Urban Jungle

What a city I am in! Everything sits next to everything; sky train, road, temples, stores and ,kind of, park. I am overwhelmed and lost in the city I used to know.

Thoughts after the Judgement

The election commissoners were jailed today after the judge pointed guilty to what they had been accused for illegal actions for elections. In one hand I was sad with them concerning what they are , and what they were, with their age which supposeed to live happily, let's say it in general way. But in another hand, though many people had been pointing, suggesting or even asking them to do something to find way out of the uncomfortable numbness of our political disagreement, they instead choose to do, correct, nothing that they had done wrong through many public announcements to declare what they did were legally right. What make them believe so much that what they did were right and risk putting their lives, hounours and many things they did in their whole life into the bet that they cannot be sure for the final result? Many questions had been in my head already

Hero: What's wrong with our thoughts?

"Heroes" (Lyrics: David Bowie. Music: David Bowie/Brian Eno) I, I will be kingAnd you, you will be queen Though nothing will drive them away We can beat them, just for one day We can be Heroes, just for one day And you, you can be mean And I, I'll drink all the time 'Cos we're lovers, and that is a fact Yes we're lovers, and that is that Though nothing, will keep us together We could steal time, just for one day We can be Heroes, for ever and ever What d'you say? I, I wish you could swim Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim Though nothing, nothing will keep us together We can beat them, for ever and everOh we can be Heroes, just for one day I, I can remember (I remember) Standing, by the wall (by the wall) And the guns, shot above our heads (over our heads) And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall) And the shame, was on the other side Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever Then we could be Heroes, just for one day ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For how long that the idea of waiting for "a hero" to save the day have become the final answer for any crisis in our way of thinking? The idea of "the one" who showed up to save the day make us weak and, more or less at the end, hopeless. It doesn't make us any better but less self dependent, or even have less trust on our ability to deal with problem. Just a thought came up after reading newspaper.

Morrissey the Great!

Thanks to my friend who had introduced Brit music since I was studying Bachelor degree, which later I was brought to know his music by "Brit Awards" double CD. "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get" catched me from the first time it was played. Since then I traveled back to his discograpy and found out how great he (and the Smiths) was, is and will be. This live CD is one of the evidences shows how good he is with lyrics and music (and, to me, how he looks to the world- especially " I have forgiven Jesus" and "Don't make fun of Dady's voice" such a fuuny names but good song though!) I just love it!

Accidentally Chasing Amy

It was such an accident on the way I went out for any movie( it turned out to be Superman Return). I found this movie at the shop along the way to the theatre which, strangely, I had been thinking about this movie for a while and try to look for it but it just appeared before me so easily. bling! that's it.

Anyway, it's good even the movie is a little preculiar about the relationships of freinds and lovers which have lots of ineresting ideas about gay and lesbain....

The directore is Kevin Smith who had directed movie such as Clerks, Mallrats ,Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and, my favourite one, Dogma (Jersey Girl was also one of his but I don't really like it) I actaully like his movies because of those funny thoughts and stupid thoughtful dialogues. those things made his movie intersting.

Try some of his movies, you may like them as I do.

60 Year Anniversary of His Majesty's Accession to the Throne

Fire works for the royal celebration taken from www.matichon.co.th Look at the traffic. One word, incredible!

Shoe Box of Photographs-2

The Frog- TU Delft's Central Library by Mecanoo Architecten. It is the landmark of the area and the building turn itself to be the logo of the library. When the weather is nice, lots of students to take thier lunch on the roof (nearby is Aula by Bakema, the university central canteen) . I had beer with friends many time there. With the code name "going to library", many times it ended with beer and going to centrum for a bar.... It's an exchanged ideas activity, like the roman forum;) Here's Aula, in front of library, where is the auditoriums, student canteen and ,in the afternoon onward, bar. I called it the "Darth Vader's Space Ship" building (for those Starwars fans agrreed so:D ) before I found out its name later.

Shoe Box of Photographs-1

After hours of arranging my photo files, these old pictures remind me of some nice experiences there. As a tourist on the first week living in Amsterdam, it was quite a nice experience just to walk along the canal to see life styles and unique houses of the Dutch(even a lot of peole in Amsterdam is not dutch)

Before Gigantic Siam Paragon....

We used to have this beautiful one. I should had known how to take picture long time ago before the radical change of city scence. I cannot remeber what Siam Square looked like without Siam Discovery, sky train, Siam Paragon... It used to be more friendly to animal than today. Today even my favourite reccord shop,Do Re Mi, is missing. Do anyone has any idea where the shop is? Let me know, for Buddha's sake.

It's getting harder to go out for a movie...for me

I am not really like driving, especially when I have to drive and finding parking lot but Ireally going out for movie in the theatre. So what's the story? The closest theatre takes normally 30 minutes from my house on Sunday by taxi which is very fine for me since I don't like driving. But sometimes, like today, there seem to be better to go straight to the theatre from somewhere else than going back home, leave the car ther and take taxi.....too complicated and too many processes........at the moment. But I found out later that doing so was the smartest idea!!!!! Since I had been asked by the traffic controller twice to use the next door due to the jam in parking lot, I did, but it turned out that I have to spend 30 mintues more to make a U-turn and to look for the opposite side parking lot where I have no idea that it exists! And later have to walk back to the cinema....Comaparing 2 choices, I made the wrong decision at the first place. I think it's possible that the problem is not the parking space or the traffic jam (anyone drives to cinema have the same trouble, so why the heck should I complain?), but the problem is me (of course!!!). I shouldn't drive to cinema..... Next time I won't. Just a grumpy middle aged man's opinion.

