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Musing in the Mire: The Raving Twenties, How this decade might not be so roaring

Musing in the Mire: The Raving Twenties, How this decade might not be so roaring

All About Buddhism: Demā€™ Dry Bones

All About Buddhism: Demā€™ Dry Bones

Holiday Miracles

Holiday Miracles

Phuket History: The Tinā€™acious Dutch

Phuket History: The Tinā€™acious Dutch

The Hollow Bone

The Hollow Bone

Jamieā€™s Phuket: Stepping into the past at the islandā€™s museums

Jamieā€™s Phuket: Stepping into the past at the islandā€™s museums
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Musing in the Mire: The Raving Twenties, How this decade might not be so roaring
Musing in the Mire: The Raving Twenties, How this decade might not be so roaring
Sunday 19 January 2020, 12:00PM
Welcome to 2020. As we enter a new decade, weā€™ve all no doubt received the pseudo-positive message onslaught across all media, political hacks, friends and phonies alike about it all being a time for ā€˜changeā€™.
All About Buddhism: Demā€™ Dry Bones
All About Buddhism: Demā€™ Dry Bones
Sunday 12 January 2020, 10:00AM
Recently, we had some events in Phuket that had me thinking more about my familyā€™s deep American roots than about Patong Beach. You see, Americaā€™s Old South and modern-day Phuket actually have more in common than it may appear because they are two places that clutched their religious traditions tightly even as society grew more permissive in general.
Phuket History: The Tinā€™acious Dutch
Phuket History: The Tinā€™acious Dutch
Sunday 22 December 2019, 01:00PM
The Dutch had originally come to the Phuket peninsula to buy pepper. But as the market in Europe for porcelain, tea and silk began to boom they concentrated more on their trade with China and Japan. The problem was that Holland, in fact Europe, had few products that China needed. But China did always want tin, which was widely used in religious ceremonies and for making bronze (rust-proof) cannons. So the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, or VOC, widely known by itā€™s British name the Dutch East India Company, started to focus on obtaining tin in the Malay Peninsula for its China trade. For this it began to turn to the tin mines of southwestern Siam around Phuket. The official VOC ā€œDagregistrarā€ (records book) records that the first Dutch tin-buying expedition to Phuket had been in 1639 under Captain Orlando Thibault. However two years later, after conquering MaĀ­lacca in 1641, the Dutch moved more aggressively to expand their tin-buying activities up the surrounding peninsular west coast.
Holiday Miracles
Holiday Miracles
Sunday 22 December 2019, 11:00AM
It has often been said that the power of music is universal. For some reason, certain songs just have a way of staying with us and weā€™ve all experienced plenty of holiday songs which somehow managed to touch our souls; even though we couldnā€™t literally understand the words.
The Hollow Bone
The Hollow Bone
Saturday 14 December 2019, 10:00AM
Shamanism is an accepted way of life in Thailand that has been practiced for centuries.
Procession for the ages
Procession for the ages
Tuesday 10 December 2019, 10:00AM
The royal barge procession, marking the conclusion of the royal coronation ceremony, is fast approaching, having been rescheduled from OctoĀ­ber 24 to December 12 due to water levels and currents in the Chao Phraya River, and weather conditions.
Jamieā€™s Phuket: Stepping into the past at the islandā€™s museums
Jamieā€™s Phuket: Stepping into the past at the islandā€™s museums
Sunday 8 December 2019, 03:00PM
There have been large changes to Phuket in recent years, mostly in terms of infrastrucĀ­ture and the availability of such delights as shopping malls, resorts and huge home dĆ©cor stores.
Phuket History: The Siamese character seen through foreign eyes
Phuket History: The Siamese character seen through foreign eyes
Sunday 24 November 2019, 03:00PM
Nicolas Gervaise, a French resident in Siam in 1688, says of the Siamese character: ā€œThey make no scruples about being a little [dissembling] and those to whom they sometimes show the greatest politeness and respect are those for whom in their heart they have often contempt and antipathy.
Ghosts of music past: Success stories from beyond the grave
Ghosts of music past: Success stories from beyond the grave
Monday 11 November 2019, 02:00PM
Congratulations. You survived another Halloween. Just when you thought it was safe to reĀ­turn to the land of the living, the latest album releases blast out of limbo from somebody who didnā€™t.
