Asia After Hours

Four Seasons hotel Bangkok, May 2011

I had a great time again at the Four Seasons. The good thing is that the people already know me well there. They know my preferences and I know them, so it is very easy to deal with each other well. Sadly Miss Lookpad left the hotel but Kob is still there. He again accompanied me to the Jim Thompson suite. I went to St. Regis later, so I didn’t know how my views would slightly broaden/change afterwards.

The Four Seasons is a great hotel. They also started to react to the common complain that the hotel looks a bit old, they are renovating the place now, the carpets already got changed when I was there. It was about time.

The executive lounge is a sweet spot to hang out in the early evening or for breakfast. It is not the most flashy place like Mandarin Oriental likes to create such places, but you feel comfortable and cozy there. Ah, I miss the Singhas and working on my laptop there.

The staff takes very good care of the customers wishes. Below you see Miss Waibel who watches the dog of a guest.

Kob is a really fine person. We talked a bit about other hotels. He told me about the new Ritz Carlton in Hongkong which is now the world’s tallest hotel. I checked it, it looks good but the location seems to be isolated. But this example shows again that it is Asia where the hospitality market is really dynamic.

The Four Seasons is really pumping now to make the place look more modern/fresh. They can feel the heat : the St. Regis on the one hand, the Grand Hyatt on the other hand and a few more budget-orientated hotels having just started next to it, the Hansar is just one of it.

What I really like about this hotel is their friendly staff, it somehow felt a little more personal than in St. Regis but maybe that’s because I have visited Four Seasons more often. Morever the butler service of St. Regis is simply unmatched. I didn’t get a chance to try the butler service at the Mandarin Oriental but it shall be on a similar level. The Four Seasons and the Peninsula simply lack that.

Mr. Haksar told me that he really loves it in Bangkok. I can understand that. The Four Seasons can be happy to have him. I really like him, he is an honest guy and friendly.

Yeah, the lobby of the Four Seasons is probably the best lobby of whole Bangkok, very vibrant and always interesting to hang out. The lobby is one of the main reasons why this hotel has so many “fans”, also among Thais.

Tar enjoyed the hotel too, although she like me as well enjoyed St. Regis most so far in Bangkok. She also liked the butler Dome there a lot.

If the Peninsula someday starts to modernize/renovate their rooms big-time, I might even place the Peninsula on #2 in equal position or a little in front of the Four Seasons. Both of them cannot compete right now with the super-modern rooms of St. Regis.

And the pressure on the Four Seasons continues : In January the Siam in the Dusit area is opening, a hotel designed by the man, Bill Bensley (yeah !) and managed by Jason Friedman. Mr. Friedman was the person who hired Bill Bensley to build which was later known as the “Tented Camps”. Yep, he built it private, later sold it to Four Seasons and managed it for them. I expect some very serious shit coming up there from them. St. Regis, Peninsula, Four Seasons and Oriental will look jealous at this jewel.
Check the video :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUWokP9wdvk

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Sexy Thai chicks @ Jim Thompson Explorer Suite, Four Seasons hotel, Bangkok

For those who just want to see the girls and shit, this video is for you. The place got spiced up with some fine chicks you already know from the last Four Seasons Bangkok episode.

Enjoy :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVozqLIfh1M

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Four Seasons hotel, Bangkok : I fuckin’ love that place !

Bangkok is the place where most of my trips start and end. It is just the overall world’s best city in my eyes. The Four Seasons is my prefered hotel base in Bangkok. Most favorite staff people for me are Dodo from the pool and the older, fat lady in the kitchen of the executive lounge. Both don’t speak much English but both fully represent for me what true Thai hospitality is all about. A few things are better at Peninsula like the views/spa/food and the Sukhothai hotel got the better design/spa/food, still Four Seasons remains at the top of my list. I think when I get older like 50++, I might tend to like the peaceful Peninsula more.

The 2 videos give you a realistic impression how it is like to stay there. You face a few staff members in part 2 and moreover you see the Jim Thompson Explorer suite.

part 1 :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWd-cQ6W5dM

part 2 :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0exFevcj18c

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News flash : Bangkok red shirts rally again, peacefully – January 9th, Bangkok

By chance I was able to videotape and report on the “Red Shirts Big Bang” on March 14th, 2010 where there had been 100 to 150k people according to Economist. From that day on the rallies really started and around end of April the protests turned violent and were finally bloodily crushed by the army later on May 19th.

