http://www.seansite.net A personal weblog written mainly in English by Sean, a Norwegian guy who has been located in Thailand since 2002. Mon, 19 May 2008 17:05:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Russell Peters is already a comedy superstar in much of the world. A recent one-off appearance at London’s Shaw Theatre sold out in 48 hours and when his first shows in Sydney and Melbourne were announced in May 2006, 10,000 tickets were gone in less than two days with zero ... http://www.seansite.net/humour/stand-up-comedy/stand-up-comedian-russel Danny Bhoy began stand up in 1998. A year later, he won The Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award, Britain's biggest competition for comedy newcomers. In 2001, he took his first full length solo show to the Edinburgh Festival, where, within a week, he had sold out his entire three-week run. ... http://www.seansite.net/humour/stand-up-comedy/stand-up-comedian-danny-bhoy I watched a show on Australian televison this week and heard the song, Dear Mr. President, by the artist Pink for the first time. It is a powerful song that ask the current US President some fundemental questions. He will probably never answer them, and luckily his term is soon ... http://www.seansite.net/odds-and-ends/dear-mr-president-by-pink I am in no way an aspiring chef, but I have always liked to play around with food to see what I can cook up. It normally turns out pretty good if I should say it myself, and I rarely experience any kitchen nightmares. I guess those are the domain ... http://www.seansite.net/odds-and-ends/gordon-ramsey-in-norway I had the pleasure of meeting Sarah Porter, who is a journalist for The Jakarta Post, when I worked as Dive Resort Manager for Bastianos Dive Resorts in Indonesia. She arrived at the dive resort with two friends who decided to do their PADI Open Water Diver course with me, ... http://www.seansite.net/my-diary/treasured-island Fancy seeing Bangkok, land of crazy traffic, on a bike by night? When I first heard that Grasshopper Adventures was running a Bangkok Bike Tour, I thought it was a joke. It's hard enough to cross the road by foot, let alone roll about by pedal power. And then I discovered ... http://www.seansite.net/thailand/bangkok/thrills-on-2-wheels-in-bangkok For 120 years it's been the preferred lodging for film stars, writers, loyalty and politicians but Raffles Hotel Singapore began life as a 10-bedroom bungalow. When Tigran Sarkies migrated to Malaysia from Armenia in the early 1880s, he hoped to prosper from the business opportunities the Orient had to offer. The ... http://www.seansite.net/odds-and-ends/raffles-hotel-singapore 1. Smoking can shorten your penis by as much as a centimeter. Erections are all about god blood flow, and lighting up calcifies blood vessels, stifling erectile circulation. So even if you don't care all that much about your lungs or dying young, spare the li'l guy. 2. Doctors can now ... http://www.seansite.net/odds-and-ends/dont-know-about-your-penis Taking a ferry from Singapore to the island of Bintan, Indonesia for a relaxing break. Being a stone's throw from Singapore those who are time-starved can get some R&R just 55 minutes away by ferry. Bintan Island, Indonesia, offers all the beachside appeal of Singapore without the stress. Bintan is just 40 ... http://www.seansite.net/odds-and-ends/a-whole-new-world Every time I go for a beauty treatment here in Thailand, I get spanked. The other day I went for a pedicure and the woman bent my toes back in a most unnatural fashion, then punched and spanked the bottoms of my feet. Okay, okay, I’ll give you a tip! ... http://www.seansite.net/thailand/bangkok/getting-spanked-in-bangkok