Bob Van Es

Bald Belgian Bob, Bangkok-based (BBBBB) since 1987. Managing Director, Thailand & Hong Kong at International Gemological Institute. After hours:

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Looking for ideas … what should be the first song of 2025 I play at Det 5, immediately following the countdown? We usually go for 1999 by Prince. Other suggestions?

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@joecummings This is my brother’s account of his quest to find his missing friends:

https://t.co/fGDOA4AP78

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Where did everyone go?

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@Bangkokboy17 Not entirely sure Bangkok needs more beer bars... Happy Det 5 is quite a way past the intensity & cacophony of the first 100 metres of Soi 8. For selfish reasons, I’m a tad more concerned about the new ‘boutique’ hotel, The Quarter, that’ll be constructed directly opposite Det 5.

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@Bangkokboy17 The money of the — very fertile — Soi 8 grapevine is currently on the owners of the property *going their own way* and subdividing Rumours into 3 or 4 different beer bars.

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@propaganda_bkk I strongly recommend you go to TG HQ on Vibhavadi and try do this in person. Online or on the ☎️ not advisable. I’ve always found the staff there helpful and accommodating. Oh, and, leave plenty of time before you actually plan to travel.

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What the fornication is ‘rhythmic’ shopping? More vacuous marketing bullcr*p from The Sphincter of Bangkok.

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@Digibizth @BumrungradH Can you believe the hospital is actually issuing these as part of the standard supplies package… ?

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Visited a friend @BumrungradH today. 9th Fl is being ‘renovated’. How an earth a hospital allows stone-quarry-drilling decibel levels on a Sunday afternoon (or any other day, for that matter!) is beyond me. Outrageous doesn’t even begin to describe it…

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#Kingpower’s duty free concessions in the Arrivals Hall at #Suvarnabhumi have all vanished without a trace. Not enough dosh in those #brownenvelopes, I wonder…

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Wondering if the visual merchandiser of this bookstore in Manila has a wicked sense of humour. Or purely coincidental?

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@VoxScorpio Perhaps you’re feasting on one of his immediate family?

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There’s highway robbery, and then there’s airport F&B currency exchange rates … talk about getting rogered up the back passage, *sans* lubrication.

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@Ajarncom https://t.co/a5SIx9d2PS

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#PSA [ ! ] The sphincter of Bangkok is officially opening today. Avoid Rama IV Rd like the plague. #OneBangkok

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#OneBangkok = The Sphincter of Bangkok ≠ The Heart of Bangkok

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@PunchMedia1 Many thanks!

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Looking for a funky boutique hotel with a ‘personality’, lower Sukhumvit. #ThaiTwitter?

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@KristoferA 🙏🏻