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100 Things I’ve Learned About Photography
Martin Gommel is a photographer on Flickr that I’ve been admiring for a while. Martin also has a blog called KWERFELDEIN (German) and has generously offered to to translate one of his photography articles for Digital Photography School. I’ve also made a few minor amendments/translations - and hope that between us we’ve created a helpful article for you. PS: the images in this post are all Martin’s - enjoy.
1. Never do photography to become a rock-star.
2. Enjoy what you are shooting.
3. Prepare well for your shooting, realizing that your battery isn’t charge when you’re setting up for that sunrise shoot is too late!
4. Always take one warm garment more than you actually need with you
5. Pay attention to your thoughts and emotions while you are shooting
6. Set goals you can achieve
7. Write tips about photography, because writing is also learning
8. Never go shooting without a tripod
9. Be pleased with the little prosperities
10. Build relationships with potential photo buddies
11. Watch the place you want to shoot first with your heart then with the camera
12. Always stay calm
13. Know that you tend to overestimate yourself
14. Perspective is the killer
15. Dedicate yourself to photography, but never browbeat yourself too much
16. Take part in a photography community
17. Keep your camera clean
18. Never compare yourself to others in a better or worse context
19. Find your own style of photography
20. Try to compose more and to hit the shutter less
21. Seek out and learn to accept critique on your images
22. Do something different to recover creativity
23. Get inspiration from the work of other photographers
24. Criticize honestly but respectfully
25. Get feedback from your lady
26. Don’t copy other photographer’s style
27. Be bold
28. Take care of the golden ratio
29. 10mm rocks!
30. Take selfportraits
31. Read books about photography
32. To give a landscapephotograph the extra boost, integrate a person (maybe yourself)
33. Every shooting situation is different than you expect
34. Pay attention to s-curves and lines
35. Always shoot in RAW
36. Keep your sensor clean, so you can save some work cleaning your image in post production
37. Discover the things you think are beautiful
38. It takes time to become a good photographer
39. The best equipment is that what you have now
40. You can’t take photographs of everything
41. Break the rules of photography knowingly, but not your camera ;)
42. Pay attention to the different way that light falls on different parts of your scene
43. The eye moves to the point of contrast
44. Clouds increase the atmosphere of a landscape
45. Start a photoblog
46. Accept praise and say “thank you”
47. ‘Nice Shot’ is not a very useful comment to write
48. ‘Amazing!’ isn’t useful either. Try to describe specifically what you like or don’t like about an image.
49. You are not your camera
50. Ask a question at the end of your comment on a photo to get a ping-pong conversation with the photographer
51. Do a review of your archives on a regular basis, the longer you photograph - the more diamonds are hidden there
52. Always clarify what the eyecatcher (focal point) will be in your image
53. No image is better than a bad one
54. Everyone has to start little
55. Your opinion about photography is important!
56. Leave a funny but thoughtful comment
57. Speak about your experiences with your photo buddies
58. Limit your photograph to the substance
59. Participate in Photocontests
60. Post processing = Optimizing your image to the best result
61. Shoot exposure latitudes as often as possible
62. Use photomatix as seldom as possible, HDR’s always have a synthetic flavor
63. Always remember what brought you to photography
64. Never shoot a person who doensn’t want to be photographed
65. Always turn arround, sometimes the better image is behind you
66. It’s who’s behind the camera, not the camera
67. Mistakes are allowed! The more mistakes you make, the more you learn!
68. If you have an idea and immediately you think : No, this is not going to work - Do it anyway. When in doubt - always shoot.
69. Understand and look to your histogramm while shooting. It delivers very important information about your image
70. Know your camera, because searching the menu button in the night is time you don’t want to waste
71. Shoot as often as possible
72. Believe in yourself
73. Don’t be afraid of getting dirty
74. Pay attention to qualitiy in your image
75. Your photographs are a personal map of your psyche
76. Re-check your ISO-Settings. It’s aweful to detect the wrong settings on your screen.
77. Be thankful for long and thoughtful comments on your images
78. Never trust your LCD. Normally it is brighter and sharper as the original image.
79. Provide for enough disc space, because it’s cheap and you will need it.
80. Learn to enjoy beautful moments when you don’t have a camera with you.
81. Always arrive at least half an hour earlier before sunrise / sundown, composing in a hurry is a bad thing.
82. Try to amplify your mental and physical limits. Takes some extra shots when you think “it’s enough”
83. Pay attention to structures in the sky and wait until they fit into structures in the foreground
84. Visit the same place as often as possible. Light never shows the same mountain.
85. Print your images in big size. You will love it.
86. Calibrate your monitor. Working with a monitor that is not accurate is like being together with someone you can’t trust. It always ends badly.
87. Don’t think about what others may say about your image. If you like it, it’s worth publishing.
88. Never address reproaches to yourself. Learn from your mistakes and look forward, not backward.
89. Fight your laziness ! Creativitiy comes after discipline.
90. Ask yourself : What do you want to express in your images ?
91. Always try to think outside the box, collect new ideas about photographs you could do and ask yourself : Why not?
92. Search for a mentor.
93. Photography is never a waste of time.
94. Every community has it’s downsides. Don’t leave it out of an emotional response.
95. There will always be people who will not like what you are doing.
96. Henri Cartier-Bresson was right when he said that “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”
97. A better camera doesn’t guarantee better images.
98. Always have printing in mind when you postprocess your images.
99. Photography is fair : You gain publicity with the quality of your images. Unless the images are stolen, there is no way of cheating yourself higher.
100. Write a 100 things list
1. Never do photography to become a rock-star.
2. Enjoy what you are shooting.
3. Prepare well for your shooting, realizing that your battery isn’t charge when you’re setting up for that sunrise shoot is too late!
4. Always take one warm garment more than you actually need with you
5. Pay attention to your thoughts and emotions while you are shooting
6. Set goals you can achieve
7. Write tips about photography, because writing is also learning
8. Never go shooting without a tripod
9. Be pleased with the little prosperities
10. Build relationships with potential photo buddies
11. Watch the place you want to shoot first with your heart then with the camera
12. Always stay calm
13. Know that you tend to overestimate yourself
14. Perspective is the killer
15. Dedicate yourself to photography, but never browbeat yourself too much
16. Take part in a photography community
17. Keep your camera clean
18. Never compare yourself to others in a better or worse context
19. Find your own style of photography
20. Try to compose more and to hit the shutter less
21. Seek out and learn to accept critique on your images
22. Do something different to recover creativity
23. Get inspiration from the work of other photographers
24. Criticize honestly but respectfully
25. Get feedback from your lady
26. Don’t copy other photographer’s style
27. Be bold
28. Take care of the golden ratio
29. 10mm rocks!
