Thursday, November 09, 2006

Halloween in Bangkok






Halloween in Bangkok was gruesome and way too happening. I went to Kaosan Road 2nites in a row for its street party which took place on the eve of Halloween and on Holloween nite. The street was jam-packed with goth ghosts,beautiful Satans and devils who wore Prada?! Madness. I was in front of the stage watching the concert most of the time. Thai alternative rock boy bands such as Good September and hip hop chicken chop, I mean just hip hop boy bands, do you call them boy band as well?!

I am not really into hip hop but this hip hop trio really made the crowd ran as wild as wild boars. We all started to dance like a real hip hopper. The actual Halloween night was madness of the madness. There was almost a stampade. Yeah, someone was stepping on my shoes and pushing me around cos there was a fight in the crowd in front of the stage when famous hip hop ganster Joey Boy was performing. Yeah, when the high school kids start to drink, they just make a fool of themselves and get other people involved in their foolishness too. Well, when I was a semi alcoholic during the good old days, I never got involved in a gang fight. Well, almost but I am too old for this now.

The finales were really happenning though when D.J Tonic (on Halloween eve)was playing to full house of people mainly mat saleh travellers dancing in the street. Halloween night was D.J Angel Mushroom playing the night away,well til 12 midnite when the armies and police started to do their round there. All the wild spirits, the punks, the rockers, the goths, the hip hoppers, the dreadlock travellers refused to go home, lapaking in the street til the break of dawn as usual just like every weekends. So, I breast-stroked my way back to where I came from.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Art market





An evening spent at Silpakorn University Festival on 29th Oct, 2006. The festival took place from 27-29 Oct. Silpakorn University is a prestigious art university in Bangkok. Santhichaiprakhan park was jam packed with uber artsy crowd, roaming around. I loved the art market. There were ultra cool postcards designed by the students, bags, nick-nacks made by the students. There was also a percussion performance by students from the faculty of music and a fashion show to end the night. It was so much fun.