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'Soapy massage' parlours draining city's water
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/01/2018
» A massage parlour in Bangkok described as being "shaped like love boat" welcomed a team of inspectors Wednesday amid suspicions it has been illegally consuming groundwater.
Bent out of shape
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 06/11/2016
» This week I did something as perennial as tulips blooming in the Dutch spring. I decided to head back to the gym. I need to get all buff for my flight home to Australia in late December. That’s pathetic, I know, but allow me to have my dreams.
No resolution in the briefest end
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 13/09/2015
» The man next door to the studio hanged himself last Wednesday. He did it while we were recording a radio show. It caused a commotion in the soi and resulted in a very healthy display of what the Thais call Thai moong, which is a group of locals standing rigid, faces not unlike extras from the Walking Dead, staring at the accident or, in this case, the dead body dangling from the second floor.
Well officer, I was just backing in when . . .
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 09/08/2015
» It was spectacular, even by Amazing Thailand standards, and provided an early front-runner for photograph of the year.
Real soap opera, and police fairy tales
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/08/2015
» It happened at the notorious Asoke-Sukhumvit intersection, one of the most congested road junctions in Bangkok. It is always busy, with crawling bumper-to-bumper traffic day after day, except on long weekends when citysiders head for the countryside.
Soap opera shuts down downtown Bangkok
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/08/2015
» Two-kilometer traffic jam greeted motorists Monday afternoon at Asoke intersection as traffic police closed it down so Channel 3 could shoot scenes for soap opera.
Stuck in soapie traffic
Online Reporters, Published on 03/08/2015
» Road closures are all too familiar to motorists in Bangkok, especially during rush hours, but perish the thought police will leave MPs and VIPs stuck in the traffic - because they always have such pressing matters to attend to, unlike ordinary commuters.
Lottery lost its way
News, Published on 16/05/2015
» Re: “Lotto ‘tigers’ just a tale”, (Opinion, May 14).
A universal dilemma
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 15/06/2014
» I never thought I’d say this, but here goes. I felt sorry for Miss Thailand Universe as she stood down this week.
Squatters' Rights: We refuse to sit down on this issue
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 02/06/2013
» The sit has hit the fan. The Thai government is seeking to change the country's toilet habits with one simple press of a button. In its quest to be a little more modern and trendy, the government has protruded its proboscis into the estimated 10 million bathrooms around the country and does not like what it sees.