After checking in in Samui small airport and paying 1300 batt for over weight (what is about $30) 20.6 kg our artist was running to the bus what brings you to the plane. Two guitars on the shoulder and a heavy backpack made it a bit more difficult, and the most interesting thing was,that none of guys were offered to help even for a second, such a gentlemen's approach. Everyone was just looking to the artist like they have been in the zoo.
As it was mentioned before everything was working just fine with Bangkok Airlines and the plane took of on time and arrived to Bangkok on time with no complications.
In that time when plane was flying it's first ten minutes, the sky looked weird. There were some ugly clouds with black and white color, and it seemed like the plane was entering some other world which not everybody suppose to see. Some holes and the beaches, some sky lakes and castles,some figures and faces of demons.
The artist didn't have a camera, and in the last moment she got some pics from her cell phone, but it was late to show the real pics of unexplained mirage in the sky.
Bangkok .... She got her bags and computer and guitars which were on the different part of pick ups for glassy items and prepared to wait another 5 hours, to get check in to go to Europe.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Gold Medal BAREFOOT Merlot California Vine."How much paint you can drink"
.... From the words of our common friends we got this little story to tell.
... The night was cold and the late evening in L.A... unusual windy,but...a great mood...So two girls decided to go to Ralphs to get some wine and to warm up the night. They didn't look at the shelves for too long and grabbed the wine what looked like the best seller, because only two bottles were left.
8.99 good price to poison yourself, I bet.! You can't know it until you open the bottle.
The taste was o.k. in the beginning, but after two glasses, one from the girls felt down on the couch,the girl who could make the bottle of Tequila with no words. Other girl who took two glasses got a comment from a boy friend:
- Baby why did you paint your teeth blue,go brush your teeth immediately.
after the third glass the stronger girl felt that she is drinking the paint mixed with alcohol.
GOLD MEDAL
BAREFOOT
MERLOT
California
IS NOT THE RED WINE! IT IS THE PAINT MIXED WITH ALCHOGOL!
So be aware of that! It is like candy for kids what have a color with sugar, just worse.
CHEMICAL MIX and no more!
Shame on you Ralphs, shame on girls!
Who got the money? Distributors, the store and other parties.
Who got the bad taste in their mouth? People who paid.
That's how it works in this world. Get the hell out sh... from shelfs, get this people out of business who doesn't care about anything accept money,who do not care about anybody and anything.
You can say you can pay more and get a better stuff ,unfortunately even this formula doesn't work always these days. SHAME but TRUTH!
... The night was cold and the late evening in L.A... unusual windy,but...a great mood...So two girls decided to go to Ralphs to get some wine and to warm up the night. They didn't look at the shelves for too long and grabbed the wine what looked like the best seller, because only two bottles were left.
8.99 good price to poison yourself, I bet.! You can't know it until you open the bottle.
The taste was o.k. in the beginning, but after two glasses, one from the girls felt down on the couch,the girl who could make the bottle of Tequila with no words. Other girl who took two glasses got a comment from a boy friend:
- Baby why did you paint your teeth blue,go brush your teeth immediately.
after the third glass the stronger girl felt that she is drinking the paint mixed with alcohol.
GOLD MEDAL
BAREFOOT
MERLOT
California
IS NOT THE RED WINE! IT IS THE PAINT MIXED WITH ALCHOGOL!
So be aware of that! It is like candy for kids what have a color with sugar, just worse.
CHEMICAL MIX and no more!
Shame on you Ralphs, shame on girls!
Who got the money? Distributors, the store and other parties.
Who got the bad taste in their mouth? People who paid.
That's how it works in this world. Get the hell out sh... from shelfs, get this people out of business who doesn't care about anything accept money,who do not care about anybody and anything.
You can say you can pay more and get a better stuff ,unfortunately even this formula doesn't work always these days. SHAME but TRUTH!
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Thailand /Samui Part 3
The trip back to Island was the same; small shuttle for an hour then over night bus for 5 hours, then the ship for a few hours.It was nice to get back to Samui what ever it is,there was a house what was a temporary home.
The stamp ( viza )was given just for two weeks and the Artist decided that something must be done and she needs to figure out, what day she will fly to Europe because there wasn't much for her in Thailand,especially than rain season just got worse and was non stop every day.
They started to check tickets to Europe in a week and a few days later they got a good price ticket for $520 and the Artist started to pack her bags. She wanted to go to US,but at this point she had something to do in Europe.She missed her friends in US,but she also missed her child who lived in Europe until things can be back on trail and they both can come back home, to Los Angeles.
