[SOgLak]

Badfish - re your post #19. Whatever words come to mind in describing Thai womens' hair, "unkempt" is not one of them. Thai women (and in fact the Thai people as a whole, but particularly urban Thais) are very careful about their personal appearance and generally maintain very high standards of grooming, hygeine and appearance. In my opinion they go to greater lengths in their appearance (often under difficult circumstances) than most other cultures, including my own. Its quite humbling in the morning to see a young Thai woman exiting her thatch-roofed and oil drum-walled home in the poorer areas of BK in a smart western style skirt with sharply ironed pleats, crispy white blouse, sparkling high heels and nicely bobbed hair. Its really quite silly to make comparisons between people living in that environment and affluent Farang women who can pay for a fancy hairdo without even thinking about the cost. Who cares if Thai women aren't up with the latest Paris hairdos? Whenever I walk down Silom or Sukhumvit I am struck by the neatness, slimness, gracefulness and stunning beauty of nearly all the Thai women I see.