1 January: Talley lost; Khun Fon’s advice
2 January: Busy day at immigration
3 January: Looks like rain today
4 January: Meeting a Thai lady’s German husband?
5 January: The brush cutter
6 January: How old is your peacock?
7 January: How did Kitaloo die?
8 January: Benjawan’s sick father
9 January: Murder most foul
10 January: Bargaining for shirts
11 January: Free sweets for the children
12 January: Couldn’t get the gates opened
13 January: My glass is empty
14 January: The All Blacks in tears
15 January: It’s the monks’ way, Sengdeuan said
16 January: Teachers’ day in Thailand
17 January: Mangos without newspapers
18 January: Stuart in a Thai hospital; Noi
19 January: Is Pomelo fed up?
20 January: To trust or not to trust
21 January: Check your bill
22 January: Motorbikes pulling out in front of you
23 January: Flashing your headlights
24 January: Paul is set in his ways
25 January: Sandra and her swimming pool
26 January: Dogs, dogs, dogs
27 January: Chamaan the builder
28 January: Where to park your car
29 January: Topping out ceremony the Thai way; Somsee
30 January: Thai political parties
31 January: T.G.I.F.
1 February: Year of the Rooster
2 February: Sing your heart out
3 February: A Thai posting on a foreign forum
4 February: Keep listening
5 February: The Thai concept of respect
6 February: Keeping your home cool
7 February: The flower festival
8 February: Outward show over reality
9 February: No sad farts in Thailand
10 February: Noisy but fun
11 February: Latdaa doesn’t like gossiping
12 February: Covering up mistakes
13 February: Some teachers are born educators
14 February: Valentine’s Day in Thailand
15 February: Dao’s graduation rehearsal
16 February: Some nasty man hit my dog
17 February: Land laws in Thailand
18 February: A small bribe can help
19 February: Duangjai and Nok in a land dispute
20 February: No gay stigma
21 February: They did not want to do it
22 February: A ghost on a motor-bike
23 February: All his possessions stacked up
24 February: Duangjai meets the pooyaibaan
25 February: Car in for a service
26 February: The national anthem is playing
27 February: English teachers in Thailand
28 February: Road closed
1 March: I have to wait 100 years
2 March: Don’t say “no”
3 March: Rules is rules at the British consulate
4 March: Aroi dee, Aree doi. A good joke?
5 March: Second-hand clothes
6 March: Lights out
7 March: Talk to the boss not the workers, Somsee
8 March: Cherries for the tax inspector
9 March: Thai prisons
10 March: Communism
11 March: The Clochemerle toilet and Khun Sompanya
12 March; The smells of Thailand
13 March: National Elephant Day
14 March: Bidets and bum guns
15 March: Pannee is a snob
16 March: A bunch of bananas
17 March: Libraries and books
18 March: Breaking the ice
19 March: Wai, the traditional Thai greeting
20 March: House destroyed by fire
21 March: No more sweets
22 March: Louis and Gop (Thai for frog)
23 March: Mosquitoes
24 March: I don’t have colleagues
25 March: Temple charity giving
26 March: 200,000 baht raised so far
27 March: A party in Sydney
28 March: It’s private
29 March: Salute the uniform not the man
30 March: Youthful independence
31 March: Khun Yai’s house
1 April: Rules are there to be broken
2 April: Don’t shake hands
3 April: Repeat after teacher
4 April: Two at a time
5 April: Dad’s white lie
6 April: Holiday dates in Thailand
7 April: Catching Thai insects; Faa and Fon
8 April: Faa gives me some fried maleng
9 April: Having it both ways
10 April: A fatal bike accident
11 April: Poot len, poot jing. Be careful
12 April: The very rich, the very poor
13 April: The Songkran Water Festival
14 April: No need for central heating
15 April: The coach to Chiangrai
16 April: Pistols at dawn
17 April: Royal titles
18 April: State control of key industries
19 April: 100 days after the murder
20 April: Always carry an ID card
21 April: Sex changes and lady-boys
22 April: Black, you’re in; red, you’re out
23 April: He’s left the country
24 April: Tipping in Thailand
25 April: It’s not a smiling matter
26 April: Weelai as an agony aunt
27 April: I’m going to have to give you a ticket
28 April: Hard rice
29 April: Will they move the telephone box
30 April: Sitting next to Nelly
1 May: Government officers work hard
2 May: Eating with the servants
3 May: Khun Lit is dead
4 May: Family first, friends first; Goong
5 May: Divorce in Thailand
6 May: Earthquakes
7 May: Royal language
8 May: Let’s have a party, Adoon
