My Thai My Pride

 Look back, way back, okay maybe that far how about May. Do you remember that fateful day where I shared my love with a beautiful woman on a boat amongst an incredible backdrop? No? This may refresh your memory then Wedding in Phuket

Now a little controversy was created as my cousin and some family members thought I actually got married all of the sudden.  While I am all for “taking those shots”, I shy away from jumping into a relationship let alone marriage thoughts. That blog was all written with regards to a Thai Airways commercial I was filming. Well, it’s here!

In Calgary, the leaves are falling, frost is etching the windows of cars in the morning. Yikes every day that is gets colder becomes the coldest day I have seen since I packed away my winter jacket and headed for the tropical environment known as Singapore. Freezing cold and wearing gloves I willingly traded for sweating bullets and flip flops. I will be leaving Calgary one month earlier this time around, although Korea isn’t exactly the 40 plus degree environment in October that Singapore treated me too, I am equally excited if not more. 

Don’t Stop ( tons of phuket pics and of course one with my bride)

Just a western boy born and raised on Canadian soil.

Just a city girl, living in a Bangkok world.

Two fates that random, met. On a boat to fortune, never forget.

Okay so I am certainly not the best a writing lyrics, and for those to have the fortune of hearing me sing, I don't exactly have the voice of an angel. As a matter of fact this song was playing on my IPod on the plane to Phuket. But that one fateful day, Wednesday may 9 will not be one forgotten easily. It was the day I tied the knot with my beautiful Thai bride in a bay just past Phuket.

For a Canadian guy, that has only experienced 4 islands, (Iceland, Cape Breton, PEI and Singapore); my mind resembled a high school cafeteria after a food fight. I didn’t realize that you had to be up at 3:30 to board your boat for the wedding. Needless to say I was a little tired, but excitement took over quickly with sunrise.

Every island we passed whispered its own unique greenscape and rock face. One island stood out above the rest though. One some may recognize from the movies, as part of my favourite series, 007. In the movie "The Man with the Golden Gun", Scaramanga (the dude with 3 nipples) lives on this Thai island.

And just like that, it was over.

Where did we go wrong? We broke with tradition last week when we took some pictures of her in dress and myself in linen suit. Or maybe it was the language/ cultural barrier? Then again some say we rushed things too much. I mean it was only 1 week from when we met to when we married. It's a shame that our destiny has come to an end she was such a nice, fun, and beautiful girl too.

In all honesty though, this was an incredibly fun experience shooting a TVC (TV commercial) in Phuket. It proved to be a stunning backdrop to a picture perfect wedding. The commercial should be ready in the next month or so.

My camera arm is sore from all the pictures I took, enjoy! I am disappointed I didn’t get more pictures of the bride and myself; hopefully some will turn up over the coming days. A few more pics for good measure. 

Here is a link to my facebook pictures. A Wedding in Phuket (TVC)

Wedding Bells are Ringing

 After discovering some stellar workouts using bodyweight, I have done well to keep my body sore and growing. Of course any suggestions are welcome, I am presently working on the human flag, but that will take me a while to achieve.  

On with some news: it’s been over a month since I did the casting, but I booked a gig with Thai Airways for a TVC. Well it’s finally here, tomorrow night I depart for Phuket for my wedding. That’s right I am getting married in Phuket. We have a beautiful boat for the ceremony and will be floating in the middle of a bay. What do you think?

I have a couple other small gigs booked over the next few weeks. I have booked an additional catalogue; look book and event as well. Things as you can see have slowed down a bit, but I am happy to see that I am still getting bookings. 

This past week, Goose, Iceman and myself hit up the Thai wake park. I also had a few castings and some gut busting laughs. 

Poor Kevin ordered a glass of guiness and this is what he got

Cruise down soi cowboy 

Do you see this shit

Only in Bangkok

On the physical front, after having a hell of a time trying to get gym stuff worked out with Fitness first for a month long membership and them not budging, I haven’t hit the gym in almost 2 weeks. Now I have been doing those bodyweight workouts and recently started incorporating some swimming every day.