Inevitably, the latter disdain western media and the way it reports the world’s news, because the coverage is so Euro-centric. Why, we wonder, do so many western countries give Asia and Asians so little regard? Living in Thailand offers an alternative take on many things and in time some of us embrace the Asian ways, rejecting at least some of the western ones.
In any case, most farangs tend to flock together. We wheel our psychological wagons in a circle, and hang out with other farangs most of the time, constantly comparing notes, praising and criticizing our hosts by turn, going home and coming back again, always shaking our heads in amazement; some are so bold as to write books. And however many conclusions we reach, in the end we likely haven’t a clue.
Acknowledgments
“It’s Not Whisky,” “The Rubber Barons,” “Sleeping with Conrad,” “A Buffalo Named Toey,” “Fun & Games in the Slums,” and “Thailand—Superlative!” previously appeared in Sawasdee magazine (Thailand).
“Greasing the Reels” appeared in Manager magazine (Thailand).
“The King Swings” appeared in Asia Times (Thailand) and Winds magazine (Japan).
“Venus Envy” appeared in Metro magazine (Thailand) and HQ magazine (Australia).
“The Country Club” appeared in Arena magazine (U.K.). “The Bodysnatchers of Bangkok” appeared in Maxim magazine (U.K.).
“Country Music, Thai Style” appeared in Wire magazine (U.K.).
“Visa Dash” appeared in the Asian Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong).
“Thai Aphrodisiacs: Food That Makes You Strong” appeared in Fah Thai (Thailand).
Another version of “On the Eat-a-Bug Trail” appeared in Ego magazine (U.S.).
Part of “Bangkok Heart Attack” appeared on a web page published by Hakuhodo, the Japanese advertising agency.
Selected Bibliography
Bishop, Ryan and Robinson, Lillian S., Night Market: Sexual Cultures and the Thai Economic Miracle, Routledge (New York and London), 1998
Hollinger, Carol, Mai Pen Rai Means Never Mind, John Wetherhill Inc. (Tokyo), 1965; Asia Books (Bangkok), 2000.
Hoskin, John, The Supernatural in Thai Life, Tamarind Press (Bangkok), 1993.
Klausner, William J., Reflections on Thai Culture, The Siam Society (Bangkok), 1981.
McVey, Ruth, editor, Money & Power in Provincial Thailand, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore) & Silkworm Books (Chiang Mai), 2000.
Moore, Christopher G., Heart Talk, Heaven Lake Press, (Bangkok), 1998.
Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker, Thaksin: The Business of Politics in Thailand, Silkworm Books (Chiang Mai), 2004.
Pasuk Phongpaichit and Sungsidh Piriyarangsan, Corruption & Democracy in Thailand, The Political Economy Center (Bangkok) & Silkworm Books (Chiang Mai), 1994.
Pasuk Phongpaichit and Sungsidh Piriyarangsan and Nualnoi Treerat, Guns, Girls, Gambling, Ganja, Silkworm Books (Chiang Mai), 1998.
Redmond, Mont, Wondering into Thai Culture, Redmondian Insight Enterprises Co. (Bangkok), 1998.
Wyatt, David K., Thailand: A Short History, Silkworm Books (Chiang Mai), 1982.
Other books of interest from Periplus Editions / Tuttle Publishing
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