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Chinky or Not Chinky: How to Date “Crazy” Thai Women Edition

  • January 19, 2011 12:01 am

Over at CNN GO, self-described ladies man and regular Bangkok-based columnist Cod Satrusayang just posted a piece entitled “How to date a Thai woman in Bangkok.” Now, I’ve spent a little bit of time in Bangkok, but can’t claim to have any real knowledge on this subject so I was curious to hear what Mr. Satrusayang had to say–especially on account of him being a self-described ladies man and all.

He starts by making it clear that Thai women are completely different from the other women you may know:

“If you’re a foreigner or, like me, you grew up abroad, then every dating rule that has ever been drummed into you or learned through trial and error should be unlearned.

In general — there are exceptions, of course — the Thai female is a whole other kind of crazy from every other species of woman in the world.”

So what “kind of crazy” is she exactly?

World’s Largest Inflatable Museum & Other Odd Asian Museums

  • October 5, 2010 12:01 am

“The Gulliver Museum”, a 70-meter-long inflatable museum modeled on the hero of Jonathan Swift’s classic Gulliver’s Travels recently opened in China and already holds the Guinness Book of World Records as “the tallest inflatable statue in the world.”

The museum is designed to serve an educational purpose and introduce people to the inner workings of the human body. That’s right—visitors enter the museum through Gulliver’s foot and explore all areas of his body inside.

The museum is currently residing in Beijing’s Chaoyang Park, but will start touring (yes, it’s also mobile) to other countries come the end of this month.

I certainly think this is a creative way to present a museum experience, but it’s not the only museum oddity in Asia. Here are a few others:

Following Hope

  • July 15, 2010 11:04 am

40ish some years ago, many of our parents immigrated from Asia to the United States for a shot at a better life and greater opportunities for themselves and their kids.  I think about my mom and dad and how scary it must have been to pack up what little belongings they had and move away from everything they loved and found familiar to the other side of the Earth.  The language was totally different as was the food, the streets, the people, the sights, and the sounds.  Talk about a scarier than hell life change.  They had very little to no money but they ended up making it work.  I wonder if I possess the guts and/or the balls to do something similar today…