cavanami Posted June 3, 2007 Report Share Posted June 3, 2007 My wife has a few friends visiting from Thailand. The first thing they do after arriving is trek on over to a nearby Thai restaurant.My comment: Why don't you all try something different...such as Mexican, Greek or a really good pizza? They look at me like I'm nuts...and she say's: But Thai food is the best. Same-same with the Japanese, but they at times, will try other foods. Earlier this year in China, working for a Japanese company there, every dinner, Japanese food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted June 3, 2007 Report Share Posted June 3, 2007 Probably a bad idea to rat out the girl and the restaurant....don't want a particular poster to saunter in and expect a beach massage/hj. Now would I do that...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiery Jack Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 It's the girl from the Thai soap opera !!!! Holy guacamole !!!! I know the feeling, mate. I logged on to The Hun's Yellow Pages about 20 minutes ago and, lo and behold, the next thing I knew I had my trousers round my ankles and my cock in my hand having a good wank. They say it's all about selective retrospective memory and whatnot, but I reckon life's full of outright undeniable coincidences. jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Scrutinizer Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 A close school chum of my wife's sister is on those soap operas all the time. I see her in many of the series they produce endlessly (anyone notice that in these soap operas someone is always hiding behind a tree listening? If there were no trees in Thailand I don't think they could ever carry on with the 'plots' of these silly stories) that I find endlessly repetitive and boring. Actually I think it is not very hard to get into/onto many of these TV shows. The actress friend of Sis' is always begging us to let her take our daughter to Bangkok and says she can easily get her walk on parts on TV. We see her, the actress, here in Surin a few times a year, always at Songkran. I bumped into the small muscular guy who is on the TV music singer/star search that is on nightly in a the local BigC book shop recently. Also, met a famous actress at the Tasawang Silk Village near Surin a couple years ago. They were shooting a TV moovie that day there. And once outside of the Hard Rock Cafe in BKK saw a couple female actresses for TV my wife recognized. Thailand's not that big really, and in BKK it is easy to see movie and TV personalities while you are out and about (well, maybe not in Nana and Cowboy if that is your sole out and about venues :-) ). Another friend who is a member here had his son on a few TV commercials (I used to see one all the time a few years back), and another farang friend member here is in two of the Tony Jaa movies. In one he is shown eating a scorpion. My family loved seeing him in these movies. That was a cool coinkydink though, watching the movie/soap and then walking into a Thai restaurant in SFO and seeing the actress there. Small world. Cent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 My first apartment in Bangkok had a big garden with a swimming pool. Every now and then, I'd look out of my window to see them filming a Thai movie. The interesting thing was that no one seemed to memorise their lines. Someone would tells the actors a line, which they would then say. Then the camera stopped and they were told their next line. That was when Thai films were being cranked out in unbelievable numbers, and the top stars might be doing 3 or 4 different movies a week! The introduction of so many western films really hit the Thai film industry hard though -- that plus cable TV. Remember the huge posters for Thai films? They have completely vanished now. They were a unique art form. p.s. One of my student got "retired" from the university after her 3rd year. She was an actress and would disappear regularly to do some soap opera. Her grade point fell below 2.0 for the second time, so she got the boot. You cannot transfer credits at a government university either. I told her to try a private uni, where they will accept all grades of C or above. Another actress came very close to getting kicked out, but finally managed to squeek by and graduate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom_Jao_Choo Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 Remember the huge posters for Thai films? They have completely vanished now. They were a unique art form. Can't say I miss hearing those blaring loud speaker trucks driving around. Did notice they still had those trucks in Chiang Mai for Muay Thai matches. Don't recall any movie trucks though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 The Movie Truck! I LOVE the "Dolby Digital Sound" sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Scrutinizer Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Still can see these movie trucks in the villages. Many are hired for BD parties and other clebrations. Saw this a couple times in my own village. I have no idea any more on the prices, but was told recently that it depends on how many movies you'd want to be shown. The ones I saw a few years back were showing 5 movies over the evening until near dawn. Cent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 The photo's taken this year during songkran - no idea who the date appeared! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Sanam Luang is lined with screens showing Thai films on the evening the the King's birthday. A couple of years ago some idiots got arrested for showing porn films there! The police didn't think that was quite appropriate for the occasion. One thing I do miss is the Yarm, who used to strike the hour and half hour during the evening. Traditionally, this was a job done by Indian immigrants and dated back to the days when few Thais had clocks or watches. Upcountry, the Yarm used a 24 hour clock, and midnight would damn near wake you up. When I moved to Bangkok, I noticed the Yarms used a 12 hour clock. But some time in the 1980s, the Yarms seemed to disappear in Bangkok. Wonder if they still have them upcountry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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