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Mr. Grumpy in Sukhumvit~!! 2008-06-12 14:24:00 WANTED: a morning person energetic, dedicated and FEARLESS enough to teach the grumpiest expat in Sukhumvit a LESSON he shall never forget~!!This is Carl Harrison, the first victim (as far as everyone knows) of Mr. Grumpy in the Oriental Coffee Shop (located on the 5th floor Emporium). And this what happened to him:May 24, 2008 Emporium, Friday morning 10am, food floor, Oriental coffee/cake shop.
That Indescribable Sukhumvit Feeling... 2008-06-13 15:14:34 This is authentic Sukhumvit mood~!! Imagine yourself inside a TAXI cruising along the road, with the radio full blast... You get the idea. In case you're wondering where on earth the background music comes from, it's from the "highly atmospheric" double CD, Radio Thailand: Transmissions From the Tropical Kingdom (you can buy it on Amazon HERE). It is a collection of Thai radio transmissions from 1 Read more:Indescribable
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HOBS (House of Beers) 2008-06-15 15:31:49 I have seen the light and been converted.It is now official: SSS drinks beer~~!!!!!From now on, that is. And only the expensive kind. As in imported European (Belgian) kind.Don't get me wrong. I enjoy a glass of wine now and then, a cocktail here and there, Japanese sake to go with my sushi or Korean soju with BBQ, and so on and so forth...But I just never liked beer. I can stomach Asahi or Heinek Read more:House
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Vicious Katoey Attack on Sukhumvit~!! 2008-06-18 03:28:00 There are SO many non-fiction books about Bangkok, and about Sukhumvit.But I swear the story I'm about to tell you is 100% TRUE.********************My Korean friend (let's call her M) who also lives in Sukhumvit got a very late night call (around 1 am actually). On the other line was her male friend, visiting from Korea."Please come get me~!!" her friend (let's call him V) shouted breathlessly on Read more:Vicious
Delay Cream for the Boyz~~!!! 2008-06-21 11:45:23 So tonight I was at HOBS again (read the review here) when I bumped into an old classmate. We got to talking and he told me that he is starting his own business selling something."Oh, really?" I said. "Selling what~??""Erm, well..." he looked really reluctant."Is it PORN~??" I tried to save him the embarrassment of actually saying it.He laughed and said, "Well, not really... but something close... Read more:Delay
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Go to BED with me~?? 2008-06-19 15:43:08 Fluffy pillows... Crisp white sheets... Low seductive pink llights... Champagne on mattress... YOW-ZA~~!!!!Not to mention the endless possibilites of suggestive innuendos:- I went to BED with _____ last night- Why don't we go to BED together tonight~??- OMG, I saw _____ and _____ in BED~~!!!! KYAAA~~!!!!I'm of coz, talking about the BED Supperclub, the chi-chi night hang-out place of the very soci
SSS is destined for HELL 2008-07-06 00:49:00 I've always known I've got an extremely short fuse... But I was still surprised nonetheless to find out that OH MY~~~ not only am I VERRRRRY guilty of being WRATHFUL, I've also scored high on several of the other so-called "DEADLY SINS"~!!Explanation of the SEVEN DEADLY SINS can be found HERE.Greed:High Gluttony:Very High Wrath:Very High Sloth:Very High Envy:Medium Lust:Me
FIGHT 2 da DEATH in Sukhumvit~!! 2008-07-04 15:16:31 Looks like the hunter has bitten more than he can chew~!!Too bad I was in a hurry, thus I didn't know how this battle ended. There are two possible scenarios:1. The moth gets tired, stops struggling and gets swallowed by the lizard.2. The lizard's jaw gets tired, he relaxes his grip and the moth escapes.... 3.. 2.. 1.. FIGHT-TO~~!!!streetsmartsukhumvit@gmail.com sukhumvit bangkok thailand
Sukhumvit 6 plot fetches record 1mil baht a square wah 2008-07-03 13:48:00 A land sale on Sukhumvit soi 6 has set a record at one million baht per square wah, according to the property agency CB Richard Ellis Thailand (CBRE). The price of the three-rai site in front of Jaisamarn Full Gospel Church beat the earlier record of 950,000 baht per square wah (1 wah = 4 square meters) offered by Central Retail Corp for a nine-rai (1 rai = 1,600 square meters) plot on Phloenchit
Temporary Sukhumvit Lake (*glub glub*) 2008-06-30 15:57:28 One particular GHASTLY thunderstorm turned Sukhumvit 39 and 49 into one friggin' LAKE.I was lucky I was inside a van, so I managed to keep my feet (and everything else~!!) dry. Others who weren't so fortunate had to wade in water that reached up to the calf. Eeeeeeeuuuuw~~~ Who knows WHAT was in the murky liquid~?!This restaurant deeper in Sukhumvit 39 was prepared... It actually had SAND BAGS~!! Read more:Temporary
