Global Nanpa

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Alrighty it is finally time to travel again. Timing is rather unusual for me but because of heavy workload I didn’t get an earlier chance. There won’t be an event on this trip, it simply means too much stress for me at the moment. There will be one coming up at the second next trip.

Now it is low season almost everywhere in SEA. Heavy rain in Thailand+Philippines and lately also had to find out that Ramadan in Indonesia is stretching into September even. It will be new stuff for me, not sure if I am going to repeat such a time frame again. The hotel rates for the far luxury end are almost the same like in high season, only for the budget hotels you can save a lot. On the positive side is that it is a massive buyers market for girls right now. Why do so many people skip this year for SEA travel in general ? Well, where to start : financial crisis, Thai political crisis, exchange rates, flight prices…

Since 5 years I never had such a long break between 2 trips like I had now. I am really ready now again to leave the mind-fuck bubble. God damn it !

“Loving my Thai country so much” and “Farang : A Nature Mockumentary”

A guy from the Netherlands took a 1 min video that perfectly shows the beauty of the “simple Thai girl”. It is touching and it reminds us again of all the crap that western, technological advanced society brought us.

Check the video by racenemo shot in the rural part of Thailand, Isaan :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBxAVy-7OWo

Also check a damn funny and clever satire of farang in Thailand. I hope nobody feels offended.

Farang : A Nature mockumentary, a parody of the Thai educational TV series “Krajok Hok Dan”, JaideeTV :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYNCrTdfoPI

Here is another interesting video of a young US farang pretending to harvest rice in Isaan with his honey :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbGiqZUtlWw

Cipto Magunkusomo hospital, University of Indonesia, Jakarta

Here is a video walk through Cipto Magunkusomo hospital which is part of the University of Indonesia. Sadly I was shooting on manual focus and didn’t recognize it before the next day. This just shows again how wasted I sometimes was. Although I saw some cute and smiling MDs crossing my way there, I had a different mission and didn’t try any kind of nanpa action.

On the picture below is Steve, one of my very best friends. He was my direct supervisor in the lab at MIT back in 2002. Damn, time is passing fast…

http://www.vimeo.com/13417394

Red Shirts Big Bang : Bangkok on the way to Civil War ? No, not as long as the king stays alive and can maintain stability…

The protests and the march had been very peaceful and well organized, no traffic jams at all. I set my personal time record from BKK airport to Rajadamri Road in 18 minutes : NEVER believe mass media ! I actually didn’t plan joining that but somehow got into the march at Siam and followed it over 4 hours to its end at Victory Monument. It had been an extremely exciting and memorable experience. The people were super-friendly, open-minded, non-armored and generous. The atmosphere was not agresssive at all. On the other hand it needs to be mentioned too that the red shirts got free food and drinks for coming to Bangkok those 1-2 days and at the rural side there is not much to do currently in March, season depending. I estimate to have seen around 20.000 people at the March. Leader Jaran Ditthapichai was hoping for around 100k people. It is hard to make a true estimate without real efficient calculation. On the way I collected about 2 hour video footage and I almost didn’t see anyone with cameras on the way, so the stuff is most likely pretty exclusive. Moreover I talked to some journalists from Bangkok Post, Times England, BBC and other people who all confirm what I always expected : their articles get “cleaned” and there is no true independent media out there. The best chat I had was with a very smart 16-year-old school boy from Bagna whose dad is British and who had a really good understanding for Thai politics and knew a lot of details like yellow shirts paying off people to cause conflicts which could have lead to an escalation. Good thing was that the police and not the military were blocking the streets. The police certainly are pro-Red Shirt, you see that in the videos. Too funny that even the US and British guys seeing the event agree on that the BBC and CNN are really some of the worst news agencies possibly out there. “What they want are dramatic news stories” (quotation from Time journalist in my video). Manipulated mind-fuck ! Let the bubble burst finally ! The lies make me more and more angry…

Kudos to Global Nanpa ! There are some deep talks and scenes coming up. It will take some time to edit the material,this is powerful and high-impact shit ! I also fly back soon to Jakarta. So no time for further updates. Apologies…

Global Nanpa’s “Batavia party” @ Barcode, Jakarta

Ok, so this time it had to be Jakarta. DJ Vann and DJ Aof, Bangkok Electro, will be there again and guarantee you some ass-kicking sounds, DJ Falie and DJ Nuez from Spinach Records look promising as well. The location itself is pretty new, I even haven’t been there yet myself, but it appears stylish and provides the correct image. Jakob M. from MK Media is coming down from Shanghai to shoot the event.

Entrance for girls is free. For guys it is 80.000 IDR (including 1 drink). Barcode is located at the rooftop flor of La Codefin building, Jalan Kemang Raya 8. Hope to see many of you there for a fun event with creative guys and sexy/sweet girls. Batavia by the way is the old name of Jakarta.

Up in the Air : Empty your backpack !

