Beware the Shoddy Vets and Groomers

Lots of them, really here in Bangkok. Before you bring your beloved furball to any groomers, check around, ask around. I was at a pet hospital lately and I saw a Pomeranian with both front legs in cast. I asked, and she the owner told me some groomer dropped the dog and broke both legs.

I have seen several grooming shops advertising that they offer rabbit baths and grooming. Don’t bring my rabbit there my vet would say. Rabbits are very naughty and stubborn creatures. They give quite a struggle and most shops are not qualified to handle them. Again… rabbits will fall and die, if not suffer some permanent paralysis or life threatening injuries.


What about Vets? Surprisingly, there are heaps of them around. Small establishments are cheap, but not to say they are bad. Just make sure you do some research first. The live of a beloved animal is priceless. I would pay more for my rabbit’s dental then my own. Four times more to be exact. Thonglor Pet Hospital, from my own experience is good. Its an entire building dedicated to pets and they have all kinds of qualified specialist there who graduated from universities in Sydney down under.



The establishment is like a clinic for people, big clean halls, proper counters, proper clinical rooms and all that we pet lovers would see and trust our furballs to be left in the hands of proper care. It ain’t difficult to locate this hospital for it is located on the popular Thonglor street, and they have several branches around located throughout the metro.


And best of all, this place is expat friendly. They capable speaking language English with farangs. They saved my rabbit from dental complications.

Fireworks from Temple Grounds, ain't no Party

Numerous times in my many years here, I heard them fireworks go off from some nearby temple, and I could see puffs of smoke hardly visible in the bright blue sky. And so I was having lunch with my colleague one day and the fireworks went off.

Me: “Looks like the temple is having a party again, Thai temples always seem to have temple fair and party all year round.”

Colleague: “No, that no party, that is to inform the township that who ever that died will soon be roasted, so come to the temple to see the departed for one last time.”

I see.

My one bigger, I Win!!

So the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia over the temple Wat Kaew Sikha Khiri Sawara had come to this. Both sides had been planting flags all over the temple laying claim. So, Cambodia planted some flags. Then discretely, Thailand counteracted and in the morning, Cambodians awake to the sight of twice as many more Thai national flags and guess what… Thailand’s one bigger, taller too. If this continues, soon we will have the 8th Wonder of the World - Temple Stabbed by Flags.

Thailand is Organized After All

You know, we Singaporeans come to Thailand, always complain complain. “Wah lau eh, why so disorganized one the traffic lah, the administrative system lah, the restaurant sucks lah no system, the business so jialat no one answer my call, sure no system lah… etc etc etc”. Stop whining. It’s been proven. Thailand when compared to other countries is more organized then you think.

Look at the current protest going on in Egypt. How the hell do you tell the anti vs pro Mubarak guys. Imagine, pro-Murabak guy shoots at crowd, then victim shout back “you pukimah!! I also pro lah!” Shooter then apologies to victim and brings victim to eat good murtabak with good fish curry (I presume the murtabak and roti prata are pro Mubarak’s food).

But in Thailand, no one shoots the wrong guys. Its obvious, red wears red, yellow wears yellow, and the dark forces wears black. So darn clear, we all know who to shoot.