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Wine at The Wine Company,
Went to Two Chef at Commonwealth Drive but they are closed starting today to mid June for renovation so second best choice is the Old Chun Kee at the coffeshop near by
The two signature dishes
Bitter gourd with eggs
Potato leaves with sambal
Sotong kia
Gou lou yok - this can pass if you eat there because not that good, not crispy on the outside
Went to Two Chef at Commonwealth Drive but they are closed starting today to mid June for renovation so second best choice is the Old Chun Kee at the coffeshop near by
The two signature dishes
Bitter gourd with eggs
Potato leaves with sambal
Sotong kia
Gou lou yok - this can pass if you eat there because not that good, not crispy on the outside
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This is what I like about the SQ lounge in Changi airport, they tend to serve traditional stuff and for sinkies like me who don't live here it's a good reminder before my departure that I'm still a sinkie after all.
Cheer kway, char bee hoon
chicken porridge
Cheer kway, char bee hoon
chicken porridge
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This is what I like about the SQ lounge in Changi airport, they tend to serve traditional stuff and for sinkies like me who don't live here it's a good reminder before my departure that I'm still a sinkie after all.
chicken porridge
This looks good...
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Paiseh, I just nipped out for a quickie. Meaning, I sprung a leak :o:p No time to lose
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Clever boy, didn't do it at the spacious back seat.
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Now go Thailand ok?
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From a guy living in Bangkok, please wait and see. Lots of scuffles these two days between ordinary citizens and soldiers, will it turn into something worst is up to anyone's guess.
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I ran smack into coup last week. Life pretty much goes on in Bangkok, and media can skew your perception.
Airport arrivals significantly dropped (you pass immigration in 5), when martial law was rolled 2 days earlier before coup. Even business travellers significantly down, as >30 countries issued travel advisories since.
Curfew from 2200-0500 is biting businesses hard, and this does curb lifestyles and commuting. Malls close at 8pm, and trains 9pm. Cabbies rip you off in evenings. Speculation's rife that curfew will be lifted this week (think business cannot tahan otherwise). Unless you do cable, telly was blacked out for 2 days and now with bare diet of soaps and international news cut. So those on whoring trips, get home before 10pm:p
Latest slice of thai mango today.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/411754/travellers-end-their-trips-abruptly-amid-coup-fears
Travellers end their trips abruptly amid coup fears
Published: 26 May 2014 at 06.04 | Viewed: 3,730 | Comments: 0Newspaper section: NewsWriter: Prom Vikitsreth
The military coup has scared tourists off...
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If the night time has to be like this, who wanna go there to travel.
If you are travelling, it means stay out late at night till dawn breaks..that is called holiday.
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Tony, can go temple retreat no problem la
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Re: Martial Law now
Thought this was a interesting (and satrirical) commentary on latest coup
Thai-coup-d'etat 101
Published: 25/05/2014 at 12:37 AM
Everything is by the book.
First, martial law on Tuesday, May 20 — at 3am of course ... the element of surprise was all-important (although early morning surprises don’t always work; see the amnesty bill that triggered this current chain reaction).
The reason from the military was simple. The choice was either martial law or protracted and increasing mob rule, as central authority has collapsed and democracy has failed.
Then on Thursday afternoon, May 22, a coup d'etat was declared — during broad daylight, bold and certain. The reason from the military was again simple. The warring parties weren’t collaborating. They refused to sit down and talk. Both the red shirts and anti-government protesters were still dug in. Caretaker prime minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan rejected any participation. War weapons have been found. There’s danger of escalating violence.
So, a coup was announced. What followed has been Coup 101 from a Thai military college. There might even be an actual course.
Control of information: Control every radio and TV channel — and since Thailand went digital a couple of months back, there are hundreds of TV channels. All TV channels shared the same screen with really bad music. They could just rerun Baitoey R Siam music videos 24/7 and the people would be contented, really. Meanwhile, patrons walked out of Soi Cowboy crying to heaven, "Why, oh why must this happen on discount lap dance night?" Somehow, the internet was not shut down. So that’s some relief for everyone.