30. Take selfportraits
31. Read books about photography
32. To give a landscapephotograph the extra boost, integrate a person (maybe yourself)
33. Every shooting situation is different than you expect
34. Pay attention to s-curves and lines
35. Always shoot in RAW
36. Keep your sensor clean, so you can save some work cleaning your image in post production
37. Discover the things you think are beautiful
38. It takes time to become a good photographer
39. The best equipment is that what you have now
40. You can’t take photographs of everything
41. Break the rules of photography knowingly, but not your camera ;)
42. Pay attention to the different way that light falls on different parts of your scene
43. The eye moves to the point of contrast
44. Clouds increase the atmosphere of a landscape
45. Start a photoblog
46. Accept praise and say “thank you”
47. ‘Nice Shot’ is not a very useful comment to write
48. ‘Amazing!’ isn’t useful either. Try to describe specifically what you like or don’t like about an image.
49. You are not your camera
50. Ask a question at the end of your comment on a photo to get a ping-pong conversation with the photographer
51. Do a review of your archives on a regular basis, the longer you photograph - the more diamonds are hidden there
52. Always clarify what the eyecatcher (focal point) will be in your image
53. No image is better than a bad one
54. Everyone has to start little
55. Your opinion about photography is important!
56. Leave a funny but thoughtful comment
57. Speak about your experiences with your photo buddies
58. Limit your photograph to the substance
59. Participate in Photocontests
60. Post processing = Optimizing your image to the best result
61. Shoot exposure latitudes as often as possible
62. Use photomatix as seldom as possible, HDR’s always have a synthetic flavor
63. Always remember what brought you to photography
64. Never shoot a person who doensn’t want to be photographed
65. Always turn arround, sometimes the better image is behind you
66. It’s who’s behind the camera, not the camera
67. Mistakes are allowed! The more mistakes you make, the more you learn!
68. If you have an idea and immediately you think : No, this is not going to work - Do it anyway. When in doubt - always shoot.
69. Understand and look to your histogramm while shooting. It delivers very important information about your image
70. Know your camera, because searching the menu button in the night is time you don’t want to waste
71. Shoot as often as possible
72. Believe in yourself
73. Don’t be afraid of getting dirty
74. Pay attention to qualitiy in your image
75. Your photographs are a personal map of your psyche
76. Re-check your ISO-Settings. It’s aweful to detect the wrong settings on your screen.
77. Be thankful for long and thoughtful comments on your images
78. Never trust your LCD. Normally it is brighter and sharper as the original image.
79. Provide for enough disc space, because it’s cheap and you will need it.
80. Learn to enjoy beautful moments when you don’t have a camera with you.
81. Always arrive at least half an hour earlier before sunrise / sundown, composing in a hurry is a bad thing.
82. Try to amplify your mental and physical limits. Takes some extra shots when you think “it’s enough”
83. Pay attention to structures in the sky and wait until they fit into structures in the foreground
84. Visit the same place as often as possible. Light never shows the same mountain.
85. Print your images in big size. You will love it.
86. Calibrate your monitor. Working with a monitor that is not accurate is like being together with someone you can’t trust. It always ends badly.
87. Don’t think about what others may say about your image. If you like it, it’s worth publishing.
88. Never address reproaches to yourself. Learn from your mistakes and look forward, not backward.
89. Fight your laziness ! Creativitiy comes after discipline.
90. Ask yourself : What do you want to express in your images ?
91. Always try to think outside the box, collect new ideas about photographs you could do and ask yourself : Why not?
92. Search for a mentor.
93. Photography is never a waste of time.
94. Every community has it’s downsides. Don’t leave it out of an emotional response.
95. There will always be people who will not like what you are doing.
96. Henri Cartier-Bresson was right when he said that “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”
97. A better camera doesn’t guarantee better images.
98. Always have printing in mind when you postprocess your images.
99. Photography is fair : You gain publicity with the quality of your images. Unless the images are stolen, there is no way of cheating yourself higher.
100. Write a 100 things list
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
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Sunday, March 23, 2008
Are You a Mac or a PC?
You Are a Mac |
 You are creative, stylish, and super trendy. You demand the best - even if it costs an arm and a leg. |
Friday, March 21, 2008
This's how i feel right now!
I never feel like this before in my life but it's just happen and it's very fast with someone that i just know him for a while.
And he are the first one who really hurt me so badly too.
And he are the first one who really hurt me so badly too.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Hostel Sex: A Practical Guide For Backpackers
Love in the hostel
The Brave New Traveler Guide To Hostel Sex will get you out of the dorms and into sweaty, awkward bliss faster than you can say “light my fire”.
What do you get when you drop a few dozen backpackers into a hostel, soak with beer and mix in a healthy dose of liberation from social norms?
A tidal wave of hormones…and one major problem: where to go to get it on?
Unless you’re a flamboyant exhibitionist, nothing puts a damper on romantic relations like company. Dorms are almost never empty, and even when they are, the likelihood of someone barging in makes anything more than surreptitious groping an impossibility.
If you’re hankering to slide the key into the ignition and get your motor firing on all cylinders, you need to get creative, and get out of the dorms.
Unless you’re a flamboyant exhibitionist, nothing puts a damper on romantic relations like company.
First of all, let’s consider the options in and around the hostel.
Every hostel has hidden nooks and crannies that offer enough space and privacy for at least a hasty knee-trembler. You can be sure the hostel staff know about these spots, but unless you’re hooking up with one of them, asking for directions is bad form.
The trick is to know where to look, and to scout locations in advance if you’re feeling lucky. Here are some possibilities:
The Laundry Room
Most hostels have a laundry room that is abandoned at night. If you’re feeling naughty, the stacks of fresh-smelling sheets and towels make an ideal love-nest.
The more considerate and hygienic option is to make use of the sturdy appliances, with the woman sitting on top of the washer / dryer. (Extra points for spin cycle).
The Roof
Do Not DisturbWhen checking into your next hostel, take a look around and see if there’s any way to access the roof. Overhanging trees are one possibility, as are upstairs windows with broad sills from which you can pull yourself up to the rooftop.
Of course safety is important, and you shouldn’t take unnecessary risks, but you’d be surprised at how many hostel roofs are accessible with a little ingenuity.
And once you’re up there – well, the sky is the limit.
The Bathroom
OK, maybe it’s not the most romantic location, but most hostels have bathrooms that lock. As long as the floor and toilet are reasonably clean, you can shut yourselves inside and bump uglies to your heart’s content.
Even open bathrooms with several stalls offer the possibility of a quickie – just ask Senator Larry Craig.
The best position is for the guy to sit on the toilet while the girl sits in his lap – this way she can lift her legs off the floor if someone comes in, so that from the outside it looks like just one person is in the stall.
The Broom Closet
If the laundry room is locked, the roof is inaccessible and the thought of sex in a bathroom stall makes you queasy, the hostel broom closet is a classic option.
The main problems with the broom closet are that nothing more than a standing position is possible, mop handles have a way of whacking you in the head at inopportune moments and the smell of high-test floor cleaner can make you pass out.
