Enjoy!

I switched beaches and boozing to nose-bleed training and electrolyte drinks. Start to train Mixed Martial Art and Muay Thai today at Tiger Gym in Phuket. It's insane! 2 hours of MMA before lunch and then 2 and a half hours of Muay Thai in the afternoon. My body is soared, I tell you that.

Gonna sleep good tonight. Real good. Same drill tomorrow, 4 and a half hours of training. 6 days a week.

If you gonna do something. Do it for real. Don't mess around. No half-measure. Full Monty goddamit!

Bungy Jumping seems fun but I never tried it. I had the chance many years ago at a festival in Örebro. But skipped it...
Macau is mostly gambling. And frankly we have just  hovered between bed, casinos and McDonald's. Today that changed, I did something else. Found out that Macau got the highest commercial bungy in the world. Aint that something?

Guiness World Records are appealing. I admit, avertising got me good. Just taste the word "World highest". Of course I got hooked.

So suddenly I find myself at a tiny plattform 233 m above ground, with only a rubber band attached to my wrists.



Then this girl start counting backwards.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Go!

And I'm off.



After four seconds I reach top speed at almost 200 km/h (yep, that fast) and half a second later the rubber band extracts and sling me back up in the air. I think I had a constant smile about ten minutes. 5 minutes before, and 5 minutes afterwards.

Oh, and I'm alive by the way.

Notice! They say bungy jumping is not for pussies. I tell you this, jumping from high buildings with a harness between your legs is certainly nothing for people with balls either.

Had the last poker session last night at The Venetian. Went up and down all night and actually lost (didn't thougth that was possible at Venetian?) 145 HKD.

Nevermind. My poker result ends at + 1 485 HKD. A terrible result due to the poor players, but bad luck caught me several times. To be honest I were lucky as hell a couple of times as well. 

So, no more gambling for a while. Gonna miss it. Love the casinos.

Proof 1. The Elevator puzzle
Everytime you riding an elevator in Aisa this is what's happen. You can bet a million that they will try to get in the elevator before you get out. Doesn't matter if it's the bottom floor, they will try to force their way in. Even if you are 6'2" and have a backpack in the same size as them.
The Elevator puzzle also occurs when you stand in line for the elevator (and obviously waiting for it). They will always squeeze before you, no matter what. This funny behavior can also be implied at the subway and practically every given situation who has a line involved.
Swedes is born and raised that you NEVER skip a line. That's why it is so funny to look at Western people (me included), we all get annoyed when this happen.

Proof 2. The complete lack of ratiocination
Whenever you gonna take a taxi or ask for direction in Macau this phenomenom take place. You ask the driver to go to The Venetian (one of the most famous hotels in Macau) he will not understand you at all. You try to say "The Venetian" 10 times and explain:
- The hotel in Taipa, The Venetian, BIG hotel.

Nothing works. Then the staff from the hotel comes to your rescue (you usually take a taxi outside an hotel). They will ask you where you heading and you answer "The Venetian". The staff will then open the front door and simple say "The Venetian" and then like a miracle the driver suddenly understand. "Aah. Venetian?".
This phenomenom can also be spotted in Vietnam.

Proof 3. Their sense of humour
Here is the top 3 jokes in Asia. Sorry folks for giving it away. Hopefully the Stand-up scene won't die completely.

Joke 1. Stand beside a foreigner (the foreigner must be at least 40 cm taller) and put your hands above his head and measure his height.  Then measure yourself and say "Same, same". Hilarious!

Joke 2. Give the wrong change whenever a foreigner shop. Works everytime. So funny! Laught hysterically when he finds out.

Joke 3. Point at the foreigners and laught. As simple as Dell.

Just to make sure everyone get this. YES I am generalizing . NO I do not hate Asians. They are funny. In their own special way.

Asian people are even more rummy.

Explanation will follow. The Internet place is closing.

