Tag: Richard Silverberg
Climb the highest mountains
A quest to climb the highest point on each of the seven continents was the goal of David Cole, the speaker at the Pattaya...
80 million unexploded cluster bombs remain in Laos
There are an estimated 80 million unexploded cluster bombs remaining in the Laotian jungle along what used to be the Ho Chi Minh Trail....
PCEC holds 2013 AGM
Since the first Sunday in July is the Pattaya City Expats Club’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), there was no speaker scheduled for July 7....
Too much prostate cancer testing?
Are men being over-tested and over-treated for prostate cancer? This was the topic presented by Club member David Garmaise at the Sunday, June 30...
Building a Family Tree
Did you know that Charlie Chaplin had briefly stayed in a workhouse in England in 1896 at the age of seven? This was one...
Many famous authors “got it wrong”
Many famous authors who wrote about Asia “got it wrong.” This is what led Jerry Hopkins, an author himself, to write “Romancing the East,”...
Oh, my aching back…
Problems with the spine can be both painful and difficult to resolve. At the Sunday, May 19 meeting of the Pattaya City Expats Club,...
No author wants to be a time bandit
“Bad books rob you of precious time. No author wants to be a time bandit.” These are the words of Christopher Moore, well...
Variety of products available for expats banking in Thailand
Thailand’s banking system offers a variety of products for expats living in or visiting Thailand. The Sunday, April 28, meeting of the Pattaya...












