Yearly Archives: 2015
Future changes and effects
The world is heading inexorably towards ‘drive themselves’ cars, now called ‘autonomous’ vehicles, that will take you where you wish to go, and in...
Bathurst – the automotive Melbourne Cup
The UK has its Grand National, the US has the Superbowl and the Kentucky Derby and Australia has the Melbourne Cup. These countries stop...
Sochi’s Demolition Derby
The F1 circus’ second time in Sochi was remarkable for the number of retirements, with seven drivers not making it to the checkered flag....
Updated provisional 2016 F1 calendar
March 20: Australian GP April 3: Bahrain GP April 17: Chinese GP May 1: Russian GP May 15: Spanish GP May 29: Monaco GP...
China wins prestigious skyscraper award for the first time
Wangjing SOHO in Beijing has been named as the winner of the world renowned architecture prize for skyscrapers, the Emporis Skyscraper Award. The building...
China in line to build Indonesia high speed rail
Jakarta (AP) - China has emerged as the likely builder of Indonesia’s first high-speed rail line after Indonesian officials rejected Japan’s requirement for a...
ASEAN integration to benefit logistics, commercial real estate
The establishment of the Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) as a single market by the end of 2015 will immediately benefit the industrial...
Swedish orchestra coming to Pattaya
There’s a musical feast coming up shortly when a fine orchestra from Sweden gives its only concert in Pattaya on Sunday 25th October. Presented...
Shakespeare (and Dracula) in Jomtien
Next year, on 23rd April to be precise, it will be exactly four hundred years since Shakespeare died. If William Shakespeare had written only...
Latest Stories
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...