Things went quiet afterwards. Everyone seemed to be very surprised with that rally today. I saw maybe 3000 or 5000 red shirts. I was very bad at guessing numbers last time, so don’t trust the number for the moment. But don’t worry at all, it is very peaceful and everything is fine except traffic jams. But right now (8pm), things look almost alright again. Motorbike is the way to go for me anyway…

Special thanks to the friendly Four Seasons hotel management+staff and the new general manager Mr. A. Haksar, a cool guy who just came from L.A. You see him at the beginning of the video. Ok, I didn’t plan to post for longer time but this was an unexpected “news story”, so I thought it would be interesting and gives some more insights about the situation. Peace from the “Jim Thompson Explorer Suite, room 854″, the most ultimate suite, and brand-new by the way, you can possibly stay at in Bangkok. The Peninsula suite is just so damn far away. I have to be around Siam – location determines everything.

Global Nanpa being first AGAIN to report about this shit, although only being a stupid tourist… Forget the paid, brainwashing media – Global Nanpa – yours truely :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lUj8DlTrHA

Don’t forget to come to the Pattaya pool party at Dusit D2, Twopee from Southside Phuket will be there too….will be fun and entertaining….

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Blog inactive until April

I have to say that I became really happy with my life in Berlin, Germany. I just work all the time anyway here and I don’t want it to be different. It’s a pleasent feeling to work hard on something and seeing the reward in return – entrepreneurship forever… We have a cool team now and everyone benefits. I am the first one who comes to work and the last one who leaves, waking up at 5:30 am, being back home at 8 pm and going to bed at midnight – every day except Sundays when I work on videos for Global Nanpa or do some research. From 8 pm to 9 pm I go 10km (in 45-50 min) jogging, then I eat and do Email-routines another hour, then showering and body care which leaves me 1 hour per day for myself, reflecting the day and checking to be on track.

I just moved into my new, owned apartment. Location is optimal in Mitte, next to the Hauptbahnhof (central train station) and the new BND (the “German CIA”) which has construction costs of around EUR 2 billion and shall be finished by end of 2013. The area can be considered to be one of the safest and greenest inner city places of whole Germany. The apartment is on the top flor and has a balcony. It is not huge but it is just me. The apartment is modern equipped, for the full interior I need a few more months – I just never have time…I just checked the new apartment of my younger brother, 27, which is simply fantastic and double my size. It is directly opposite to Charlottenburg Palace, on the top flor, about 6 meter high ceilings in the living room with a breathtaking view, equipped with a EUR 80k Bulthaup kitchen and with an own EUR 150k private elevator. My own apartment is a joke compared with that. In late August I shoot a video of both apartments, damn it…

I am leaving for a longer time again to South East Asia keeping the blog inactive for an unusual long time. I won’t be able to release most videos this time before the next one already starts. I am happy that I am doing this as a hobby, not being forced to feel any pressure from it.

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Hanging out with sexy Thai chicks at Four Seasons hotel, Bangkok

It was a really fine evening with those 3 sexy Thai girls. Because of elections the next day, most places didn’t serve alcohol. So we decided to kill the mini bar first, but we actually got served drinks later on anyway.

These girls had already  helped me with a first Bangkok party at 808 in 2009. The style of the model above very much changed, I didn’t recognize her when I first saw her again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDBaSxCA5bA

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Bang, Bang, Bangkok : Emmanuelle Arsan forever (Part 2 of 2)

In the picture above you see an 18-year-old bargirl rookie together with her mom at Soi Cowboy. My video this time has a broader focus on the bargirl scene, opening at Nana parking lot, the holy freelancer pilgrim of Sukhumvit.

The bargirls you see in the videos currently are at the top tier of Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy : the best ones like A. you see below currently make 100k Baht per month (she spent 80k Baht for a boob job recently), that doesn’t include money from sponsors and they don’t pay taxes. The best ones can fetch in 150k Baht/month (around 3300 Euros), the G-girls don’t make more, they are also much more dependent on sponsor money. Girls like those often disappear quickly from the bar-scene getting married from sponsors or moving abroad. Just for comparison : That’s a higher salary than Goldman Sachs or McKinsey analyst starters make after taxes without bonus, I crack myself up. Seems like an attractive career ? Certainly !

That girl below has an incredible sweet appearance. I seem to have established a preference for hanging out with innocent and a bit crazy (ding-dong) bargirls, it never gets boring with them. Sex just comes along the way, but it is none of my priority interests anymore. It is just so abundant in that area….

Ok, my Angeles City trilogy videos, the Real Sin City, is coming up next and those videos are a true atom bomb for the system/matrix. This will blast the shit…

First however watch the second part of my “Emmanuelle Arsan forever” tribute. It uses the track “Bangkok” from Malente&Dex, Berlin Battery, for the label Exploited which got founded by my older brother. The track is since November in Germany’s Top 5 club charts, currently placing 4th down from 2nd. And remember : It all serves a good purpose – and here comes change…

http://www.vimeo.com/9090094

Bang, Bang, Bangkok : Emmanuelle Arsan forever !