Loy Krathong Festival: Give people the light and they will find their own way
Loy Krathong Festival: Give people the light and they will find their own way
Sunday 10 November 2019, 10:00AM
Loy Krathong has often been called ā€œthe festival of the lightsā€ and it is one of SouthĀ­east Asiaā€™s most recognisable holidays. Every year, hundreds of thousands of tiny, hand-sized candlelit boats are sent out on Thai waterways to light up this very special evening.
Phuket Sikhs to honour birth anniversary of founder Guru Nanak
Phuket Sikhs to honour birth anniversary of founder Guru Nanak
Friday 8 November 2019, 03:05PM
The Sri Guru Singh Sabha Association and Thai-Sikh community of Phuket will celebrate the 550th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of the Sikh religion, with a programme of events on Sunday, November 10 from 9:30am to 12:30pm at the Sikh gurdwara on Suthat Road.
Is the customer always a ā€˜customerā€™?
Is the customer always a ā€˜customerā€™?
Tuesday 5 November 2019, 10:00AM
There is nothing wrong with the salesgirl. In fact she is cheery and accommodating. Nevertheless, she is driving me crazy.
The Buddhist Pilgrimage: How ghosts of the past drive the believers of today
The Buddhist Pilgrimage: How ghosts of the past drive the believers of today
Sunday 27 October 2019, 03:00PM
Today, ardent devotees to Buddhism come from just about every corner of the world. Yet they often make a pilgrimage to India and Nepal, and it could be argued that one possible motivation for doing so is to seek out memories from the religionā€™s early days (ghosts of the past, so to speak).
Phuket History: Why Penang was colonised but Phuket was not
Phuket History: Why Penang was colonised but Phuket was not
Sunday 20 October 2019, 03:00PM
After 12 years of intrigues, Captain Francis Light [of the British East India Company (EIC)] and [his friend and business partner] James Scott had two islands potentially in their hands: Phuket and Penang ā€“ and an EIC in the mood to do something to obtain a base on the east side of the Bay of Bengal.
Community in action: The merits of the Sufficiency Economy philosophy: Part 2
Community in action: The merits of the Sufficiency Economy philosophy: Part 2
Sunday 29 September 2019, 03:00PM
Imagine for a moment that you are running for your life from a huge predator. Imagine that you are being chased down a seemingly endless corĀ­ridor by a mortal foe who is hot on your fleeing heels.
Phuket History: Siamā€™s conflict with Portugal
Phuket History: Siamā€™s conflict with Portugal
Sunday 22 September 2019, 03:00PM
Portugal and Siam had generĀ­ally got along well at first, but the Portuguese, especially after they united with the Spanish crown (1580-1640) grew increasingly arrogant and overbearing towards the Siamese kings Ekathotsarot and Songtham.
Beyond my control: Revelations from the philosophy of Stoicism
Beyond my control: Revelations from the philosophy of Stoicism
Sunday 15 September 2019, 03:00PM
ā€œWhat have the RoĀ­mans ever done for us?ā€ exclaimed Reg, the spokesĀ­person for the PeoĀ­pleā€™s Front of Judea in Monty Pythonā€™s comedy classic The Life of Brian.
Cities on the move: Countries that relocated their capitals and the reasons why
Cities on the move: Countries that relocated their capitals and the reasons why
Sunday 8 September 2019, 03:00PM
Since World War I, the world has seen a country move its capital every five or six years. From KaĀ­zakhstan to Pakistan to Nigeria; for political gain, for environĀ­mental protection, for better, for worse. Thereā€™s something oddly fascinating and dramatic about the idea of capital moves, although they arenā€™t particularly uncommon.
Looking into the origins of Thailandā€™s iconic tom yum soup
Looking into the origins of Thailandā€™s iconic tom yum soup
Sunday 1 September 2019, 03:00PM
Finally itā€™s official. As anĀ­nounced by the Ministry of Culture, early next year ThaiĀ­land will seek to have tom yum kung spicy shrimp soup included in Unescoā€™s intangible cultural heritage list for 2020.
Phuket History: The first English privateers in Phuket
Phuket History: The first English privateers in Phuket
Wednesday 21 August 2019, 04:00PM
In 1591 the first English privateering fleet was funded to go to the East for, as its charter stated, ā€œThe anoyinge of the Spaniards and Portingalls, (nowe our enemys) as also for the vendinge of oure comodities.ā€
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