A Pokemon Go Trainer in Bangkok

Then Songkran festival between 13-15 April celebrated the traditional Thai new year. For 2023, things was pretty much back to normal. There were organized water battle at Silom Road, Khao San Road and other locations in Bangkok and throughout the Kingdom. The water battle in the City Center had been well-organized and confined to specified areas. However, in the suburb, people did not really pay attention to the willingness of the intended opponent to play. Locals would set up tanks or other containers on the pavement and throw water quite discriminately. Some rode on the back of pick-up trucks and throw water left and right. As I had been not partial to the water battle, I usually stayed at home and only ventured out by driving to protect myself from being soaked. The situation prevented me from playing Pokemon Go near my home during the Festival. In 2023, there were 2 Thailand-exclusive events at shopping malls in the city. Usually, when I went to those city-center shop...

During the 2019 Chinese New Years.

It was said that Pokemon Go started as an April's Fool joke in 2013. The Google Maps' Pokemon Challenge YouTube clips was really impressive and imaginative by any measure. What a wonderful joke that became reality. It was said that Pokemon Go started as an April's Fool joke in 2013. The Google Maps' Pokemon Challenge YouTube clip was really impressive and imaginative by any measure. What a wonderful joke that became a reality. It was said that Pokemon Go started as an April's Fool joke in 2013. The Google Maps' Pokemon Challenge YouTube clip was really impressive and imaginative by any measure. What a wonderful joke that became a reality. While the April Fool's Day was not a traditional Thai custom, Thais have been known to readily accept all sanook (fun) traditions as excuses for parties. I sometimes felt like reeling from one Thai/Western/Chinese festivals to another. Western New Year, Children Day, Valentine Day, Chinese New Year, Qingm...

Songkran Festival (สงกรานต์) between 13-15 April celebrated the traditional Thai new year. For this year, I would like to describe how Bangkokian trainers actually spent time on this long holiday from 12 to 16 April 2018. Before Songkran, the government announced the rules for the festival, namely (1) proper dress, (2) no alcohol, (3) water only, no ice, foam or powder, (4) no high-pressure water gun, (5) no indecent behavior or dance, (6) the traditionally conformed extra activities, (7) specific time for water fight and (8) no sitting in the cargo bed of pickup trucks when traveling in main roads, and (9) no water splashing on the road as it might cause traffic accidents. I personally agreed with the rules on safety to keep the rambunctiousness in check. In reality, these rules were not universally observed. With the boisterous mood, Songkran was the most dangerous time of the year. The dedicated Songkran Traffic Accident Prevention Center announced that during the Seven...