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Benjamin

Hi! I am Benjamin, I am half French and half Thai, I live in Patong Beach, Phuket.

About Me

I lived in France till the age of 20 then I moved back here in Thailand.
I am totally multicultural, I feel both asian and western.
I own a massage in Phuket, it's working pretty good, and life is pretty sweet to me down here!
I like to share my passions with my friends, like taking them to that really good restaurant I know, or showingthem the latest movie that I really liked or the last book I enjoyed.

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My Interests


Food, Travel, Scuba diving, Movies, Video games, Comics books.
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I'd like to meet:

Anyone really. I speak french, english and thai, so feel free to communicate with me in any of those languages !!
I'm in France at the moment, until November.

Music:


The 3 most beautiful songs of all time are:
"One" (any of the 3 versions by U2, Johnny Cash or MaryJ Blige),
"Goodbye my Lover" (James Blunt,)
and
"The Blower's Daughter" (byDamien Rice - "Closer" soundtrack).

I'm also a fan of remixes and mash-ups. You know a good one you lemme know ok ?

Here's a song i'm currently listening to:

Movies:

I'm very very versatile.
I absolutly love movies, anything from Almodovar toZemeckis, Kubrick, Spike Jonze, Sofia Coppola, Tarantino, Scorcese, Darren Arronofsky, TakeshiKitano....
I simply love pure cinema
, every thing from independent movies to american blockbusters,from stupid spooves to serious docu-drama, from romantic comedies to japanese animation.
My A to Z of Movies:
A
Angel Heart
Amelie
Audition
Apocalypse Now
American Psycho
the AlienQuadrilogy
Akira
Any Given Sunday
Abre Los Ojos
B
Being John Malkovitch
Blue Velvet
Blade Runner
Baraka
the Brood
Bad Lieutenant
BartonFink
the Big Lebowski
Bitter Moon (Lune de fiel)
Bringing Out theDead
Brazil
Bound
Benny and Joon
Bad Santa
Borat
Batman Begins
the Butterfly Effect
C
Chinatown
a Clockwork Orange
Closer
Casino
Conan the barbarian
Cape Fear
City of LostChildren
the Crow
City of God
Can't Hardly Wait
Cecil BDemented
Carrie
Candyman
Caligula
Clerks
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
la Cite de laPeur
D
Donnie Darko
Donnie Brasco
le Diner de Con
Dolls
the Deer Hunter
Delicatessen
Dumb &Dumber
Deadman
Die Hard 1&3
Dark City
Dracula
Desperado
the Dead PoetSociety
Dogma
Dune
a Dirty Shame
E
Eraser Head
Elephant Man
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Edward Scissorhand
theExorcist
Ed Wood
Exotica
the Experiment
F
Fargo
Following
Full Metal Jacket
the Fifth Element
Fight Club
a Flew Over a Cuckoo'sNest
the Fly
Frantic
From Dusk Till Dawn
the Fugitive
G
Goodfellas
the Godfather
Glengarry Glenross
the Game
Ginger Snap
the Green Mile
H
Hana Bi
the Hidden
Hotel Rwanda
I
Ichi The Killer
In America
Interview with a Vampire
Idle Hand
Invasion of the BodySnatchers
Irreversible
Indiana Jones 1&3
Les Invasions Barbares
J
Jaws
Joan of Arc (the messenger)
K
Kill Bill 1&2
Ken Park
L
Little miss sunshine
Leon (the professional)
the Little Shop of Horrors
the Ladies Man
Lost inTranslation
Lies
Leaving Las Vegas
M
Memento
Misery
Monty Python's Holy Grail
The Matrix
Mission Impossible 1
Man BiteDog
Miller's Crossing
M*A*S*H
the Man Who Wasn't There
Master and Commander
N
Nikita
a Nightmare Before Christmas
a Night at the Roxbury
Napoleon Dynamite
the Night of theLiving Dead
Nosferatu
Nausicaa
O
Once Upon a Time in America
O brother (where art thou)
Oldboy
Out of Time
the Others
P
Pi
Princess Mononoke
Pom Poko
Pulp Fiction
Psycho
Philadelphia
Pan'sLabyrinth
Panic Room
le Pere Noel est une Ordure
Phone Booth
Pierrot le Fou
Predator
R
Requiem for a Dream
Reservoir Dogs
Rosemary's Baby
Raging Bull
RaisingCain
Rashomon
Ringu
the Ring
Robocop
Run Lola Run
S
Star Wars
Shining
Spirited Away
Scarface
Snake Eyes
Se7en
Spider
Shawn of theDead
The Sixth Sense
Sign
Sin City
Storytelling
Short cuts
Sweets andLowdowns
Starship Troopers
the Silence of the Lambs
Scarface
Serenity
the SevenSamurais
Salvador
the Secretary
Spider
T
Taxi Driver
Tampopo
Thank you for smoking
Terminator 1&2
21 grams
Total Recall
Three kings
28Days Later
the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
the Thing
Training Day
Tombstone
There'ssomething About Mary
Tokyo Godfathers
the Thomas Crown Affair
Trainspotting
U
The Untouchables
Unbreakable
Unforgiven
The Usual Suspects
Ultra Vixen
V
The Virgin Suicide
Versus
W
Wild Bill
What Lies Beneath
Wild Things
Z
Zatoichi .

