Update from Thailand
I know I was supposed to write on Friday. However, I am holidaying in Bangkok and therefore faile to keep my tryst with destiny on Friday. But this is a new week and I shall try to stick to my commitment through the week. I can't write on Indian politics since I have no clue what is happening down there and do not intend to waste my holiday reading Indian news sites.
So i will just write some stuff about the visit here.
Like a good journalist let me begin by name dropping. I happened to spot Saurav Ganguly in a mall in Bangkok. I know it was him because I went and asked him if he was indeed Saurav and he said yes. In case you are wondering what he was doing there, he was shopping for a pair of jeant at some local jeans counter where there was a big board which said 450 baht. I don't know about Chappel's allegation of Dada being broke but I can dcefinitely say that dada is not very brand conscious and definitely searching for a good deal given the haggling that he seemed to be indulging in.
Now that I have name dropped lets get to the next thing that sells more copies - SEX. Visited the famed Pat Pong Street and all I can say is that it is highly over-rated. Sure there are women in all stages of undress hanging around there but they look bored and disinterested. They almost seem to be saying that 'yeah now that you have seen most of my body do you feel better/wiser/enlightened?' or that 'so now can you identify my privates ina police line up now that you have looked at it for 20 minutes?'
For most part it is rather disgusting to see Caucasian geriatrics roaming the street with girls a third of their age. How bad is it? Well apparently the children of a British woman and a Thai man can get British citizenship however that privelege is not accorded if the man is British and the woman is Thai. Simply because Maggie Thatcher figured that given the number of men going to Thailand it could become a big immigration problem and passed a bill to this effect which still stands.
For those of you who still love this city for its shows well the hottest thing these days seems to be 'the ping pong ball show' which is what all the tuk tuk (rikshaw) drivers, shop-keepers etc accost you and try to get you to watch. I am told it involves women shooting out ping-pong balls from their private oarts. Would not know for sure cause I never cared/dared to see one.
More on Tuesday about this really nice place that we lived called Suk11
PS
For those of you still interested in your politics, there is an election which took place here called for by thhe embattled Thai prime minister. Its nice to find the usual charges of corruption, a biased Election commission and all of that happening here as well. On the flip side though there does seem to be an intellegentsia made up of Unviersity profs which has been trying hard to unseat the prime minister and asking people to register a protest no-vote to get people out
So i will just write some stuff about the visit here.
Like a good journalist let me begin by name dropping. I happened to spot Saurav Ganguly in a mall in Bangkok. I know it was him because I went and asked him if he was indeed Saurav and he said yes. In case you are wondering what he was doing there, he was shopping for a pair of jeant at some local jeans counter where there was a big board which said 450 baht. I don't know about Chappel's allegation of Dada being broke but I can dcefinitely say that dada is not very brand conscious and definitely searching for a good deal given the haggling that he seemed to be indulging in.
Now that I have name dropped lets get to the next thing that sells more copies - SEX. Visited the famed Pat Pong Street and all I can say is that it is highly over-rated. Sure there are women in all stages of undress hanging around there but they look bored and disinterested. They almost seem to be saying that 'yeah now that you have seen most of my body do you feel better/wiser/enlightened?' or that 'so now can you identify my privates ina police line up now that you have looked at it for 20 minutes?'
For most part it is rather disgusting to see Caucasian geriatrics roaming the street with girls a third of their age. How bad is it? Well apparently the children of a British woman and a Thai man can get British citizenship however that privelege is not accorded if the man is British and the woman is Thai. Simply because Maggie Thatcher figured that given the number of men going to Thailand it could become a big immigration problem and passed a bill to this effect which still stands.
For those of you who still love this city for its shows well the hottest thing these days seems to be 'the ping pong ball show' which is what all the tuk tuk (rikshaw) drivers, shop-keepers etc accost you and try to get you to watch. I am told it involves women shooting out ping-pong balls from their private oarts. Would not know for sure cause I never cared/dared to see one.
More on Tuesday about this really nice place that we lived called Suk11
PS
For those of you still interested in your politics, there is an election which took place here called for by thhe embattled Thai prime minister. Its nice to find the usual charges of corruption, a biased Election commission and all of that happening here as well. On the flip side though there does seem to be an intellegentsia made up of Unviersity profs which has been trying hard to unseat the prime minister and asking people to register a protest no-vote to get people out
posted by bababull at 1:56 AM
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Impressed that you are blogging even while in Thailand!
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