The time in Bangkok was smashing again. Bangkok simply is the place within SEA where I know my ways best and where i had been most often. Many things make it convenient to go for Bangkok. The girls within Thailand look best which is understandable because there they can expect most money. The hotels across whole Thailand are best, Chiang Mai I would rate second. The diversity of things you can do in Bangkok is huge. Accomodation is fantastic : From budget stays to super-luxurious and the best is that you get that for around a quarter of the price you would pay in most western countries. The service degree and friendliness of people is unique in SEA anyway and Bangkok is the easiest city to experience it.

When coming out of the airport and noticing that tropical climate, you might feel home soon and can’t wait to return to walk through the doors into freedom again. It is a state of mind that makes it feel so special. Many things, political and economical are far from being good and it is not a great place to work at. But it is a superb place to enjoy, relax, explore and living your fantasies.

The spa and massage parlors, dirty and non-dirty are the best in the world. Only Jakarta is able to compete in this league. The normal spa like Devarana spa, Potalai or Let’s Relax are simply out of this world. This degree of quality you only find at very rare spots in the world. In Thailand most people start to find out that they still have a body and that they are not pure mental beings. After working crazy for months, you really start to forget your body, I myself am currently in that rhythm again. I learned to indulge in SEA and work like non-exisiting in Germany. I simply figured out that this is the best option for me now. Time is flying anyway…

Although I know the fun I have / can have in cities like Bangkok, the experience didn’t screw my brain (which is rare) and I know what I have from my life in Germany. I would never endanger my base. I stick to simple rules and never expect too much. You cannot always win and cannot always have a great day everywhere. Cut your losses and leave a place once you don’t feel comfortable anymore. I did this on Koh Samui and left earlier than planned on the recent trip, not caring about prepaid hotels anymore. It is just not wise to enforce things.

I also would recommend not to make too strict plans in general for SEA. Most people often do something completely else only shortly after arriving there which is cool, because they go with the flow.

I am personally still always dissapointed about Bangkok’s 2 am closing hours which makes nighlife start too early for my taste and things get rushed too fast into shorter time slots. Moreover for nightlife business, this is a real killer. People start to make crazy drink orders when they get drunk and that mostly won’t happen before midnight, so you have just 2 hours making a lot money in those euphoric states of customers. For me there would be no motivation at all to do bar/club/nightlife business with such existing laws/practiced bribes and overall political situation.

You might wonder why I actually rarely talk about the experiences with the girls. I simply think that this is just not interesting. Shall I write in what positions I fucked them ? I like the Bangkok girls, I would not go there so often if that would not be the case, right ? I enjoy the normal Soi Cowboy / Nana Plaza bargirl meat-market as well as massage parlors as well as G-Clubs and Uni girls. Bangkok has them all and things just come in front of your nose in a convenient way without too much hassle I think. One more interesting thing : I have now videos of all big red light districts across whole SEA. Only looking at the videos, you might say that the prettiest come from Jakarta and Bangkok. However what currently dazzles me is the vibe you feel in my raw, not manipulated, video material. I think the vibe on Fields Avenue, Angeles City is just unmatched at this point of time worldwide. I will release my “Thight Pussy Alarm trilogy” in February. I prefer to tell stories over videos/sounds and not with words.

Ok, check out the video, a tribute to the sexual liberation revolutionist Emmanuelle Arsan who had quite some impact in Bangkok – also have a look at the Emmanulle entertainment complex on Ratchadapisek :

http://www.vimeo.com/8932016

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Terra incognita : Global citizen @ Four Seasons hotel, Bangkok

“My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”

One of the main original ideas of the concept of Global Nanpa was to show how places really look like, trying it in an amateur, high quality POV style but still not professional or manipulated promoted : not using sophisticated video editing tools and not cutting scenes together which got shot over and over again for a perfectional look and appearance. NO : Global Nanpa lets the camera run, shows unwanted and embarrasing scenes, it is simply the truth and reality – a very powerful combination. I fully believe that this kind of POV (travel) reporting will have a tremendous impact on the world and Global Nanpa is the pioneer. I videotape places, discuss topics, and act in ways nobody has ever done before on public video. It serves the purpose to entertain and inform other people and to create a database of my own personal memories. Ultimately this will change the lifestyle of other, especially younger people, switching from a path of solely pursueing money/fame/power to pursueing memories/experiences/happiness.

Check out the Four Seasons hotel Bangkok video. Special thanks to Ms. Lookpad and Mr. Chettha :

http://www.vimeo.com/6870076

Karma Kandara, Bali :

http://www.vimeo.com/6871860

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