One of the amazing things about this city is that you are constantly bombarded by so many surreal sites. Here are just a few examples as of late: (I wish I had some pictures but the moments are fleeting. Someone should invent some sort of camera embedded in our brains that we can then plug into a computer and share the images.)
1) Walking into a bar in downtown Bangkok, past hundreds of prostitutes and a vendor cart heaped with fried insects. Then walking out of the bar 45 minutes later and instead of a bug vendor, there is a full size elephant and his mahout.
2) Motorcycle taxi driver sleeping (in rush hour traffic no less) with his head on bike, butt on a plastic stool, feet on a table.
3) Beggars with no arms or no legs, pulling them selves down the dirty, uneven, garbage-strewn sidewalk.
Check it out.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Bangkok is growing
on me.
It's not the cleanest city, it's not the most "on-time" city, it's not the most green city, but gosh darnit, it's pretty fun.
Starting from last Wednesday, me and 2 other fellas went to see DJ Shadow. One thing led to the next and we were at an after hours club finishing a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black, not talking to each other. Needless to say, we weren't able to go to work in the m0rning. Last night we went to
see the new James Bond movie. Movies here are fantastic - comfortable, cheap, and close by. Jess didn't like it because there "wasn't enough character development." I told her that character development in James Bond movies ended in about 1959. People go to see James Bond for action, girls, and sauveness. Today we went to the 4 Seasons Brunch. Now this isn't your gradnparents typical brunch (not that there is anything wrong with those Nan and Pops) but this was a 4 hour affair, consisting of all the alcohol you want and every ethnicity of food possible. The price tag was steep - as much as a night away but well worth it. We all felt like stuffed turkey's by the end of it and made it home, just in time for a siesta.
Work is still work but I'm thinking about sticking it out now. We'll see.
Come visit.
It's not the cleanest city, it's not the most "on-time" city, it's not the most green city, but gosh darnit, it's pretty fun.
Starting from last Wednesday, me and 2 other fellas went to see DJ Shadow. One thing led to the next and we were at an after hours club finishing a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black, not talking to each other. Needless to say, we weren't able to go to work in the m0rning. Last night we went to
see the new James Bond movie. Movies here are fantastic - comfortable, cheap, and close by. Jess didn't like it because there "wasn't enough character development." I told her that character development in James Bond movies ended in about 1959. People go to see James Bond for action, girls, and sauveness. Today we went to the 4 Seasons Brunch. Now this isn't your gradnparents typical brunch (not that there is anything wrong with those Nan and Pops) but this was a 4 hour affair, consisting of all the alcohol you want and every ethnicity of food possible. The price tag was steep - as much as a night away but well worth it. We all felt like stuffed turkey's by the end of it and made it home, just in time for a siesta.Work is still work but I'm thinking about sticking it out now. We'll see.
Come visit.
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