To Bangkok for the weekend to meet up with an old friend who was passing through en route back to chilly England. He is a man of means and has a Porsche Turbo sitting in a garage at home, plus assorted other expensive toys; so I feel it is my duty to encourage him to part with some more of his cash while in Thailand.
First to a camera shop where I tried and failed to make him buy a GF1. Then to an Apple store, on a mission to acquire a 27" Apple Cinema Display for The Pattaya Ghost, who had met nothing but indifference from the morons at iStudio in Central Beach Road. iStudio at Siam Paragon were much more accommodating and I was soon the proud temporary owner of massive, heavy box; which proved somewhat difficult to insert into a taxi.
She who must be obeyed was a little worried by this transaction. What if The Ghost failed to appear to pick up his monitor, what if he fled the country, what if he were fatally assaulted by an ostrich? And the answer of course was that I would suddenly be the proud owner of a 27" monitor without having to work through an internal justification process. Sadly, and to my eternal regret, the ostrich hit did not materialise and The Ghost is now watching Beyonce videos in HD and proclaiming himself very happy.
Anyway, back to the Apple store, where my friend was contemplating a Macbook Air to replace his pile of crap Sony Vaio running Vista. Some price comparisons revealed only a slight saving compared to UK prices; so the purchase was deferred. Having failed to spend someone else’s money, I was in need of a cup of tea; so we visited a very smart little cafe in Central World and drank some very expensive cups of tea which my friend paid for (result!).
Everything was elegantly presented to justify the price. Comfortable chairs and elegant crockery on which the slogan of the clearly tourist oriented company was displayed:
Panasonic GF1
“In Asia, Scent is a symbolic of flourish and intangible happiness”.
Having spent millions on the development of their products and their outlet; they spoil it for their English-speaking customers by inventing a bolllocks slogan. Would it have been so hard to walk out into the street and accost a passing farang and asked him/her to check the English? They might have struck lucky and met genuinej.
So I am starting a new company called “If you think these slogan correctly English, then you need contact us”. Wealth and a Porsche Turbo beckons.
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2010-12-05| The Ghost saysAgain Spike, much appreciated. I keep having the push the Cinema Display back on the desk, but then use the Mac zoom in order to read menus and e-mail. Damn high-resolution.
Beyonce, in her “I Am… World Tour” fetish gear makes it all worth it and I fired up 1080p versions of Star Trek and Terminator 4 to look at beads of sweat.
Yes, I could do the same after connecting said Mac to LG 1080p TV, but this is so much easier. And, with no more room to push it back on the desk, it’s like sitting in the first row at the IMAX cinema.
The view via my Nokia, as I couldn’t be bothered to drag out the Nikon: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5933928&l=3275a29c1c&id=647306151
2010-12-05| Q’on sayscan i buy shares in that company? stock price will go thru the roof as soon as its services are available in Thailand
2010-12-06| Barry saysThey can’t ask a foreigner about their correct use of English because they would lose face. They’d rather just look like wankers.
I was once asked to write some advertising blurb for a new company a friend of my wife was starting up. I did, and it was rejected because it was not ‘good English’. A Thai telling a Brit this… Guess whether the company was a success. More wankers.
By the way, the Pattaya Ghost is missed!!! Been over two years. Two years, one month and five days, my research tells me.
2010-12-06| TheSon saysWhich lens?
2010-12-06| Spike says20mm, the one you are going to have to get if you buy the Olympus.
2012-01-04| genuinej saysSomehow the additional l in bolllocks has gone unnoticed until now. Does it apply to someone with three gooolies?