Yearly Archives: 2013
Love is an SMS or a sick buffalo?
Dear Hillary, I come over once a year for my annual holidays and do what every red blooded male does and visit the...
The Pensioner’s lament
Dear Hillary, I came to Thailand to retire. I’d been here a few times while I was working, dreaming all the time of...
Man Ray and Kiki
Many countries have found themselves with the title of “raunchy”, and in fact, Pattaya gets its fair swag of sanctimonious finger-pointers, but Pattaya’s...
Bernardino Ramazzini is turning in his grave!
Bernardino Ramazzini (1633 - 1714) was an Italian physician who is considered to be the founding father of a rather different medical specialty...
Pattaya workers applaud higher salaries with eye on economic storm clouds
The majority of Pattaya’s businesses are complying with the nation’s newly raised minimum wage, but an increasing number of layoffs and factory closures...
2013 Money Expo Pattaya to be held at PEACH
The 2013 Money Expo Pattaya, the 3rd time the event will be held, this year with the theme “Unlimited Future” is to be...
Risk is not a constant
People may have seen a recent article in the UK Financial Times which pointed out that, for the first time in half a century,...
PM launches Bangkok election campaign
BANGKOK, Jan 16 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra kicked off the city’s gubernatorial election campaign for candidate Pongsapat Pongcharoen at a suburban fresh...
Children everywhere as Eastern Seaboard celebrates Children’s Day
Youngsters perform the latest dance style with their friends, the dancing sea animals, at Royal Garden Plaza. Saturday, January 12 was once again one...









