I know that I have been lacking in the blog post department and all apologies. The reason that I have been so busy lately is that we landed the catering contract for a huge Hollywood movie. I signed an NDA, so I cannot really go into the details, but if you are a smart person you can figure out where I am living and what kind of movie would be filmed there. It has been tons of fun and I am meeting a lot of the Hollywood and New Yorker types. It is actually pretty funny, everyone is in a terribly shitty mood all day and then they come to the caterer and lament their troubles while enjoying the food. As long as we keep feeding them well they are extremely happy with that. We are basically the most popular people on campus. The physical catering job is fantastic too. We are doing a great job of supplying fun breakfast and lunches for the next month. The only trouble is that I am waking up at 3 AM to get the buffet open by 530 AM…. so, as you can imagine the hours are grueling.
I have also moved into my apartment in Ubud that is in the back of the bar. It is an extremely nice set up and it is nice to be living in a much more lively atmosphere. I am really enjoying it (although I haven’t had much free time).
Back to Bangkok:
There is not a lot to do in the city if you are a tourist. The eating and the shopping is great, but the city lacks many of the main attractions (such as museums and other arts) that most other large cities have. However, there is one great attraction that is known as the temple at Wat Arun.
Wat Arun is located on the river a little west of Bangkok and is accessible by one of the city water transport boats (interesting concept). From a distance, it is your basic large temple that was built by Buddhist monks a few hundred years ago. See picture below.
However, once you get close to the temple you see something completely different: the entire thing is made out of Chinese plates and china. Back in the trading days Chinese ships would load their boats full of china for ballast for their ships and set sail for Bangkok for spices and other tradable goods. When they arrived to Bangkok they would dump the china out on the dock and load it with the tradable goods. The Buddhist monks would collect the china and use it in the construction of the temple. See the pictures of the detail below, it is quite amazing. I was really impressed with the level of detail. The temple is comparable to a huge mosaic.
Next post: things that I think are interesting on the movie set.
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