Yesterday I made a rare weekday foray downtown as I had some errands to run which could only be done during office hours.
When all was done, I made my usual stop at the pub ‘on the way home’, a definition I must confess I sometimes stretch. When I got to Soi 33, I had a choice [...]
Bank of Ayudhya announced a 0.15% rate cut effective 27th May, 2009.
The Minimum Lending Rate (MLR) is thus 6.25%, with Minimum Retail Rate (MRR) and Minimum Overdraft Rate (MOR) at 6.75%.
This makes it the 4th local bank to announce rate cuts after pressure from the Central Bank and Finance Ministry to pass on previous rate [...]
This week’s trip to Villa Thong Lo.
The price contractions that the Central Bank referred to do not seem to be much in evidence, even for basic stuff like pork and chicken, and there are only price increases to report this week.
Price Changes
S-Pure Chicken Breast (Skinless) up 5 baht/ kg as expected, which makes chicken at [...]
Last Sunday we had to go to the TOT service counter at Seri Centre to make changes to our internet package.
Since we were there and I am in the market for a second monitor to run off my laptop, we went up to the IT floor. I had not been there for a couple of years and [...]
Siam Commercial Bank and Kasikorn Bank announced lending rate cuts effective Monday 25th May, 2009.
Siam Commercial Banks reduction by 0.15% brings its Minimum Lending Rate (MLR) to 6.0%, Minimum Overdraft Rate (MOR) to 6.25% and Minimum Retail Rate (MRR) to 6.5%.
Kasikorn Bank announced a quarter percentage point cut for an MLR of 5.85%, MOR of [...]
After some nudging from the Finance Minister and the Central Bank, Bangkok Bank took the lead in cutting interest rates by 0.125% effective Thursday 21st May, 2009.
Prime Lending Rate is now 5.875%, Minimum Retail Rate (MRR) 6.5% and Minimum Overdraft Rate (MOR) 6.125%. Deposit rates remain unchanged.
The announcement comes on the heels of the Bank [...]
For a couple of years now I had been having a few beers every day, escalating to many beers if at the pub on weekends. I would typically have my first one sometime after 5.00p.m. and continue until dinner.
Unfortunately, with age came the mid-section though I suppose I cannot really complain as it did not [...]
This week’s trip to Villa and TOPS Thong Lo.
We were not planning to go to TOPS, but Villa had no salad as usual and the Coke Zero was selling at a ridiculous price, so we ended up going after all.
Villa seem to have stopped pre-packaging pork spare ribs, perhaps because the price has jumped, so [...]
This morning was good for catching a glimpse of wildlife in our garden.
The first was a little squirrel at the back of the house near the palms. I suppose it was there for the palm nuts. It was the first squirrel I have seen here since we moved in two years ago, which I find quite surprising as [...]
Well, the skytrain extension from Saphan Taksin to Wong Wian Yai did commence operations yesterday, launched by the PM who also made it to his morning flight to Hong Kong. He might consider changing his nickname from Mark to Speedy.
I had completely forgotten about the 3 baht ferry across the river, which I have taken a [...]