The key is to be quick (if you’re screwing in a broom closet I doubt this will be a problem).
Don’t have sex in the hostel kitchen. No one wants traces of mystery juice in their stir-fry.
The Kitchen
Don’t have sex in the hostel kitchen. Just don’t. People cook food in the kitchen. No one wants traces of mystery juice in their stir-fry.
Plus, hostel kitchens aren’t as private as you might think. Even at 4 am you can bet that someone will be looking for a midnight snack, and nothing ruins an appetite like the sight of bare asses bouncing on the counter.
Seriously, don’t have sex in the kitchen.
The Great Outdoors
Saucy LadybugsIf your hostel has a backyard, look for a shadowy spot behind a tree.
Better yet, if you’re in a semi-rural area, get out of the hostel grounds entirely. A copse of trees can provide all the privacy you need, and a lonesome beach is even more enticing.
Just remember to snag a towel or a bed-sheet from the hostel before running naked down the sand.
Get A Room Already!
Look, I know you’re on a tight budget. But I guarantee that a few years down the road, when you’re married and have a mortgage, you won’t regret having dropped a couple extra bills for a night of passion.
In many countries, like Japan and Taiwan, there is the ‘love-hotel’ option, where you can rent a fantasy-themed room by the hour. Otherwise, just jump in a cab and ask the driver to take you to a guesthouse or motel.
As usual, Mark Twain sums it up best, “10 years from now you will be more disappointed by the people you haven’t done than by the ones you have, so cast off the panties, sail away from the hostel dorm - explore, dream, get laid!”
Where’s the most creative place your “friend” has ever had sex?
Shock and titillate us by leaving a comment below!
The Brave New Traveler Guide To Hostel Sex will get you out of the dorms and into sweaty, awkward bliss faster than you can say “light my fire”.
What do you get when you drop a few dozen backpackers into a hostel, soak with beer and mix in a healthy dose of liberation from social norms?
A tidal wave of hormones…and one major problem: where to go to get it on?
Unless you’re a flamboyant exhibitionist, nothing puts a damper on romantic relations like company. Dorms are almost never empty, and even when they are, the likelihood of someone barging in makes anything more than surreptitious groping an impossibility.
If you’re hankering to slide the key into the ignition and get your motor firing on all cylinders, you need to get creative, and get out of the dorms.
Unless you’re a flamboyant exhibitionist, nothing puts a damper on romantic relations like company.
First of all, let’s consider the options in and around the hostel.
Every hostel has hidden nooks and crannies that offer enough space and privacy for at least a hasty knee-trembler. You can be sure the hostel staff know about these spots, but unless you’re hooking up with one of them, asking for directions is bad form.
The trick is to know where to look, and to scout locations in advance if you’re feeling lucky. Here are some possibilities:
The Laundry Room
Most hostels have a laundry room that is abandoned at night. If you’re feeling naughty, the stacks of fresh-smelling sheets and towels make an ideal love-nest.
The more considerate and hygienic option is to make use of the sturdy appliances, with the woman sitting on top of the washer / dryer. (Extra points for spin cycle).
The Roof
Do Not DisturbWhen checking into your next hostel, take a look around and see if there’s any way to access the roof. Overhanging trees are one possibility, as are upstairs windows with broad sills from which you can pull yourself up to the rooftop.
Of course safety is important, and you shouldn’t take unnecessary risks, but you’d be surprised at how many hostel roofs are accessible with a little ingenuity.
And once you’re up there – well, the sky is the limit.
The Bathroom
OK, maybe it’s not the most romantic location, but most hostels have bathrooms that lock. As long as the floor and toilet are reasonably clean, you can shut yourselves inside and bump uglies to your heart’s content.
Even open bathrooms with several stalls offer the possibility of a quickie – just ask Senator Larry Craig.
The best position is for the guy to sit on the toilet while the girl sits in his lap – this way she can lift her legs off the floor if someone comes in, so that from the outside it looks like just one person is in the stall.
The Broom Closet
If the laundry room is locked, the roof is inaccessible and the thought of sex in a bathroom stall makes you queasy, the hostel broom closet is a classic option.
The main problems with the broom closet are that nothing more than a standing position is possible, mop handles have a way of whacking you in the head at inopportune moments and the smell of high-test floor cleaner can make you pass out.
The key is to be quick (if you’re screwing in a broom closet I doubt this will be a problem).
Don’t have sex in the hostel kitchen. No one wants traces of mystery juice in their stir-fry.
The Kitchen
Don’t have sex in the hostel kitchen. Just don’t. People cook food in the kitchen. No one wants traces of mystery juice in their stir-fry.
Plus, hostel kitchens aren’t as private as you might think. Even at 4 am you can bet that someone will be looking for a midnight snack, and nothing ruins an appetite like the sight of bare asses bouncing on the counter.
Seriously, don’t have sex in the kitchen.
The Great Outdoors
Saucy LadybugsIf your hostel has a backyard, look for a shadowy spot behind a tree.
Better yet, if you’re in a semi-rural area, get out of the hostel grounds entirely. A copse of trees can provide all the privacy you need, and a lonesome beach is even more enticing.
Just remember to snag a towel or a bed-sheet from the hostel before running naked down the sand.
Get A Room Already!
Look, I know you’re on a tight budget. But I guarantee that a few years down the road, when you’re married and have a mortgage, you won’t regret having dropped a couple extra bills for a night of passion.
In many countries, like Japan and Taiwan, there is the ‘love-hotel’ option, where you can rent a fantasy-themed room by the hour. Otherwise, just jump in a cab and ask the driver to take you to a guesthouse or motel.
As usual, Mark Twain sums it up best, “10 years from now you will be more disappointed by the people you haven’t done than by the ones you have, so cast off the panties, sail away from the hostel dorm - explore, dream, get laid!”
Where’s the most creative place your “friend” has ever had sex?
Shock and titillate us by leaving a comment below!
What MOST people Don’t Know About Backpacking
You can be a backpacker and still be clean. juliagulia
It’s much easier to meet people in a hostel than you’d ever think. Any social awkwarness about walking up to a stranger or someone different than you is pretty much gone because meeting strangers is the whole point! maracle
It’s easier than it looks. Backpacking, that is. You have total freedom from itineraries and plans, unless you choose to make them. joker
-Its not dangerous (depending on where you are).
-Its not dangerous (depending on where you are) for a female to go alone.
-You don’t have to be rich.
-Hostels are not places where people go to die (OMG if someone makes that joke one more time…)
-The language barrier can be overcome.
-Its not a waste of time/money. lizz
-How easy it is!
-How little paperwork/planning you need
-How inexpensive it is!