The stamp ( viza )was given just for two weeks and the Artist decided that something must be done and she needs to figure out, what day she will fly to Europe because there wasn't much for her in Thailand,especially than rain season just got worse and was non stop every day.
They started to check tickets to Europe in a week and a few days later they got a good price ticket for $520 and the Artist started to pack her bags. She wanted to go to US,but at this point she had something to do in Europe.She missed her friends in US,but she also missed her child who lived in Europe until things can be back on trail and they both can come back home, to Los Angeles.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Thailand/Samui Part 3
They bought tickets to the big ship and the bus, to go to Malaysia. Then you will cross the border you can come back to Thailand and stay again for a while or you gonna be paying 500 butt each day for overstay. But do not dream you can do overstay for too long, it can be a quite bad ending, because overstay laws have been changed lately.
It was a good luck and the rain stopped for a day and artist could enjoy being on the ship to watch early morning quit and peaceful sky and the sea. Nice breeze helped to relax her mind and she looked forward to some unknown things and places. Once again she didn't understand where she was going to and why. Artist didn't feel like travel, but she was on the road again, not because she wanted to, because she had to. Already trying to close her eyes on the condition of the ship broken sits and dirty toilets you do not want to use, the time to start to evaluate things, and get understanding what you want and what you do not want in your life.
Next was 5 hours of the trip in a front . Getting into the bus and after taking their seats our artist and her brother were staring into the windows and slowly start falling asleep after bus took off.
I will give a name to our traveller; to our artist - Iana ...it will be easier for us to follow the scene.
She tried to sleep, but bus was shaking a bit,and like some other passengers she was just observing and following the trip from her seat...
...There were 2 hours between Samui and the land they arrived to take a bus, but it was so different and you felt like a stranger. Wild nature, a lot of trees almost growing on each other with no space or light coming in between, like a forest or jungle from a scary movie. All not natural green, you used to see in USA or anywhere in the world or let me to correct, in Europe. The bus was taking highway which was going trough some weird places which seem do not have beginning or the end. Some houses showed up in the middle of nowhere in a very bad condition and some houses were surrounded by the garbage. Some houses looked like they stay on the chicken legs and some houses looked like they went trough the war.
Mulls were eating grass and tight up with a robe in their nose to what ever on the ground. These poor animals were in between of two highways which go to different directions. Every mile it was a new mull, every mile it was 1000 years old wood house. The picture itself was sad sad and sad. It can be understanding that all cultures are different,but if you have you quality you will never understand how you can live in places like that, NASTY, not poor NASTY - big time difference. Tears were falling...
The City which on the border with Malaysia was a nightmare you really do not want to get even your dinner in there, it smells bad all around from these food kiosk with no sanitary and hand wash dishes in dirty water. Ugly gray half broken buildings and trash all over the road.
"What the hell I am doing up here and how I' have got here?" it was a bad dream, it shouldn't be a direction it was a wrong direction somehow she got in to. This is not what you want to see to create beautiful songs, music or art, it is dark evil hole you have to avoid or run as fast as you can, but she couldn't at the moment.
It was a good luck and the rain stopped for a day and artist could enjoy being on the ship to watch early morning quit and peaceful sky and the sea. Nice breeze helped to relax her mind and she looked forward to some unknown things and places. Once again she didn't understand where she was going to and why. Artist didn't feel like travel, but she was on the road again, not because she wanted to, because she had to. Already trying to close her eyes on the condition of the ship broken sits and dirty toilets you do not want to use, the time to start to evaluate things, and get understanding what you want and what you do not want in your life.
Next was 5 hours of the trip in a front . Getting into the bus and after taking their seats our artist and her brother were staring into the windows and slowly start falling asleep after bus took off.
I will give a name to our traveller; to our artist - Iana ...it will be easier for us to follow the scene.
She tried to sleep, but bus was shaking a bit,and like some other passengers she was just observing and following the trip from her seat...
...There were 2 hours between Samui and the land they arrived to take a bus, but it was so different and you felt like a stranger. Wild nature, a lot of trees almost growing on each other with no space or light coming in between, like a forest or jungle from a scary movie. All not natural green, you used to see in USA or anywhere in the world or let me to correct, in Europe. The bus was taking highway which was going trough some weird places which seem do not have beginning or the end. Some houses showed up in the middle of nowhere in a very bad condition and some houses were surrounded by the garbage. Some houses looked like they stay on the chicken legs and some houses looked like they went trough the war.
