Aung Oo
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An Old Fella and A Sheila
In a cafe in Pattaya, an elderly white man is scolding a Thai woman sitting with him. The old fella, who looks like he’s in his mid-70s, has been carrying on, yelling his head off for over ten minutes straight. Meanwhile, the Thai woman in her mid-50s sits calmly with him. I don’t know what…
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Housekeeping at Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel ★★☆☆☆
I call the hotel’s housekeeping to freshen up the room and change the bedsheets and towels. Despite being around half past six in the evening, the hotel is kind enough to accommodate my request. As I get clothed, I hear a knock on my door. I open the door.A young woman, aged between 20 and…
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Capturing Pattaya’s morning in 2023
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Snapped in the morning on the beach in Pattaya in 2023, a quieter section on Beach Road.
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A Good Cocktail Drink: A Love Letter to Gin and Tonic ★★★★★
There’s a certain magic to enjoying a gin and tonic before dinner on a sweltering summer evening. As the sun sets and the air cools, the crisp and refreshing taste of the cocktail serves as the perfect prelude to a delicious meal. The notes of the gin, combined with the lime and the subtle bitterness…
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RLAX Hotel Visit Massage ★★★☆☆
In Pattaya, Thailand. RLAX comes up on my Google search for “authentic massage home service”.Book for Oil Massage & Aromatherapy.It costs 1,280 bahts for a two-hour session.They take money online. The appointment time is 10 am.I receive a call from reception at 9:55 am. The receptionist typically requests me to pick up my guest in…
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Everfit Treadmill Electric Walking Pad ★★★★☆
My GP and health folks told me to exercise regularly, but it’s more challenging than it sounds. Anyway, I discussed it with a mate, who suggested getting a treadmill for home workouts. He reckoned starting with 15 minutes a pop, a couple of times a day. So, I bought one on eBay for a decent…
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မြန်မာ ရယ်ဒီမိတ် အစားအသောက်များ
ယိုးဒယား ခေါက်ဆွဲခြောက်ထုတ် လွယ်လွယ်ကူကူ လုပ်စားသလို လုပ်စားလို့ ရရင်ဖြင့် မဆိုးဖူးပေါ့။ မြန်မာပြည်က အစာတွေဆိုတော့ ငယ်တုန်းက စားခဲ့ဖူးတာမျိုး ဆိုပြီး ယိုးဒယား ခေါက်ဆွဲခြောက်ထုတ် ထက်ပို စျေးကြီးပေးရလဲ တန်သေးတယ်ပေါ့။
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What I reckon about Thailand ★★★★☆
Thailand offers a diverse range of activities, from indulging in self-care to exploring its rich cultural heritage. I love tucking into some of the best international meals in Bangkok. Thailand really knows how to entertain. With its beer bars, go-go boys and girls, and shows, it’s the best place for a good time in Southeast…
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Thai Coconut Noodle Soup ★★★★☆
Thai Coconut Noodle Soup, known as Khao Soi, is an absolute must-have whenever I touch down in Thailand. Originating from Northern Thailand, their version in Bangkok hits differently – richer and more flavoursome. It’s the perfect brekkie option or a speedy meal when I’m on the go. You can’t go past a steaming bowl of…
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The escalators: policy vs system
At Terminal 21 Pattaya, Thailand. I come across the information desk on the ground floor (street level).I speak to a female attendant in Thai, “Where are the restaurants located?”She smiles. “Third floor,” she replies in English. I take the first escalator.The blue footprint marks on the escalator stairs indicate I should stand on the right…
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Thai club sandwich ★★★★☆
In Thailand, one of the breakfast choices I enjoy the most is a delightful trio consisting of a club sandwich, a refreshing iced coffee, and a succulent watermelon shake. This combination pleases my taste buds with its simplicity, delicious flavours, and lightness. Amid the tropical climate, this breakfast ensemble is a delightful indulgence that energises…
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Fake Faces
Numerous individuals of Asian descent frequently seem to conceal their emotions. Whether in moments of happiness or sadness, their facial expressions remain unchanged. In particular, they often hide any signs of being upset or angry. This behaviour may be attributed to their preference for keeping their real emotions secret, possibly influenced by their cultural background…
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ဓါတ်မပေါက်ရင် တခုခုတော့ လွဲသွားပြီ
မိန်းမ ယူမယ်ဆိုရင်၊ မယူခင် ကိုယ်ယူမဲ့ မိန်းမကို ရီစရာ တခုပြောကြည့်၊ သူက မရီရဖူးဆိုရင် အဲဒီမိန်းမကို မယူနဲ့ (ပေါင်းသင်းနေလို့ အဆင်ပြေမှာ မဟုတ်ဖူး)
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ရှမ်းကော်ရည် ရယ်ဒီမိတ် အထုတ်
ရှမ်းကော်ရည်ဆိုတာ တောင်ကြီးမှာတော့ တခါစားဖူးတယ် ထင်တယ်။ အရမ်း စေးကပ် ချွဲပြစ်လို့ မကြိုက်ခဲ့သလိုဘဲ။ ခုကြတော့ မြန်မာဆိုင်မှာ ရှမ်းကော်ရည် ရယ်ဒီမိတ် အထုတ်ရှိတယ် ဆိုတော့ စမ်းကြည့်တယ်။
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The new UI, the new presentation.
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I want this blog to reflect where I am in life right now. I’ve been jotting down my insights and experiences, and I thought it’d be cool to share them with you all to get different perspectives. To keep things focused, I’ve cleared out some posts that didn’t quite fit the vibe I’m going for.…