-How little importance should be placed on the flight cost
-How safe big cities can be
That trains aren’t always the cheapest way to go
-That Europe doesn’t end at the Iron Curtain
That things can go wrong. joe7f
People don’t realize how easy it is to do, especially by yourself. raoulduke
And the biggest change you’ll find is that you will learn that you can do things you didn’t realize you could do. You’ll find you can dig deeper than you thought. Much like the way playing sports will show you the “balls” you may not have thought you had. I know everyone says it will change your life but its often hard to say just how it will do so. That’s the best way I can put it in such a limited amount of space. ChasinJason1313
When backpacking alone, you are will only really be “alone” for short periods of time.
CanadianBacon
Does not have to deplete your life savings if you know how to budget and know all the tips and tricks. pinknick38
1. That you will meet and make fast, immediate and deep friendships with people from all over the world. These people will be so much more like you than you could ever imagine.
2. That it is possible to see huge portions of the world and stay traveling for incredibly long periods of time for much less than they could imagine.
3. It is possible to get a job for awhile overseas, whether “under the table” or officially, and prolong your stay for as long as you want.
4. That you can be ANY AGE and backpack.
5. That you’re not alone in wanting to do this…you’re not weird…that across the world, there are thousands of others who feel as you do and want to see the world like you do.
6. That you absolutely, positively, will NOT regret doing it. WorldWideMike
It isnt all, drugs sex and booze…..
just sorta. court
You don’t have to be a drifter, open or even of a free spirited nature to backpack, it just helps.
expatben
It’s much easier to meet people in a hostel than you’d ever think. Any social awkwarness about walking up to a stranger or someone different than you is pretty much gone because meeting strangers is the whole point! maracle
It’s easier than it looks. Backpacking, that is. You have total freedom from itineraries and plans, unless you choose to make them. joker
-Its not dangerous (depending on where you are).
-Its not dangerous (depending on where you are) for a female to go alone.
-You don’t have to be rich.
-Hostels are not places where people go to die (OMG if someone makes that joke one more time…)
-The language barrier can be overcome.
-Its not a waste of time/money. lizz
-How easy it is!
-How little paperwork/planning you need
-How inexpensive it is!
-How little importance should be placed on the flight cost
-How safe big cities can be
That trains aren’t always the cheapest way to go
-That Europe doesn’t end at the Iron Curtain
That things can go wrong. joe7f
People don’t realize how easy it is to do, especially by yourself. raoulduke
And the biggest change you’ll find is that you will learn that you can do things you didn’t realize you could do. You’ll find you can dig deeper than you thought. Much like the way playing sports will show you the “balls” you may not have thought you had. I know everyone says it will change your life but its often hard to say just how it will do so. That’s the best way I can put it in such a limited amount of space. ChasinJason1313
When backpacking alone, you are will only really be “alone” for short periods of time.
CanadianBacon
Does not have to deplete your life savings if you know how to budget and know all the tips and tricks. pinknick38
1. That you will meet and make fast, immediate and deep friendships with people from all over the world. These people will be so much more like you than you could ever imagine.
2. That it is possible to see huge portions of the world and stay traveling for incredibly long periods of time for much less than they could imagine.
3. It is possible to get a job for awhile overseas, whether “under the table” or officially, and prolong your stay for as long as you want.
4. That you can be ANY AGE and backpack.
5. That you’re not alone in wanting to do this…you’re not weird…that across the world, there are thousands of others who feel as you do and want to see the world like you do.
6. That you absolutely, positively, will NOT regret doing it. WorldWideMike
It isnt all, drugs sex and booze…..
just sorta. court
You don’t have to be a drifter, open or even of a free spirited nature to backpack, it just helps.
expatben
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
How much do Thai bar girls get paid?
Bar girls' salaries range from 2,000 to 6,000 baht per month. Here are some of their work rules.
* Only two days off permitted a month, or they must pay 300 baht a day for extra leave days.
* No leave permitted on Fridays, Saturdays and national holidays. Otherwise, fines range from 500 to 1,000 baht a day.
* Must go out with the clients four to 10 times a month or pay fine of 500 baht for each missed quota.
* Must sell 80-100 drinks to clients or pay 30 baht a drink for the missed quota.
* Must have health check-up every three months. If the blood test is positive for sexually transmitted diseases, they will not get the salary for that month.
* Must wear the outfits arranged by the bars or pay the fine of 100 to 200 baht.
* Must not use the clients' restrooms.
* Must not eat during work hours.
* Must buy own drinking water.
* Only two days off permitted a month, or they must pay 300 baht a day for extra leave days.
* No leave permitted on Fridays, Saturdays and national holidays. Otherwise, fines range from 500 to 1,000 baht a day.
* Must go out with the clients four to 10 times a month or pay fine of 500 baht for each missed quota.
* Must sell 80-100 drinks to clients or pay 30 baht a drink for the missed quota.
* Must have health check-up every three months. If the blood test is positive for sexually transmitted diseases, they will not get the salary for that month.
* Must wear the outfits arranged by the bars or pay the fine of 100 to 200 baht.
* Must not use the clients' restrooms.
* Must not eat during work hours.
* Must buy own drinking water.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Unforgetable time in Koh Phangan
After i met a guy from Germany and spend time in Bkk.After he left Bkk for Koh Phangan so i'm decide to go there as well:)
Feb 4,2008 i left my home to Khaosan road and took a bus from there to Chumporn for 10hrs. then waiting at the pier 2hrs. for the first ferry coming after that 3more hour in ferry to reach Koh Phangan lol it's such a long journey ever.
The destination is Haad Yao West so i took a songtheaw(local pick-up taxi) to there for 100baht per person even if i'm Thai.
Feb 4,2008 i left my home to Khaosan road and took a bus from there to Chumporn for 10hrs. then waiting at the pier 2hrs. for the first ferry coming after that 3more hour in ferry to reach Koh Phangan lol it's such a long journey ever.
The destination is Haad Yao West so i took a songtheaw(local pick-up taxi) to there for 100baht per person even if i'm Thai.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Backpacker Stereotypes pt.3
This is the third and last part in our series about Backpacker Stereotypes. Chances are you have seen some of them while backpacking Thailand, or as you read further may realise that you are one of them. Have fun and enjoy your holiday in Koh Phangan. Check out part 1 and part 2 on the Phangan Explorer website, www.phanganexplorer.com
The Bore - Backpacker in Haad Rin, Koh Phangan, Thailand
The Bore
The Bore - This backpacking-type exists in two distinct and separate sub-species, and both are equally as unwelcome if sat next to on a bus or train.
The first variety of Bore is the Travel Bore, who is operating under the mistaken belief that you actually care how many pillows you get at Bunky Backpackers in Darwin, or how much rice you can buy for 20p from Mam's Pad Thai in Bangkok, or why he prefers Dan's Tours to Dave's Tours at Wagga Wagga, or why he likes to make hats out of aeroplane sick bags. This backpacking-type will happily chat for hours about the relative merits of various rucksack features, and how he used Internet to send photos to himself.
