‘BNE Was Here’ Stickers Investigated May 3, 2009
Posted by Martin in : Miscellaneous , 6commentsFor at least 6 months I’ve been noticing these strange ‘BNE WAS HERE’ stickers around our apartment in Yannawa.
Also around the area I’ve seen spray-painted graffiti with the same wording or ‘King BNE’.
I also noticed exactly the same stickers around Japan in Osaka and Tokyo and it finally piqued my curiosity enough to Google it. (more…)
The Posts you Might have Missed January 19, 2009
Posted by Martin in : Miscellaneous , add a commentI’m adding posts to this site that really should have been published last year.
They won’t show up as a recent post, nor in the RSS feed, so here’s a link to them:
Michael Learns to Rock Concert
Bangkok Symphony Orchestra Play ‘Music of the Night’
Bjorn Borg and John Mcenroe In Bangkok
I’ll go through older articles to add tags to them which should make the site a bit easier to navigate round.
I’m also removing older posts that don’t really add much to the site and I’ve noticed a lot of old photos no longer work. I’ll sort that out over the week.
60 More Khao Yai Photos January 19, 2009
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Toon gave us the photos from her camera and we’ve uploaded a selection of them.
Tik’s Birthday @ Red Sky January 15, 2009
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Tik and I celebrated her birthday at Red Sky Restaurant last night.
Red Sky is located on the 55th floor of Central World Plaza, and is part of the Centara Grand Hotel there.
Some New Life for This Blog December 31, 2008
Posted by Martin in : Miscellaneous , 1 comment so farIt’s been sad that we’ve done so much and I’ve been lazy to update this site through most of 2008. We’ve been so active that it’s just been too timely keeping everyone updated.
As of today we’re in for some big changes. I’ve renamed the site to reflect that Pavion.net is now a blog for both Tik and I.
We’ll update the header and some of the pages shortly.
We’ll both be jointly responsible for updating the site from now on so expect a bit more action.
Tinglish November 20, 2008
Posted by Martin in : Miscellaneous , add a commentIt seems that our condominium has a new writer for our important notices.
Westerns in Thailand call this language ‘Tinglish’ (an amusing combination of poor English and poor Thai, mushed together) and it’s surprisingly common here, even in expensive condominiums, restaurants and hotels.
The two notices I scanned though were the most extreme example I’ve ever come across though where it’s impossible to guess the meaning in any way, nor comprehend how words such as abundantly, mischievous and migrates ended up being used.
I really should make more effort photographing Tinglish signs and signs where cultural interpretations have been completely overlooked.
Aside from numerous mundane spelling errors, the following have amused me …
Comming Soon – A massive billboard announcing the opening of the Ritz Hotel in Bangkok.
Puke Massage – A massage venue in Siam Square.
For Your Inconvenience we have closed this section – Apology sign at Central Rama III.
Chawley Blowns – Menu of ‘Charley Browns’ restaurant.
