sorry pressed a key by mistake before i wrote the whole post and firefox posted it

there is a program running at the moment the wife is watching

the program is about a physically and mentally challenged guy about how he looks after himself saves money etc

but all i get when watching it is that the tv host is a patronising smug BEEP he's going for decidedly cheap laughs and a cheap feel good factor giving the guy 10k baht and doing his house up a little

then the interview at the studios where the audience laugh at the mentally challenged guys answers but he does get it and the smirk on the tv presenters face

people like him make me sick

Edited July 14, 200916 yr by PastEgo

sorry pressed a key by mistake before i wrote the whole post and firefox posted it

there is a program running at the moment the wife is watching

the program is about a physically and mentally challenged guy about how he looks after himself saves money etc

but all i get when watching it is that the tv host is a patronising smug BEEP he's going for decidedly cheap laughs and a cheap feel good factor giving the guy 10k baht and doing his house up a little

then the interview at the studios where the audience laugh at the mentally challenged guys answers but he does get it and the smirk on the tv presenters face

people like him make me sick

There is a telethon running at present for the benefit of physically and mentally handicapped Thais. It's an extremely worthy cause but the way it is presented would leave some people from the west shaking their heads certainly.

My wife is downstairs watching it and as it is her birthday today she made a rather largish pledge as tamboon. It really is a good cause and is operated under the auspices of the Queen's charities.

Yes there's some strange production values, including the Hi-So women walking around like fashion models. They're coughing up 100,000 Baht plus apiece for their vanity so who cares?

Send'em a pledge if you can spare it.