I had a good weekend. Although I am still paying for my activities today at work, it was well worth it. Highlights from the weekend:
Saturday - Went to a bar opening with a friend on Koh San Road called Mulligans. The bar was pretty cool and they had a decent band playing. My friend, Aom invited some of her other friends. One being a cool dude. He goes by Sinbad, has a tattoo on the back of his skull, wheres a top hate and loves car bombs. Car bombs in Thailand are no joke. They give you a full pint of Guiness.
Sunday - Recovered on Sunday, did not manage to put on pants (only boxers) until 5 PM. Sunday evening, I got invited by Aom & Sinbad to go to this bar in Chatachuck Market. This bar was amazing. It was 7 PM and the place was packed with young thai people all dancing on tables and putting back frozen drinks. Everyone there was rad and liked to dance. This place was deffiently the best bar that I have been to in Bangkok so far.
Holla Atcha Boy
Monday, January 19, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Sports and Scooters
About once or twice per week, I manage to catch a live sporting event. At the moment, you are able to catch live NBA Games Saturday and Sunday Morning and usually a live NFL Game at 2 - 6 AM on Monday Morning depending on the schedule. You also can catch a live NCAA Basketball game throughout the week in the AM.
Did you ever wonder what a camera man does during commercial breaks?? What do you they look at? Come to Thailand and you will find out. During live sporting events, they do not go to commercial breaks. Viewers watch whatever the camera man feels is important. Sometimes you see chicks in the crowd, sometime you are zoomed at the sky, sometimes you are watching the players on the sideline / bench or you are just looking directly at the ground in front of you. I like it better than commercials.
Scooters are cool, yet very dangerous. I used to own a scooter, which I enjoyed. I also enjoyed taking motorbike taxi's to work every morning here in BKK. Its quick, easy, cheap and seems safe until Monday morning. On Monday morning, I went to my usual motorbike pick up spot down the street from my apartment, jumped on the back and we went to the next road light via driving against rush hour traffic on a busy street hugging the curb. Motorbikes always go to the front of the line they are always the first in the intersection. As we are going through, I am not paying any real attention, but then all of a sudden I heard a noise and look up to see a motorbike driver about 20 feet in front of me about 20 feel in the air doing flips as his motorbike slides along the street in front of him. He landed on his butt, and started to look around as people rushed to his aid.
It was sketch / eye opening. The motorbike driver was okay, thanks to his helmet.
I now walk to work.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Christmas Vacation
Sorry for the delay in posts! I was on vacation with my mother and Kim in Bangkok and then in Krabi, Thailand which is about a 1.5 hour flight south from Bangkok. Krabi is a beautiful place, offering numerous white sand beaches and crystal clear water.
I do not have much to write about the vacation. It was fun, I enjoyed my company, the beach, the weather and the views. Although I do have one story to report.
One night I decided to venture to a fishing village which was about a 1 - 2 mile walk down the beach. I was hoping that I would get down there and the fisherman would be selling their freshly caught fish which they could cook on the bbq there and eat for dinner as this was right around 5 -6 PM. Before venturing out on my journey, I decided to eat some french fries for energy. My mom decided to come along as well and we ventured off.
Upon getting to the end of the beach, we noticed that there was no way for us to get around these large rocks without having to swim around. Not knowing what was really there and also to avoid the dirty water in the bay, we decided to turn back for the hotel. We were walking and walking and I started to get a little stomach ache which I thought was from the fries that I ate for energy before we left.
Due to my un-easy stomach, I felt like the walk back was taking for ever and started to panic as I needed to use the bathroom number 2 style asap. I started to walk faster, and faster almost going into a light jog but this did not seem to help the problem.
I had to pull the trigger. I told my mother "Just Keep Walking" as I sprinted into the water and had an aqua dump.
That was my awkward moment from the trip.
I do not have much to write about the vacation. It was fun, I enjoyed my company, the beach, the weather and the views. Although I do have one story to report.
One night I decided to venture to a fishing village which was about a 1 - 2 mile walk down the beach. I was hoping that I would get down there and the fisherman would be selling their freshly caught fish which they could cook on the bbq there and eat for dinner as this was right around 5 -6 PM. Before venturing out on my journey, I decided to eat some french fries for energy. My mom decided to come along as well and we ventured off.
Upon getting to the end of the beach, we noticed that there was no way for us to get around these large rocks without having to swim around. Not knowing what was really there and also to avoid the dirty water in the bay, we decided to turn back for the hotel. We were walking and walking and I started to get a little stomach ache which I thought was from the fries that I ate for energy before we left.
Due to my un-easy stomach, I felt like the walk back was taking for ever and started to panic as I needed to use the bathroom number 2 style asap. I started to walk faster, and faster almost going into a light jog but this did not seem to help the problem.
I had to pull the trigger. I told my mother "Just Keep Walking" as I sprinted into the water and had an aqua dump.
That was my awkward moment from the trip.
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