Archive for the 'Accidents & Tragedies' Category
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
The past week has provide a handful of front-page-newspaper-worthy incidents involving unlucky, unfortunate, and/or misguided post-secondary students and one professor–all separate cases.
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
As my 30 baht plate of Grapow Basil Stir fry was being cooked at the neighborhood eatery, I did what I and most Thais typically do while waiting–I grabbed the latest copy of Thai Rath newspaper to catch up on the latest action. Indifferent to the featured political headline giving hype to Thailand’s current Prime […]
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Surfing the web, I was quite taken by this story about a group of Burmese volunteers who had been cleaning up corpses in Myanmar’s cyclone stricken coastal plains and river beds.
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Just when human kind were confident we had South Asian nature in check, she pulls out an old cyclonic hat trick, and seizes bodies by the masses. And for once in a long time, Bangladesh and India isn’t her focal points.
It’s been dark times for hundreds of thousands of coastal Burmese the last few days, […]
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
With government migrant immigration and labor laws firm and strict as ever, it is only humans natural reaction to find other ways around the system and tap into that which is forbidden. After all, Adam and Eve need to eat the apple–whether you believe in such a tale or not, it would be foolish not […]
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
After six years motorcycle driving experience in Thailand and counting, with all his limbs and organs still in working order, the author has gained sufficient experience hours on end on thousands of kilometers of urban and rural roads, paths, streets, sois, and highways, giving him the valuable insight, hindsight, and perspective to share with […]
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
Whether you are a permanent resident, long term visitor, or just on brief holiday to the Kingdom of Thailand, there’s a likely possibility that you have already, or at least are considering to wager with one of Thailand’s deadliest dealers. When the key turns the ignition in the Land of Smiles, the stakes are as […]
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Arriving in Bangkok, I decided to stay overnight to meet up with my cousin. He got off at work at midnight so I waited around at my friend’s house and had a few beers. Took a short nap and sobered up for a few hours before hopping on my bike.
My cousin had called me after […]
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Surfing the web for world crime statistics, I came across a great world statistic website, and found my way to its Thailand crime stats page and was surprised about my findings, particularly of how high Thailand ranked in certain categories of crime, particularly gun violence and homicide.
Taken from the gun violence data out of dozens […]
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Surfing the web, I happened upon yet another unsolved homicide-suicide-accidental death ??? case involving an American man in Pattaya a few months ago. As such deaths, particularly in Pattaya, are so common, usually I wouldn’t have given it any extra thought.
However, in the following reports, the deceased man’s American passport was fully exposed–right next […]
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