Sup y’all?
I have arrived in Bangkok saftely. This place is crazy.
On the street every second person has a travelling kitchen attached to them that is capable of producing all manner of foods. It is great because you only have to walk about 30m before you’ll find something to eat. I, as do all tourists, are often accousted by tuk-tuk drivers telling me that this and this temple is closed and come with me for 10 baht (50cents) and I will get you in for free blah blah. They are annoying and according to my guide book a scam, maybe I’ll will take one for the hell of it and hopefully not find out too late that I’m being taken (at best) to his mates store, where I can get “special price”, yeh right.
This internet place has a karakoe restaurant attached to it, or should i say the karakoe restaurant has an internet place attached? Anyhow I just went and had a meal, and part of every course is all you can eat karakoe! Most enjoyable.
Modernism is alive and well in Bangkok. Today I saw a buddhist monk with a “how to use microsoft windows” book. Yesterday I took a photo of a seemingly poor looking street vendor taking care of business via cellphone. Attemps at english attempts are just as prolific and even funnier. From the Mr Friendly tshirt with something along the lines of “he steals your mind and makes you happiness and friends”. Aphintaxsayswhat? There was also the restaurant with a picture of Karl Marx 
in the window and a sign saying “Happy time in here”. Hmm, I didn’t know there were Thai socialists let along happy socialists. To be fair, it was more of a revolutionist bar, along with comrade Karl were pictures of Che Guevara and others. Polateraits unite, revolution is coming.
Probably not in Thailand though, capitalism is booming here, everyone seems to be a small business owner. From the fore amentioned street kitchen man/machines to the owner of a set of scales, only 2 baht (10cents) to check your weight. All I need is a laptop and internet connection and I too could sell my services in the busiest of marketplaces – the street. Beats working for someone else I guess.
Thanks everyone for turning up to the Muddy Farmer last Wed, it was great. Special thanks to mr hatcher for a most unforgettable departure gift. Nana plaza is next on the list of things to see or is it do? Just kidding. It was great to see you Australian brethren as well, had a great time just catching up. Take care
