They have a penchant for racy lyrics and skimpy outfits - and plenty of cash. They're the rich girls of pop.
Britney Spears.
Last year, Forbes ranked the 29-year-old as 6th on their list of the 100 Most Powerful and Influential celebrities in the world. Her decade-long run at the top has netted her an estimated $155 million.
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These state of the art urinals can be found from Cafe Carusel in Helsinki.
Yes, they're equipped with LCD-screens displaying ad's and slogans such as I ♥ Carusel - just in case you had forgotten how you feel about the café.
http://jantervonen.com/urinal
Watching Wall Street 2 - Bangkok airport
http://jantervonen.com/mobile-movie-theatre
So, there I was in the middle of it. I did not witness any gunshots nor violence of any kind. They were all singing, dancing and clapping. Even Santa Claus was there.
I just couldn't figure out what possibly could've been in the art directors mind when he came up with this idea: a kid with a Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun and special shooting glasses. I mean, who are they targeting?
http://jantervonen.com/smith-wesson
No iPod-connector here, but all the 800 watts compensate, eh?
and in particular his toes at Wat Pho in Bangkok.
http://jantervonen.com/the-reclining-buddha
In todays world one must stay alert for so called skimming devices being installed on ATM's. This scam is common around the world and usually it is being run by people from certain Eastern European countries. The scam is very difficult to detect. Today I witnessed the latest development in banking, which is a mobile ATM + Exchange desk. Made me wonder, how could anyone tell the difference between a real deal and one possibly created by scammers?
http://jantervonen.com/mobile-atm
As everybody knows, Thais take their beliefs of Buddhism very seriously. You can see people doing wais and otherwise showing respect to holy sites everywhere. So, this morning I was very surprised to see this gentleman performing his gestures of respect just by a holy site.
On these pictures you can see two real McCoy Thai con artists and "the mark" aka tourist. The con goes like this. Unsuspecting tourist is warmly welcomed to Thailand by usually 2-3 kind Thai women, and handed small bags of corn which are then asked to be thrown to pigeons "for good luck". The tourist thinks that this is oh so nice gesture, but little does he/she know that the price could be steep. After the bags of corn are emtied and the tourist proceeds to move further he/she is told to "now give us some money" for the bags of corn. The price could be anywhere from 50 to 500 baht per bag. Be aware of this, otherwise you might find a picture of yourself from someones blog.
Remember to keep the price- and other tags on you gear. By this way you will be attracting the maximum amount of bull shit artists.
Even a real princess needs to drink sometimes but, obviously, she won't hold the bottle herself.
Well, for a very reasonable price this woman will tell it to you.
Earlier tonight I went for a walk to get some fresh fruits from some of the numerous street vendors. I found some typical pineapples and mangos for 20 baht per set. That is precisely 50-euro cents i.e. nothing.
While I was walking around, munching these delicious gifts kindly provided by Mother Nature, I first passed a bar where a dozen or so prostitutes yelled out offering massages for 1000 baht. Ironically enough, this bar is located exactly opposite the local police station. Still chewing slices of a mango, I continued to the lesser-crowded and -noisy area when I suddenly noticed a smashed phone booth where there amazingly still was a light on. By the opening, where there presumably sometime ago still used to be a door, was sitting a girl knitting. In front of her, she had placed an empty cardboard box to serve as a tiny table. On top of this table she had put on display three small knitted teddy bears, a totally unusual product among all the trash everybody on the streets seem to be selling. All the time knitting, the girl looked at me and told to have a look. She told me that the price for the biggest bear was 350 baht, which is around 9 euros. My first automatic reaction was to say what I always say to street vendors: “very expensive”. She went on to reply: “I made it for 4 hours” - simultaneously sticking four of her fingers in the air. Somebody else walked by and started looking at the same stuff, which gave me an opportunity to leave.
I turned to the quieter street that I was actually looking for when it hit me. There we have this girl, 100 meters away from prostitutes with relatively high income. This knitter-girl was sitting on a darker part of the street, knitting like crazy and selling teddy bears for only a few hundred baht. I realized, that somehow this girl had come up with a business plan which to materialize had required multiple stages to be executed: learn to knit, buy the materials, come up with designs, and finally turn up on the street to sell the stuff.
I turned around and went back to her. She smilingly told me that the price was still 350 baht. I agreed to pay the price. However, now I also have another design ordered, which should be ready by Thursday. And as my mind sometimes comes up with all kinds of plans, I left her my card to email me photos of all of her designs. Who knows, maybe I’ll start promoting handmade teddy bears, among other things.
If you ever happen to be in Kao San Road area in Bangkok, keep your eyes open. If you see a girl knitting teddy bears, go ahead and buy some. If you think they’re expensive, skip three beers and you’ll have a bear.
http://jantervonen.com/teddy-bears
I would've thought that in the land of Nokia, that is Finland, I would bump into something called Nokia Experience Studio, but no. I found this very comfy looking "studio" in Paragon shopping complex in Bangkok. Even though the massive sized pillows looked tempting, I did not experience them physically - yet.
http://jantervonen.com/nokia-experience-studio
I just cannot help but wonder if this particular "House of Science" has something to do with plastic surgery?
Yes, Red Bull originates from Thailand. Here is a picture of the original product.
Are you considering a sex change
? Well, here in Bangkok one can find a really, really good deal!
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http://jantervonen.com/something-old-something-newYes, the table surfaces in road side bars and cafés over here in BKK might be a bit rough. Indeed, they are effectively destroying your gadgets if you're not careful. Fortunately, for Mac there is a solution which is called Protector Cover. So today I walzed into one of the fanciest shopping centers in town called Paragon to look for an authorized Mac dealer. Before I found the dealer, I noticed that this shopping center was something indeed. It turned out that among others they have a Lamborghini dealer in the house. Yes, that is correct. If you feel like a Lamborghini while you're shopping for your bikinis you don't have to go anywhere else.
Anyways, in the Mac store they wanted 1990 Baht which is 50 euros, and I gained two pieces of pink (which was the only color available for MBP) plastic.
While sitting in a café and wondering if the color is a little bit too gayish for my taste, I realized that most of the cabs in BKK are exactly the same color. On my way back I noticed that, in fact, there seems to be pink everywhere I looked, so I snapped a few pictures where my Mac is posing next to the other pink objects to prove my point.
http://jantervonen.com/pink-on-pink
