The Bangkok Blog

Food Porn Edition: April 4 2023

4 Apr

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This is my last day in Bangkok. That means that today’s post is the food porn entry. It’s an easy one to write because it’s all about the pictures. As always, most of the food shown above is from the ... Read more »

Fuller Brush Central

3 Apr

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Sometimes people who write columns, blogs and other media stuff tend to cover the same material over and over. If you read an article on artificial intelligence for example, maybe the author figures that since readers have such short memories ... Read more »

36 Virtual Hours in Bangkok

2 Apr

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I always say that the reason I come to Bangkok is to work, not only on my Bangkok stuff but also on Toronto stuff. So keeping the blog going on a daily basis can be difficult. I’m not trying to ... Read more »

A Spirit House Only Entry

1 Apr

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In yesterday’s blog post, while you might have thought that I was talking about a large Thai corporation, I was actually leading the conversation towards that corporation’s Spirit Houses. In this entry, I’ll dispense with using one topic to mask ... Read more »

BJC

31 Mar

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Literally steps from the acute care hospital campus, one comes across the head office of one of the biggest and oldest companies in Thailand. Berli Jucker Public Company (BJC) is a huge Asia Style conglomerate with tentacles into distribution, logistics, ... Read more »

Happy Birthday Kluaynamthai

30 Mar

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Today, March 30th, 2023 is the 50th anniversary of the hospital. (I first started here in 1984 – just 11 years after the business began.) The first hospital was located in an apartment building in one of the largest and ... Read more »

Bagels!!

29 Mar

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I’ve mentioned, many times, probably to the point of being obnoxious, how good the food is at our health facilities. But the fact is that the food is great everywhere in Bangkok. One of the things that’s so nice about ... Read more »

Nightrider Maniacs

28 Mar

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Over the years, I have written a lot about sidewalk motorcycle drivers. These are the guys who insist on riding their motorcycles on sidewalks when the traffic on the roads gets too congested….which is almost all of the time. There ... Read more »

Keeping Up With the Sisters

27 Mar

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Monday Morning… After my walk to the Secret Market yesterday morning and after doing some more work, I went to lunch with the CEO/President of our business, her two sisters and her oldest son who is one of the Vice-Presidents ... Read more »

Alleyways

26 Mar

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Early Sunday morning….. I decided to go for a walk before it got too hot. Since it was early, I wanted to see what the Secret Market was like early in the morning, before there was too much action. I’ve ... Read more »