The second variety of Bore is a more common variety and has less complex characteristics. He or she is, quite simply, a Bore. Initially friendly and approachable it becomes all too clear all to fast why this person is travelling alone. Dull, dull, dull! How can the travel experience have failed so miserably in producing an interesting, well-rounded individual? This backpacking type has so little personality that if they were alone in a room, there would be no-one there! Move seats and get the hell out before your brain melts!
Lovesick Backpackers backpacking in Thailand
Lovesick
Lovesick - This backpacking-type has been persuaded by friends and family to take a year out to travel the world and have some fun before she settles down to a career and a boyfriend. The trouble is, she was already nicely “settled down” before she left, thank you very much!
Her new traveling friends take her to some amazing and wonderful places, and she is meeting more interesting and fascinating people than she could shake her mobile phone bill at. However, despite the incredible opportunities travel has opened up to her, she still hates everyone who coerced her into leaving the UK in the first place. You see, she's left her boyfriend of three years back in England at his accountancy job in Milton Keynes and regrets every day she spends on the other side of the world without him.
“Why did I love him?” she blubbers as she calls him on her mobile phone for the millionth time that afternoon and waking him up at 3am due to the time difference. “I miss him so much! I wish I'd never left home! I bet he's seeing Sandra! I HATE it here!”
The Romeo Backpacking type in Koh Phangan, Thailand
The Romeo
The Romeo - You set off on journeys around the world to expand your mind, broaden your horizons, learn about new cultures and, wherever possible, have lots of energetic and sweaty sex with rampant, horny fellow travelers and lascivious, insatiable locals. Unfortunately, Mother Theresa saw more action in her life than you have over the last few months.
Why?
Because The Romeo (a hunky, gorgeous, charming and well-hung backpacking-type) is busy servicing all womankind leaving you stuck in hostel bar with a group of inebriated Germans and a Japanese tour group for company.
The Corpse - Backpackers Thailand, Koh Phangan
The Corpse
The Corpse - No matter what time of day you check into a youth hostel on your travels, when you enter you dorm room you will invariably encounter The Corpse.
The Corpse is a mysterious, static and lifeless pile on the bottom bunk of a bed in the darkest corner of the dorm. He is presumably asleep, and occasionally emits a grunting, snorting noise to remind everyone of his inert presence.
Whenever you return to the dorm room, night or day, The Corpse will still be there, dead in the corner. More caring travelers periodically check The Corpse for a pulse, but otherwise this guy has become part of the furniture.
Oh well, at least he's having fun!
The Adrenaline Junkie Backpacker in Koh Phangan
The Adrenaline Junkie
The Adrenaline Junkie - Woah! Righteous, dude!
The Adrenaline Junkie lives life in the fast lane, a self-confessed hardcore nutcase with an unhealthy obsession with extreme sports that borders on the insane. This backpacking type has several screws loose and a heavy metal soundtrack running in his head. If you can jump off it, tie yourself to it then throw yourself down it, slide down it, climb up it, surf it, dive it, ride on it, swim in it, hang off it or otherwise similarly endanger your sanity, health and well-being, the Adrenaline Junkie will be there, leaping over the edge stark naked and yelling “WOO-HOO!!!” at the top of his voice.
Look for: The Adrenaline Junkie can be seen anywhere extreme sports are found. Usually New Zealand, where taking part in such activities in one's Birthday suit is free of charge. Any country that invented bungee jumping from a paraglider and throwing yourself down a steep hill in an inflatable sphere is the Adrenaline Junky's kinda place!
The Bore - Backpacker in Haad Rin, Koh Phangan, Thailand
The Bore
The Bore - This backpacking-type exists in two distinct and separate sub-species, and both are equally as unwelcome if sat next to on a bus or train.
The first variety of Bore is the Travel Bore, who is operating under the mistaken belief that you actually care how many pillows you get at Bunky Backpackers in Darwin, or how much rice you can buy for 20p from Mam's Pad Thai in Bangkok, or why he prefers Dan's Tours to Dave's Tours at Wagga Wagga, or why he likes to make hats out of aeroplane sick bags. This backpacking-type will happily chat for hours about the relative merits of various rucksack features, and how he used Internet to send photos to himself.
The second variety of Bore is a more common variety and has less complex characteristics. He or she is, quite simply, a Bore. Initially friendly and approachable it becomes all too clear all to fast why this person is travelling alone. Dull, dull, dull! How can the travel experience have failed so miserably in producing an interesting, well-rounded individual? This backpacking type has so little personality that if they were alone in a room, there would be no-one there! Move seats and get the hell out before your brain melts!
Lovesick Backpackers backpacking in Thailand
Lovesick
Lovesick - This backpacking-type has been persuaded by friends and family to take a year out to travel the world and have some fun before she settles down to a career and a boyfriend. The trouble is, she was already nicely “settled down” before she left, thank you very much!
Her new traveling friends take her to some amazing and wonderful places, and she is meeting more interesting and fascinating people than she could shake her mobile phone bill at. However, despite the incredible opportunities travel has opened up to her, she still hates everyone who coerced her into leaving the UK in the first place. You see, she's left her boyfriend of three years back in England at his accountancy job in Milton Keynes and regrets every day she spends on the other side of the world without him.
“Why did I love him?” she blubbers as she calls him on her mobile phone for the millionth time that afternoon and waking him up at 3am due to the time difference. “I miss him so much! I wish I'd never left home! I bet he's seeing Sandra! I HATE it here!”
The Romeo Backpacking type in Koh Phangan, Thailand
The Romeo
The Romeo - You set off on journeys around the world to expand your mind, broaden your horizons, learn about new cultures and, wherever possible, have lots of energetic and sweaty sex with rampant, horny fellow travelers and lascivious, insatiable locals. Unfortunately, Mother Theresa saw more action in her life than you have over the last few months.
Why?
Because The Romeo (a hunky, gorgeous, charming and well-hung backpacking-type) is busy servicing all womankind leaving you stuck in hostel bar with a group of inebriated Germans and a Japanese tour group for company.
The Corpse - Backpackers Thailand, Koh Phangan
The Corpse
The Corpse - No matter what time of day you check into a youth hostel on your travels, when you enter you dorm room you will invariably encounter The Corpse.
The Corpse is a mysterious, static and lifeless pile on the bottom bunk of a bed in the darkest corner of the dorm. He is presumably asleep, and occasionally emits a grunting, snorting noise to remind everyone of his inert presence.
Whenever you return to the dorm room, night or day, The Corpse will still be there, dead in the corner. More caring travelers periodically check The Corpse for a pulse, but otherwise this guy has become part of the furniture.
Oh well, at least he's having fun!
The Adrenaline Junkie Backpacker in Koh Phangan
The Adrenaline Junkie
The Adrenaline Junkie - Woah! Righteous, dude!
