand
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For over a week, Bangkok has been in a state of panic. Everyone is packing up their houses, sealing doors and windows with silicone, buying sand from other provinces, finding ways to block their pipes and other points of weakness where water may enter. Plastic bags large enough to seal entire cars are in hot…
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It’s official, Bangkok will flood. Bangkok Post this morning tells us to “Brace” ourselves for it. This evening some of my relatives have evacuated and others are looking after their houses. Colleagues rush home to safeguard their homes against water while others wait in anticipation of the coming flood. We get real time updatest through…
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For once I do not want to hear the sound of raindrops on my window pane. Rather than relax and remind me of childhood days, it now makes me restless, fearing the flood situation will worsen. The flood situation in Thailand is not getting any better and in fact seems to be worsening day by…
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Tonight many Bangkokians are afraid of the flood. Every night it has been raining. Panic is somewhat in the air and in the supermarkets many shelves of water and instand noodles are empty. (I think it’s also because the warehouses are flooded and food cannot be brought in to restock.) Outside my main road, the…
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It’s raining cats and dogs again tonight. The street in front of my house is flooded. It’s nothing compared to elsewhere in the country where houses are flooded up to the second story. Residents have no where left to sleep but on the roof. Workers were stranded in a factory after flash floods closed their exit. …
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I was thinking about growing up the other day and how some skills you acquire along the way depends a lot on where you live. Living in Thailand, as in any other asian country, life requires one to tip other people every now and then. A tip for good service, tip for the valet, tip…
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As one of my readers (who is also a good friend) commented the other day, I seem to be in a good mood. Yes I am. It’s a good day, not because I was efficient and got many things done, but because I have received and heard interesting stories from my readers. It is always…
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It’s Friday evening and the weekend lies ahead. When I get tired, when I need a holiday sometimes all it takes is a little day trip to revitalize the soul. Just an hour outside of Bangkok and already it can make one feel relaxed. I see the big open sky high above me and somehow…
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers in this world! Yes, in Thailand today is Mother’s day and everyone is out in droves taking mothers out to lunch. Mother’s Day is always a happy day for me even if I’m not a mother, but I like it because it is a good occasion to tell our…
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It’s the weekend and though I am still feeling under the weather, something about sleeping at the early hours of 9pm and waking up in the wee hours of the morning is refreshing. The sky is blue, the birds are chirping and the wind is in the air. It is refreshing and a great way…
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