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Hey all,

Yesterday visited a theater for the first time since March of 2002. Some of you may know that I started out thinking I would be a theater director… and hopefully one day artistic director of a regional theater (what kid dreams of that? ). Time in a college theater program, however, burnt me out. So much so that apart from one trip to New York (where I saw some of the worst shows of my life…on broadway no less) I haven’t set foot in a theater since.

Earlier on the blog I gave a shout out to my friend Sonia. She works for BK mag and has been a nice, supportive person to talk to in Bangkok. When she invited me to her play I knew I had to go, hatred of modern theater or no.

The play is Rendezvous with My ALTER. Thankfully Lifestyleasia.com sent me to photograph the play so I was spared buying a ticket . Too birds, one stone.

Rendezvous with My ALTER was written by Sunaina Gulati. It was about a girl named Naaz who is not a traditional lead….sort of like in the musical Hairspray. But instead of a free-spirited girl who’s never down, Redezvous features a more realistic “larger girl”. The lead in this play deals with the real issues a larger girl deals with today, particularly in asia.

The play also featured many dance numbers. The script was similar to dance comedies out today like Step Up or others; kids dealing with life and dancing The actors seemed to enjoy their roles, though I was watching a dress rehearsal and a show like that really needed a live audience to bring out the energy in the show.

The lead was great as was Sonia, which was a great relief to me… I hate having to lie to friends and smile and say good job when they really didn’t do a good job

The play was also neat for me because it took place at the Chalermkrung Royal Theatre in Chinatown. This is one of Bangkok’s oldest theaters and I’d never visited.

Pics as always this week were for lifestyleasia.com. Full gallery here:

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Hey all,
Last night I covered the La Perla fashion show at Paragon. Interesting to say the least. Now I know most guys would probably kill to take pictures of scantily clad women, but me not so much…honestly. Here’s why.

They do look good for the most part. But photographing these events is skivvy at best. There’s loads of wanna be photographers showing up showing off how much of a “pro” they are. They carry unnecessary amounts of gear. These “pros” also push and shove to get the shot…like it’s actually going in anything but they’re obsessive personal collection. I’m sure in larger markets like Paris and Milan these folks get screened out…not so much here in Bangkok.

Also, and I hate to say this, some of these models couldn’t walk. It was like watching an early in the season episode of America’s Next Top Model. Some of these girls need “Miss J” badly. They clomped down to the end of the runway and spun around to exit as quickly as they arrived. One even did a sort of stripper move at the end that I don’t think we’d see on a major runway.

I hope I don’t sound like sour grapes, but Bangkok isn’t the leading edge of fashion. There’s a fair amount of shows and designers, but if models and others were bigger they’d be in a larger Asian market like Tokyo. But then again so would I….

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