Exactly. When I step out my house in Bangkok, I see a great deal of of poverty. It's not uncommon to see people sleeping on sidewalks, beggars by the BTS Skytrain, people living in shacks and hovels,… (View Post)

My wife would love him! (And would likely try to steal him from you if she could...) (View Post)

@meagloth‌: The last time I tried Thai in the US, it tasted nothing like the versions here. Everything was far too sweet. Thai food tends to blend savory and spicy, with only a hint of sweetness in m… (View Post)

I'm only 172 cm (5'8 for my fellow Americans who haven't figured out the metric system), but here that's 2 cm above the average for Thai men (and sometimes feels like more). We have an ex-NBA player … (View Post)

This is precisely why I'm nearly a complete pacifist. My mother is the manager of the programs at a VA hospital that deal with veterans coming back from the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. She has… (View Post)