Yearly Archives: 2015
King of the road
Editor Re: It’s all in the positioning (PM Mailbag Friday, 09 October 2015) - How many of us have ever run down an animal?...
Farangs fault
Editor; Why is it in Thailand, if a farang is involved in an accident, it’s always the farangs fault? I have a friend in...
Chonburi Cancer Hospital salutes International Breast Cancer Day
Chonburi Cancer Hospital marked International Breast Cancer Day with activities aimed at getting women to perform regular self-checks. Hospital director Dr. Suthat Duangdeeden hosted...
Assaulted Briton receives compensation
The Tourist Assistance Foundation donated gave 6,000 baht to British man who needed stitches after a confrontation with a bottle-wielding Thai man. The foundation’s...
Utility line limbo on Soi Daeng Dam Thepprasit
Pedestrians on Soi Daeng Dam Thepprasit are doing the limbo these days trying to avoid telephone and cable-television cables hanging nearly to the ground....
Somsakdi – the unbelievable restaurant
After dining at Somsakdi restaurant, it became obvious that this was a restaurant like no other in Pattaya. Thirty years in the same soi....
Community Happenings – Friday October 16 – October 22, 2015
Events The next meeting of the Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) will be held on Sunday, Oct. 18. Everyone is warmly welcome. The speaker...
Primary School Music grows at Regents to cope with demand
With almost 200 students in the under 11 age range now signed up for instrumental lessons at Regents International School Pattaya, the school has...
GIS student leaders visit Vietnam
Four Prefects from Garden International School have attended a special student leaders’ conference in Vietnam. The Prefects - Aakshi, Yukta, Berenice and Praw -...
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...