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TIT Podcast 66: Go Away Ms. Monsoon!!!
September 23rd, 2011
Posted in Bangkok, Current Events, Expat, freaks, gay, lesbian, monsoon, music, Podcast, queer, rain, Random Thoughts, S.E. Asia, Thailand, tourism, Travel, weather
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- Good morning, Afternoon, Evening or Goodnight…(Truman Show)
- Tom has his groove back..
- Being wary of things going well
- Interesting signs in Bangkok taxis
- Takes a few weeks to settle in
- How the classes divide up
- Tom wonders which group he was in?
- Are you ok, are you ok, are you ok?
- Feeling fine though, i’m not smiling
- How to give Tom a complex…
- Coming down off the moving high
- Do your moods go up, down and plateau?
- Movie news: Fright Night with Collin Farrell
- 4D cinema experience in Bangkok
- Like a Disney ride
- Onwards to Thailand stuff
- Worst monsoon season in years
- Severe flooding in Pattaya
- Hundreds of Crocodiles escape from farm
- Why the crocs should be afraid more than the people
- Low point in the tourist season
- Getting caught out in the rain at just the right time
- Canals (Klongs) always in the back of my mind
- Sandbags on standby
- A little Thai lesson for ya’ll (rain and flooding)
- Attention straight guys!!!
- Thai woman strangles baby to fly to party
- I’ve seen these sort of gals in action
- Beware, beware, and beware!
- On a lighter Note
- Have purchased TominThailand.com
- Going to attempt to make the site more attractive
- What does it need? What would you like to see?
- Facebook stuffs….why do i need 2?
- Closing remarks and lurve
Music on today’s show:
กระแซะเข้ามาซิ –Pumpuang Duangjan
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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 55: We Come in Peace!!!
May 22nd, 2010
Posted in anarchy, Asia, Bangkok, chaos, crisis, cults, culture, freaks, looting, Politics, REdShirts, riots, Thailand, tourism
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- Welcome to a very somber episode of the T.I.T. cast
- First of all I’m Safe and a HUGE thanks for all the concern
- Sadly to say….Tom was hugely mistaken
- Thailand’s Darkest hour
- The quite after the storm
- On being speechless in the face of disaster
- Arson and looting depicted on TV not random violence
- Premeditated destruction
- More like a cult than a political movement
- Hundreds of I.D. cards found in sewers below former camp
- Stockholm syndrome/indoctrination of hatred
- Will try to collect some photos and put them up
- So close to home yet so surreal…is this really happening?
- Watching from afar and building paranoia
- My “adventure” in getting back to Bangkok Friday the 21st
- I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again…Thai police are useless!
- Bangkok owes the soldiers a great debt
- Misrepresentation on CNN and BBC
- Why not hire staff that speak Thai…understand the culture?
- Not a battle between Rich and Poor!
- Excellent blog article from a Thai that explains the situation
- Huge arsenal of weapons found at the Temple next to the camp
- Bad feeling that this is far from over…
- The man behind the chaos
- Spotted last Wed. traveling under different name in Paris!
- Denials in English vs. feeding the flames in Thai
- Leaders spent 2 months preaching hate
- Many videos ordering followers to burn the city to the ground
- Stores and shops in the area robbed and looted before burned
- City still under curfew, but supposed to lift tomorrow evening
- Property damaged extensively in my neighborhood
- The Thai spirit is hard to beat
- Voicemail from Sean that moved Tom to tears
- heart warming encouragement from Facebook
- Rambling closing remarks
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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 54: A City Under Seige
April 11th, 2010
Posted in anti-government, Bangkok, deaths, freaks, gay, lesbian, protests, queer, red shirts, riots, Thailand, tourism, violence
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- Welcome to episode 54
- Bad news from the Land of Smiles
- Red shirt protests turn violent
- 20 dead and over 800 injured
- Tear gas, molotov cocktails, rubber bullets, Bamboo clubs
- Extreme violence from anti-government protestors
- stolen riot gear and body snatching
- They set up shop in my backyard on the 3rd
- worst violence in high tourist areas
- Khao San Road became a war zone
- Tourist caught in the middle
- Tom’s experience yesterday afternoon
- situation started to look grim
- BTS sky train shuts down for 1st time 10 years
- Surprised at lack of coverage on CNN and BBC
- Leaving the city Tuesday for Hong Kong
- Always wanted to visit
- Why do we buy Lonely Planet guide books?
- Tourist sights i want to see…
- Disney here i come….special thanks to Joe!!!
- Computer crashed….AGAIN!
- Why oh why didn’t I back up my files
- shout out to Walter from Austria
- How I podcast….
- Moving to Pattaya update for Taylor
- heart warming encouragement from Facebook
- Rambling closing remarks and lurve for Joe!
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