Television:


dvds yes, tv nah. Why do the best series have to finish or be cancelled ??? ("Twin Peaks", "Six Feet Under","Arrested Development", "Firefly", "Futurama"....sniff...)
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Books:


I love Graphic Novels and Comics. I know what you're gonna say: "it's childish and geeky". Don't knock it if uhadn't tried it. Graphic storytelling encompass so many genre: super heroes books and fantasy ofcourse, butalso spy stories, crime noir, thrillers, horror, drama, romantic love stories and humour. If you are interested butdon't know where to start, just send me a message, and I'll point you to the right book to read, according tothe style of stories you like !!!
Comics and GN worth reading:
The Adventures of Luther Arkwright
Akira
Alias
The Amazing Joy Buzzards
American Born Chinese
Animal Man
Astro City
The Authority (Warren Ellis' run)
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman: The dark knight returns
Batman: Year one
Batman: Year 100
Barry Ween
Bizzaro by Piraro
Charles burns' Black hole
Blankets
Bone
The Boys
A Child's Life and Other Stories
Les Compagnons du crepuscule
The Compleat Moonshadow
Concrete
Daredevil (Bendis' run)
Daredevil: Born Again
David Boring
Demo: The collected edition
DMZ
Elektra: Assassin
Ex machina
Fables
The Far Side
Fear Agent
Fell
The Fountain
The Frank Book
Fun Home: a Tragicomic
From Hell
Fun with Milk and Cheese
Ghost world
Girls
The Goon
Hellboy
Hey wait...
Invincible
The Invisibles
Jimmy Corrigan
Johnny the homicidal maniac
Squee
Julius Corentin Arquefacques
Kingdom Come
Korgi
Lazarus Churchyard
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
Little Nemo in Slumberland
The Living and the Dead
Lone Wolf and Cub
Alan Moore's Lost Girls
Madman
Manhunter
Marvels
The complete Maus
The Maxx
Meow Baby!
Miracleman
Nausicaa
Nextwave: agents of H.A.T.E
Owly
Les Passagers du vent
Planetary
Powers
Preacher
Promethea
Rex Mundi
Rising star
Frank Miller's Ronin
Runaways
Scott Pilgrim
Sshhhh!
Sin City
Strange Girl
Strangers in Paradise
Supreme Power
The Surrogates
Swamp thing
Thorgal
Top ten
Transmetropolitan
Ultimate Spider-man
The Ultimates
Understanding comics
V for vendetta
Watchmen
The Walking Dead
We3
Whiteout
Whiteout: Melt
New x-men (Morrison's run)
Astonishing Xmen (Whedon's run)
Y-the last man
Frank Miller's 300
30 days of night
Other than that, my fav books "without pictures" are : "Azteca" by Gary Jenning, "L'enchanteur"(the story of Merlin and the quest for the Grail, Written by Rene Barjavel), and the "Cantos of Hyperion"by Dan Simmons.
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Heroes:

Heroes are people who save the world.
I want to contribute.
So you'll find below some games and stuff.
There, see ? I saved you from boredom.
FIND THE DIFFERENCES!
Can you find the differences in these celebrities pictures ??
There's 5 differences per pictures to find.
Click on the pics to enlarge.
Jessica Alba
Britney Spear
Angelina Jolie
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS:
This really works !
Can you see the snakes rotate ??
Click on the pic to enlarge.
Here's Another One:
RIDDLE
Here's a cool riddle.
It's quite easy, can you solve it ?
click on the pic to know more!
POP(culture) QUIZ:
1/ What is the sin of John Doe ?
2/ In "Apocalypse Now", a young Harrison Ford had a small role. After which (now famous) director was hischaracter named ?
3/ How many nipples have Chandler ?
4/ True or False ? Nicolas Cage ate a LIVE cockroach while filming the movie "Vampire Kiss". (It was thebeginning of his career and he was up to anything)
5/ Cite the members of the "Frat Pack"
6/ Which female pop singer played as "Cammy" alongside JC VanDamme in the crappy "Street Fighter" movie ?
7/ Circumcised guys are supposed to be less sensitive than guys who still have their foreskin. On this subject whosaid "If I was more sensitive, I'd have heart attacks!!" ?
8/ What's the fav drink of the Big Lebowski ?
9/ Who portrayed God in Dogma ?
10/ Who sings these lyrics?:
"this just might hurt a little
love hurt sometime when you do it right
dont be afraid of a little bit of pain
pleasure is on the other side "
11/ Famous for portraying a mafia boss, this actor portrayed two times a hitman, in two separate movies bothstarring Brad Pitt. Who is it ?
12/ True or False ? Coca Cola was invented as a cough syrup and for upset stomach and nausea.
Answers:
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1/ Envy. In reference to David Fincher's movie "SE7EN", starring Brad Pitt & Morgan Freeman.
2/ Georges Lucas. Spielberg, Lucas and Coppola are buddies.
3/ Chandler Bing has 3 nipples.
4/ TRUE!
5/ Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Will Ferrel, Owen and Luke Wilson, Vince Vaugh, Steve Carell
6/ Kylie Minogue !
7/ Dustin Hoffman
8/ White Russian (Vodka & Milk)
9/ Alanis Morissette
10/ John Legend the perv
11/ Tony Soprano himself! James Gandolfini portrayed a gay hitman in "the Mexican", and a err... non gay one in"True Romance"
12/ Yes, True.
LINKS
Here are some links to fun, cool, but totally useless websites.
The Fly Guy
Ever dreamt of flying ?
The Subservient chicken
You can give orders to a guy in a chicken suit.
20questions
Think of something, answer 20 questions and the A.I. will have guessed what you're thinking!
Jedi Light Saber Simulator
For geeks only
Random website dot com
Click on the button and it will take you to a website, randomly. Click there if you have nothing better to do.
Kaleidoscope painter
Awww its nice
Have a nice day !

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