These boots were made for walking

Apr 18, 10:44 am

My faithful blundstones finally gave up the ghost after 7 years and 9 months. They’ve taken me to a lot of places in that time.

Specifically they’ve taken me to Singapore 61 times, Malaysia 26 times, Thailand 31 times, Indonesia 7 times, Hong Kong 3 times, to the UK, Laos, China, Vietnam, Cambodia and Korea, and back to Australia 7 times.

Now I have a new pair.

Don't tread on me

Sometimes I Try To Imagine What Silence Looks Like

Apr 8, 06:00 pm

Goodbye Grandma . . . . . . .

4/4/1915 – 8/4/2006

Where's the love?

Apr 5, 04:00 pm

I just realised how Thailand-oriented this blog is. Will endeavour to change that when something interesting happens around here.

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Thaksin Steps Down

Apr 5, 03:36 pm

Boy he looks sad.

The election turned up some pretty interesting results. “No Votes” outnumbered votes for TRT, Thaksin’s party, in 28 of 36 central seats, while TRT romped it in throughout the provinces, excluding the south. While he probably could have led a new government pending upcoming bi-elections, Thaksin didn’t have a mandate in Bangkok, where the power and money resides.

On Monday Thaksin declared victory. On Tuesday he met with HM the King, then announced he was stepping down as the Prime Minister, though not resigning.

IMHO, Thaksin has done a lot for democracy by taking the election path rather than bowing to the protestor’s demands.

As usual, there are better places than Something Changed to get your news.

Here are some key quotes:

“My reason for not accepting the post of prime minister is because this year is an auspicious year for the King, whose 60th anniversary on the throne is just 60 days away. I want all Thais to reunite.” (The Nation)

“I want to see Thais love each other, be united and let bygones be bygones. I would like to thank PAD members and beg them to join us in pushing for political reform to ensure the best politics for Thailand and for all the Thais.” (Bangkok Post)

Now, if only he’d stepped down a bit earlier and saved me those two bottles of beer.

We have ways to make you talk.

Photos from Bangkok

Apr 1, 12:25 pm

I took some non-protest pics while in Bangkok, which you can find here .

I’ve got to find an album-generator that makes it easy to add comments. In the mean time, here’s how the photos pan out:

  • A pic from the hotel room in Ladpraow
  • Pictures around the very ritzy Siam Paragon shopping centre. That’s my new Lamborghini (still deciding on the colour).
    I met up with Dusida, a fellow Frente fan after something like five years.
  • Pictures on the way to, and around Government House. I still don’t know which building Government House actually is. Maybe the one with the tuk-tuk in front?.
  • A couple of pics at Siam Ocean World. The lighting made it next-to-impossible to get decent shots.
  • ?, Michael, Yok and Dave on Soi Hotel 27 in Sukumvit
  • Cousin Tim, Tris and Xavier in Singapore the next day

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