Yearly Archives: 2011
A frustrated 22 year old!
Dear Hillary, I’m still trying to work out what’s going down in my local shopping center. There’s these two babes who are always...
Another failure in the guide books
Dear Hillary, You’ve told everyone about the books they should read when they come here on holidays, or even before they get here,...
Learning the lingo, again
Dear Hillary, You are always telling people that they should learn Thai if they are living here for some time, and I agree...
Special milk order
Dear Hillary, Some days when I read your column you really can be terribly bitchy. Why are you like this? These people are...
10 (Advanced) Digital Tips
At the beginning of this year I gave 10 pointers for amateurs to improve their photography. This time I am giving 10 tips...
Just grief or depression?
My Mother died two weeks ago. She was 94 years of age, and other than the physical frailties that nine decades brings, she...
Germany names new ambassador to Thailand
Germany’s ambassador to Vietnam has been tapped to head the country’s embassy in Thailand. Rolf Peter Gottfried Schulze, 58,...
AFG paints itself green
The September discussion in the Automotive Focus Group (AFG) was opened by the president, James Beeson, who introduced the speaker Uli Kaiser of...
City, ministry ink low-interest home loan agreement
Low-income Pattaya residents will be able to apply for low-interest home loans from a 100 million baht partnership between the city and national governments....
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When Expat fixed incomes meet a moving target
The quiet financial squeeze on retired foreigners in Thailand
Retirement is supposed to be the most predictable chapter of life. Income is fixed. Habits are...
Testosterone – Andropause
The short answer to the question, “Are all men destined to become grumpy as they age?” is NO — no man must become a...
Nach dem Countdown fragen Touristen, ob Pattaya ein Strandparadies oder eine Müllhalde ist
PATTAYA, Thailand – Kaum waren die letzten Feuerwerkslichter am Himmel verblasst, zeigte sich am Pattaya Beach ein ganz anderes Bild zum Jahresbeginn. Als Touristen...
Rauchwolken über Zentral-Pattaya nach Brand nahe Beach Road
PATTAYA, Thailand – Am Neujahrstag ist am Nachmittag hinter einem Hotel in der Soi 12 an der Beach Road ein Feuer ausgebrochen. Dichte Rauchschwaden...
Russischer Motorradfahrer stirbt an tödlicher Jomtien-Kurve
PATTAYA, Thailand – Ein russischer Motorradfahrer ist am Neujahrsmorgen tödlich verunglückt, sein Freund wurde verletzt, nachdem ihr Motorrad an der berüchtigten „tödlichen Kurve“ auf...