Bangkok Part I

Warning: Insanely long post ahead.

McDonald’s Double Big Mac with four slices of patty.

As much as possible, I swear to myself never to eat fast food when I travel but for some reason or the other, I will always have McDonald’s at least once. I guess it’s the curiosity of trying something from McDonald’s worldwide, there’s always something different. I thought the triple cheeseburger I had in Australia was the bomb until I came to Thailand and laid eyes on the Double Big Mac! Dum-dum-dum.

The Long Table.

After a painful 3-hour emergency shopping spree with Matthew (for him, not me), we went to a rooftop restaurant bar to chill and check out the view. The place is really chic, when you first walk in it looks somewhat like a bar you would find in New York. Not that I would know because I haven’t been to New York, just saying. Apparently they have what is the longest communal dining table in the world (hence the name, The Long Table) and seats up to 70 or so people comfortably.

View from the balcony of The Long Table.

Exhausted shoppers.

The next night, I was in Patpong with Mikkel and Wang Ying. Patpong is one of Bangkok’s most notorious districts, infamous for its Ping Pong shows. Can someone say gross? We had to take a beer break from more night market shopping and almost died from the insane humidity. The issue was that every bar looked like some place from hooker hell or prone to getting a “Madam, you want to see Ping Pong show? Come one minute free, very nice. No shy-shy”.

We sat outside because we were too chicken to drink inside. It was scary.

Mikkel Nielsen.

Wang Ying. So cute when she drinks, she turns crimson red

I decided to redeem myself from that night at Patpong by going to this other awesome rooftop restaurant bar The Nest at Le Fenix Hotel on Soi 11. It was a good choice. Not as much of a view as The Long Table, but very cozy decor and great music. Not the least bit pretentious and probably one of my favourite places so far.

Check out that couple going at it on the lounge beds!

Nest-like lounge beds scattered around, hence the name.

This is when Mikkel decided to get epic wasted. He had a Blowjob shooter, Mojito, Apple Martini, Long Island Iced Tea, and 3 Jägerbombs all within a span of 2-hours. Let’s not also forget the few beers he’s had prior to The Nest. I must also mention that The Nest makes potent cocktails. POTENT.

Jägerbomb, Apple Martini, Long Island Iced Tea. Still looking sober.

Not so sober anymore.

Fast and Furious on the roads of Bangkok.

Walking back was not an option since we were pretty much tripping all over the sidewalks so Mikkel had an insanely bright idea of taking a Tuk-Tuk! Cue video.

A few days later, we headed to Suan Lum Night Bazaar at Lumphini for the last round of shopping. I’ve already spent too much attacking Siam Central, Siam Square, Siam Paragon, Central World and miscellaneous places, but I bought still this really gorgeous item there. Absolutely no self control, I am ashamed of myself. Pfft.

View from our watering hole.

Not-so-red Ying. Hehe.

Being very greasy looking stereotypical Chinese, with no eyes.

Asian FOB and Dane gangsta??

Yes it was very, very, very hot which is why we look so extremely greasy and gross. But it’s ok, we’re still cool.

Anyway, everything looks all fun and happy here, which it is but there’s also been a lot of shit happening with local politics. If you haven’t seen the news, protests have been going on for the past week and escalating to serious levels with 2 dead and 113 injured. The Thai military have opened fire, buses are being hijacked, gas bombs are being thrown. Tourists are shitting their pants and leaving on the soonest flights possible. It’s quite unfortunate really, because it’s a fun place to be and with everybody running for their lives and Thais leaving the city for Songkran, Bangkok has become rather quiet.

Also Songkran, the Thai New Year Water Festival is in full force with water guns and pails everywhere. The concept is to drench everybody out on the streets, so I’ve been locking myself at home trying to stay dry. I am boring and unadventurous, I know. Don’t judge.

Unfortunately, Songkran celebrations have been cancelled in Khao San (backpackers party town area) because of the protests, but according to Emmanuel my housemate, I missed hell of a rave party at Silom last night. Boo.

