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About Me

Born in, Manchester, England. Living and working at a school in Phuket, Thailand now. Like to meet new and interesting people for fun, food, drinks and dancing. Like sailing and have recently bought a second hand Laser dinghy which is great fun. Like good food, great conversation,laughs and a few beers. I like looking at the slightly odd things in life, and taking a different view of things where ever possible. Would love to find enough decent vegetarian restaurants in Thailand to stop me eating the same food every other day. Grrrrrr - this will all change when I am king of the world. Arggrghahah haha hah hah haha..My superhero profile. Quite accurate i think you'll agree.Your results:
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My Interests

Pro frisbee and loafing on the beach, riding motorbikes. Meeting new and interesting people. Music and enjoying life. Bodyboarding on my Ron Holland limited edition body board. Travel. Spent about 6 months travelling around India and loved and hated it in equal measures. Will definitely go back someday though as i want to see Kashmir, Assam and Darjeeling. Sailing my Laser dinghy in the lovely warm waters off the coast of Phuket. Downhill clog racing wearing laederhosen.

I'd like to meet:

My grandparents. Or anyone else who is interesting and fun loving. Kooky people. Slight oddballs, people with bizarre or off-beat ways of looking at life. Heavilly tatooed women. Whale-hunters to ask them "why?"

Music:

Yes. Anything toe tapping. Prefer dance music, the harder the better, like rock music too - hard and fast. But i like Simon and Garfunkle and Robbie Williams too. I dont like to be pigeon holed according to my musical tastes. I like whatever i happen to be in the mood for. Cut my teeth on slightly underground music and am still an old hippy at heart.

Movies:

Highlander. In the end, there can be only one. The Life of Brian - taught me everything i need to know about religion. Shawshank Redemption - taught me how to beat the system and win. Meet the Parents - taught me that adults can still laugh at silly things. Trainspotting - taught me everything i needed to know about drugs. Pulp Fiction. Team Amearica - taught me that Americans CAN be funny.

Television:

No. Generally T.V. is for people who are too lazy to discover real life. I will maybe watch the news or documentaries though. Oh and the Simpsons of course - taught me everything I need to know about philosophy.

Books:

Without a doubt the best book ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo, followed by To Kill a Mocking Bird, the Grapes of Wrath and also The da Vinci Code.

Heroes:

The Count of Monte Cristo, because I am ever so slightly vengeful. Eric Cantona - because he was a genius, mad man, and a brilliant footballer.

My Blog

October Travels in Thailand

Greetings all, Well the time between my travelogs seems to grow longer and longer. That's mainly due to me working full time still and not having as much opportunity for actual travel as I wou...
Posted by mark on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 06:10:00 PST

Countrywide Residential Lettings (A rant)

Countrywide Residential Lettings YOU ONLY NEED TO READ THIS IF YOU ARE THINKING OF LETTING OR RENTING A HOME IN THE UK I have had a really bad experience with Countrywide Residential Le...
Posted by mark on Fri, 12 May 2006 11:45:00 PST

One wedding, an execution and a party

One wedding, an execution and a party. Greetings one and all, A few months ago I was lucky enough to be invited to my friend Jaays wedding. The wedding took place in her home town of Lamae. I managed ...
Posted by mark on Fri, 12 May 2006 07:35:00 PST

Tsunami and New Years Eve

2005 Its been a long time since I last wrote sometime in December I think. It was the middle of winter here and the nights and mornings were lovely and cool. Quite a contrast to how it is now broili...
Posted by mark on Fri, 12 May 2006 07:34:00 PST

Christmas and short Tsunami post

Christmas 2004 A quick note to say I had a great Christmas Day thanks for your cards for those of you who sent them. Last Christmas I was up in the mountains near the Burmese border. This year I was...
Posted by mark on Fri, 12 May 2006 07:33:00 PST

Ayuthaya

6th November 2004 Well I am now back to work, fully recovered from the hernia operation. Everything has been tested and found to be in working order. It is now thankfully the end of the monsoon seaso...
Posted by mark on Fri, 12 May 2006 07:32:00 PST

Ladyboys

19th September 2004 Another 2 months have passed since I last wrote at length. Lots of teaching has been going on of course, some good and some bad. I had lots of fun with one class playing blind fold...
Posted by mark on Fri, 12 May 2006 07:31:00 PST

teaching in Thailand

July 2004-07-08 Yet another month has passed since my last travelogue. In fact, more than 12 months have passed as on the 24th June, I celebrated my first year in Asia. (5 months in India and 7 months...
Posted by mark on Fri, 12 May 2006 07:30:00 PST

Penang and Phuket

Incredibly, 2 months have passed since I last wrote. Lordy where does the time go. Well during that time I havent done a lot of travelling as I am working full time as an English teacher now. I did h...
Posted by mark on Fri, 12 May 2006 07:29:00 PST

Ko Phang-ngan

Ko Phan-ngan Travelog 2004. We arrived on Ko Phan-ngan at the end of February and checked into some bungalows right on the beach. They were on a complex of 8 bungalows, set in some fantastic gardens, ...
Posted by mark on Fri, 12 May 2006 07:28:00 PST