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• on breaking the mold on the nickname department

  Today I learned that Bangkok is nicknamed ‘The Big Mango’ and I can’ t help but to think this has something to do with New York’s world famous moniker. Uh, okay… but wait, there are others… [...]
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• the day miami took over bangkok

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  Last month, Freegums and Jen Stark and Juan Angel Chavez and P7 were brought together by Logan Bay to collaborate on Free-Size. The idea was to bring in a few artists from all over (Miami, Chicago, Bangkok) to spend some time laboring at the Sinudom Silk Screen Factory in Bang [...]
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• neon lights

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  Last weekend I was showing a couple of friends around town and towards the end of the day, already well into the evening, I decided to take them to Chinatown. I’ve only been to Chinatown once before, for the Chinese New Year celebrations when they close down the main street [...]
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• bangkok blues

  A relatively small space just a couple of blocks north of Khao San Road, on Thanon Samsen, just beyond the bridge, Ad Here the 13th was a dopetastic blues joint. With enough room for five small tables, a bar and the band’s equipment the place seemed cozy even at 9pm [...]
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• can you be neither for nor against anything?

  Jonathan Haidt on TED talks discussing how our moral foundations shape our reasoning and affect our political ideologies, and also takes an interesting look at the dynamics of the health care debate. I wonder if it’s inherent of human nature to always stand for something. When Haidt talks about the [...]
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• getting a visa extension: the bangkok edition

  Yesterday I had to make a visa run but I didn’t think it would be such a hassle since it didn’t involve leaving the country or even the city. (Free 2-month tourist visas won’t be available again till April so there was no sense in doing a border run.) I asked a [...]
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• something worth noting

  “You can add health care reform to all the other cornerstones of American society that Conservatives fought against: womens’ suffrage, civil rights, social security, Medicare.” From Alesh. [...]
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• there are uninformed obama supporters too

  “…we agree. But no politician has emerged on the national stage as undefined and unqualified as Sarah Palin, and her public persona–which is anti-intellectual by definition–discourages substance. Instead, we get winking. One could hardly imagine her giving a complex speech about race in America, or speaking eloquently about our country’s [...]
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• batman takes down red shirts

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  (Batman @ 1:00) During one of the “red shirt” riot scenes in Bangkok on 13th April 2009, when a gas truck was hi-jacked and reportedly threatened to release the flammable contents near Din Daeng Area, an unknown individual emerges as Batman. The super hero was able to divert the attention of [...]
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• daddy fat sacks’ back in the scene

  Definitely feeling this. [...]
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