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Bangkok- KomLoy- suitable for any event!

nospam@example.com (Liam Morgan) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:05:53 +0100

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Goodbye is the new beginning!

nospam@example.com (Pattarasuda Prajittanond) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:52:29 +0100

December is a month of joy! Kids get a chance to ask for gifts. Schools prepare Christmas & New Year shows. Shoppers are excited about the seasonal sale. Workers plan to leave Bangkok for visiting their families in hometown while the others schedule their vacation trips. But most of all we’re just counting down to the most relax time of the year.

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Everyday Scenes of How It Could Be: Bangkok

nospam@example.com (Liam Morgan) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:01:35 +0100

As you may have heard, there is quite a bit of flooding going on here in Bangkok. Out of curiosity, I took my bicycle out and went exploring some of the areas beside the river that are flooded. At times I was cycling through knee-deep water and at times, I was on dry roads which were free of cars. I bought some food and cycled to the top of the Pinklao bridge to watch the sunset and eat my supper. The far side of the bridge didn't meet land, rather it ended by disappearing into the water. Thus, this normally traffic-congested road-way over the river was quiet and peaceful. Quite a few people were hanging out up there- fishing off the bridge, taking photos, eating. It seemed like a park in the early evening. A few days later, a few friends and I went out to play with cameras and music in some of these newly-peaceful areas- here's what we made. It got me to imagining (not for the first time) what this city would be like if it didn't have a traffic problem. Bangkok is known for it's horrible traffic. The traffic is something that affects most every aspect of our lives here and all of our senses.
Sitting on top of that park-on-a-bridge, I began to picture different areas of the city without the automobiles that rule them. The whole feeling of the city changed; in my mind's eye, it became much more pleasant, quieter and less stressful.
So I decided to use my camera to create a few images of what it could be like rather than what it is like.
So three of these images of normally traffic-congested areas of the city are not real pictures. They are composited images, made up of 50-100 images each. Thus, using the power of modern technology, I have single-handedly solved Bangkok's traffic problem and created a bit more peace on earth... The final picture is something more sinister.

Sathorn Road. Bangkok's central business district. Normally at this time of day, it can take you an hour to cover the distance shown in this photograph by car (or 10 minutes on a bicycle).

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Bangkok says 'Local Focus'

nospam@example.com (Pattarasuda Prajittanond) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:19:11 +0200

Elle Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2011-2012 held its 7th year in Bangkok on 11-16 October 2011. This event counts as one major fashion event which Thai designers and fashion trendsetters have been waiting for. From the first time to its 7th year, showing Thai Fashion Industry tends to generate Thai identity through styles and fashion ways like ‘Think global dress local’, 2010’s fashion campaign proposed by Bangkok Fashion Society, implied the new direction of Thai fashion.

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"Indie" Fashion Show. Bangkok.

nospam@example.com (Liam Morgan) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:17:24 +0200

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Bangkok for Goal or Greed?

nospam@example.com (Pattarasuda Prajittanond) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:51:10 +0200

Money really makes the place go round and sometime go nuts! I see cent and sensibilities as money and happiness for Bangkok’s lives. Both are considered as components of life that play a major role in urban life anywhere in the world. We live in happiness measured by cents. The more money we make, the more happiness to come. Some even believe that money is the only source of happiness as quoted “money can buy anything”.

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Saturday's Expenditure - Bangkok

nospam@example.com (Liam Morgan) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:34:00 +0200

Pineapple - 10 THB

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Bangkok is more Gray than Green.

nospam@example.com (Liam Morgan) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:48:48 +0200

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Bangkok: Keep it balance

nospam@example.com (Pattarasuda Prajittanond) — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:21:38 +0200

Parts of Thailand including South, North and Central are now suffering from abrupt flooding disaster which has caused many lives in casualty loss, mostly people who live along river bank.

Bangkokians, though, have not yet effected from the incident but our City of Angle drowned under 2 metres water level back in 1942 and 1995.This is something we, city people, should be concerned about.

I doubted what has caused all these natural disasters but certainly we, the residents of this world, are the one who destroying the world’s balance. One evidently example I have is that we used to have enough trees and forests to absorb the rain and slow down the influx but they are now damaged from forest invasion.

Even though, skyscraper, concrete jungle and air conditioned have become integral parts of our lives. But natural yearning of city people to be involved with nature still has never been lost.

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Outside In: Bangkok.

nospam@example.com (Liam Morgan) — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:09:44 +0200

Most people in Bangkok are actually from somewhere else. The urbanization of Thailand has been huge and Bangkok is where most Thai people who leave their homes end up. In essence, Bangkok's "culture" is a mix of the cultural heritage of the many regions of Thailand, and even beyond, into international waters. In many ways, Bangkok is not really a city, but a huge mush of villages all crammed together and coated in concrete.

This is a collection of images of people in different parts of Thailand- north to south.

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This is Us (Who are They?)

nospam@example.com (Liam Morgan) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:43:38 +0200

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A Tale of Two Towers

nospam@example.com (Liam Morgan) — Sat, 21 May 2011 09:12:00 +0200

Staring at each other across the Chao Praya river, which runs through the heart of Bangkok, stand two towers.

Neither are finished.

One never will be.

"The River" is a high-end residential development. It's currently under construction. It's marketed as THE place to live in he city. This photograph shows "The River" as seen from a tower on the opposite side of the river- "The Sathorn Unique"

Here is "The River"'s website - http://www.theriverbangkok.com/

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Re-

nospam@example.com (Awattha Thanaphanit ) — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:25:00 +0200

Bangkok "re-purposing"

nospam@example.com (Liam Morgan) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:39:06 +0200

In Bangkok, people often make use of things that would otherwise be trash (or recycled).

Here are some tin boxes of biscuits...

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Stepping into another's shoes: web-'love' in Bangkok.

nospam@example.com (Liam Morgan) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:06:43 +0100

There is a culture of on-line flirting and hook-ups among Thai youth. I asked my friend Kwaang to help me explore it. She just said “Here, use my account to log in to them" [the social-networking sites and web-boards], so I used her online identity to explore my on-line love options as a 24-year-old Thai woman.

This is Kwaang. 24 years old. "Interested in: select..."

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