Ten-Sui 2008-06-28 16:05:38 This is a review that was almost never written. We arrived at Ten-Sui in Sukhumvit 29 at 2:15 pm and was promptly told that lunch time was over. We were VERRRRY annoyed as the restaurant claimed on its advertisement that last order for lunch was 2:30 pm. (and don't nobody make any smartass comments about me sleeping 'til afternoon and having such a "late" lunch~!!). Swearing under my breath a
More About SSS 2008-06-27 01:35:00 1). If you can say ANYTHING to your former boss/teacher/anyone in authority, what would you say~??ANS: You were wrong. And you're STILL wrong. Eat dirt, SUCKA~~!!!2). What phrase can you say perfectly in another language, and what does it mean~?? (English and your mother tongue doesn't count~!!)ANS: Onani shimasuka~?? (Meaning: "Do you masturbate~??" in Japanese. I really like saying this with a s
Bangkok Police Laugh Training 2008-06-24 23:26:01 The Thai police have consistently scored high on the "Most Hated" list - out of all the branches of the Thai government, people see them as the dirtiest and most corrupt (the Customs Department has the dubious honors of usually being second place).It brings to mind a group of traffic police officers stopping motorists (READ: suckaz) on Sukhumvit Road and extorting an x amount of baht to supplement Read more:Bangkok
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Sukhumvit POP Quiz: Name That Dara~!! 2008-06-24 02:00:00 Anyone knows the name of this dara (star)~?? I met him in Thonglo (Sukhumvit 55) and even asked for his autograph and pic, but I "conveniently forgot" to ask for his name~~!!! KYAAAAAA~~!! All I remember was I saw his film before on TV (I forgot whether it was HBO or Cinemax or whatever)... I was flipping channels and came across some Thai movie about giant killer crocodiles terrorizing the popula
Please don't sic the Greenpeace on me~!! 2008-07-21 03:14:00 I've been verrry verrrry naughty.What was I s'posed to do, when confronted with a very exotic, very rare and very tempting menu offering, la~!!!So there I was in "Nihonmura", pictured right (the so-called "Japanese Village" - a complex of very hi-so and authentic Japanese eateries) in Thonglo 13... When we decided to eat in the restaurant "Uomasa" (pictured below), which specializes in seafood.I w Read more:Please
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Farang professes his love for Nana Plaza~!! 2008-07-17 17:35:25 Well, isn't this just P-R-E-C-I-O-U-S... A farang (with a moustache so heavy it'll turn Burt Reynolds green with envy~!!) singing his own song about the notorious Nana Plaza~!!!(*throws head back and laughs like a hyenaaaa~~~!!!*)Gotta applaud him for trying to at least put some Thai words in the lyrics, though... But I couldn't for the life of me figure out what he meant by "layo mak mai dee" - i
New Market in Onnut~!! (The smell of money burningggg...) 2008-07-16 14:02:37 Dum-dee-dum... My sad bitter tears for the disappearance of Onnut Square turned into tears of joy at the sight of this new open market (OK, so the market isn't exactly SUPER new; it's just that I haven't had the chance to check it out 'til now).This was how Onnut Square (right next to the Onnut BTS Station) looked like before:And this is how the area looks like now:Not so much different, huh~?? Ex Read more:Market
Creepy "Clown" at Onnut 2008-07-14 12:55:40 Is it a specter of bad tidings~?? If I were still a kid, I'd run away in fright from this dude, that's FO SHO~!!!I mean, just take a look at that pasty white face (which reminds me of the Joker in Batman), messed-up make-up, matted hair... and let's not forget the pants~~!!! *snicker*But I guess you gotta give credit to this guy... He performs in front of Lotus hypermarket in Onnut (Sukhumvit 77), Read more:Clown
Ticky (what the [BEEP]?!?!) *scratches head* 2008-07-11 15:23:59 I know that the locals are experts in copying and making fake stuff, but this is ridiculous.Take a look at what I found at a gas station convenience store in Sukhumvit 26:My eyes totally bulged out when I first saw it. Obviously, whoever chump made it, s/he tried to shamelessly copy the very popular Japanese snack "POCKY".(For those who don't know what "POCKY" is, it's a Japanese snack made by Gli
Eating Crickets in Sukhumvit 4 2008-07-09 13:47:06 True, the word "snack" has many meanings in Thailand.Nevertheless, for some foreigners, there are some things that just should NOT be eaten.However, it's not uncommon to see snack carts on Sukhumvit Road, selling insects and worms as "snacks".I myself have tried the fried worms (loved it - tasted like butter~!!) and red ants salad (not my fave - the smell of the red ants was a bit toooo strong).Th