9 May: The Royal Ploughing Ceremony
10 May: Clearing the air
11 May: Animism & Buddhism side by side
12 May: Flattery will get you anywhere
13 May: I must apologise for my countrymen
14 May: The police at night
15 May: Are Thais on the same planet as us?
16 May: American share
17 May: Dressed in old jeans
18 May: Ayers Rock, Australia
19 May: Colonel Jaran and Bancha
20 May: They smile a lot
21 May: Licencing laws: time, gentlemen, please
22 May: A Coup in Thailand
23 May: Getting a Thai price
24 May: It’s not only the Thais
25 May: No have money
26 May: We hold these truths to be self-evident
27 May: Synchronise your watches
28 May: Obey people or the rules?
29 May: The customer comes first
30 May: It doesn’t matter
31 May: Getting the sack
1 June: The Smile Apologetic
2 June: Look kreung, children from mixed marriages
3 June: Listen, don’t speak
4 June: Foundations and earthquakes
5 June: English photos, Thai words
6 June: No point planning
7 June: Progress on Wongpaet’s house
8 June: What time is the house-warming?
9 June: A visit from head office
10 June: Jogging
11 June: Scared of my dog
12 June: Do you want me to service you?
13 June: Thailand’s prawn industry
14 June: Overnight from Bangkok
15 June: Thais disappearing in the rain
16 June: Not true that I had nothing on
17 June: Shyness or the impact of class culture
18 June: Getting a Thai driving licence
19 June: Thai banks
20 June: Put it in an envelope
21 June: Not keeping appointments
22 June: Princess Diana’s umbrella
23 June: Tong’s appraisal interview
24 June: Outside dunnies, squat toilets
25 June: The Thai mafia
26 June: An expensive watch
27 June: General Prayuth’s broadcasts
28 June: Weerot experiments with drugs
29 June: Lots of cars, lots of music
30 June: Sawat becomes a monk
1 July: Thai monks and orange buckets
2 July: Surachai won’t buy his wife kitchen gadgets
3 July: Red balloons
4 July: Two nations; one friendship
5 July: Carrying buckets of cement
6 July: Back to good old Blighty
7 July: Rained off
8 July: Fifteen minutes late
9 July: Two totally different foreigners
10 July: Nobody knows
11 July: All change, all change
12 July: 300 baht a day
13 July: The wat versus the village
14 July: Discussing the coup
15 July: Sorry, you’ll have to sing the national song
16 July: The chain gang
17 July: Freedom
18 July: One hell of a racket this morning
19 July: Then the cavalry arrived
20 July: Lee and Thai jealousy
21 July: A red light on an elephant’s tail
22 July: French expats
23 July: No telephone
24 July: People dying too often?
25 July: Education league tables
26 July: Cakes in the office
27 July: Leaving the scene of an accident
28 July: Keep fit
29 July: The handsome white uniforms
30 July: High speed train links
31 July: Her very short trousers, Siriporn
1 August: Thailand sends in the troops
2 August: The men with guns
3 August: Take it with a pinch of salt, Adoon
4 August: The Land of Secrets
5 August: What would you like to drink?
6 August: The doting Thai grandparents
7 August: The village headman gets his hands dirty
8 August: I drove through a red light
9 August: The moneyed people of Thailand
10 August: Pulling rank on Thai employees
11 August: Climbing trees at 65 years old
12 August: Ending up in a ditch
13 August: Coffee with Bancha
14 August: Follow my leader
15 August: Bancha pulling a fast one
16 August: You have to sweet talk
17 August: The Thai Highway Code?
18 August: One step at a time
19 August: Disputes on land ownership
20 August: Climbing trees for lamyai
21 August: Chatting with a waitress
22 August: Education, education, education
23 August: Geng and the palm tree
24 August: Resolving a family dispute
25 August: The angels moved the bombs
26 August: Frogs, toads, and shrimps “marrying”
27 August: Rules on selling alcohol
28 August: Land titles in Thailand
29 August: Selling shoes on bank premises
30 August: An impromptu market
31 August: A job well done
1 September: A royal visit
2 September: Cowboy builders
3 September: Duangjai still only has a mattress
4 September: Scouting in Thailand
5 September: Tax rates, klongs, and corruption
6 September: Excluded from the conversation
7 September: “Freedom to Spit”
8 September: Mana’s wife goes into labour
9 September: Thai hospitals
10 September: Socialising around the hospital bed
11 September: Foreigners in Thai hospitals
12 September: Do Thais like coups?
13 September: “Do it yourself” foreigners
14 September: Fancied a beer, ended up in a temple
