Bangkok, Koh Chang, New York, Berlin & Corfu
Mid June to end of July 2013
With 163 letters, Bangkok is the longest name for a city according to the Guinness Book of Records. Thanks to
common sense it has been abbreviated to Krungthep. Otherwise you would have to try to avoid saying Bangkok,
because it would take at least 30 seconds to say the full title. Never the less the full title of the current and ninth
king, Bhumibol Adulyadej is also a chunk load of words. Try phonating his highnesses name within ten seconds and
you win a Pad Thai! 'Phra Bat Somdet Phra Paraminthra Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej Mahitalathibet Ramathibodi
Chakkrinaruebodin Sayamminthrathirat Borommanatthabophit'. Good Luck!
common sense it has been abbreviated to Krungthep. Otherwise you would have to try to avoid saying Bangkok,
because it would take at least 30 seconds to say the full title. Never the less the full title of the current and ninth
king, Bhumibol Adulyadej is also a chunk load of words. Try phonating his highnesses name within ten seconds and
you win a Pad Thai! 'Phra Bat Somdet Phra Paraminthra Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej Mahitalathibet Ramathibodi
Chakkrinaruebodin Sayamminthrathirat Borommanatthabophit'. Good Luck!
The Kingdom of Thailand might be the only state I know where these portraits of a current member of a monarch
family or ruler are spread around the cities and urban environments in magnificent magnitude without a real force
from above or an obligatory measure to fulfill a duty within society. Even though they might act as propaganda to
keep a constitutional monarchy running, I adore their unique place in urban space. I wonder if the crown prince
Vajiralongkorn will have his face all over the city as well in a couple of decades. I was pretty blown away when I was
paying for a Bami mu daeng and realized that I paid with a 100 baht note which had the crown price on the back.
family or ruler are spread around the cities and urban environments in magnificent magnitude without a real force
from above or an obligatory measure to fulfill a duty within society. Even though they might act as propaganda to
keep a constitutional monarchy running, I adore their unique place in urban space. I wonder if the crown prince
Vajiralongkorn will have his face all over the city as well in a couple of decades. I was pretty blown away when I was
paying for a Bami mu daeng and realized that I paid with a 100 baht note which had the crown price on the back.
Nothing creepier than manikins watching your every move...
...or an outdoor temple filled with wooden carved penises by Chit Lom is quite bizarre as well.
People I bump into while walking to Din Daeng.
I don't really have the elastic body for yoga, but might as well give it a go if a yoga teacher from Taiwan is already
demonstrating some extreme yoga by waterfalls on the southern part of the Koh Chang island.
demonstrating some extreme yoga by waterfalls on the southern part of the Koh Chang island.
Monkey business or a.k.a 胡闹 in mandarin (when asking Google). My mandarin has improved a lot within 5 days!
Pin flew over from Taipei and I from Shanghai for a holiday get away in Thailand.
A couple weeks later I find myself in the Bangadeshi & Indian quarters of Queens to visit my dear friend Derek Flood
to go push around queens & Brooklyn for a couple days. Always a pleasure taking a stroll through the boros.
to go push around queens & Brooklyn for a couple days. Always a pleasure taking a stroll through the boros.
The 7 train, a time machine back to the early 2000 when skating Flushing Meadows Park used to be mandatory!
Korean stewardess are never long in town for, but might as well show them the World for one day.
Berlin, Germany was the next pit stop for a good three and a half weeks to film a clip with Michael Mackrodt.
Literally everyone was in Berlin for the Bright Tradeshow. Even Gosha from Moscow came over with the Absurd
team to represent the motherland and grind some pipes by churches.
team to represent the motherland and grind some pipes by churches.
After solving the water crisis in Mongolia, Tobias Ulbrich has returned to Berlin to woop Michael Mackrodt's ass in
tennis once again.
tennis once again.
Nuns at the Berliner Wall.
After three weeks from filming holiday I needed a proper holiday which involved a cheap flight to Corfu, Greece, my
Nikon F3, some black and white film and a book to read, which ended up being a last minute flee market purchase
of a novel called 'Tokyo' by the crime writer Mo Hayder.
Nikon F3, some black and white film and a book to read, which ended up being a last minute flee market purchase
of a novel called 'Tokyo' by the crime writer Mo Hayder.
My mothers name, Nausikaa, originates from the island of Corfu. My mother always said that she has never met
another who bears her greek name which is also based on a character in Homer's Odessey book.
another who bears her greek name which is also based on a character in Homer's Odessey book.
Καλή τύχη εκμάθησης της ελληνικής γλώσσας!
Nausikaa means 'burner of ships'. I guess my mom left some traces.