Mulls were eating grass and tight up with a robe in their nose to what ever on the ground. These poor animals were in between of two highways which go to different directions. Every mile it was a new mull, every mile it was 1000 years old wood house. The picture itself was sad sad and sad. It can be understanding that all cultures are different,but if you have you quality you will never understand how you can live in places like that, NASTY, not poor NASTY - big time difference. Tears were falling...
The City which on the border with Malaysia was a nightmare you really do not want to get even your dinner in there, it smells bad all around from these food kiosk with no sanitary and hand wash dishes in dirty water. Ugly gray half broken buildings and trash all over the road.
"What the hell I am doing up here and how I' have got here?" it was a bad dream, it shouldn't be a direction it was a wrong direction somehow she got in to. This is not what you want to see to create beautiful songs, music or art, it is dark evil hole you have to avoid or run as fast as you can, but she couldn't at the moment.
Thailand/Samui Part 3
Artist's brother flew to Thailand and it was a good news,because she didn't see him for more than 10 years.
It was a strange moment,because she remembered him as a young boy and now he is a grown up man.
They decided to move to another house closer to the beach and maybe to get rid of "things" were attacked the "hero" of our story.
Alex is a journalist who was traveling the world and had a chance to be and work in Thailand before and also was familiar with location and local life.
New house was a little bit smaller,but still has a quite big patio where you can enjoy and landlord was very nice and it seems like everything should go on right places this time.
You wish... The rain season started in 2 days.
It was about 2p.m. when somebody knocked the door.It was the landlord and she said:
- There will be a storm tonight, so here is a candle for case if electricity will go down.
- The storm?
It was a sunny day and it was hard to imagine that some storm can be,but who knows...
Artist went to the beach to see what is going on and the sea didn't look the way she used to see it.
The sea was worrying, it was mad, it turns into dark grey color from electric blue and the waves were strong and made a lot of unpleasant noise, it was scary.
It started about 4 a.m. when electricity went down and internet was off. Strong wind attacked the island and lightening made it's dance in the sky. Clouds were hitting each other and the horrible sound was spreading with echo around all island.
For a few days Artist and her Alex stock in the house, with water under your knees on the ground around property, poor bike was almost washed away and the rain was just continued going,it wasn't just a rain,it was like a wall of water falling from the sky.
... A few weeks later it came the time when viza (stamp) what you will get on the boarder when you arrived to Thailand was expired and something you have to do about it -to go home or to go to get viza,or to get get a stamp across the boarder,because inside of the Country you can only do extension for one week paying 1500 butt and then still to make a choice after one week: to leave the country and go home or to leave country to get a new stamp - the new enter to Thailand,or to leave the Country and to get viza for 2 months through immigration office with the agency who helps foreigners. There are more ways to get viza by yourself, so you can contact us for this information,before you go to Thailand it will make your life easier, if you're ready for adventure, believe me.
It was a strange moment,because she remembered him as a young boy and now he is a grown up man.
They decided to move to another house closer to the beach and maybe to get rid of "things" were attacked the "hero" of our story.
Alex is a journalist who was traveling the world and had a chance to be and work in Thailand before and also was familiar with location and local life.
New house was a little bit smaller,but still has a quite big patio where you can enjoy and landlord was very nice and it seems like everything should go on right places this time.
You wish... The rain season started in 2 days.
It was about 2p.m. when somebody knocked the door.It was the landlord and she said:
- There will be a storm tonight, so here is a candle for case if electricity will go down.
- The storm?
It was a sunny day and it was hard to imagine that some storm can be,but who knows...
Artist went to the beach to see what is going on and the sea didn't look the way she used to see it.
The sea was worrying, it was mad, it turns into dark grey color from electric blue and the waves were strong and made a lot of unpleasant noise, it was scary.
It started about 4 a.m. when electricity went down and internet was off. Strong wind attacked the island and lightening made it's dance in the sky. Clouds were hitting each other and the horrible sound was spreading with echo around all island.
For a few days Artist and her Alex stock in the house, with water under your knees on the ground around property, poor bike was almost washed away and the rain was just continued going,it wasn't just a rain,it was like a wall of water falling from the sky.