The Adrenaline Junkie lives life in the fast lane, a self-confessed hardcore nutcase with an unhealthy obsession with extreme sports that borders on the insane. This backpacking type has several screws loose and a heavy metal soundtrack running in his head. If you can jump off it, tie yourself to it then throw yourself down it, slide down it, climb up it, surf it, dive it, ride on it, swim in it, hang off it or otherwise similarly endanger your sanity, health and well-being, the Adrenaline Junkie will be there, leaping over the edge stark naked and yelling “WOO-HOO!!!” at the top of his voice.
Look for: The Adrenaline Junkie can be seen anywhere extreme sports are found. Usually New Zealand, where taking part in such activities in one's Birthday suit is free of charge. Any country that invented bungee jumping from a paraglider and throwing yourself down a steep hill in an inflatable sphere is the Adrenaline Junky's kinda place!
Backpacker Stereotypes pt.2
This is the second part in our series about Backpacker Stereotypes. Chances are you have seen some of them while backpacking Thailand, or as you read further may realise that you are one of them. Have fun and enjoy your holiday in Koh Phangan. Have a laugh and don't take life to seriously.
Doomed - Backpacker in Haad Rin, Koh Phangan, Thailand
Doomed
Doomed - Oh dear! Always a sad story to relate, and this backpacking-type has had her fair share! How she got herself into this state we'll never know! Usually found to be many months, even years, into her travels, and often encountered in cheap bar in South East Asia. The “Doomed” backpacking-type has run of thousands of pounds-worth of debt across three credit cards, has used up her parental “life-lines” and has somehow let her two-month tourist visa expire without renewing it. She has probably even mislaid her passport as well.
Put simply, she is DOOMED!
Doomed to be hounded by creditors if she returns home, and doomed to be hounded by immigration if she goes near an airport.
Her solution? Getting absolutely wasted on charitable donations and the remainder of her credit cards, working on the old adage that if you ignore a problem long enough it might just go away!
Look for: She'll be the one partying like it's 1999, buying drinks for everyone, then turning into a gibbering, depressed wreck at the bar at 3am when she sobers up enough to realize exactly how DOOMED she is!
Guidebook Backpackers Thailand
The Guidebook
The Guidebook - This guy sure as hell knows his stuff! Why seek advice from professional travel agencies and road-tested guidebooks when this backpacking type knows exactly what you want to be doing and how you should do it?
Anything you have done or planned to do; anywhere you have visited or about to travel to, The Guidebook will have been there, done that and got the T-Shirt. Not only that, he will obviously have done it better, cheaper and smarter than anyone else.
Of course, The Guidebook is a self-styled travel guru, at pains to ensure that everyone is aware he has been everywhere and knows more than the Lonely Planet. Consequently he boasts a superior, nonchalant and dismissive attitude to everything, and won't waste time in telling hapless fellow travelers that wherever they are going is rubbish and that they are about to make the biggest mistake of their travel moments before they depart.
Look For: A smug, opinionated and self-congratulatory air. Usually male, he is found at most backpacker destinations and is always on hand to dispense his words of wisdom, whether welcome or not. Face it, this backpacker knows more than you do… if you choose to believe it!
Hippy Backpacking type in Koh Phangan, Thailand
The Hippy
The Hippy - Can be either male or female, this backpacking-type is easily identified by the facial hair, dreadlocks and smell of BO. This backpacker drones on incessantly about how he/she achieved “spiritual enlightenment” in Asia (smoking opium with hill tribes) and how all the problems in the World could be resolved if only the good vibes and peaceful attitudes, like, engulfed the World in a wave of love, man!
Look for: This backpacker spends most of his/her time bumming around the Khao San Road barefoot or wearing mouldy and cheesy flip-flops and playing a badly tuned guitar. Will often interrupt conversations with rhetorical, philosophical and irrelevant Zen-like sayings guaranteed to irritate the hell out of everyone present.
The Couple - Backpackers Thailand, Koh Phangan
The Couple
The Couple - Ahhh, aren't they sweet? The Couple are testing the strength of their relationship by braving the South East Asian backpacker trail together, before living with each other in Australia for a year on a Working Holiday Visa.
They are a vital and ever-present part of the backpacking scene, although most travelers tend to avoid them. This is in part because no-one wants to be “the gooseberry”, but mainly because it is obvious that neither are up for a meaningless shag.
Look for: arguments or lovey-dovey behaviour. Listen out for comments from other travelers along the lines of “GET A ROOM!!!” or “HOW DID HE GET HER??!”
The Domesticated One Backpacker in Koh Phangan
The Domesticated One
The Domesticated One - From about 6pm, the communal kitchens of most youth hostels along the backpacking trail become a hive of activity as weary travelers unenthusiastically attempt to create something edible from the meager contents of their food bags and boxes. Some hastily prepare chicken noodles or cup-a-soup. Others try to make beans on toast more interesting by adding chili powder and cheese. Some poor fools try to make stale bread palatable by microwaving it.
Amongst all this confusion of gastronomic incompetence steps “The Domesticated One”.
Every evening she shamelessly and innocently sets about combining a symphony of sumptuous and appetizing ingredients, creating a mouthwatering and delicious meal before the disbelieving and incredulous eyes of a hungry group of fellow travelers: roast dinners, casseroles, delicate curries, lavish Italian specialties… even meals with vegetables!!
No-one needs reminding that their diet is atrocious while on the road, but to have a fellow traveler taunt them with such wonderful food feels like a betrayal!
Doomed - Backpacker in Haad Rin, Koh Phangan, Thailand
Doomed
Doomed - Oh dear! Always a sad story to relate, and this backpacking-type has had her fair share! How she got herself into this state we'll never know! Usually found to be many months, even years, into her travels, and often encountered in cheap bar in South East Asia. The “Doomed” backpacking-type has run of thousands of pounds-worth of debt across three credit cards, has used up her parental “life-lines” and has somehow let her two-month tourist visa expire without renewing it. She has probably even mislaid her passport as well.
Put simply, she is DOOMED!
Doomed to be hounded by creditors if she returns home, and doomed to be hounded by immigration if she goes near an airport.
Her solution? Getting absolutely wasted on charitable donations and the remainder of her credit cards, working on the old adage that if you ignore a problem long enough it might just go away!
Look for: She'll be the one partying like it's 1999, buying drinks for everyone, then turning into a gibbering, depressed wreck at the bar at 3am when she sobers up enough to realize exactly how DOOMED she is!
Guidebook Backpackers Thailand
The Guidebook
The Guidebook - This guy sure as hell knows his stuff! Why seek advice from professional travel agencies and road-tested guidebooks when this backpacking type knows exactly what you want to be doing and how you should do it?
Anything you have done or planned to do; anywhere you have visited or about to travel to, The Guidebook will have been there, done that and got the T-Shirt. Not only that, he will obviously have done it better, cheaper and smarter than anyone else.