Relevant actors from both sides were summoned, including politicians and street protest leaders. Some came voluntarily, some not so voluntarily. The most famous clip of that day was perhaps of Suthep Thaugsuban hauled into a van, flanked by army men, and taken away. Then there’s the news of the army dispersing the red shirts from Aksa Road and arresting the leaders.
Evening traffic was horrendous, as people all made their way home at once. This wasn’t because there was a panic. No one was panicking. It’s just that offices and malls had to close early. There’s simply nowhere else to go in Bangkok. Then there’s the 10pm curfew announcement. Online chat rooms were buzzing, "Does this mean no Thong Lor clubbing tonight?" Thursday nights are usually the best. Not too crowded.
Come Friday morning, May 23, another round of summons was announced. This time the list was full of army generals and other high-ranking officers. Round up potential troublemakers. Make sure there are no divisions among the ranks.
Now we look into the crystal ball to ascertain the future. An appointed government would take charge for about a year. During that year, the constitution will be rewritten and certain policies implemented to set Thailand on the "right" course. Those will be the things the public and the media are privy to and able to follow the progress of.
Behind the scenes, however, there will be plenty of wheeling and dealing, cajoling and haranguing, deals made and deals broken, alliance shifts, enemies becoming friends and friends becoming enemies. Everyone jockeying for the best position available — assets returned, not returned, maybe, maybe not and so on and so forth. These are the things the people and the media won’t be privy to.
But it’s okay because the next season of The Voice Thailand should be on air by that time. After the year is up, there will be an election. Two things could result from this.
1) The Democrat Party could actually win. They might declare a national holiday to commemorate this historic event. But it would be because there’s no Thaksin Shinawatra puppet, clone or nominee to stand against the Democrats. It might also be because after redrawing the electoral map, Chiang Mai will be down to two parliamentary seats, while Surat Thani has 100.
2) Another Thaksin puppet, clone or nominee could win. To which, if he pulls that off, everyone should take a moment to reflect upon the meaning of life and whisper to ourselves, "By the gods, he’s good." While laying out this scenario to a friend, she asked ever so innocently, "Is this a good thing?" To which the reply was, "Well, honey, that depends on which side you are on."
She then asked, "Which side are you on?" Flashing a devil-may-care smile, the answer was, "I don’t think much of either side. I’m just amused by it all."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/411623/thai-coup-d-etat-101
Thought this was a interesting (and satrirical) commentary on latest coup
Thai-coup-d'etat 101
Published: 25/05/2014 at 12:37 AM
Everything is by the book.
First, martial law on Tuesday, May 20 — at 3am of course ... the element of surprise was all-important (although early morning surprises don’t always work; see the amnesty bill that triggered this current chain reaction).
The reason from the military was simple. The choice was either martial law or protracted and increasing mob rule, as central authority has collapsed and democracy has failed.
Then on Thursday afternoon, May 22, a coup d'etat was declared — during broad daylight, bold and certain. The reason from the military was again simple. The warring parties weren’t collaborating. They refused to sit down and talk. Both the red shirts and anti-government protesters were still dug in. Caretaker prime minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan rejected any participation. War weapons have been found. There’s danger of escalating violence.
So, a coup was announced. What followed has been Coup 101 from a Thai military college. There might even be an actual course.
Control of information: Control every radio and TV channel — and since Thailand went digital a couple of months back, there are hundreds of TV channels. All TV channels shared the same screen with really bad music. They could just rerun Baitoey R Siam music videos 24/7 and the people would be contented, really. Meanwhile, patrons walked out of Soi Cowboy crying to heaven, "Why, oh why must this happen on discount lap dance night?" Somehow, the internet was not shut down. So that’s some relief for everyone.