On the upside, the protests and chaos are happening in an isolated part of Bangkok like the Government and Parliament house, so most of the city areas and the area around where I’m staying is still safe and relatively normal. I will still be alive at the end of my trip (hopefully)!

To end, I leave you with this picture:

Joel ‘selling’ pirated DVDs to Emmanuel. I LOL-ed.

This Is Bangkok

Ten days in Singapore have gone and past, and now here I am in Bangkok. The only thing I can say is, traffic is unbelievable and the characteristics of the city is most unusual. I feel like this is what I would imagine China or Cambodia to be like.

Quite hard to explain but let’s just say the number of flyovers, abandoned looking buildings with a mess of electrical wires hanging off just about every where, added with the throngs of people, hawker stalls, overuse of cars with yet no sense of traffic direction, it’s like being the epitome of Asia. Oh and let’s not forget about the big-ass ultra modern looking shopping malls as part of the skyline either.

Anyway, Singapore was incredibly busy. I feel like I’ve been there for a month, yet it also just feels like a couple of days. Shoots, meetings, shoots, shopping, you know the usual activities. Unfortunately I didn’t have much time to check out the nightlife there but I did manage to make it to the closing party of KM8 at Sentosa. My best description of it would be like Miami Spring Break.

The birthday boy, Vishnu.

The party went from 4 pm till 8 am the next day!

KM8 had a hot tub/pool right in front of the bar, which is also affectionately named as the Sperm Pool. Now, let’s not get into any details, but it’s a good thing I was not near the pool that night because I heard from my friends about some pretty nasty things going on there. I didn’t even think that was legal in Singapore!

These people are pretty scary when they’re drunk especially when they already have so little clothes on. All that sand and water makes them very creative. I myself go to parties a lot, but nothing really quite prepared me for the craziness of KM8. Oh, and it’s also mostly attended by 80% Caucasians, 20% Asians.

The four models, Vishnu, Mikkel and Emilia. They do enjoy being photographed.

Me and the four models. They tower over me so I had to make them bend down. He he.

Ok, I’m sorry I didn’t take THAT many photos of my trip to Singapore. I’m so upset that I have to miss Craig David playing a show at Zirca on 8th April! Nooooooooooooooo! Sob

It’s Finger Lickin’ Good!

This time I’m blogging to you from KFC. They have the awesome-st free wifi, even better than Coffee Bean or Starbucks, but I think it’s only because nobody actually uses the internet here! If you could only see me now, a big fat burrito (the Twister) in one hand, a Pepsi in the other, staring intently at the computer screen and madly typing away.

Don’t ask how I can hold food in both hands and still write this. Use your imagination.

So much for my diet, this meal itself has already taken up 900-1000 of my daily 1000 calorie allowance. Gloom. Yes, I admit that I’ve been doing a strict calorie watch for the past two weeks, coupled with some exercise. And yes, losing weight the old fashioned way is actually really effective. Probably slower than starving myself to death, but at least I can still enjoy unhealthy food once in a while.

I’m leaving for Singapore in about 6 hours but I still have so much to do. Photos to deliver to clients, clothes to return to sponsors, pack for my 6-week trip (seriously, the 15 kg allowance is just IMPOSSIBLE to deal with), print all my required documents, reply my mountain of emails, finalise arrangements for all my upcoming shoots. It never ends!

It’s gonna be so incredibly hectic in Singapore but hopefully a little more calm in Bangkok, my next destination.

If you’re reading from Singapore, drop me a message and say hi!

p.s. I hate crying babies, especially at fast food joints. They drive me insane. Worse than nails on a chalkboard, no kidding.

TV Shows

I can’t believe I’ve been watching countless episodes of Family Guy, Gossip Girl, How I Met Your Mother, and Ugly Betty the past week. Especially Family Guy. I feel like my brain has been fried by one of Stewie’s mind control thingamajigs.

And Brian’s inability to finish his novel for the past 3 years is reminding me of something I need to finish myself. Hmm.

Damn you, Family Guy.

On another note, I find Chuck Bass’ character (in Gossip Girl) incredibly evil and very, very sexy. The attitude, the life, and all those preppy clothes!

Mm..

Why am I even writing about this???

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