New Year’s Eve in Bangkok

New Year’s Eve in Bangkok is always fun. Many people come down to Central Chit Lom which is up the street from my place but I’m not really into massive crowds. Really, it gets like Times Square with thousands of people jamming the streets. And getting out of there after midnight has to be total …

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Taste of Thailand

I just got back from having coffee and cake at the Four Seasons Hotel with my landlord. He dropped me an email the other day asking if we could get together because he had a gift he wanted to give me for new years. He called from the lobby and I went down and met …

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Boxing Day

Every year for the past several years a friend of mine, Aom, has been organizing a “Fancy Dress” party in Bangkok. The idea is simple: Bangkok is all decorated up for the holidays so why not get a bunch of people together in costumes and use Bangkok as the backdrop. Here were the pics from …

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The Bill Rini Time Machine

Man, I was just going through some things and realized . . . I”VE BEEN BLOGGING SINCE 2003!!! Wow. Time flies when you’re having fun, I guess. In that time, I’ve posted 1312 blog entries. Those postings have generated nearly 3500 comments from you fine folks here and loads more on Facebook and LinkedIn. First …

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