... A few weeks later it came the time when viza (stamp) what you will get on the boarder when you arrived to Thailand was expired and something you have to do about it -to go home or to go to get viza,or to get get a stamp across the boarder,because inside of the Country you can only do extension for one week paying 1500 butt and then still to make a choice after one week: to leave the country and go home or to leave country to get a new stamp - the new enter to Thailand,or to leave the Country and to get viza for 2 months through immigration office with the agency who helps foreigners. There are more ways to get viza by yourself, so you can contact us for this information,before you go to Thailand it will make your life easier, if you're ready for adventure, believe me.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Thailand/Samui Part 2
There were 3 cats in the community: The mother - just a regular gray cat and two kittens, one orange and one siam - white with a bit dark face and paws and a blue eyes. All this cat family had a habit to come to your house and ask for their breakfast, lunch and dinner, so you can hear their loud choir 3 - 4 times in day on your stairs or terrace. Yes sure they made you to buy a full bag of cat's food,because you think they are poor babies and they are so hungry. It worked until one day. Week later you just see that they go from house to house even they just have eaten and ask for food again. Such a players...
... They were very cute.... when they there sleeping on the couch... these little monsters.
Never having any allergies before from anything our artist start to recognize that there is something wrong with her skin and it itch and have a red spots and feels very sensitive.
3 days went by and all this skin issue was just getting worse. What was it ? Food, cats, small flies or mosquitos or all together?
There was something wrong in that house or the room.
Once she was going trough emails and computer was typing login itself pushing just one letter ,what the heck? What's wrong it was just out of control,but when she was trying to turn it off and start from the beginning it was doing the same thing. That's what she needed at the moment. Enough! It was only one week in here and this nonstop problems started to awake a big concern.
Cats were not allowed in the house anymore, computer was moved into living room, so what ever could cause this issue in the room, but this allergy still won't leave.
A few days later the roommate offers some allergy medication and after refusing it several time she still took it.
Better not, better never take anything from pills you do not know.
She started not feeling well in two hours after they got some food from 7/11 and getting a ride on a bike.
It was bad... she had to go in bed with a feeling what maybe need to go to the hospital. Many glasses of water with a lot of ice put her back and laying in bed for a few hours they discovered that she had a side effect from the pill which brought mess in a heart rhythm. Our artist felt in sleep with a thought that something is going wrong in here, because there must be some limitation of bad luck. Crazy thoughts about that someone really didn't wish her well and put a "bad eye" on her or "black magic" was used. There wasn't much explanations and just hopes that tomorrow will be much brighter than yesterday.
... They were very cute.... when they there sleeping on the couch... these little monsters.
Never having any allergies before from anything our artist start to recognize that there is something wrong with her skin and it itch and have a red spots and feels very sensitive.
3 days went by and all this skin issue was just getting worse. What was it ? Food, cats, small flies or mosquitos or all together?
There was something wrong in that house or the room.
Once she was going trough emails and computer was typing login itself pushing just one letter ,what the heck? What's wrong it was just out of control,but when she was trying to turn it off and start from the beginning it was doing the same thing. That's what she needed at the moment. Enough! It was only one week in here and this nonstop problems started to awake a big concern.
Cats were not allowed in the house anymore, computer was moved into living room, so what ever could cause this issue in the room, but this allergy still won't leave.
A few days later the roommate offers some allergy medication and after refusing it several time she still took it.
Better not, better never take anything from pills you do not know.
She started not feeling well in two hours after they got some food from 7/11 and getting a ride on a bike.
It was bad... she had to go in bed with a feeling what maybe need to go to the hospital. Many glasses of water with a lot of ice put her back and laying in bed for a few hours they discovered that she had a side effect from the pill which brought mess in a heart rhythm. Our artist felt in sleep with a thought that something is going wrong in here, because there must be some limitation of bad luck. Crazy thoughts about that someone really didn't wish her well and put a "bad eye" on her or "black magic" was used. There wasn't much explanations and just hopes that tomorrow will be much brighter than yesterday.
Thailand/Samui Part 2
... It wasn't a good start at all,but what you can do at the moment.
She started to make new songs on the garage band using instruments acoustically, but it all was like a joke.
Strings on bass guitar sound horrible it seems like something has happened with a neck of guitar on the way to Thailand and of course when it is electric bass it should be used with amp. or through the studio where you can get the sound. She couldn't believe it went this way and one more time she was asked herself "Why I am here?"
To be continued...
She started to make new songs on the garage band using instruments acoustically, but it all was like a joke.
Strings on bass guitar sound horrible it seems like something has happened with a neck of guitar on the way to Thailand and of course when it is electric bass it should be used with amp. or through the studio where you can get the sound. She couldn't believe it went this way and one more time she was asked herself "Why I am here?"
To be continued...
Monday, December 6, 2010
Thailand/Samui Part 2
Next morning the weather was beautiful and it was a time to see the beach what was about a mile from the house. The strange thing is that movement is left sided like in London England, and when you are crossing the road you have to look right first then left and it was confusing. In any way the beach is beautiful,the sand is almost white and water is very warm and clean. Some beach restaurants are opened some not. Tourist season starts only in the end of December and it was a mid of November.
