Bangkok’s Red Light District
Soi Nana is right in the heart of what most people consider to be Bangkok's Red Light District. It doesn't look like it though.
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‘Ramblings’ is a tag used on our blog Megan Publishing Services https://meganpublishingservices.com to identify posts relating to the ramblings of Welsh writer Owen Jones.
Soi Nana: Bangkok’s Red Light District
Soi Nana is ancient. It used to be a Chinese ghetto, but you wouldn't guess that now. It is now Bangkok's red light district, but not showy
It Is So Sad…
It is so sad that people, mainly writers, think that they can express opinions on any subject with impunity even if they know nothing on it
Moving On
Moving On The time has come for us to be moving on. As many of you will already know, I have been living in Thailand with my Thai wife, Neem, for twelve years, and so now we would like to…
Staying In Europe
Staying In Europe An Australian said to me a few years ago, that I was lucky to be a European. When asked why, he explained: ‘Well, look at the number of Australians in jail in Thailand and look at the…
When You’re Older
When You’re Older Becoming older is a gradual process that seems to occur over night. It brings with it many changes, some of which seem linked to Karma There are mixed blessings to being older for most people, and to…
A Lovely ‘Ole
A Lovely ‘Ole I am a man, and so some people are going to find this article smutty. I admit that I understand why, but not that I am playing on it. It is just that people of all types…
Blocking Nationalities
Blocking Nationalities Hi My Dear Reader, I am really sorry about this, but the cost of running this blog has doubled this year and will rise by 50% next month. It goes on bandwidth. The third highest number of visitors…
Conventions
Conventions Sometimes, it seems that our lives are full of conventions. There are all sorts of them: social conventions; Star Trek Conventions; Conventions of Witches (and even witches’ conventions, I dare say); Writers’ Conventions; and writing conventions, which is what…
All Pre-war Writers Were Toffs
Every writer knows how difficult it is to get into the groove after a hard day, which is one of the reasons why all pre-war writers were toffs. For centuries... because they were the only ones who could read and write and had the time to do it.
Logging In Conspiracy
Logging In Conspiracy Has anyone else noticed how high the bar has been raised in order to sign up and log into an application these days? Logging in was a simple question of typing in two words a few years…
Website Hosting 5
Website Hosting 5 If you want to find the previous articles on website hosting, you need to look back from here to about October 2015, but they will not be numbered. This is the dismal story of a search for…
Making Money from Hobbies
Making Money from Hobbies In these days of austerity and financial uncertainty, it is more important than ever to make use of every talent you have to extract an extra stream of income. If you enjoy carpentry, you can make…
Our Visa Run to Nan
Our Visa Run to Nan My stepson drove us up to the old mountain kingdom of Nan this year for the first time. Neither he, his wife nor their sixteen-month-old baby had been there before, so the five of us…
What is a Story For?
What is a Story For? I am writing this article because I was listening to a famous reader telling a story by a very famous writer and I struggled to stick the fifteen-minute instalment, although it was the first and…
Free Wi-Fi Internet Access
Free Wi-Fi Internet Access I live in Northern Thailand; many of you know that already and I would like to tell you something about it, and hopefully shame my own country, if not yours. When you hear the word ‘Thailand’,…
Website Host – Update
Website Host – Update A few months ago, I wrote a post here about choosing one’s website host with care, because it’s like a bank. The longer you have been there, the more accounts, direct debits, standing orders etc you…
Mysticism in Fiction
Mysticism in Fiction Mysticism in fiction is in the same boat as Sci-Fi, in that, if it is to be any good, it either has to have been experienced or researched by the writer. Unfortunately, there are too many authors…