Beyond imagination ( GLOBAL LG OLED TVC I was in)

Those of you that are closer to me, or have worked with me know some of my frustrations over this job. While not the job specifically, as it was great and fun to do, and as you will see the finished product is rather amazing. I am referring to some agency issues that I will become more vocal about if things don't get sorted out ASAP.  

Dealing with some of these said issues I decided to search the product, then click on the wonderful youtube tab. LG OLED. Turns out that the video has been out for several months, for shame I didn't discover sooner. Anyways guys enjoy!

Take a seat, up front (first pic from thailand up)

This past week we have felt the lingering effects of Song kran and things have been a little bit slower.  All week I had a total of just 4 castings, which is very slow for my Thailand experience. The good news of course is that tomorrow I will be filming my LG TV commercial.

In the meantime this week, my extra time was spent, you guessed it exercising and also tossed in a bit of shopping. Kevin and I headed to MBK mall the other day to explore a little bit. I find it somewhat hilarious how you can bargain in a shopping mall and also the fact that 75% of the products are counterfeit. I picked up a few souvenirs and grabbed a bite while there.

While at the restaurant I confirmed further and interesting observation about restaurants in Thailand. They seem to sit Caucasian people at the windows/ near the front.  Alternatively the locals and the other Asians are sat towards the back of the restaurant. This has now happened about 10 times since I arrived in Bangkok.  

I also took the time to stop by a tailor. It was one recommended to me by a past client (thanks David). I know exactly what I am looking for which is good, and it made the process of pricing out more in my control than theirs. The suit I am looking for is a Navy Blue, single breasted, 2-button suit, with 2 flaps, flat front pants, and a couple dress shirts. We discussed the best quality of wools and silks. I was looking at a super 160 wool. The cost is about 13 000 baht, for one suit and 2 shirts. Now this is not a crazy price by any means, but it’s far from the $99 suits you can get. Over these next few days, I will determine for myself whether I need to spend this significant amount on a custom made suit. The suits from this tailor do vary that they take 2 weeks and several fittings vs. the 24 hr. polyester factory made suits at other tailors. 

We had to bail early on our adventure to run to an emergency casting for Cosmopolitan magazine. On that note, I did get some pictures back from the underwear shoot. I am not a huge fan of them; as a matter of fact I dislike most of them. However, my bookers are happy with the pictures and they know the market.

Also came across these 2 funny sights when driving around: 

I am not sure how well I trust a pirate to work on my teeth

And lastly why bother with tie straps, when you can just stand in the back of the truck and hold the rebar

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.