Goodbye ’04
Well, it is the end of the year and although Thailand is most definetly not going out on a high
note, it is also a chance for a little look at our favourite things of ’04. So, without further ado… the categories
are:
Best Concert / Event
Best Book
Best Movie
Best Music
Best Game
Best thing to happen to Bangkok in 2004
Best place to eat
Best place to shop
Worst thing about 2004 in your city
My choices are after the cut. I hope to see many of yours in the comments.
Best Concert / Event
Korn, live at Impact Arena – and the sight of an arena full of Korn fans standing quietly to attention for the King’s Anthem.
Best Book
31 Songs by Nick Hornby
Best Movie
At the cinema… The Incredibles but also the release of The Return of the King on DVD
Best Music
Nick Cave – Abattoir Blues, The Lyre Of Orpheus
Best Game
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (Xbox)
Best thing to happen to Bangkok in 2004
The opening of the Metro
Best place to eat
Saparos… or Subway (!) both on Sukhumvit Soi 23
Best place to shop
Mah Boon Khrong… always MBK…
Worst thing about 2004 in your city
The non-stop construction on virtually every road in the city.
Best Concert / Event
Korn at the impact arena
Best Book – His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
Best Movie – Starsky and Hutch coz it cracked me up laughing.
Best Music – Keane – I listened to it to death whilst working.
Best Game – Amplitude for PS2 (ok, it’s old, but I only discovered it in 2004)
Best thing to happen to Bangkok in 2004
The MRT – because now it only takes 10 minutes to get to Fortune Town :p
Best place to eat
Fuji (anywhere) for sushi
Best place to shop
Siam Centre – the best shoe shops on the planet
Worst thing about 2004 in your city
The knocking down of the buildings next door, because a hotel is going up in it’s place -> 2005 will be a year of building work on our doorstep.
Best Concert / Event
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Best Book
Fooled by randomness – Nassim Taleb
Best Movie
LOTR – 3rd
Best Music
Mahler 2 – Cladio Abbado
Best Game
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Best thing to happen to Bangkok in 2004
subway trains
Best place to eat
Jap grill in taniya
Best place to shop
Emporium
Worst thing about 2004 in your city
Traffic
Best Concert/Event – Umm… I must not get out enough because I can’t think of anything.
Best Book – Oh… umm… I only read ‘The curious incident of the dog in the night time’ by Mark Haddon, but you all know about that one.
Best Movie – The Incredibles. I see loads of movies and trust me, most of the rest weren’t worth the time.
Best Music – OK, I need a life, and Enya should not be included.
Best Game – Katamari Damacy on PS2. It’s weird, but addictive.
Best thing to happen to Bangkok in 2004 – I got a PS2. Sure, it was late in the year but it did happen! Don’t talk to me about that underground stuff.
Best place to eat – Fuji. I just love sushi (but can afford it rarely).
Best place to shop – Pantip Plaza. It’s my second home :)
Worst thing about 2004 in your city – There wasn’t anything new in 2004 that stands out as the worst thing that I can think of (that deserves the label worst, that is).