Bangkok, Thailand

Today marks my first week in Bangkok and so far my experience has been phenomenal. I came here on Monday May 24th and today is Monday May 31st. So much craziness and excitement has transpired during this week; I don't even know where to start. I have been scammed by tuk tuk drivers, enjoyed ridiculously cheap street food, spent too much money, met insanely cool people from around the world, melted under the blistering hot Bangkok temperatures and the list goes on. It's been a whirlwind.



Visited central bangkok on Tuesday.



I checked out the building (central world) burnt down during the protests and it was truly devastating. What I found so remarkable is how the city had bounced back. The streets were completely clean and everyone had returned back to normal.



Visited a lot of cool places like the Bangkok art and culture centre and



ate food, too much food.



This spicy coconut soup served with fish is a WINNER. So goooood. Exploring the city has been an adventure. I made an amazing friend at my hostel. He's Korean but he spent the last 6 months in Australia. He is very good with directions and had thoroughly researched all the hot spots in Bangkok. Traveling with him is extremely easy because he pretty much has everything figured out.



We went out some night to this shady outside bar and



we got drunk on these cheap drinks which were suppose to be cocktails but tasted like vodka sprinkled with pineapple coloring. The drinks were crazy cheap though. 80 baht is 2 US dollars. We also met this amazing girl from France who explored with us. Not only was it amazing to hang out with her, I was able to practice my conversational French with her. My French has suffered gravely over the last 3 years because living in America, I don't get a chance to speak it. I also get too lazy to make an effort to improve my vocabulary. *sigh*



and...



We saw the Grand Palace, which is one of the most extraordinary places I have ever been to in my life. Simply breathtaking. We also took the boat ride around the city.



Saw some more cool sites



Too many amazing places but this post is getting too long and I am getting tired of writing it so I should stop lol But before I stop, I should mention that I went to Patpong 2 nights ago.



Patpong is like one of the skankiest nightlife spots in Bangkok. You'll find hookers, ping pong shows, strip clubs, aggressive sellers trying to sell you touristy products, loud music, and random people pursuing sex everywhere. A couple of people pursued us but that's another story for another day. It's like a scene from a movie I tell you, incredibly surreal. My friend ordered a shit load of beer at one of the outside bars and we had no choice but to finish it



good lord. I'm not a quitter so I vowed to complete the task at hand



Yeah. After a couple, we were half way there. And then, we finished it. Yes! we finished it.



Suffice to say, I paid the price the next day. My friends left Bangkok on Friday to continue their travels so the weekend has been somewhat quiet. The best part of traveling for me is not even the thrill of experiencing a new culture. It's meeting new people from different parts of the world and sharing your adventures with them. I might never see them again but I'm grateful for the travel experiences we had. Ok folks, this post has gone on for too long. I will end here. My journey in Bangkok ends in 2 days and then I'm going to the next country. I'll come back to thailand again sometime within the next month though, not just Bangkok. I hope everyone is fine and living their lives to the fullest...and oh, I started new tumblr blog again. I closed the last one ages ago because it didn't have a focus. This time I thought it will be cool to start a travel blog focusing on the places I've been, places I would like to go and travel tips. So yeah, you can check it out here if you want. It's fairly new. I'm done now.

Best regards,
...a boy from another planet

Scooby Doo and wickedly hilarious wikipedia commentary

Growing up Scooby Doo was my favourite cartoon, without a doubt. I like to attribute my fascination with mystery and adventure, which started at a very young age, to shows like Scooby Doo because they gave my imagination an opportunity to wonder. I would sit on my bed everyday and envisage all the mysterious adventures my invisible best friends and I were going to embark on.



Anyways, I was thinking about Scooby Doo today so I decided to find some information on the internet about the franchise: When the series originally started, what was the first episode that aired, the names of the actors who voiced the original characters etc etc I visited Wikipeida of course and stumbled upon some LOL-worthy comments. They are wickedly hilarious so read at your own risk.

"During many of the episodes, Fred and Daphne spend time off screen while Velma, Shaggy and Scooby usually end up encountering the villain. This has led to assumptions that Fred and Daphne are off having sex instead of finding clues."



Fred and Daphne? shacking up? how scandalous. Wait! there's more. This one is about Velma.

"Velma has been called a lesbian "icon", although the Scooby-Doo series and direct-to-video films depict her as presumably heterosexual."



Oh man, I am literally rolling on the floor and laughing my ass off. Do you think I'm done? oh no, there's more. This one, debatably the most hilarious of them all, is about Shaggy and Scooby.



"Both Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are readily bribed with Scooby Snacks due to their nearly insatiable appetites, and have tendencies toward goofing off and cowardice. They justify their constant hunger by saying, "Being in a constant state of terror makes us constantly hungry!". However some believe the pair's constant eating is a subtle reference to munchies, a result of marijuana consumption"

Scooby? a pot head? This is too much. Laughter is shredding my lungs apart. I can't even go on anymore. I have to stop.

Hair madness

So I woke this morning and my hair looked like this...



...WOWZA!!!!

Happy weekend everyone