Of course, The Guidebook is a self-styled travel guru, at pains to ensure that everyone is aware he has been everywhere and knows more than the Lonely Planet. Consequently he boasts a superior, nonchalant and dismissive attitude to everything, and won't waste time in telling hapless fellow travelers that wherever they are going is rubbish and that they are about to make the biggest mistake of their travel moments before they depart.
Look For: A smug, opinionated and self-congratulatory air. Usually male, he is found at most backpacker destinations and is always on hand to dispense his words of wisdom, whether welcome or not. Face it, this backpacker knows more than you do… if you choose to believe it!
Hippy Backpacking type in Koh Phangan, Thailand
The Hippy
The Hippy - Can be either male or female, this backpacking-type is easily identified by the facial hair, dreadlocks and smell of BO. This backpacker drones on incessantly about how he/she achieved “spiritual enlightenment” in Asia (smoking opium with hill tribes) and how all the problems in the World could be resolved if only the good vibes and peaceful attitudes, like, engulfed the World in a wave of love, man!
Look for: This backpacker spends most of his/her time bumming around the Khao San Road barefoot or wearing mouldy and cheesy flip-flops and playing a badly tuned guitar. Will often interrupt conversations with rhetorical, philosophical and irrelevant Zen-like sayings guaranteed to irritate the hell out of everyone present.
The Couple - Backpackers Thailand, Koh Phangan
The Couple
The Couple - Ahhh, aren't they sweet? The Couple are testing the strength of their relationship by braving the South East Asian backpacker trail together, before living with each other in Australia for a year on a Working Holiday Visa.
They are a vital and ever-present part of the backpacking scene, although most travelers tend to avoid them. This is in part because no-one wants to be “the gooseberry”, but mainly because it is obvious that neither are up for a meaningless shag.
Look for: arguments or lovey-dovey behaviour. Listen out for comments from other travelers along the lines of “GET A ROOM!!!” or “HOW DID HE GET HER??!”
The Domesticated One Backpacker in Koh Phangan
The Domesticated One
The Domesticated One - From about 6pm, the communal kitchens of most youth hostels along the backpacking trail become a hive of activity as weary travelers unenthusiastically attempt to create something edible from the meager contents of their food bags and boxes. Some hastily prepare chicken noodles or cup-a-soup. Others try to make beans on toast more interesting by adding chili powder and cheese. Some poor fools try to make stale bread palatable by microwaving it.
Amongst all this confusion of gastronomic incompetence steps “The Domesticated One”.
Every evening she shamelessly and innocently sets about combining a symphony of sumptuous and appetizing ingredients, creating a mouthwatering and delicious meal before the disbelieving and incredulous eyes of a hungry group of fellow travelers: roast dinners, casseroles, delicate curries, lavish Italian specialties… even meals with vegetables!!
No-one needs reminding that their diet is atrocious while on the road, but to have a fellow traveler taunt them with such wonderful food feels like a betrayal!
Backpacker Stereotypes
Obsessive Backpacker in Haad Rin, Koh Phangan, Thailand
The Obsessive
The Obsessive - Exclusively female, this backpacking-type has her oversea travels planned with all the precision and organization of a military campaign. Likely to throw a major tantrum if her schedule is interrupted or in any way changed, this is a girl on a mission. She is usually found itemizing her laundry, maintaining a type-written itinerary or having a shouting match with her submissive friend.
Look for: The submissive friend traipsing along several paces behind wishing she had never agreed to leave home.
Rudeboy Backpackers Thailand
The Rudeboy
The Rudeboy - No, unfortunately he isn't confined to naff resorts on Spanish or Greek islands. This “Chav on Tour” is usually British and nearly always male, although genetically he bears closer resemblance to our simian ancestors.
Usually observed traveling in groups of other Rudeboys (so all intellectual conversation can be avoided), he is treating his year abroad as if he were spending a week in Magaluf: pissing his savings up a wall in Sydney within hours of arriving in Australia. He is always broke yet mysteriously always able to find some way to get totally drunk and throw up in public. This UK ambassador is doing his best to ruin traveler/local relations.
Look for: he's a mouth-breather and knuckle-dragger, wearing football shirts, bling-bling jewellery, prison-white trainers and sporting a really bad sunburn.
The Scandic Stunner in Koh Phangan, Thailand
The Scandic Stunner
The Scandic Stunner - Not necessarily Scandinavian, this backpacking-type is all the proof you need that sunshine, fresh air, exercise and a healthy sex-life do more good for physical beauty than any given diet plan. Tanned and pneumatically-chested, this backpacker always looks heart-shatteringly sexy, even after 16 hours cramped on a long-haul bus journey. She can be found at any given backpacker destination and hostel, and will probably be enjoying regular, energetic sex with anyone but you. Typical!!
Look for: Come on, do you seriously need any clarification here?!?
The Girlie Girl Backpacker in Koh Phangan
The Girlie-Girl
The Girlie-Girl - This backpacking type can be found at any given destination. She is typically female, although there have been unconfirmed rumours of the occasional male Girlie-Girl spotted while traveling. She is pink, cute, giggly and talks in a high voice with effected US TV-style “question-mark” intonation and use of, like similies, like, all the time. Unless she is American, then she talks like this anyway.
She loves her teddy bear and her boyfriend, is prone to tantrums and crying fits and is fussy about food, hostels and local customs. She resents walking great distances (she is always wearing impractical, but “very pretty” footwear), hates spiders and creepy-crawlies and cannot exist without all the comforts of home.
For this reason she has brought half a ton of make-up, and industrial-size hairdryer, curling tongs, several gallons of shower gel, shampoo, hair care products, moisturizing cream and enough footwear and clothing to successfully run the wardrobe department of a Hollywood chick-flick. She'll also have one of those weird shower-puff things that girl always leave in hostel dorms and shower and forget to take with them.
Look for: A rucksack/suitcase so heavy even the SAS would baulk at carrying it. Nevertheless, she has used her charm (and probably tears) to can same poor sucker into dragging it along for her!
The Stoner Backpacker in Thailand
The Stoner
The Stoner - This backpacking-type could look deceptively unremarkable, but is actually single-handedly keeping the economies of several small South American countries afloat with an eyeball-popping, mind-blowing pot habit. This backpacker is never afraid to experiment with new substances, is always able to locate a supplier wherever he may be and yet is magically able to avoid investigation by the police and immigration. The Stoner tends to be a popular character in most youth hostel dorms.
Look for: Bloodshot eyes focused on the middle distance, inane grin and busy hands, constantly rolling joints or rummaging amongst clear plastic bags and items wrapped in silver foil.
The North American Backpacking Thailand
The North American
The North American - “For real, dude! He's Canadian! You thought he's American? NO WAY, dude!! Like, check out the sweet-ass flags on the backpack, dude! This, like, so totally rocks!!”