Relevant actors from both sides were summoned, including politicians and street protest leaders. Some came voluntarily, some not so voluntarily. The most famous clip of that day was perhaps of Suthep Thaugsuban hauled into a van, flanked by army men, and taken away. Then there’s the news of the army dispersing the red shirts from Aksa Road and arresting the leaders.
Evening traffic was horrendous, as people all made their way home at once. This wasn’t because there was a panic. No one was panicking. It’s just that offices and malls had to close early. There’s simply nowhere else to go in Bangkok. Then there’s the 10pm curfew announcement. Online chat rooms were buzzing, "Does this mean no Thong Lor clubbing tonight?" Thursday nights are usually the best. Not too crowded.
Come Friday morning, May 23, another round of summons was announced. This time the list was full of army generals and other high-ranking officers. Round up potential troublemakers. Make sure there are no divisions among the ranks.
Now we look into the crystal ball to ascertain the future. An appointed government would take charge for about a year. During that year, the constitution will be rewritten and certain policies implemented to set Thailand on the "right" course. Those will be the things the public and the media are privy to and able to follow the progress of.
Behind the scenes, however, there will be plenty of wheeling and dealing, cajoling and haranguing, deals made and deals broken, alliance shifts, enemies becoming friends and friends becoming enemies. Everyone jockeying for the best position available — assets returned, not returned, maybe, maybe not and so on and so forth. These are the things the people and the media won’t be privy to.
But it’s okay because the next season of The Voice Thailand should be on air by that time. After the year is up, there will be an election. Two things could result from this.
1) The Democrat Party could actually win. They might declare a national holiday to commemorate this historic event. But it would be because there’s no Thaksin Shinawatra puppet, clone or nominee to stand against the Democrats. It might also be because after redrawing the electoral map, Chiang Mai will be down to two parliamentary seats, while Surat Thani has 100.
2) Another Thaksin puppet, clone or nominee could win. To which, if he pulls that off, everyone should take a moment to reflect upon the meaning of life and whisper to ourselves, "By the gods, he’s good." While laying out this scenario to a friend, she asked ever so innocently, "Is this a good thing?" To which the reply was, "Well, honey, that depends on which side you are on."
She then asked, "Which side are you on?" Flashing a devil-may-care smile, the answer was, "I don’t think much of either side. I’m just amused by it all."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/411623/thai-coup-d-etat-101
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Re: Martial Law now
Rarely fly Singapore Airlines now a days as its more convenient for me to use Thai. So on rare occasions when I have a chance to go with SQ like this trip I really appreciate its Silver Kris lounge in Changi Airport's Terminal 2, for me its the best airport lounges in terms of the variety of food and drink offering.
[video=youtube;5-4wCLEzfDw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-4wCLEzfDw[/video]
Like the colour of today's soup, mushroom and lentils
Juicing now so just have a salad but surely will have it with plenty of red wine, another form of juice of course
Finally, I'm going back to face the coup.
Rarely fly Singapore Airlines now a days as its more convenient for me to use Thai. So on rare occasions when I have a chance to go with SQ like this trip I really appreciate its Silver Kris lounge in Changi Airport's Terminal 2, for me its the best airport lounges in terms of the variety of food and drink offering.
[video=youtube;5-4wCLEzfDw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-4wCLEzfDw[/video]
Like the colour of today's soup, mushroom and lentils
Juicing now so just have a salad but surely will have it with plenty of red wine, another form of juice of course
Finally, I'm going back to face the coup.
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Re: Martial Law now
12am - 4am, how about the night spot such as disco and kwai liao, can't do business at all? How about those food stalls selling street food?
12am - 4am, how about the night spot such as disco and kwai liao, can't do business at all? How about those food stalls selling street food?
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Curfew means cannot be outside I think, so if play until 12mn just continue la until 4am can go home liao more fun la
12am - 4am, how about the night spot such as disco and kwai liao, can't do business at all? How about those food stalls selling street food?
Curfew means cannot be outside I think, so if play until 12mn just continue la until 4am can go home liao more fun la
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