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Thai Food in Berlin

September 24, 2006

In my four years living in or near Berlin, I’ve tried many Thai restaurants, searching for the perfect meal that would make me feel at home again. Most were very dissappointing. To save you time and money, here are my recommendations: Krua Thai Imbiss at Luxemburger Str 4, near U-Leopoldplatz in Berlin-Wedding, is excellent, authentic, [...]

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Coup in Thailand

September 20, 2006

The military in Thailand took over Bangkok last night in a bloodless coup, surrounding the government house with tanks and demanding the resignination of the Thai PM Thaksin Sinawatra. He was in New York at the time for the opening of the UN General Assembly. The military has declared today a holiday and thousands of [...]

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Sudan

January 10, 2005

While I feel terrible about the tsunami disaster, I also feel disturbed by the media attention that has been given to it, compared to other disasters. As many people have probably died in Darfur (Sudan) and think of all the people dying of AIDS in Africa. My thought is, the tsunami was not something that [...]

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Happy New Years

January 4, 2005

First, my thoughts go out to all those affected by the tsunami. Luckily, my family in Thailand is safe and sound. Second, I resolve to make more effort to make timely entries in my blog. My back is much improved. I still have some pain, but it’s definitely bearable now. It turns out I had [...]

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Travelling genes?

September 6, 2004

I wonder if there are genes that encourage someone to be migratory. I mean, it is beneficial to an agriculture-based society that people stay together in one place, but genetically it would be important for a few people to move about, in order to introduce new genes into populations and avoid inbreeding. Rainer says that [...]

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