..and now for a commercial break. Chinese television advertising is quite the most bizarre thing I have ever seen. First of all it's just so literal. There's no degree of subtlety whatsoever. Car insurance would be sold by showing real life car wrecks for example. It's also seems to be full of quite blatant lies. It would appear that the concept of presenting some semblance of reality has yet to arrive here. The Chinese seem to have fallen prey to […]
Languages other than English tend to be confusing because of the different delivery and intonation. Italian for example always sounds like a major argument, despite the fact that the issuer of a statement may politely be asking for a cup of coffee. Anything said fast and at loud volume in English tends to be angry or argumentative. Mandarin Chinese seems to have this problem. Listening to the locals having a conversation it's difficult to decide whether they are about to […]
I can see it’s a bit busy… Oh, there they are.. Quite a lot of them in fact.. Cleaning ladies cleaning up what exactly?
Moron Twins #4 Rock formations that look like breasts. Cue much hilarity between us and the male guide about which were the Asian versions and which were the Americans.
There’s something rather appealing to me about huts in the middle of nowhere, Perhaps it’s the ‘Robinson Crusoe’ effect of Thailand beach life.