Ready for anything
Thailand should look to Japan's example when it comes to coping with disaster
BOOK TALK Bhutan - and Buddhism's last hope
Bhutan: Heaven on earth
By Sulak Sivaraksa
Published by the Thai-Tibet Centre
Price Bt150
FILM REVIEWS The Wicker Man
Cast: Nicholas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Leelee Sobieski
Director: Neil LaBute
Running time: 102 minutes
Hanuman rating: hhh
Staying cool in a crisis
Japan's disaster prevention plan is based on the principal that the general public has to learn how to cope with damage.
MELANEE'S HOME Melanee,
I couldn't believe it when I first read that letter from LT last week [complaining about a male colleague who acted inappropriately around a transsexual waitress and made a nuisance of himself by talking about her constantly to his colleagues].
