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converting my shophouse: Ancient Wisdom
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In which he documents the struggle to turn a tilting shophouse into a dwelling. Saturday, March 24, 2012. The 'Turkish proverb' When the house is finished, death comes. Is in fact from Buddenbrooks. And Thomas Mann either made it up or misremembered something; might as well be 'Confucius say'. It's also, however, true. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Pictures of the early stages. Why give all this up? A stroll around the neighbourhood. Stage Two: the tasks. The piano nobile, front. Her Own Worst Enemy.
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Jonny Foreigner: June 2010
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A less than average, young Brit who finds himself living in Bangkok via Saraburi and London. Sunday, 20 June 2010. I previously posted some incredible images of Bangkok in flames during the most chaotic part of the recent political unrest in Thailand. After finding this video from I found the video below from Rupert James. And had to share it. It's called Mourning Glory. From The Human Eye Corporation. Sunday, June 20, 2010. Links to this post. Friday, 11 June 2010. The man himself, Leo beer in hand.
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converting my shophouse: Nearly Done
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In which he documents the struggle to turn a tilting shophouse into a dwelling. Wednesday, April 4, 2012. They slowly and steadily completed their jobs last week and cleaned out their rubbish on Monday. Here now is the bathroom, minus a mirror and fittings but with a rather fetching flowerpot. You can't see the rain-shower head, but trust me, it's there:. And here's the new loo:. Of course it's not nearly done, and probably never will be. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Pictures of the early stages.
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converting my shophouse: a stroll around the neighbourhood
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In which he documents the struggle to turn a tilting shophouse into a dwelling. A stroll around the neighbourhood. I like that it's a mixed area. On one end of the scale you have the Countess of C- 's almighty property, and then huddled against her garden wall a waterlogged Mooslim slum. And pretty much everything in between. Some landmarks. The friendly neighbourhood slum, with guard chicken:. M'neighbour who's in the recycling business and has even more cats than I:. Look on my works, ye mighty:. Pictu...
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Web Chic: March 2008
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Erratic rantings of a woman who never intended to live a quarter of her life in Bangkok! So now, with the speed of a flasher undoing his raincoat, I unzip a section of whatever reticule I happen to be carrying and present it for inspection. Both the "guard" and I know he would no more rifle through my bag than I would carry anything illegal. All that matters is that we dutifully play our parts in this futile exercise. Posted by Jennifer Gampell. Links to this post. First Drunken Taxi Driver. The driver i...
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Web Chic: May 2007
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Erratic rantings of a woman who never intended to live a quarter of her life in Bangkok! Would somebody please tell the annoying security checkers at the MRT entrances that I’m not a New Year’s Eve bomber! Although nobody in Bangkok knows, or claims to know, who planted the bombs that killed three and wounded 38 on December 31st, I can say definitively that it wasn’t me, an aging style-conscious western woman with no science skills. Posted by Jennifer Gampell. Links to this post. View my complete profile.
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Web Chic: 'Tis True, 'tis True 'tis pity, And pity 'tis 'tis True. Part Two
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Erratic rantings of a woman who never intended to live a quarter of her life in Bangkok! Tis True, 'tis True 'tis pity, And pity 'tis 'tis True. Part Two. True Corp bought more bandwidth in mid 2008. I know this because a customer service rep called to tell me so. At least the 2007 visit to True Corp head office wasn't totally in vain. What do you mean international websites? I tried not to yell. "The internet is the internet. Who knows or cares where the host servers are located? Ultimately Nahathai adm...
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Web Chic: 'Tis True, 'tis True 'tis pity, And pity 'tis 'tis True. Part One
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Erratic rantings of a woman who never intended to live a quarter of her life in Bangkok! Tis True, 'tis True 'tis pity, And pity 'tis 'tis True. Part One. No, I'd patiently explain to Khun Whoever, it can't be my smtp, pop, firewall, browser, cookies or any other setting. My speeds were fine before and I haven't changed a thing. Are you looking at websites within Thailand or abroad? National persist in the age of global communication. Thanks to the TOT/CAT duopoly, they still do. . I flew like the wind w...
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Web Chic: January 2009
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Erratic rantings of a woman who never intended to live a quarter of her life in Bangkok! Hi, d'ya remember me? Here's a blanket statement for everyone who walks up to me hoping I'll remember them from our previous meeting. Please don't take it personally, but I probably won't. Perhaps we met at some party a decade ago or in Istanbul in October 2006. Did I really edit a brochure for your husband 13 years ago? Two seconds after being introduced to someone at a social function I'll probably have forgotten t...
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Web Chic: Great Coffee Mates
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Erratic rantings of a woman who never intended to live a quarter of her life in Bangkok! I wish Doi Tung operated more cafes in central Bangkok. (The company is part of the development project started by the Princess Mother in 1988 to help hilltribe farmers in northern Thailand.) When the Doi Tung outlet at TCDC closed last year I lost the only super friendly- and super quiet- meeting place in the Sukhumvit area . Whatever secondhand togs I can unearth. I get to the market by 1 or 2 pm on Saturday and al...
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