NO ONE starves in Sukhumvit 2008-07-07 02:55:50 I've always wanted to do some sort of a photo-guide of the famous street food of Sukhumvit 38, and finally here it is~!! I totally went overboard with the pics (what can I say, I'm there reeeeally often, plus I kept feeling that there was ALWAYS just ONE MORE PIC to take~!!), so here's the info in a nutshell:- Sukhumvit 38 is right beside the stairs of the BTS Thonglo station (very accessible~!!)-
Lanna Treasure in Sukhumvit~!! 2008-08-05 13:50:38 Even though many parts of present-day Sukhumvit can be described as hyper-modern, there are still pockets of traditional culture and tradition.One example is the Kamthieng House, located at, of all places, in hyper-kinetic Asoke (Sukhumvit 21), tucked between commercial shops and office high-rises.The Kamthieng House showcases the key elements of the traditional Lanna
culture and lifestyle. Lanna Read more:Treasure
A Conversation With A TAXI Driver (PART 7) 2008-08-03 23:02:00 So there I was in a TAXI on a sunny day inside Sukhumvit 24. My driver this time was a man who appeared to be in his mid-thirties, with closely-cropped hair.When we passed a high-end pet specialty store, the driver said to me, "Nhu, nhu... look at that dog fashion shop~!! Even dogs have better clothes than humans~!! Ha! Ha! Ha!" he guffawed, somehow finding the whole situation comical."Oh, I used Read more:Conversation
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Quit whining about oil price~!! 2008-07-30 15:01:39 Let's use biodiesel instead~~!!This way, forests will be cut down to make way for plantations~!! (Plants are still plants, riiight~??)Starving Africans~?? No, we won't let their grimy hands touch our corn and palm~!! Coz we wanna BURN 'em for fuel instead~~!!!WOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~~~!!!!! save oil; burn politicians~~!!!streetsmartsukhumvit@gmail.com sukhumvit bangkok thailand Read more:price
Malako 2008-07-28 16:17:20 It takes guts and balls of steel to actually open a Thai restaurant (with aircon~!!) right beside the famous Sukhumvit 38 outdoor eateries (check them out HERE). But Malako (means "papaya" in Thai) ain't no chicken; and it seems to be up to the challenge.Judging by its "war plan" (a.k.a. menu), I'd have to say that Malako really knows what it's doing : instead of trying to compete and duplicate th
SSS on the Fameter ("fame" + "meter", get it~??) 2008-07-27 00:43:00 Have you ever wondered if ANYONE actually gives a shit about you on the internet~??We-hell, now you can check by using the "Vanity Validator"~!! Ho ho ho...Geek mag Wired's editor-in-chief Chris Anderson is the genius behind this deceptively simple "test". He used Google's PageRank technology to measure how popular someone/thing is on the internet on a scale of 1 (YAWN) to 100 (more exposed than P
VROOM VROOM Sukhumvit~!! 2008-07-23 14:18:55 Gas prices~?? WHAT gas prices~?? The love affair between Sukhumvittites and their vehicles is still in full throttle. And it ain't hard to see why.The BTS Skytrain's stairs are just WAY too steep and sweat-inducing. And being squeezed like miserable sardines in a can with your nose stuck in a fat, hairy, sweaty farang's armpit isn't exactly heaven (*wrinkles nose*).The public buses take FOREVER to
Another kinda summer fun in Emporium... 2008-07-22 15:40:57 What do you get when you mix some silly girls and a tweezer in Emporium during summer~??Major OUCH-nesssssss~~~!!! (But it still looks kinda FUN to do...).P.S. And no... this ain't me. I would NEVER fry mah vampire skin like zat~~!!! EVER. tweezers ain't just for hair, yo~!! sukhumvit bangkok thailand
Cakewalk 2008-08-20 15:50:13 I swear my head is still spinning from all the sugar rush~~!!! (And the cuteness overload~~!!!!).Of coz, it wasn't as if I weren't warned before... Just one look at the exterior of "Cakewalk
" is enough for ANYONE to guess that you ain't gonna find leather or wood decor inside.Na-uh. The chairs are clear (transparent) acrylic.The sofas are soft violet.The lamps are either beaded or resemble fairy m
Weird (and Amazing) Stuff Found in Sukhumvit - PART 11 2008-08-19 00:50:00 Too gorgeous, too breath-taking and toooooooooo AWESOME for my usual lowly smart-ass comments...I give you... HEAVEN above Sukhumvit~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!(*mouth agape... totally speechless...*)Everybody~!! Say it together with me now:WOOOOOOOOOOW~~~~~~~!!!**************************************************************I was walking in Sukhumvit 26 when I noticed that the traffic was heavier than u Read more:Weird
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