June 7 2007
Learn Thai & woo Thai girls
When I arrived in Bangkok for the first time, I'd already completed the ubiquitous Linguaphone Thai Course and was thrilled to discover that I could bother Thai women in their own language. This was all the more remarkable given that I studied French at school for 8 years and could barely say "bonjour".
There were a few upsets along the way, though. The first time I spoke Thai for real was at a Thai restaurant in London. Naturally, I was keen to shine and ordered for everyone. The waitress stared at me in blank incomprehension. She was Malaysian and I had just made a complete tit of myself.
May 11 2007
Jail for Thailand's YouTube fans
Fans of the banned YouTube video-sharing website will soon face "severe punishment" under a draconian new cyber-crime law. Anyone using a proxy server to visit a website censored by the Thai government could now end up in jail.
This criminalization of ordinary Internet users is just another symptom of Thailand's descent into authoritarianism.
May 2 2007
Thaksin to buy Manchester City
Thailand's brief experiment with democracy seems to have ended badly but it remains to be seen which Premier League football club will be the ultimate beneficiary
- Mango Sauce, 20 September 2006.
Step forward Manchester City.
Yesterday, former PM Thaksin announced the £130 million deal on his blog (www.hi-thaksin.net) alongside this "happy slapping" phonecam shot that appears to show him selecting a severed head for his lunchbox.
April 30 2007
Mac attack: Westerner beaten in Bangkok Apple Store
When you order a MacBook Pro from an approved Thai dealer, you don't expect to be beaten-up and arrested in the store - but this is exactly what happened to an unfortunate Mango Sauce reader.
Last Friday, I placed an order for a MacBook Pro, a 30' display and accessories at The APPLE Store in Siam Discovery Center, Bangkok. The total came to 188,000bt. Paid with a VISA Card. The APPLE employee would deliver the setup later.
While waiting for the delivery at my condo, the APPLE salesperson, phoned me and claimed to have made a mistake on the bill and wanted another 12,500 before delivery.
April 23 2007
Thai girls with guns
A Thai girl's handbag always contains surprises but you don't expect to find a 9mm semi-automatic pistol.
April 18 2007
Conan's Thai restroom threesome
Many of us imagined that Conan's double-dunny exclusive would prove to be the last word on Thai toilet tomfoolery but the oversized Aussie actor has outdone himself once again.
April 13 2007
Blog wars: Bangkok diplomat's own goal
"I saw him walking arm-in-arm with a girl that could only be described as a 2 dollar whore," writes Simon Peltier beneath an innocuous blog entry by Ian Proud, head of the British embassy's political section.
When the thirty-eight year-old diplomat agreed to be a guest blogger on The Nation's website, he also let them publish this photo.
Big mistake.
April 11 2007
Have we worn out our welcome in Thailand?
When a one-legged German infects half the schoolgirls in Chaiyaphum with HIV, it reflects badly on all of us but Thailand's noticeably cooler attitude towards Western immigrants has little to do with our sexual peccadilloes.
Fun-loving tourists won't notice any change but those of us who choose to live here are feeling less and less welcome.
April 5 2007
Mr T talks to Mango Sauce
MS: Your term as Thailand's PM was characterised by corruption and abuse of power...
Mr T: What you talkin' 'bout, fool!?! I don't remember none of that! You just a crazy man seein' things that ain't there.
MS: Subsequently, you've been accused of stirring up social divisions in the country.
Mr T: Trouble? I don't start no trouble. I mind my own business.
MS: But General Sonti has made specific allegations.
Mr T: The man's a pothead. He's high on smack, or speedballs, or something...
MS: The question of how you acquired your unusual wealth isn't going to go away.
Mr T: Better make sure nothin' happens to my gold.
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