Stolle and I have now officially broken up. He went to Hong Kong to meet June this morning and I stay a couple of more days in Macau. I will probably start missing him in a week or so. Gonna visit Jeremy soon in Phuket. Looking forward to it!

Except that no big news. As you could read before I busted in the APPT (1800+200 HKD). Won back the money at The Venetian. Had  a good hour and erned 2 950 HKD.

I'm on the right side again.

Result:
+ 1 630 HKD

Gah! Just got knocked out from Pokerstars APPT Event 22 because of a major prick acted out of turn!
Why the hell did he do that?!
Dammit, instead of having a great pile of chips in front of me I'm out.

Jepp, I'm real frustrated because of this. If he had just paid attention this wouldn't have happened....

Enligt lite kalkylerande ligger jag  äntligen på plus igen!
4 dagar har vi nu spelat. Se resultat nedan.

Dag 1.
+ 355 HKD

Dag 2.
- 2 970 HKD

Dag 3.
+ 670 HKD

Dag 4.
+ 2 625 HKD

SUMMA
+ 680 HKD

4th night. Luck, I beg you, please do not piss me in the face like you use to do.



Yeah, yeah, I know that I am whining. I just don't like loosing money.
Back to Venetian. Time for grind, no fancy things or other bullshit. I've got money on my mind.

Surprise, surprise! I'm winning. Bought in for 2 000 as usual. Cashed out 3 115.
Ok, let's give Wynn a try. 10-25 is the stakes, I bring 2 000 to the table.

Made a couple of moves that went my way. Bluffed more than usual and didn't hit any walls. Got a nice pot with pocket aces. Raised 4 BB pre. 3 people called. Flopp 679 with a flush draw. 1st position raise 125, I hit back 375. To my surprise the guy after me calls. Kan det finnas en hund begraven?
The 4th guy folds and so does the first raiser as well. Turn is another 7 and unfortunately the flush is out. I check and the last guy checks behind me. I must figure out if he made the flush or if he aiming for the straight. Or do he already got it?
River 7. Giving us the bord 679 7 7. Bingo! Full house baby.

I bet 700 and he calls. Feels great to flash the aces for full house. He tells me he hit the flush on the turn. I've got lucky! Am I dreaming?
Funny thing. The guy who started out with 125 told me he folded quads. He had the last 7.

Cashed out 9:30 in the morning. 12 hours of play.

Result:
The Venetian + 1 115
Wynn + 1 510

Went to The Venetian again. Yep, we like that place. As you remember from last night I had a real bad run. This night started terrible as well. Got my pocket kings cracked quite early and where down 2 000 HKD after just one hour. Bought in again for 2 500 and no improvement. Down, down, down....

Could I please hit something! Everyone else seems to suck out all the time but my draws never hit. 
Fuck. I find myself down 6 000 (the entire trip)!!! Gotta do something. This aint working.

The next 5 hours I just grind like hell. I manage go get all my money back. I even gained some. Cashed out 4 670 (bought in for 4 500).

Ok. Let's leave Venetian. Grand Lisboa here I come. Quickly doubled up thanks to an Editor from Baller Magazine. Cheers!

But I lost almost all of it at another table :( Got my pocket aces cracked. Wohoo!

Went home after 14 hours of poker playing. Real dizzy.

Result?
The Venetian + 170
Grand Lisboa + 500

RESULT SO FAR IN MACAU:
- 1 945 HKD 

Hey! Went to The Venetian again. Same drill as yesterday, 10-25 HKD and I brought 2 000 to the table. Sign of after a couple of hours. The results 2 530 HKD (+ 530). Went to McDonalds and then we took a taxi to Wynn. Well in the taxi we started to talk about StarWorld and asked the cab driver to go there instread. Poor choice....

