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Congratulations to Thailand's first female prime minister

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva conceded Sunday that Yingluck Shinawatra had won the nation's election.

"Congratulations to Thailand's first female prime minister," he said.

Early exit polling Sunday in Thailand showed Yingluck of the Pheu Thai party with a wide lead over Abhisit of the Democratic Party.

It also showed Yingluck's party may take more than 300 of the 500 seats in the House of Representatives up for grabs in the election, according to data collected by the Suan Dusit Poll. It would be one of the few times in recent decades, if the polling is correct, that a party won a majority, allowing it to form its own administration without having to build a coalition.

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Guss time will tell if she is a meaningful candidate or purely a puppet figure for her brother. ;-)

Thai - Hawaii night at Acadia community center.

If this sounds just ever so strange to you, well it is not.  Melody from Siam Town US Newspaper just posted a video from last night, looks like a good time was had by all. though I still don't quite understand what it is with Thai and Linedancing...

Visiting Los Angeles - this is the place to stay

Just had lunch with a couple of Thai friends, they are staying at www.stayonbeverly.com on western and Beverly blvd. seems they are pretty happy with the accommodations. or Maybe they are just really happy with the price.. ha ha.  single private room is something like $40 per night, I called them cheap, but seriously if the rooms are good why spend more.   The place is kind of like a hostel, but with only private rooms, so no sleeping in a room with 6 guys you don't know,  definitely my kind of hostel. My friends said it was pretty packed, so if you are visiting Thai-town Los Angeles this summer, better get on booking early while there are rooms left.

Stay On Beverly.com English language site

Stay On beverly.com THAI language site

Thailand 5 years later

Beverly Beyette from LA Times wrote a quite good piece on her return to Thailand, the resorts and my favorite place, Phi Phi island.  Click to read the LA time article.

Thai Corner - Break new ground for Thai restaurants everywhere

Thai Corner owner Chun Aritsa Elliot today took a giant step forward for Thai restaurants in general when she became the first Thai restaurant to participate in the SMART menu program in Los Angles. 
Read full story after break. and YES I promise to tell you if Papaya Salad really is good for you....
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Thai Corner - goes SMART

Today the Thai Corner at the Mercado, have as the first Thai restaurant in Los Angeles, announced participation in the smart menu program. Offering a new menu with nutricial information

Thai Corner is located at 3655 s Grand Ave Los Angeles CA 90007

Www.thaicornerfoodex.com

The Thai Chili Team - RECESSION Buster.

The guys from Thai Chili don't want Denny's to be alone in offering recession relief, so they have announced $ 6.99 lunch specials.    Press release after the link.

Welcome Mr. President Obama

Location Lucys El Adobe in Hollywood California  - M8 28mm 2.8 -  Click here for gallery from the Bash

YEAH, finally, honestly I have never seen people in general being so excited about a new president.  Obama is the most exciting new president in modern time.  Congratulations America.

Dear King - We NEED you..!

A few months ago I thought things in Thailand was finally moving forward again.  A wonderful country on the way to a democratic and uncorrupted future.    But that was a few months ago, in the meantime a still corrupted prime minister have still not moved forward and demonstrators are still calling attention to this and demanding changes.  To worsen things, the Kings annual speech is canceled for sickness, I think this is one speech where I would suggest taking a shot of NyQuil and toughen it out.  Because Thailand is one country where respect for the King is above all else, and his direction could be significant in moving forward.

Please King, you are highly respected, we are awaiting your suggestions and direction.  

May you be well soon.

New Thai Prime moving forward

After huge mass demonstrations across Thailand, though mostly in Bangkok, a new Thai Prime minister have replaced the former puppet. Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat is supposed to bring new life to Thai politics, however if he can (or want to) do this remains a open question.

For a great daily update check the Bangkok Post website