Category: Thailand
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“To take, or not to take”: Where Superstition Trumps Logic?
Why would a rational being not take a stone from an island full of stones?
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Review: Café de Flore
In what feels like a lifetime ago, I wrote about my favourite noodle place. Here is how I ended that review: Until next time – I shall be writing about a little hidden away café on Nakon-In road. Now the time has come for me to introduce to you, drumrolls please… *drumrolls* Café de Flore! If I made…
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Labels: Useful Heuristics or Dangerous Stereotypes?
They say love blinds and power corrupts. Well, I’m starting to think morality is pretty good at both. When I was depressed in early 2013, I began attending weekly CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) sessions in the hope that it would make me better. During one of these sessions, the therapist (counsellor? psychiatrist? I never quite…
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Afternoon at a Café
I was pretty conflicted about putting this café up on my blog (reviewer’s dilemma). But meh. Good things should be shared. 🙂 Also, it’s not like my blog is read by that many people. Ha-ha. (bitter laughter) Nah, I’m not complaining. And yes, do check this place out if you live in/happen to pass by Bangkok!…
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Review: Keng Heng Charoen Noodle (เก่ง เฮงเจริญ)
This is going to be my last review before I jet off to London. And for a last review, it’s a fitting one. Keng Heng Charoen is my favourite noodle place. Ever. It’s just outside Bangkok, in Val-town a.k.a. Nonthaburi. It’s easy enough to find – right at the foot of Pranangklao Bridge over the…
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On Democracy
Fictional Lincoln on democracy: All we’ve done is show the world that democracy isn’t chaos. That there is a great, invisible strength in a people’s union. Say we’ve shown that a people can endure awful sacrifice and yet cohere. Mightn’t that save at least the idea of democracy to aspire to? Eventually to become worthy…
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Review: Purr Cat Café
So. I’m a cat person. This shouldn’t come as a big surprise if you’ve been reading my blog. Dogs are much too – what’s the word – dependent for my taste. I already have a tough enough time taking care of my emotional well-being. I’d probably go nuts if I had a dog wailing after me each time…
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