Korean Dinner

A couple weeks ago, Nuch and I made the decisioin to start exploring new restaurants in our area that are within walking distance. Up until now, we had found a couple favorites (one of which is a Subway franchise), and had not ventured out much further.

Our first stop was a Korean restaurant. There's a grill sunk into the table and you grill the food yourself, which makes the meal more fun.


Yummy, but still not as good a foot-long Italian B.M.T. sandwich from Subway.

New Year Luck

What better way to start the year than to build up your Karma Credits, although I'm sure I'm well into the black with plenty to spare.

Nuch's not so sure, so off we went to the market and then to various spots around Bangkok to return a variety of God's less fortune critters back in to the wild.

I didn't take a picture, but we started with some fish that were released into a canal at Silver Temple.

Nuch also bought a turtle, but turtles don't do well, so we had to drive out to Big Buddha Park where there are small streams and rocks where the turtles can sunbathe - see below.

Never one to settle for the status quo, Nuch also bought a dozen eels, which needed to be released in a swampy gutter at another temple. Here they are...

and there they go.

The Cheap Seats

Sometime of the holidays, Nuch and I came home and there was a fireworks show waiting for us. Actually, a couple of them coming from different spots across Eastern Bangkok.

Snow Ball's Chance In Hell

I spent my New Year's with a couple of buddies in downtown Bangkok.

We started at Absolut with some Hoegaardens.

This is Mark, who got married the week before.

Here's the band at Absolut, but I'm really taking a picture of the tattoo on the girl's back who is getting down and dirty. What are the chances that the guy she is with is named "Dirk"?

Moments before "Countdown", as it's called in Thailand.

After Countdown we headed to Soi Cowboy for some hand-made Thai Snow.

This is the same place I went last year. The bar owner filled the place with white Styrofoam pellets.

John and Ted trying to make snow angels.

Styrofoam snow pellets that don't melt have a few drawbacks - they float in your drink.

And if your mobile phone falls out of your pocket, it falls straight to the floor. Ted's IPhone went missing, so here I am holding up our seat while everyone looks for it.

Snow ball fight!!

ACT New Year Party

My New Years' celebrations began on December 22nd with ACT's factory New Year party.

After work on Tuesday, they cleared the parking lot, set up about 50 tables and stage, and then, invited all the workers out to celebrate.

The girls in green are regular staff who have put together a show. To the delight of everyone, it was about as X-rated as you can get with out taking your clothes off. I've never seen 40 year old women grind like that - and never want to again.


Some of the costumes were classic.

No factory party is complete without a group of regularly straight guys, dressing up as cabaret girls. Only this time - the factory owner, Mong, joined them on the left, dressed in purple.

Here is his cabaret debut and excellent blackmail material in case he ever decides to raise prices.