Welcome to the year 2555

To start off with WOW! Song kran or Thai New Year is incredible. Hands down the coolest new years celebration ever. This was also my third new years celebration in 2012. I thought that was a little bit of an interesting aspect of things.

First, some big news, on my trip back from Laos I received a phone call from my booker Pla, she was incredibly excited, as am I now. I booked a TVC with LG and its global. I am incredibly pumped about that as it will be the first commercial I have ever done that will be seen on TV in Canada, as well as the other countries of the world I have followers.

Back to Song Kran.  Thai New Year is celebrated with essentially a nationwide water fight. Most stores close down during this time and people go home to be with their families, but either way everyone ends up wet.  Some friends from Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur were in town and anxious to rock out the water guns.

I have a few pictures from cab rides, but that is it. There is so much water being tossed around from buckets, water guns and fire hoses that you are completely soaked, so my cell phone stay safely tucked away in Ziploc bags for the majority of these 3 days. 

Our first day we spent part of the time on Silom (think red mile, but packed with people selling water, fire trucks hosing people down and 50 000 Thais. At the age of 25 I never imagined having such an incredible time at a water fight, one that put my childhood ones to shame. Another interesting aspect of these water fights was people walking around with pales of clay and spreading it on your face. Apparently the clay is good for your skin, but is it ever messy.

The evening was spent in an area called RCA at an outdoor bar Route 66. Thanks to Charles handiwork we had a table and an almost infinite supply of water via a 180 L barrel. I had an incredible time here as well, but it was almost too much for me. After being showered with water for 3 hours and crammed like sardines most of us had accomplished our mission for the day and were ready to call it a night.

The next day was much of the same, but at a different location, Khao San Road. Some of you may remember this road as the location Leo stayed in the movie the beach. It’s a fairly tourist area filled with backpackers. Although during Song Kran it’s known as the wildest water fights in Bangkok. Another fun time, hopefully I can snag some pictures from friends.