I bought in at the 10-25 HKD table for 2 000 as usual. The third hand I looked down at QQ. A girl burst out 175 UTG. I re-raise in mid-pos to 575. Round fold to her. She instantly declare "All in" for 3 000 (overplay?). I make a quick call and is also all in (for 2 000). She sighs and I figure that she has AK. The flop of course show an ace and she is obviously happy. And shows her AKo..... No miracle on the turn or river and the 4 000 pot goes her way. Phuck. I needed that pot.

I buy in for another 1 500 and pick up 2 good flush draws and 1 straight flush draw. Didn't hit a single one of the draws and I find myself down 2 970 HKD (530 - 3 500).

Horrible fucking session at StarWorld. Nothing, absolutely nothing went my way. Crap.

We checked in to our 5 star Hotel located 10 min from the Strip. It was neat but nor a "5 star Hotel?" according to Stolle. 

Eleven o'clock (in the evening) it was time to start the grind. We grabbed a cab and went to The Venetian. Well there we sat down at a 10-25 HKD table and bought in for 2 000 HKD
(1 HKD ~ 1 SEK).

I went up and down the whole evening. Played quite bad actually, was not in shape and made about 4 clear mistakes. But I managed to end the session a little bit up after all. Cashed out
2 355 HKD after three hours of play.

"LILLPLUSS"!

It's time for gambling guys.

Hey! The blog have been awfully quite lately. Sorry for that. I've been to the places mentioned in the headline. Cheers!

Hey guys! Soon we all gonna fly to Hong Kong. We say goodbye to buckets, riots and flourescent colors and say Hi to frikking high buildings, street food and commuter transportation.

We are back in Bangkok - The Riot City.

I guess you figured out that I quit my bar job at Phi Phi. Or did they fire me? Anyway, I do not work for the bar anymore :)

To be honest, I really did well in the bar. Got loads of people in and gave them a good time. Me and my companion Harry litteraly killed the street.  Flyers where going in every direction.

The hassle began when I've started to work on own initiative. I filled the front of the bar with beautiful Scandinavian women (of course). After my job with the ladies where done, it was waaaaay easier for me and Harry to get the boys in.

After a while I saw that two of the blondes I've put in the front where bored, so I went to my boss to see if we could do anything to make them stay, maybe throw in some free shots for them. The conversation went like this:

Tom - "Hey, you see the two lovely blondes over there? Do we do anything special for them to make them stay? Like giving them free shots or discounts on drinks?

Boss - "No, don't bother. Just hand out your flyers"

Tom - "Listen, it is way easier for me to get the boys in if they stay"

Boss, now upset - "Look, just be on the street and hand out the flyers. Nothing else"

Tom mumbling - "Fuck it..."

Soon after the blondes left and now me and Harry had a gap to fill. We filled it and then I got my paycheck and left promptly. No goodbye and definitely no nice words crossed between us.

The whole thing reminds me of my former boss, Herr Espmark. He used to tell me "Tom, no own initiative". Of course I didn't listen back then so why should I do it now?

Let my shoes lead my forward and if I step on someones toes I blame them. Don't be in my way stupid.

Over and out
The Originator

It is always fun to see people go crazy when they are on vacation. Here we got a splendid specimen:

It's time to get the hell out of Phi Phi Island. To much hassle.
Met a lot of old and new friends here but unfortunately some kids are just wankers.

Told some guys to go fuck themselfes and have to avoid some girls as well.

But hey! What a week! Thank you guys, it was awesome. And Greg, jog on.

I have started to work at a bar in Phi Phi Island. I'm a Bar Promoter. IT'S AWESOME!

The tasks are real simple - Get as much people as possible into the bar and make them have fun and spend money.

Free shots for everyone!

As you could see in the last picture, we got a new member amoung us: Lill-Stolle.

Andreas, the dyslectic older brother, tried to make a taxi sign but failed brutally. I had to step in to seal the deal. How hard can it be to spell your own family name?



Anyways. Here is the happy mf.



He brought some shit from Sweden. THANK YOU! (come again)

Tom - En glad javel