Giving himself permission to be who he wants to be, author/business owner and self-proclaimed ‘executive transvestite traveler’, Michael Smith had his fair share of experiences in his time in Thailand. Perceiving gender as something of a more fluid kind, he personally choose the box for ‘transvestite’ but won’t blame anyone who’d refer to him as […]
BiB024: From Zero to God: How to Start a Church in Bangkok with Philip Bassham
What does it take to start a Christian church in downtown Bangkok? Philip Bassham is a missionary from the United States that has a religious worker visa for starting churches and propagating the Gospel. He has always wanted to be a minister on the “front lines” so, he ultimately decided to preach the Gospel in […]
BiB023: Democracy, Human Rights, and a Cat Named Pumpkin With Katrin Bannach
As a 17 year old German exchange student in the U.S., Katrin Bannach hoped to work abroad and have a career in training. After returning home, she attended the Hamburg University with a scholarship from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. Following an assignment in India, she relocated to Thailand in 2012 with her two daughters, her […]
BiB022: Wedding Elephants and Other Indian-Thai Experiences
Ever since my first days in Bangkok it struck me how the Indian Thai community always seemed to have their own thing going on. Maybe it was because many have been longer than most other expatriate arrivals, or maybe it was they stood out more than other Asians who migrated here – but from unique […]