I just watched the movie with George Clooney and am very positively surprised. It is one of the best movies i saw in the last years. Moreover I can identify myself pretty much with the life philosophy of the Clooney character. He speaks the truth about marriage/family and employment. The main wisdom the movie comes up with is : if you want to experience real freedom, you have to empty your backback. You have to get rid of all personal belongings and of relation commitments. It is just the opposite of what the western system brainwashes you with from early on and that’s why most people end up unhappy and miserable…I loved the scene when Clooney talked with that guy who got cold feet on the day of his wedding. This movie is deep, entertaining and surprising, you should watch it. 10 million frequent flyer miles is an impressive number ! Damn it.

Same Same But Different - The Movie

On January 21st the movie is coming to German theaters. It looks interesting. Here is a  teaser, so far existing only in German,  from the offcial website :

“A journey from the heart of darkness to the heart of lightness.”

“It was just one night after the club. It became tender love. And suddenly a matter of survival.
SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT tells an unusual, modern love story. A young German falls for a Cambodian girl and stays by her side, even though she is HIV positive. Based on the true story of Benjamin Prüfer and Sreykeo Sorvan.”

http://samesame-themovie.com/

“The unexpected and uncertain love story of Sreykeo, a 21 year old bar girl in Phnom Penh and Ben, a young German student traveling to Cambodia on a post graduation summer trip. When Ben returns home to Germany he discovers that Sreyko is sick and he takes on the responsibility to save her. On the way he discovers a world where not everyone is dealt the same cards and where motivations are not always pure”.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1368443/

The Pent : 6th anniversary party and pool party - Bkcoolclub being the benchmark for the G-club world

Bkcoolclub, the Pent and team organized some terrific parties recently at the Pent, in my eyes, currently Bangkok’s No.1 gentlemen club. I think the video speaks for itself and it is not neccessary to make further explanations. Amazing is the quality of sophisticated nightlife entertainment and the sheer amount of sexy girls and staff in general working for that place. Bangkok is the only place in the world where you can experience this kind of entertainment on such level…Congratulations Mr. Ornsri !

The anniversary party :

http://www.vimeo.com/8397381

The pool party :

http://www.vimeo.com/8399510

Global Nanpa’s “Bangkok Party” @ 808, RCA : SO FUCKIN SEXY !

It is hard to believe that this happened just 1 month ago. It all seems so far away and unreal once you are back in your daily, hardcore work routine. For me it is healthy and wise that I am not doing this full-time. This long trip was also the one with the least alcohol consumption since my very first Thailand trip 2005. Moreover I worked out at Wow California every 3rd day in Bangkok to be able to maintain the strenghts. 1 quarter of my time I am now devoting to Global Nanpa. I never wanted to become a blogger, i am also not a good writer. I think I have a good sense for what’s really going on in the world, enjoy organizing things and hanging out with creative people and of course sexy girls. That’s probably why I started this site. I simply could not find anything in the web that came close to the idea which is now Global Nanpa, so I had to start it myself. Global Happy Pills will be bringing me back more to my roots in the future.

In the picture above you see DJ Aof at the Oriental hotel from the fresh created team “Bangkok Electro” (DJ Vann, DJ Aof, DJ M). The tracks they came up with on the Global Nanpa “Bangkok Party” are out of this world.  I also plan to fly them in for the upcoming Jakarta event. Some members of the old team will hopefully be flying in as well. Thank god Air Asia has a BKK-JKT connection, although not with the best flight times…paying Malaysia Air for everyone would get expensive.

The quality (lighting+resolution) simply wasn’t high enough to bring this video to a broader audience over a Thai TV station - other than that, they really liked it. I have plenty of time left, no need to rush things and eventually at a certain point wrecking the style and image along the way. Next time for the Jakarta event I might rent some professional video equipment and maybe ask someone as well to help me with shooting and editing. This time the video gets exclusively released on Vimeo.

Enough words written, so here we go. Check out the video :

http://www.vimeo.com/8365511

Get your ass to Mars !

Please feel welcome to join our party from 9pm till 2am (4am) on Thursday, November 26th at Club 808 at RCA. Club 808 and Club Noir ( closed till end of the year because of unknown “trouble”) are currently Bangkok’s hottest venues. DJ Team “Bangkok Electro” will provide you with some ass-kicking sounds. DJ Vann, DJ M and DJ Aof truely are one of Bangkok’s finest Djs. We also recruited 15 of Bangkok’s sexiest G-club coyote dancers (St. Moritz, Pent, Sherbet, etc…) for some sophisticated entertainment : no drink commission hassles - girls who give out their phone numbers or Email to guests will get kicked out instantly. No hidden fees, entrance is free, beers start from 160 Baht, cocktails start from 200 Baht like usual.

Creative minds, cool/friendly people, sweet and sexy girls are most welcome to share a truely unique party experience this coming Thursday. The party gets organized from German, Thai, Indonesian and French people - a multicultural setting. Cheers and see you there for a fun evening !