Spellbound In Chiangmai: love and infatuation in charming Chiangmai

Thailand - a land of ornate temples, vibrant markets, beautiful beaches, friendly smiles and sumptuous food. Chiangmai is the Rose of the North, a land blessed with mild weather, majestic mountains and gentle people. You think you have found paradise. You think you have fallen in love...

Charles is infatuated with Thailand. When he sees anyone sharing bad experiences on the internet, he calls them losers. Until he gets a bad experience himself ....


School teacher Miss Julia may have her share of grey hairs, but she has a body that arouses her male students. Then, her husband strays, going for a Thai girl who is not half as attractive as she is. She believes her rival uses black magic...


T-shirt, jeans, guitar, a beautiful face and a sweet voice. What more could a Singaporean army officer ask for? Lieutenant Albert luxuriates in a beautiful foreign love song, until money starts talking...


A former journalist discovers to his surprise that he can make a living writing emails and creating blogs for Thai girls with foreign boyfriends. Until karma catches up with him...


Thailand - a land of ornate temples, vibrant markets, beautiful beaches, friendly smiles and sumptuous food. Chiangmai is the Rose of the North, a land blessed with mild weather, majestic mountains and gentle people. You think you have found paradise. You think you have fallen in love. Or have you simply fallen under a spell?


Spellbound in Chiangmai is a collection of 9 short stories featuring naive and sheltered Singaporeans inextricably drawn to a foreign culture that's nothing like theirs.


When they come to their senses, their only explanation is that they must have been spellbound.


Spellbound in Chiangmai explores the intimate mental as well as bodily interactions between sheltered Singaporeans and the exotic and sometimes inscrutable inhabitants of this sub-tropical paradise. When all is said and done, some can only sigh that they were spellbound in Chiangmai.