15 September: Questioning foreigners’ entrenched ideas
16 September: Being an elephant’s mahout for a day
17 September: No signals, no problems
18 September: Dr Ubolwan and the Christian missionaries
19 September: A wedding without monks
20 September: Thai soap operas
21 September: Line up for the General from Bangkok
22 September: Naked boys in the Ping River
23 September: Foreigners in the girly bars
24 September: Putting tags on everyone
25 September: They don’t say “please”
26 September: Bartering with a tuk tuk driver
27 September: A private event or a community event?
28 September: Kentucky Fried Chicken? Don’t think so
29 September: Bribery and corruption
30 September: Bangkok buses and transport
1 October: Dealing with Thai lawyers
2 October: Monk chats are getting popular
3 October: Is it face or mai pen rai?
4 October: Pulling a truck out of the river
5 October: Eat whenever you wish
6 October: Watch them like a hawk
7 October: Thai street markets
8 October: A Thai karaoke sing-along
9 October: Never tell a joke in a foreign language
10 October: Thailand’s unfaithful lovers
11 October: Thais not challenging computer results
12 October: No one goes hungry in Thailand
13 October: Bhutan and Thailand compared
14 October: The boss’s car gets impounded
15 October: Not cleaning under the refrigerator
16 October: Taking hands off the steering wheel to wai
17 October: Meditation at Wat Dhammakaya
18 October: You’ll have to reverse all the way back
19 October: There are some skilled drivers in Thailand
20 October: Thais and the hill-tribes
21 October: Buying veal and a Victor Meldrew moment
22 October: Photos for “A Thailand Diary”
23 October: Foreigners in the girly bars
24 October: A Thai at Wat Dhammakaya
25 October: No water, no electricity
26 October: A Thai talking about Thai education
27 October: Will khun Saa settle into a western lifestyle
28 October: They’re wearing yellow, it must be Monday
29 October: Monks organising a trip up-country
30 October: No haircut on Wednesdays
31 October: Trying not to go native
1 November: Driving in France, Greece, and Thailand
2 November: Walking away from a problem
3 November: Not a civilised debate
4 November: Marketing and management
5 November: Taksin pulling strings?
6 November: “Where’s your labour?” Kroo Art asked
7 November: Has Thailand ever been colonised?
8 November: An opportunity for a sale is lost
9 November: The wat increases entry charges
10 November: Patriotism or xenophobia?
11 November: How Thais deal with mistakes
12 November: Thai nicknames
13 November: Poisoned dog biscuits
14 November: Sticky rice or sticky shit
15 November: Khun Yai dropping hints
16 November: English run pubs in Chiangmai
17 November: The Full Moon Party
18 November: Always a photo opportunity
19 November: Lèse Majesté
20 November: Thai tongue twisters
21 November: Firecrackers all day long
22 November: Children of Thai-foreigner parents
23 November: Surachai goes fishing. Well, sort of
24 November: Questions, questions, questions
25 November: An amusing video clip, illicit drinking
26 November: Chastising a Thai child
27 November: New Mandala and other Thai-bashing sites
28 November: Snakes
29 November: The judge is dead
30 November: Small lanterns versus large aircraft
1 December: Lazy or happy?
2 December: Monks at the car showroom
3 December: Thai dogs
4 December: Not always getting a straight answer
5 December: King Bhumibol’s birthday
6 December: Adisak gets into mischief
7 December: Lee asks a favour
8 December: Bikers never look where they’re going
9 December: Gossip from the postman
10 December: Caution, caution, caution
11 December: The exiled Taksin
12 December: A foreigner is murdered and cremated
13 December: Don’t sit on the towel
14 December: VIP or VVIP (very, very important person)
15 December: Buy 2, get 1 free
16 December: No money, no money
17 December: Noi and her late husband’s friends
18 December: Class and regional divides in Thailand
19 December: Writing about Thailand
20 December: Not liking foreigners?
21 December: You marry the family
22 December: The colonial foreigner
23 December: The monks will look after them
24 December: Traditional Thai dances
25 December: Christmas Day in Thailand
26 December: Thai literature
27 December: The K-pop craze in Thailand
28 December: When I “damaged” a Thai truck while parking
29 December: Thai vocabulary, four candles
30 December: Weak law enforcement
31 December: Countdown celebrations
