CLOWNS!
ZE FABULOUS FRANC IZ NOW ZE FABULOUS FARANG (FARANG = HONKEY IN THAI)
ZE PEOPLE OF BANGKOK ARE A STRANGE RACE, VE THINKS. ZEY DON'T LIKE TO
LOOK YOU IN ZE EYES - ZEY DON'T LIKE TO SAY ZANK YOU OR HELLO OR
GOODBYE AND ZEY ARE APT TO SMASH INTO YOU ON ZE ZUBWAY AND NOT SAY
ZORRY.
ZEY WORSHIP ZER KING LIKE A GOD AND WEAR YELLOW SHIRTS ZAT SAY "LONG
LIVE THE KING". IMAGINE MR. BUSH IN A GIANT POZTER TWICE AS OFTEN AZ
ZER IS A STARBUCKS. AND SHIRNES.
ZEY PIT LITTLE GIRLS AGAINST EACH OZER IN KICKBOXING MATCHES IN ZE
PARK. ZEY EAT FROGZ AND EELS AND DRINK ZEY BLOOD OF SNAKES.
IN OZER WORDS - ZEY KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN. ZEY EVEN HAVE A WORD FOR ZE
PRACTICE OF FUN-HAVING - IT IZ CALLED 'SANUK'.
ZO WE HAD SOME SANUK IN BANGKOK'S DISNEYWORLD STRIP OF WHOREHOUSES
(ZANK YOU VERY MUCH, FOUNDER VIETNAM WAR AMERIKAN GI'S ON R&R). ZE
INFAMOUS RED-LIGHT DISTRICT IZ NOW VERY MUCH A WEIRD FREAKSHOW OF
AMERICAN FAMILIES AND ELDERLY GERMAN TOURISTS ZIPPING SRU BAZAARS
BUYING FAKE POLO SHIRTS WHILE WHORES IN BIKINI'S GYRATE DEESTRACTEDLY
IN GO-GO BARS AND HAWKERS OFFER AN ARRAY OF VAGINAL TRIKZ ON DISPLAY
UPSTAIRS.
ZO MY FABULOUS ZELF HAD A LITTLE FUN WIT DE MUSCLEBOUND AMERIKANS -
MIMING ZEM AND COURTING ZEM FOR ZE DELIGHT OF THE THAIS.
ZE LOKALS LOVED IT. ZEY LOST ZAT COOL DEMEANOR AND DANCED AND
BALLYHOOED ZE NIGHT AWAY VIT ME. ZEY - ZEY ZEY LOVVED ME!!
I ZINK ZEY ENJOYED ZEEING A FARANG BEEHAVE A BIT DIFFERENT PERHAPS...
O.K. That's enough Franc...
We're using a visa run from Indo. as an excuse to do some backpacking
through Thailand - a strange and beautiful country. All the cool stuff
we admire back home - recycling, re-using materials, design inspired
by nature, the art of fun - it's all very ingrained in the culture
here. The originality and fresh aesthetic sensibility is impressive
especially in the use of natural materials like bamboo and wood and
also adapting existing technological techniques (like t-shirt screen
printing, for example). The young bangkok designers here make these
wonderful one-off artworks of unique t-shirt design, mixing ink on the
screen and using gold and silver ink. Very impressive - that's what we
keep saying.
People say that Bangkok is a crazy gridlocked mess of a metropolis -
but coming from Jakarta it's as green as a SE Asian Portland. The
other great thing is that there's a middle class. Jakarta is 80%
poverty and 10% super-rich. It just don't feel right.
Anyway, wish you guys the best in Portland-land. Looks like all is in
full swing over there from your blog and your new little human looks
like he's forming beautifully as a little human being.
All our love,
Justin and Naya (AND FRANC)
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