From Wikipedia:
Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a holiday that commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín.[1][2] While not an "obligatory federal holiday" in Mexico, it is celebrated primarily in the state ofPuebla, and in the United States.[3][4]
What it really means is that on the 5th of May Americans celebrate a holiday that has nothing to do with th
She's so upset by the damage the jackhammers will have on her unborn baby that after finishing her cigarette she had to go have a few beers to calm down.
Just wanted to do a quick update and let everyone who might have been having problem accessing the site know there was a network problem at our data hosting provider. Rob's M00b's were in no way related to the outage.
Things appear to be back to normal . . .
Awhile back I posted the Thailand Friends Twitter address (@thailandfriends) where you can get instantly updated anytime someone posts a Journal or Event but we don't seem to have many Tweeple here on TF. :-( Maybe people are scared of new technologies 55555
If you need another reason to join Twitter (other than the coolness of following Thailand Friends) something I've found invaluable during this recent red shirt situation is what they call the hashtag on Twitter.
Basically the hashtag (#
Last night JapAmerican, Mrs. JapAmerican, my gf, and I went to have dinner and go see Iron Man II out near the Bang Sue area. Afterwards we dropped off the pregnant Mrs. JapAmerican at home and the rest of us went to a Thai nightclub called Lizm.
Typical Thai place, Thai band, no dance area, etc. All in all, a pretty cool little place jumping with hip, young Thais.
We decided to sit outside in the smoking area because they had given us a table literally right in front of the main stage a
This was video I shot earlier in the month out in front of Central World. Listen to the tone of his voice. They have this going 24/7 and set up speakers every few blocks and set them on volume level 11.
Many times at night I'll be sitting there watching television with the windows open and when they're not playing Thai songs you hear this sort of angry, mob rallying voice. If I ever hear the word farang in that tone during one of these speeches I'm getting the hell out of Bangkok :-)
This sign has been up in the men's bathroom at my language school for at least 9 months (including the ?)
Now ask me what I was doing in the bathroom with a camera . . . :-)
Just a reminder that Charlie Browns will be hosting a Cinco de Mayo event. To celebrate English Bob is offering all-you-can-eat fajitas for 500 baht and buy 2 get 3 for Corona Beers and 50% off Jose Cuervo tequila.
Click here for details
We have two events going on May 1 that every TF member should get in on. The first one starts off with a good old fashioned TF get together. Moderator Bobby Boy is in town and he wants to assemble the good folks from TF together for a few drinks and some fun over at Det 5 on Sukhumvit Soi 8. Festivities start at 7:30.
I've been talking with Johan from Le Fenix about an event he helps organize which is a Club Crawl of three of the hottest clubs in Bangkok. Fortunately or unfortunately (dep
