Two Months Later

Let's skip apologies for my not posting for a while, because that's no way to preface a great second post to a great new blog.

I say this blog is great because it's the only one like it around. Google blogs on Bangkok and peruse the limited slew of webzines such as Bangkokrecorder.com. Their content often reads like subliminal adverts for the latest mega-discotech club that's popped up downtown, or perhaps for a ritzy restaurant that will undoubtably be labeled "hi-so". Like their printed counterparts (see GuRu magazine), these boring sites are inevitably doomed.

Furthermore, Soi Seven does not track the DJ/House 'scene', nor will you find novel-length entries of a 'c-razy night out' on Patpong. Of course, that doesn't mean this blog is any morally superior to any other news outlet in Thailand--though that's no difficult achievement.

Now, to catch everyone up:
-Summer's gone.
And sadly, so is our long time house guest Andy Shapiro.
Here's what he did: BiodieselBlog

-Thaksin Shinawatra, the ex-Prime Minister and soon ex-placeholder-PM, is still loathed by all in Bangkok and loved by all who're not (in Bangkok). (Assassination plot)

-I can read and write Thai at a kindergartener's pace. Look forward to bi-lingual blog posts?

-We've weekended to Ko Samet, Khao Yai National Park and Ayuthaya. Mountain biked all of them. (Photos)

Consider this post as a shocking BLIP on Soi Seven's imaginary heart-rate monitor. Yes, we're alive. My upcoming post, probably tomorrow, shall be an expanded version of a recent tale that I hope you all will enjoy.

My aim is to show you Bangkok through stories that tie together all the 'little' things, like the sights on our ride home from work every day, by sewing several 'big' stories together in time--like the politcally-incorrect, Thai vs. "English-speakers" soccer matches held bi-weekly at our school.