On This day - 1975: Saigon surrenders

The war in Vietnam ended today as the government in Saigon announced its unconditional surrender to North Vietnamese forces. The President, Duong Van Minh, who has been in office for just three days, made the announcement in a radio broadcast to the nation early this morning. He asked his forces to lay down their arms and called on the North Vietnamese Army and Vietcong to halt all hostilities.
In a direct appeal to the Communist forces, he said: "We are here to hand over to you the power in order to avoid bloodshed."

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In The News

Border Clashes Continue - Read More

Thai Navy wants U Boats - Read More

raids on radio stations boost fears of coup - Read More

Special Tourism Zone sought for Pattaya - Read More

More Fun

Family are like underpants!!!! Some crawl up your ass, some get a little sideways, some are your favorite, some are holy, some are cheap and just plain nasty, some of them are full of shit, some you don't know how you got them, and some actually cover your ass when u need 'em too!" Re-post if you agree

I Like It.... Middle Ager Texting Codes

ATD -at the doctors.

BFF -best friend fell. 

BTW -bring the wheelchair. 

BYOT -bring your own teeth. 

FWIW -forgot where I was. 

GGPBL -gotta go, pacemaker battery low. 

GHA -got heartburn again. 

IMHO -is my hearing aid on. 

LMDO -laughing my dentures out. 

OMMR -on my massage recliner. 

ROFLACGU -rolling on floor laughing and can't get up.

TTYL -talk to you louder

in The News

TV Blackout and troop movements in Bangkok - No Coup

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Another border clash with Cambodia

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Thai Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Association joins hands with Tourism Authority of Thailand to promote both domestic and international tourism to the Northeast using soft adventure and eco-tourism as the draw cards.

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In The News

Thaksin faces party rebellion - Read More

Airlines hike surcharges - Read More

 And In Korat......

The superintendent of Pho Kaew Police Station, Colonel Passakorn Klanwan, has been slapped with a transfer order for allowing an entertainment venue in his jurisdiction to stay open beyond authorised hours and welcome under-age patrons. - Read More

Appatrantly the police are to launch an investigation as to how the Pub could flout the law.... The article seems to given the answer when it says Pub records indicate 20 policemen were paid 500Baht a day by the pub.

 

I Like This

AOCDRNDICG TO RSCHEEARCH AT CMABRIGDE UINERVTISY, IT DSENO'T MTAETR WAHT OERDR THE LTTERES IN A WROD ARE, THE OLNY IPROAMTNT TIHNG IS TAHT THE FRSIT AND LSAT LTTEER BE IN THE RGHIT PCLAE. TIHS IS BCUSEAE THE HUAMN MNID DEOS NOT RAED ERVEY LTETER BY ISTLEF, BUT THE WROD AS A WLOHE. IF YOU CAN RAED TIHS, PSOT IT TO YUOR BOLG

Songkran News

The number of deaths from accidents during the seven-day Songkran long holidays this year has fallen by 25% from the same period last year.

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meanwhile it seems some might have been over zealous in their partying...

Topless teenage revellers fined B500 for obscenity    Read More

In The News

Pattaya gained the highest occupancy averages, January through to the end of April’s Songkran festival, of all the regions monitored by Thai Hotels Association,

Russia represents 40% to 45% of the international tourist market, followed by Korea, India and the domestic market, which supplies 15 to 20% of the resort’s year-round business.

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Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Nakhon Phanom office has partnered with the town’s municipality and tourism association to establish rent-a-bike tours that will follow a specified route along Mekong River embankment.


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A Hong Kong airline is making all its cabin crew take kung fu lessons to help them to deal with drunk and unruly passengers.

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Diesel taxes set to be dropped.... Read More

The Everything Thai Cookbook

The Everything Thai Cookbook Whether you want to prepare a meal for one, or an entire feast, The Everything® Thai Cookbook will have you serving up tasty fare to tempt even the most critical food connoisseur.

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Next mtach - Udon - Korat April 24th

Death By Pad Thai

Death by Pad Thai Food isn’t just a gustatory pleasure; it is the stuff of life. At its best and most memorable, a meal becomes a story—and a story becomes a feast. In this collection of essays by some of the country’s finest writers, food is the central player in memories both exquisite and excruciating. Steve Almond recounts the gleeful daylong preparation of a transcendent lobster pad thai dish. Sue Miller reveals that after a lifetime of practical cooking, she is finally fed by a man who presents food as an offering, made just for her. Aimee Bender ponders her lifelong envy of what everyone else is having for lunch. Richard Russo relates the celebratory day he and his wife spent eating their way through haute Manhattan—and departing utterly famished. Expertly compiled and edited by Douglas Bauer—including pieces by Amy Bloom, Peter Mayle, Jane and Michael Stern, Ann Packer, and Andre Dubus III—this unforgettable collection presents food as education, test, reward, bait, magnet, and, most of all, gift. Gathered here are meals that sate our most complex palate, the appreciation of life. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Great Reads - Bangkok Haunts

Bangkok Haunts Sonchai Jitpleecheep, the devout Buddhist Royal Thai Police detective who led us through the best sellers Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Tattoo , returns in this blistering novel. Sonchai has seen virtually everything on his beat in Bangkok's District 8, but nothing like the snuff film he's just been sent anonymously. Furiously fast-paced and laced through with an erotic ghost story that gives a new dark twist to the life of our hero, Bangkok Haunts more than lives up to the smart and darkly funny originality of its predecessors. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Scoreless Thai

The Scoreless Thai Evan Tanner can't sleep. Ever. Which gives him plenty of free time to get involved in lots of interesting endeavors in all sorts of exotic locales. Now Tanner's in Thailand with a partially baked plan and a butterfly net, hoping to snare a beautiful missing chanteuse who's metamorphosed into an international jewel thief. Tanner hopes everyone will buy his disguise as a rare butterfly researcher. And everyone does . . . Except the guerilla band holding him captive. They intend to remove his head when the sun rises, so Tanner must put his fate in the hands of a randy Thai youth who will do anything for a woman, even set a suspected spy free. Soon they're running through the jungle together, chased by bandits, soldiers, and yellow fever, and racing headlong into the heart of darkness—and into the flames of war.

Pearls of Wisdom

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist, that’s all."So live each day to it's fullest. ENJOY!