Our Wedding in Thailand
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eat my peta
There is something very ironic about somebody commenting on our wedding photos and claiming that the elephants we hired were stolen from the forest and very badly trained, yet not actually knowing anything about the situation… Girls, I paid for those elephants to be trucked out from Surin specifically so they wouldn’t have to walk on the hot asphalt… They were pedigreed, well-mannered, and very well-trained. And at the end of the day: THEY. WERE. FUCKING. DELICIOUS! ////////////////////// Hug a tree – somewhere else!
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On Elephants in Thailand
Those of you that attended our wedding last year, keep those memories safe because Thailand has done what they’ve promised to do for years and are now actively enforcing the “no pachyderms on the street” law. Well, this is what many people think of the new law: I just saw the Thai equivalent of COPS where the bad guy – I shit you not – was trying to get away on an elephant. The ele wasn’t so big and I’m sure if this had happened in any other country it would have ended in a barrage of 12 gauge slugs… but there were tons of cameras following the “getaway,” and…
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Golden
We are at the end of the Golden Week holiday in Japan and ironically, I’ve been too busy to blog. Getting ready for the big move to Thailand in October and hanging out with friends who came to visit Awaji. This island turns into a huge tourist trap during the spring and summer holidays – a nice change, but kind of messed up if you have to drive anywhere. I’ve been taking some photos, which I will post a set of later, and got – wait for it – even more wedding photos off of people. If you are not completely sick of seeing me in a white tuxedo yet,…
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Mika’s Thailand Photos
2006 Trip to Thailand – Mika’s Photos She got some good shots; it’s a shame most of them are so small. The photos are from before, during, and after the wedding.
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Yet more wedding photos
It’s crunch time. The hardiest of you have persevered, putting your lives on hold for the cause. Work left unfinished, families forgotten, babies left unfed… I am speaking, of course, of our ridiculously huge collection of wedding photos. I asked for complete photodocumentation of this all-day event before it occurred, and you all delivered. I currently tally all the wedding-related photos on my Flickr account at around 4,700 and over 5 gigabytes. There’s perhaps another loose gig spread around Shutterfly and Yahoo albums, all of which are linked to on the Thailand Wedding Photos entry. Today I added the long-awaited photos from the “professional” photographer we hired for the event.…
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Uncle Po
One benefit of getting married is that now I have an uncle Po. I guess I have always secretly wanted an uncle named Po. I mean, who wouldn’t? Uncle Po wore a pimp ass purple silk shirt to my wedding, and was aggressive in getting the photos he wanted with his weathered Nikon – film, of course. Uncle Po is OG like that. Anyway, go check out his work: Photos from Uncle Po! And just in case you missed out on any of the other photos we have put up until now, you can find a link to all of them here: LINK “Annointed by an angry monk”, a photo…
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Musical Observations in Thailand
1. The most popular western band in Thailand is the Eagles a. I have heard Hotel California more times in one week in Thailand than I did growing up in Southern California in the late 70s/80s b. Thais singing Life in the Fast Lane at karaoke are no better at it than Japanese singing Country Road c. Or, for that matter, Americans singing karaoke at all 2. The most popular band among Thai taxi drivers is Carabao a. There is also an energy drink of the same name sold everywhere, one with a green label and a brown one marked XO b. The one marked XO tastes like frog penis…
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Exchanging Dollars in Thailand
This is just a short topic I wanted to write down for future reference. Anything older than the very newest US dollars can be a real pain in the ass to exchange in Thailand. – I was flat out refused at one major bank and two exchange booths trying to exchange $100 bills. – One bank had a note written on the window saying that US currency from 1990, 1993, 1996, and 2002 of any denomination, could not be accepted. (I suppose we have Kim “supernote” Jong Il to thank for that.) – To determine if a note is real or counterfeit, the following procedure is used by the cashier:…
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Thailand Wedding Video Update
I’m working on the wedding videos and learning new software (Adobe Premiere 2) at the same time, so bear with me. So far I’ve captured the 3 hours of footage that T took, and I’m waiting for delivery of another few hours from the videographer in Thailand. I will edit it and distribute on DVD to whoever asks for a copy… Meanwhile, here’s a test clip I made while playing around tonight: (Left click image to play the video, or right click and choose “Save As”) Well, she said she was gonna get it and she got it. What can I say. Note: Sharp viewers will spot the obviously confused…
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Custom TOTO
(click on image to enlarge) This is, quite simply, the coolest urinal I have ever seen (and I have seen my fair share of urinals, son). This was located at the floating market located a couple hours from Bangkok, Damnoen Saduak, which was incidentally well worth the trip. A lot of people said it was a tourist trap so I was kind of wary at first, but all I can say is: Racing longtail boats down narrow canals! Monitor lizards basking in the sun! Awesome urinals!