Going back to the house you need to take the road, which unfortunately still saying, that this place is on the process of development and need a lot of fixing and cleaning. There is something nice about that simple life, but in the same time there is something very unpleasant when you look around. As the artist or musician you want to create something beautiful and your eyes are looking for that beauty everywhere you go to get some inspiration,but it wasn't the case this time. Maybe it just was a piece of the Island, or maybe in general not exactly what our artist was imagine,before making a trip. All pictures what she saw before gave a wrong understanding of reality. Pics showed a beautiful beach and very cozy little houses,but not homeless sick looking dogs or trash on streets.
The sunny weather still kept the artist in a good mood and there were a lot of other things to do and to think about than just to be upset about the place. Oh well it is what it is.
Her school started and it was a bit tense, because to study online is a big challenge. There were some movie scenes to score as well and a few songs must be written in two weeks. Also a lot of material to remix and to rerecord. So mentally she was preparing herself for work.
About 9 p.m. next day our artist unpacked her studio. The Lexicon, which is connection between computer and musical instruments looked pretty and clean and just needed to be connected. All wires were out of bag and and nicely putted on the bed until the studio is set up. The electric wire was connected to the wall and nice blue and red light showed that Lexicon is alive and it made our artist to smile. Second wire is connection between computer and Lexicon and doing that procedure already hundreds of time before our artist without doubt put the wire into computer.
... Electric shock came from nowhere, short circuit - Lexicon shuts down. NO..... She was trying to unplug and to plug in over and over in different outlets,but nothing worked, Lexicon burned.
She sit down on her big bed almost crying and understood that the main part of her purpose to come here to write music is screwed and for how long who knows. It is not a big deal you may say, the equipment is breaking apart what is true,but there is just a little difference when you're in the middle of nowhere and very short with money...
Going back to the house you need to take the road, which unfortunately still saying, that this place is on the process of development and need a lot of fixing and cleaning. There is something nice about that simple life, but in the same time there is something very unpleasant when you look around. As the artist or musician you want to create something beautiful and your eyes are looking for that beauty everywhere you go to get some inspiration,but it wasn't the case this time. Maybe it just was a piece of the Island, or maybe in general not exactly what our artist was imagine,before making a trip. All pictures what she saw before gave a wrong understanding of reality. Pics showed a beautiful beach and very cozy little houses,but not homeless sick looking dogs or trash on streets.
The sunny weather still kept the artist in a good mood and there were a lot of other things to do and to think about than just to be upset about the place. Oh well it is what it is.
Her school started and it was a bit tense, because to study online is a big challenge. There were some movie scenes to score as well and a few songs must be written in two weeks. Also a lot of material to remix and to rerecord. So mentally she was preparing herself for work.
About 9 p.m. next day our artist unpacked her studio. The Lexicon, which is connection between computer and musical instruments looked pretty and clean and just needed to be connected. All wires were out of bag and and nicely putted on the bed until the studio is set up. The electric wire was connected to the wall and nice blue and red light showed that Lexicon is alive and it made our artist to smile. Second wire is connection between computer and Lexicon and doing that procedure already hundreds of time before our artist without doubt put the wire into computer.
... Electric shock came from nowhere, short circuit - Lexicon shuts down. NO..... She was trying to unplug and to plug in over and over in different outlets,but nothing worked, Lexicon burned.
She sit down on her big bed almost crying and understood that the main part of her purpose to come here to write music is screwed and for how long who knows. It is not a big deal you may say, the equipment is breaking apart what is true,but there is just a little difference when you're in the middle of nowhere and very short with money...
Friday, December 3, 2010
Thailand/ Samui Part 2
For a good luck, the guide of our personage, was a writer who was familiar with what is going on and what life is about on this island and help the artist to settle.
Two bedrooms house with enough space,very big bath tab and the shower in the bathroom. Nice white color sofa,glassy table and TV in the living room.Nice size kitchen with a small stove and refrigerator and everything you need to feel like home.Bedroom is big, with a king size bed, nightstands on both sides of the bed and a big lamp like generally big hotels have.Air conditioner with a remote control,very new and quiet.
If people came here for the nice weather terrace is the place you wanna spend mostly of time working or just to enjoy.
..All clothes are in the closet,computer is set up,internet is working great what else can be better than just to relax, and to set up the studio for recordings next day....
To be continued...
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