Hillary
The standard bar-girl repartee
Dear Hillary, Can you help please. Do all Thai people ask you the most personal questions? Things like “How much money you make?...
High wire acrobats with no safety net
Dear Hillary, Well here we are in 2012, and how many farangs are going to throw themselves off high buildings this year, after...
A wife’s duties
Dear Hillary, Just how much should a husband put up with? My Thai wife (though we’re not officially married but been together for...
A timeless answer to a timeless problem
Dear Hillary, I have come to the conclusion that for a Thai woman, a watch is merely a fashion statement, and nothing to...
Sparing the rod
Dear Hillary, How do you tell someone that they are making a rod for their own backs with the way the people next...
Helmets again!
Dear Hillary, Bit of daft advice that one Hills, keeping the crash helmet in the shopping basket at front of the bike, this...
Somebody loves me!
Dear Hillary, I think I have timed this right to wish you a Good New Year. Thank you for all the fun and...
Facebook or Faced off
Dear Hillary, Ever since my wife found Facebook this year, she spends hours and hours and hours glued to the computer screen. She...
Somebody is a happy camper
Dear Hillary, Year after year, I see and hear many lonely, ignorant, old, fools complaining about Pattaya’s bar girls and freelancers. But can...
Keeping the bed warm
Dear Hillary, Hasn’t it been cold recently. Thought I was back in TX for a while there. Anyway I’ve got myself a great...
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