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The Bangkok International Motor Show

March 31, 2011 General Ramblings

Someone told me there were cars there too. I think I missed that part.

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Holidays Overseas

December 24, 2010 General Ramblings

My dad just sent me an email asking if I was doing anything special for Christmas. I was just thinking about this topic the other day and had been considering writing about spending holidays overseas so I told my dad I would go ahead and write the blog post as I think it might be [...]

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Visa Run To Laos

November 6, 2010 General Ramblings

Tired of having to go down to immigration every 60 days, paying 2000 baht and requesting a 30 visa extension, and then having to leave the country and sit around in another country waiting for another visa – always unsure if they’ll approve back-to-back tourist visas – I decided to sign up for another year’s [...]

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Ayutthaya

October 5, 2010 General Ramblings

On Sunday, about 30 members of Thailand Friends went up to the ancient city of Ayutthaya for a little outing to take pics and check out this very beautiful city.  I’ve included some photos from the trip. \ This was why we were in the Fun-Vee.  Ok!!!

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Catching Up

October 4, 2010 General Ramblings

I know I’ve been a little silent lately. I’ve had sort of a case of writer’s block. I’ve had some ideas for blog posts percolating in my mind but I can’t seem to find the words to get them out there. I’ll be working on some of those this week and hopefully have some really [...]

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A Visit With Wanphen’s Family

September 15, 2010 General Ramblings

We drove up to Phetchabun the day before meeting Sa-ard (Wanphen’s mother). It’s about a four hour drive from Bangkok but takes six when you factor in all of the bathroom and food breaks. We spent the night at Ked’s place and in the morning Ked called Sa-ard to remind her that we were coming. [...]

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Going Up To Phetchabun

September 5, 2010 General Ramblings

I’ll be going quiet for a few days as I’m going up to Phetchabun to meet with Wanphen’s family. There’s no internet where I’m staying and I’m not up there long enough to hunt down an internet cafe. I should be back on Wednesday so expect some updates about the fundraiser for the family when [...]

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Screen Names for Donation to the Wanphen Family

August 22, 2010 General Ramblings

Someone rightly pointed out that it would be easier if I just posted my Stars and Tilt screen names. Considering that my Stars screen name is billrini and I’m not fooling anyone I figured what the heck. So if you would like to make a contribution to Wanphen’s family on either Stars or Tilt the [...]

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Fund Raiser for the Family of Wanphen Pienjai

August 18, 2010 General Ramblings

I recently wrote about Ron Fanelli, The MadYank, and how he has admitted to stabbing and murdering a local Thai woman, Wanphen Pienjai, here in Thailand [view his confession]. The thing that really disturbed me about this whole incident was how Wanphen’s family was being impacted. In Thailand there is no real social safety-net. There [...]

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