There are many Thai words that have a similar sounding equivalent in English. The confusion that can result from this can lead to interesting consequences.
RudeBoy & Rory discuss some of the more challenging aspects of communicating in Thailand.
RBAR~6 – Thai Language – Dangerous Misunderstandings August 6, 2008
RBAR~5 – Boatin’ with BoLoei – Samut SongKhram August 6, 2008
Rory and Arnold Breaker take a trip down to Samut SongKhram, a province 1 1/2 hours SW of Bangkok, to check out the local transport scene.
RBAR~4 – Strong Like Snake – Eating cobra in Ha Noi August 6, 2008
Rory Breaker ‘Morant’ investigates a culinary tradition in Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
Featuring guest presenter Arnold Breaker
RBAR~3 – Malakas in Malaysia – 2 3/4 Days in KL August 6, 2008
Guest presenter Arnold Breaker takes a quick look at one of SE Asia’s cleanest and nicest cities, Kuala Lumpur, and still finds a way to get in trouble.
RBAR~2 – The Happening – Aerobics Wankers August 6, 2008
Strange occurances are happening at Lumpini Park, Bangkok. They seem to be occuring around the same time each day, at 5pm.
At great personal risk ‘RudeBoy’ Monkey Harris and Rory Breaker ‘Morant’ investigate the source of this bizarre happening.
The RudeBoy Afro Review July 29, 2008
Rory Breaker ‘Morant’ & ‘RudeBoy’ Monkey Harris review just about anything while living in Bangkok, Thailand and traveling through Asia.
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Another Planet March 8, 2008
So I’ve been making a lot of motortaxi videos lately. Mostly ’cause it’s an experience hard to find in the cities of Australia. Anyone riding like these guys do would soon be arrested &/or have their license revoked. Plus I enjoy the buzz of having no control over your fate in a dangerous situation.
Anyway, I had a bunch of footage from the last year in Thailand, and I had recently re-discovered The Only Ones’ song Another Girl, Another Planet, which seemed a great description for life in Thailand.
So here’s the vid. Try to watch past the news story. I put that in there as a kind of prelude to the idea of the video – that this is a very different world to the one I grew up in.
Tags: Bangkok, Thailand, motortaxi, Nana PLaza, Soi Cowboy, Hua Hin, Samut SongKhram, Krabi, Phuket, Skytrain, BTS
Koala Breakout January 27, 2008
Watch this koala crack under the pressure, and make a break for freedom to pursue a career in rock ‘n’ real estate.
Do you know the Melbourne Shuffle? (or A Week in Borneo) November 7, 2007
I’ve been putting off writing about the trip to KuChing for a few reasons. Firstly, after a week off I came back to the expected behind-the-eight-ball action, so I’ve been pretty busy with my four-eyes time doing work. Even been going into the office (nice to work around people for a change).
Secondly, I needed to give it a bit to process and not end up writing something akin to War And Peace‘s longer, more boring sequel. I could have gone into so much detail, but fortunately for everyone I have got that out of my system and can now give the skinny.
My visa currently forces me to leave the country every three months (did I say forces) so I’d organised to meet Spencer in Kuala Lumpur and spend a week in KuChing (SE Malaysia). I actually had no idea where KuChing was when I booked my ticket, but Spence had already booked the Crowne Plaza Riverside (through a deal) so I trusted him.
After I got to KL from Bangers (about 2 hours) Spencer was there to greet me. We had a four hour wait for our flight to KuChing so we caught the 6 ringet bus to the main part of the airport (about 40 min away). En route we passed the running of the final leg of the World Motor GP – so tempted to stop and watch but that would have been step 1 in us missing our flight. Step 2 would have been the beer. Actually, it nearly was.
After walking around KL International main terminal for a bit., we came across a Travellers Bar, which, if it weren’t the only bar in the airport, you would not go into. Anyway, we did and after a few minutes we were called over to have a drink with two Scottish guys, Raymond Elder Snr. & Jnr. They proceeded to by us beers and compete for the “Funniest Scottish Joke of the Afternoon” annual trophy that was coincidentally also being run that day. Even though I could only understand about 2/3 of what they were saying, it was still piss funny, and gave us a start that would set a precedent for the rest of our trip.
From left: Raymond Snr, Me, Raymond Jnr, Spencer. Notice Spence’s left arm.
After laughing all the way back to the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) and through most of the plane (afternoon yobbos), we flew over the Sarawak Peninsula into KuChing, which was basically a mass of forest broken up by dozens of river tributaries leading inland. It looked untouched almost completely untouched.
Flying into Sarawak International Airport, KuChing looked like a town that had been droppped in the middle of a jungle (which it basically had). Interestingly, coming from KL to KuChing you have to go through customs. Apparently this reflects Sarawak’s independent state status, although this seems kinda one way as you don’t go through customs coming back into KL from KuChing.
Anyway, we got through customs and made our way to our hotel, the Crowne Plaza Riverside Majestic. As I said before, Spencer had booked one room for himself and his girlfriend, so when we arrived we asked if we could get another room for me. They were more than happy to accomodate us, and I was put on the 6th floor, which also happened to be the floor that all the Malaysia Airlines stewardesses stayed on while in KuChing. Bummer 
After a short nanna nap we got some food in the hotel and went out to check out Sunday night action in KuChing. And found a fair bit of fuck all. I think 3 bars that were open. Finally settled on one, had a couple of beers and were leaving when a large man-girl (debate still rages on this one; I’m adamant it was a fat gay guy, Spence maintains he was a she) called us over to share their Rasberry Vodka. ok.
TBC
Heid! November 7, 2007
This is the full scene from “So I Married An Axe Murderer” where Mike Myers dad (played by Mike Myers as well) canes the youngest son about his head. There is a shorter clip I could have used but you really need to see the whole scene. The dad is gold.
