Yearly Archives: 2011
The sword is mightier than the pen is?
Dear Hillary, I know this is supposed to be a column for all those guys with broken hearts, and there’s plenty of them...
No common language
Dear Hillary, I never thought I would have this problem, but I’ve certainly got it now. I have met absolutely the best girl...
Ambient lighting effects
One of the lessons I learned many years ago from a well respected professional Thai photographer (Tom Chuawiwat), was that the client actually...
Stenting – a common procedure
The advances in cardiac surgery have been enormous over the past 20 years. We have gone from some fairly primitive high-risk surgery, to...
Power Buy opens Central Pattaya location
Thailand’s leading electronics retailer completed its blanket coverage of Pattaya, opening its seventh Eastern Seaboard branch in Central Pattaya. Power Buy,...
Flooding pushes November inflation to 4.19% year-on-year
Thai inflation in November rose 4.19 percent year-on-year to 113.31 due to flooding in Thailand’s central provinces, said Yangyong Puangrach, the country’s permanent...
Allocations within allocations
A successful asset allocation strategy goes further than just allocating assets to broad asset classes. Allocation within these classes is also vitally important. Unfortunately...
Under a blood red sky, Pattaya marvels at lunar eclipse
Pattaya denizens gather in the thousands to watch a total lunar eclipse on Constitution Day, Dec. 10. The full moon turned blood red during...
Pattaya has enough water, but can’t pump it citywide until next...
While government officials insist Pattaya has more than enough water, actually getting it to people’s homes remains a problem unlikely to be resolved...








