Katipo

I like my woman natural. If I wanted to play with plastic I'd buy a barbie.

For obvious reasons, there are too many of the wrong sort of foreigner here in Thailand.

The hub of congestion.

Looking at the reviews in Google Play it appears to be quite well put together. My initial use of it supports this. It's very nicely done. My only gripe would be that almost all the content I have seen so far is aimed at the high end of the market, especially the accommodation.

Soi 3 is the 'hub' of African drug dealing in Bangkok, if not Thailand. It's very visible, and no secret. I think this was actually a good move by the BIB (for once).

Effective security and policing certainly can not hurt, but how about looking at improving the nation's education system and standard of living as a long term solution?

"Also, the hospitality of the local people leaves much to be desired, especially concerning unfair service." -That wasn't my experience.

I spent 9 days in Myanmar over Songkran. Yangon, Inle, Mandalay, and Bagan, from guesthouses to 4 star hotels. The service I experienced was the same or better as other places in the region, and the hospitality of the people was much better.

Where are all the flood relief schemes that were promised?

I'm sure Japanese industry must be thinking that too.

Hitech Industrial Estate, where I work, will have it's dyke 95% finished by late October according to the latest update from contractor Sinothai. I am not making this up 0_0

Interesting, and I also agree that windows will do well. Learning from past mistakes, Windows 8 will likely see Microsoft rising back to top thanks to it being used on PC's, notebook, tablets, and phones. Intergration, convergence, synergy...mmmmmm.... nerdgasm!

It will be interesting to see how Nokia pushes the hardware too. While currently it is aesthetically pleasing, a geek such as myself needs the cutting edge specs to match.

IIt's not only wealth, but also status.... and not just of the accused, but also the victims. The 8 mini-van victims, the lao girls, sadly they were no more to Thai society than a few lines of ink and a moments outrage.

Without knowing more details, I can not see any benefit of sending this boy to prison. Prison will not make him a better person, in fact quite the opposite is likely. Juvenile will not be fun, and maybem, just maybe, the young man will grow up to be a useful member of society.

If only Chalerm could manage to muster 1% of the adoration of Suu Kyi, but alas, it would involve a complete personality transplant, and the technology just isn't there yet.

So what's it going to be:

A) Thousands of young Thais missing out on jobs to better educated English speaking neighbours.

or

A massive loss of face by backtracking and making some bullsh#t excuse for not joining the 2015 intergration.

To be honest, the way things are going, I don't think it would make any difference if they waited until 2020. I think being thrown in the deep in might be just what Thailand needs. While it might take some time, it might force the nation to finally get its act together.

As I wander over the footbridge that connects Sukumvit Soi 13 to Soi 12, I always have to restrain myself from yelling at the 2 or 3 policeman who are always there standing around or sat down at their little table. Not 1 metre away is a stall selling fake viagra and similar pills, next to that various illegal sex toys etc, then DVD's, and so on, and so on.

It's not that I care they sell that stuff here, it's that Thai officaldom pretends that they do.

RIP? I think not.... she will be discoing for eternity, just like her music. Yeah Baby, Yeah!

The increased minimum wage should have an impact on this and push Thailand down the list.

But it won't... because most companies are looking at ways to offset the increased labour cost....... staff reductions, over-time reductions etc

Lord Buddha is born way way before Jesus.

Is there a possibility that Jesus could be a descendent of Lord Buddha, however remote?

We are all God's children... so brothers I guess

"Keep Away From Our Base Until We Have Been Suitably Bribed Compensated, Thai Army Warns Miners"

-is how that should have read.

My company is just reducing overtime, not having staff work on Sundays, and looking closely at employee numbers. I would be surprised if anyone is taking home much more money at the end of the month, although they might find themselves with more free time. Given the long hours most labourers work this might be good for their overall health.... assuming they don't spend that extra time spending the extra money they haven't earnt due to this increase.

I work in Hi Tech Estate and the work on the dyke which will eventually circle the entire complex has begun, although it will not be finished by the time the rainy season comes.

We have moved a lot of our most valuable/sensitive equiptment to the second floor as a precautionary measure, and many of the machines we have bought are now more easily able to be moved. We are also maintaining a back-up site in Chonburi.

Our facility in Malaysia has doubled capacity.

The mood here is not optimistic, with a lot of companies gone already. As you can see from the above, we are not relying on the government at all.

Perhaps if it was Honda making the announcement it would have more credibility.

No suprise Honda is testing the waters elsewhere. As I look out of my factory around Hitec Estate I still see more than half the facilities are deserted.... Wavecrest, Sony... Hoya only partially reopened.

2,000 families being asked to move so some corrupt scumbag can build another resort and further plunder what little remains of Phuket's natural enviroment and beauty.

I can only imagine how much better the world would be if just the worst 1% of people on the planet spontaneously combusted.