November 22, 2008 | Bangkok
Issue #263: Live Music

#188: Who Says?

Q&A: M.L. Nattakorn Devakula

June 8th, 2007

No one denies his talent, experience and knowledge. After years of being a rising media star with Newsline, straight-talker “Pleum” has “finally” hit the big time with the popular morning news program Rueng Lao Chao Nee. Workaholic, funny dude, bigmouth or playboy—here’s the man in his own words. (read more...)

Q&A: Noi (boat rental)

June 8th, 2007

In lush and green Lumpini Park, come rain or shine, you’ll always fi nd Noi. The 31-year-old employee of a boat rental booth receives her customers with a smile in her small booth by the lake. She tells us about life at the most popular yacht club in Bangkok. (read more...)

Q&A: Travis

June 8th, 2007

It’s been a long wait since their last album in 2003. Travis guitarist Andy Dunlop talks to BK about what they’ve been up to. (read more...)

Welcome Home

January 10th, 2008

Customizable home pages make starting your day a little easier.

Going online these days isn’t about visiting just one website. You have to check your email, read blogs, confirm appointments, check the news…your bookmark list is probably getting too full to figure out what’s up where. If that’s the case, try out a customizable home page. (read more...)

Act Locally: How not to look—and behave—like a tourist

October 31st, 2007

Admit it. There’s a narcissistic streak in all of us and we like attention now and then. But when you’re recognized as a tourist in another country and are swamped by touts and bogus moneychangers, it can get a bit annoying. Here are some tips to pretend you’re a savvy local the next time you set foot on alien land. (read more...)

News Quiz for June

June 8th, 2007

 It’s once again time to test your knowledge of current events with our no-holdsbarred, winner-takes-all news quiz. Pencils ready?

Former prime ministers Banharn Silpa-Archa and Chuan Leekpai were called in to which government agency for what reason? (read more...)

Pet Friendly Condos

November 21st, 2007

Dear Mr. Know-It-All: Currently I live in a rare serviced apartment in Bangkok that openly welcomes dogs. But I’m looking into buying a condo and everywhere I go they don’t allow dogs. Basically, all real estate agents tell me the same thing. They keep suggesting that I should live in a house or keep my dog secretly in a condo. (read more...)

The Deciders: A closer look at the people who call the shots

October 29th, 2007
 
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Fondooz

For many people in Thailand, exposure to le fromage is limited to bright orange squares on the occasional burger or to that slightly stinky powdered parmesan in the green can meant to be sprinkled on our pasta. Needless to say, a bubbling cauldron of melted cheese, albeit consumed with bite-size chunks of French bread, is a bit of a hard sell for the average Thai diner. (read more...)

New & Noted

  • New and Noted: Nov14, 2008

Choose Couscous

Escape Routes

  • Escape Routes: Nov14, 2008

Winter beach pormotions

After Hours

  • After Hours: Nov14, 2008

Rated X

First Person

  • Q&A: Kalamare

Going solo

Scenestealer

  • Q&A: Sandy Shum

Body of the dead