Buy Thai!
Buy Thai!
July 27th, 2007The beefy baht has soared to nosebleed heights and imports of luxury goods have reached nearly US$5 billion—the 2006 GDP of the Caribbean island of Haiti. Sure, it’s been 10 years since things were this cheap, but don’t succumb to the easy lure of buying foreign goods. In the interests of the “sufficiency economy” and the government’s new “Campaign to Increase People’s Awareness of Using Thai Goods,” we’ve compiled a list of perfectly good, homegrown substitutes to some of the more popular imported luxury goods and services.
Foreign Home grown
Washer and dryer A maid*
Week of rehab in Switzerland Monk ordination
MP3 players Custom ring tones
Spa slimming Prik kee noo
Paris Fashion Week Nang Len on Friday night
Foie gras Taap yaang
Chanel No. 5 Nahm op
Foreign pop stars Katoey look-alikes
MAC cosmetics Uthai Thip
Designer diamond pendants Jatukham amulets
Whitening creams Clorox ‘n’ Crisco
Offshore investments in USD Thai Gold in clay pots
*Please allow for preferential hiring of recently furloughed garment workers.
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