Last Life in the Universe: in Global Market

Another Thai film which had been globally distributed. I'd just watched it second time around by DVD. It's a strange feeling watching this, looks desparate in the beginning but gradually filled with hopes along the way to the end. In Rotterntomatoes website quotes "Lost in Translation for grown-ups" and with other comments the film go well in international level, not in Thai. For your information: Pen-Ek's, the director, film most of the time welcomed by the internatonal but not with the local market as the story was not planned for "block buster" at the first place, also he strongly keeps his own style of directing (as he interviewed). But once he turn to do a very local localstory adapted from a paperback love story called "Mon Rak Transistor", the film went very well in the box office both in Bangkok and other provinces (comparing to his other works, of course!). Anyway, both are good.

Kyoto Jazz Massive-BED-26May06

I nearly missed this good dj party, too tired from work and getting too sleepy, but a friend of mine (Ob the boss!) insisted to go. I went there and it was the right decision of the day! The music and the people were great. Sadly I did bring my camera, the picture taken from behind the dj set with my poor mobile phone camera.

What is respect?

these pictures took during the construction of Central World Plaza. Even I am not the conservative guy, this is way too much. In the furture, will the temple have to move out? since there is no profit at all. Don't talk about beautiful city. Is this a reason why some people wants to move temple to a shopping mall? Is this a kind of conspiracy theory? What is respect?

Living with Water-Ampawa, Sumutsongkram

Few years ago around Songran festival, A freind of mine did a project here and invited us to join him to the annual fair including exhibition of what he'd been working. We spent the day time walking along the canal, taking picture and eating (a lot, on that time it's the season for river shrimps and Lychee ...yummy!) Some houses were left since lots of owners move to live the "modern life" in land, only few left. In the past, here used to be a very lively floating market but since the condition of living was changed with the new development that put priority on road systems than canal, life's gone. So it need to re-position itself to the modern life to live its unique identity which is better than moaning for the good old day that never come back.

Ginius Loci of Myanmar

The smart idea of Myanmar the picture was taken during the trip 2 years ago. I couldn't believe that the weather is hotter than Bangkok...So hot that around noon we couldn't walk! So normally we have breakfast, go to a few places after that, Lunch, and go for a nap, woke up around 3-4 in the afternoon to traveling more places..... The city was like traveling back to the past ..which is good is a sense but comparing with Luang Prabang, I prefer Luang Prabang to Myanmar. But anyway since majority of people are poor the best material for construction is bamboo which can be easily found anywhere for houses, medium rise building or even for reparing pagoda. Bamboo also used for construction propose. The modern look building with the use of local bamboo structure for safety protection. This picture took from a bus during trip in Rangoon. It remind me of the new architecture that springs up around the world these days applying the local idea to the global level. The golden tip of pagoda was stolen days before we were there. The bamboo structure was constructed for renovation and protection aspects. Looking at this situation from different angle, if the golden tip were not be stolen I wouldn't had chance to see this genius bamboo structure. Anyway stealing is not good This natural shading is so cool. Love at first sight!

Thai Film You Shouldn't Miss

I had watched it years ago in the theatre. I like it very much as I remember but later I lost my interest in movie and forgot this film to put in my list since there were things to do at the moment. But recently, a month ago, my Colombian friends came to Bangkok and asked me about this movie which they had watched this film in Rotterdam Film Festival and they really like this film. The film sparked their interest in living condition of people from upcountry who move to Bangkok to find the "better" life but later found out that they were caught in the middle to live in the city, the city life is not fit with them neither their home town. They also like the very bautiful cinematography and creative fantasy in the movie. So that became my task to answer them questions (which surprisely made me concious that some questions have a "stanard" answers await, even it means life to them. (I sometimes have to think about this seriously.)) and find this DVD for them and it's good reminding me of the good of this film ( I got my own copy later) . I fell in love with this film again at the 2nd time I watched it and found out why my friends really like this movie. (Anyway, the copy I bought for them is in Thai with no subtitle, too bad, but I bet they'd like it though.)

A Silly Joke From a DJ Name Bob Dylan

read from a newspaper that he's a radio DJ playing songs for diferent themes relating to the news or event. This one from the mother's day. M-for Many things she gave me. O-for Other thing she gave me. T-for Things she gave me H-for Her things she gave me. E-for Everything she gave me R-for the Rest of things she gave me. Let's play songs for mother. I like it :)

Dam Square, Amsterdam

Dam Square is at the heart of the old section of Amstredam, there are the royal church (This one for ceremony, the one in Delft is for royal funeral.) old palace and the shopping street lead to the square. Annually there will be a fun park as we used to have in Bangkok feew years ago ( from Matching Entereainment and How Come enterainmen). Normally they set up the fun park as if they had arealdy done weather forcast in advance as, in Holland, it's usually cloudy and rainy but when the fun park is on, there was no sign of bad weather. That what I noticed many times going out for big outdoor activities such music festival and that amazed me. These are some pictures I took around year 2001

What am I doing for living?

Dilbert shows you.This sad-but-true joke has been sent to me many times from differnt sources (friends, cousins and also clients (and boss!)) Do they try to underline some tragic truth of being an architect? Thought that only happens in Thailand. This must be the global truth

Tee's back

A friend of mine took this picture. Look like a promotion for the bag, I am just a darn background. Potsdamer Platz, Berlin 2001.