The Obsessive
The Obsessive - Exclusively female, this backpacking-type has her oversea travels planned with all the precision and organization of a military campaign. Likely to throw a major tantrum if her schedule is interrupted or in any way changed, this is a girl on a mission. She is usually found itemizing her laundry, maintaining a type-written itinerary or having a shouting match with her submissive friend.
Look for: The submissive friend traipsing along several paces behind wishing she had never agreed to leave home.
Rudeboy Backpackers Thailand
The Rudeboy
The Rudeboy - No, unfortunately he isn't confined to naff resorts on Spanish or Greek islands. This “Chav on Tour” is usually British and nearly always male, although genetically he bears closer resemblance to our simian ancestors.
Usually observed traveling in groups of other Rudeboys (so all intellectual conversation can be avoided), he is treating his year abroad as if he were spending a week in Magaluf: pissing his savings up a wall in Sydney within hours of arriving in Australia. He is always broke yet mysteriously always able to find some way to get totally drunk and throw up in public. This UK ambassador is doing his best to ruin traveler/local relations.
Look for: he's a mouth-breather and knuckle-dragger, wearing football shirts, bling-bling jewellery, prison-white trainers and sporting a really bad sunburn.
The Scandic Stunner in Koh Phangan, Thailand
The Scandic Stunner
The Scandic Stunner - Not necessarily Scandinavian, this backpacking-type is all the proof you need that sunshine, fresh air, exercise and a healthy sex-life do more good for physical beauty than any given diet plan. Tanned and pneumatically-chested, this backpacker always looks heart-shatteringly sexy, even after 16 hours cramped on a long-haul bus journey. She can be found at any given backpacker destination and hostel, and will probably be enjoying regular, energetic sex with anyone but you. Typical!!
Look for: Come on, do you seriously need any clarification here?!?
The Girlie Girl Backpacker in Koh Phangan
The Girlie-Girl
The Girlie-Girl - This backpacking type can be found at any given destination. She is typically female, although there have been unconfirmed rumours of the occasional male Girlie-Girl spotted while traveling. She is pink, cute, giggly and talks in a high voice with effected US TV-style “question-mark” intonation and use of, like similies, like, all the time. Unless she is American, then she talks like this anyway.
She loves her teddy bear and her boyfriend, is prone to tantrums and crying fits and is fussy about food, hostels and local customs. She resents walking great distances (she is always wearing impractical, but “very pretty” footwear), hates spiders and creepy-crawlies and cannot exist without all the comforts of home.
For this reason she has brought half a ton of make-up, and industrial-size hairdryer, curling tongs, several gallons of shower gel, shampoo, hair care products, moisturizing cream and enough footwear and clothing to successfully run the wardrobe department of a Hollywood chick-flick. She'll also have one of those weird shower-puff things that girl always leave in hostel dorms and shower and forget to take with them.
Look for: A rucksack/suitcase so heavy even the SAS would baulk at carrying it. Nevertheless, she has used her charm (and probably tears) to can same poor sucker into dragging it along for her!
The Stoner Backpacker in Thailand
The Stoner
The Stoner - This backpacking-type could look deceptively unremarkable, but is actually single-handedly keeping the economies of several small South American countries afloat with an eyeball-popping, mind-blowing pot habit. This backpacker is never afraid to experiment with new substances, is always able to locate a supplier wherever he may be and yet is magically able to avoid investigation by the police and immigration. The Stoner tends to be a popular character in most youth hostel dorms.
Look for: Bloodshot eyes focused on the middle distance, inane grin and busy hands, constantly rolling joints or rummaging amongst clear plastic bags and items wrapped in silver foil.
The North American Backpacking Thailand
The North American
The North American - “For real, dude! He's Canadian! You thought he's American? NO WAY, dude!! Like, check out the sweet-ass flags on the backpack, dude! This, like, so totally rocks!!”
Monday, January 28, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Heath Ledger, 28, Found Dead in Manhattan Apartment
There were hundreds of people outside Heath Ledger's building when we arrived on the scene around 5:30 p.m. this afternoon — roughly two hours after the actor was found dead and naked on the floor of his bedroom.
A police officer stood guard in front of the building entrance, but only a few feet separated him from dozens of cameras, and beyond the pack of press, gawkers hovered and strained for a clear view. More of the curious stood across the street, next to reporters doing live hits for the local news.
As I got ready for one of my first live shots, a local resident walked up and asked what was going on. She was a well-dressed woman in her 50s. "Heath Ledger died in that building," I told her matter-of-factly, forgetting she might not have already known. She didn't, and looked absolutely stunned, like I'd slapped her. She stood for another few seconds, digesting the awful words, then turned and walked across the street.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
American or not?
| You Are 80% "Average American" |
 You are average because you drink on occasion. You are not average since you don't think affirmative action is necessary. |
Good Quotes about Life and i just like it:))
Swedish Proverb: Good Quotes about Life
Those who wish to sing, always find a song.
Leo Buscaglia: Great Quotes about Life
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
William Jennings Bryan: Inspirational and Motivational Life Quotes
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
Those who wish to sing, always find a song.
Leo Buscaglia: Great Quotes about Life
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
William Jennings Bryan: Inspirational and Motivational Life Quotes
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
New Hampshire Result
301 Precincts
Republicans (100% reporting)
Candidate Raw # %
John Mccain 88,466 37
Mitt Romney 75,343 32
Mike Huckabee 26,768 11
Rudy Giuliani 20,395 9
Ron Paul 18,303 8
Total Write In 4,342 2
Fred Thompson 2,886 1
Other 2,045 1
Democrats (100% reporting)
Candidate Raw # %
Hillary Clinton 112,251 39
Barack Obama 104,772 36
John Edwards 48,681 17
Bill Richardson 13,249 5
Dennis Kucinich 3,919 1
Total Write In 2,502 1
Joe Biden 628 0
Mike Gravel 402 0
Others 918 0
Source: The Associated Press
Links:
http://www.cnn.com/
http://www.foxnews.com/
http://www.msnbc.com/
http://www.cspan.org/
Republicans (100% reporting)
Candidate Raw # %
John Mccain 88,466 37
Mitt Romney 75,343 32
Mike Huckabee 26,768 11
Rudy Giuliani 20,395 9
Ron Paul 18,303 8
Total Write In 4,342 2
Fred Thompson 2,886 1
Other 2,045 1
Democrats (100% reporting)
Candidate Raw # %
Hillary Clinton 112,251 39
Barack Obama 104,772 36
John Edwards 48,681 17
Bill Richardson 13,249 5
Dennis Kucinich 3,919 1
Total Write In 2,502 1
Joe Biden 628 0
Mike Gravel 402 0
Others 918 0
Source: The Associated Press
Links:
http://www.cnn.com/
http://www.foxnews.com/
http://www.msnbc.com/
http://www.cspan.org/
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