Lovely picture on page 4 of today's Bangkok Post of the winner and two runners-up in the Miss Thailand World 2005 beauty contest.
Miss Thailand World 2005
Angela McKay
Miss Thailand World 2005 First Runner Up
Cindy Jensen
Miss Thailand World 2005 Second Runner Up
Kannokarn Intim
The second runner up actually looked like a Thai.
There are three religious truths:
1. Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
2. Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian faith.
3. Baptists do not recognize each other in the liquor store or at Hooters.
For being the first falang woman to make it into the Top Five.
I can't think of anyone who deserves it more. Friendly, intelligent, sensitive, good family person and, of course, great looking. So sad that she will be leaving the Land of Smiles.
Wouldn't it be great if we could make her Number 1 before she goes?
... I need a little break from my moderating duties for a couple of days. Typ$ing is ver(y di##fficul%t at tHe mo@ment.
I had a little accident at Wat Po.
Fellow TFers beware!
Last week Anny and I were taken hostage by a crazed Tuktuk driver outside of Wat Po.
He drove us all around Rattanakosin Island threatening us with bodily harm until we surrendered our TF passwords.
Finally, he let us go. He was one mean and crazy mother...
As soon as he had our passwords his attitude change completely. He drove off into the smog shouting "Feel the Love. Feel the Love."
Although I think the last comment I actually heard was "Bite me."
Funny, but he di
... anyone told those people at Pepsi that it might not be appropriate to run and ad campaign in Southeast Asia with a bunch of football players standing in front of a TSUNAMI!!!!!!!
...duh!
Solving the South
Considering how complex and difficult solving the problems in southern Thailand has proven to be, it?s nice to know the government has assigned some of its sharpest minds to the case.
The Bangkok Post
April 9, 2005
Pattani ? The Southern Border Provinces Peace-building Command (SBPPC) has asked people in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat fearing abduction and murder by state officials to report to authorities from this month onwards.
.... uh huh.
... as do Brits, Japanese and peoples all over the world.
New York Daily News
Donations flood
relief agencies
America the Generous as her citizens ante up
BY RICHARD HUFF and DAVE GOLDINER
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Spurred by horrific images of devastation, Americans - famous and ordinary - are donating so much cash that charities are being swamped by their generosity.
One maxed-out agency actually is telling donors they have enough money, and charity officials say the outpouring has re
The following story appeared in today's New York Daily News. I used to bowl at this bowling alley with my friends all the time. Reading this article, I'm totally shocked by at least one piece of information. In fact, I am outraged!!!
******
Maybe they should have named it Bowling for Palestine.
Bowlmor Lanes, a fixture in Greenwich Village for decades, was secretly bankrolled in part by the late Yasser Arafat, newly released documents reveal.
Using a holding company, Arafat quietly sank abou
I want you all to know that I hold the gentleman whose birthday it is today in the highest esteem and respect. He is truly a blessing for this nation and the world. If we all listened more carefully to his words of wisdom and followed them then this country and the world would be a much better place. May there be many more birthdays for him to come. And many more blessings for everyone.
Having said all that, however, I have to ask: What's the point in having a three-day weekend if we can't go o
Dear President Bush:
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I
have learned a great deal from you and understand why you would
propose and support a constitutional amendment banning same sex
marriage. As you said ?in the eyes of God marriage is based between a
man a woman.? I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I
can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to b
Sorry. This journal is long, so if you're not interested, you should probably look at someone else's.
For anyone else, and especially those about to vote in the US Presidential election and aren't sure about your choice:
This week Vice President **** Cheney characterized the war in Iraq as "a remarkable success story" for America.
What follows is a personal e-mail from a Wall Street Journal correspondent that somehow got leaked. The WSJ is certainly not a liberal newspaper. In fact it is qui
Girls, you all missed it.
You should have watched the baseball World Series. Now, I know you don't know much about baseball and it might appear to be difficult to understand at first, but:
The centerfielder for the newly-crowned World Champions the Boston Red Sox is a luk kreung.
Johnny Damon.
He is half Thai. His mother is Thai.
He's better looking than Paradorn.
He's better looking than Tiger Woods. (though not as rich)
Although I don't think you'll like the fact that he is sporting a
Forgive me, for this is long.
A comment posted by a member in response to Supersweet?s journal about Myanmar, a country also known as Burma:
?If you just shut up about the politics, you will meet some wonderful people there.?
The call came at dusk, over coffee at a Starbucks on Thonglor. It came from a colleague and fellow Burma watcher. The news was bad. Kyi Maung, my dear Uncle Kyi Maung, was dead.
It shouldn?t have been a surprise. He was, after all, 85. Nonetheless, my heart immediately
Fahrenheit 9/11 can now be found at the bootleg dvd stand in front of O'Reilly's on Silom Road. The quality is poor, but that's not important in this case.
Ice skating was a blast! Such a shame more people didn?t join. Just the Heartbreak Kid and his crew, Supersweet and Beer, who couldn?t make it on to the ice because of a problem with her foot. It?s understandable, though, why this event didn?t draw: Not that many of us want to look foolish falling on our fat butts all over the ice. Because, let?s face it, ice skating ain?t easy.
I?m still amazed that I didn?t trip or spill even once ? although there were plenty of eye-popping, arm-flailing, he
To My Country on This, Your 228th Birthday,
This past year you disappointed me, let me down, made me feel ashamed. You have gone astray. Forsaken your values and lost your way. Yet, I still love you, have hope for you, celebrate you and know the goodness and greatness you still have within you. So this year I pray you will come to your senses, cast out the extremists and the scoundrels who hold the levers of power and once again strive to be a beacon for tolerance, charity, knowledge, freedom a
Where's Carl Sagan when you need him? (Dead of course. For many years now, actually.)
Kept my tv on National Geographic channel all yesterday (see, I don't only watch the chic channel. lol) to watch the Cassini-Huygens probe enter the orbit of Saturn.
Absolutely amazing. I remember when I was about nine or ten (when there were still dinosaurs roaming the earth) and I found Saturn in my telescope for the first time. It was such a dinky little telescope that Saturn's rings were just one big ring
It must be the weather. Last time I felt like this it was the peak of the April heat. This time I think it?s the dreariness of rainy season wearing on my soul. Okay, what I?m trying to say is, I?m in a mood here. And when I?m in this kind of mood and I, as is my custom, peruse the morning papers, items that might slip by unnoticed at other times tend to draw my ire. So here I go.
Now, don?t get me started here, but, did any of you see that picture on the front page of Monday?s paper of the Dear
Stevie Wonder and Tiger Woods are having dinner. Woods turns to Wonder and says, "How's the singing career going?"
Stevie replies, "Not too bad. How's the golf?"
Tiger replies, "Not too bad, I've had some problems with my swing, but I think I've got that going right now."
Tiger says, "You play golf?"
Stevie says, "Oh, yes, I've been playing for years."
Tiger says, "How can you play golf if you can't see?"
Stevie replies, "I have my caddy stand in the fairway and call to me. I listen for hi
