Neeranam Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 This will be my 15th Songkran and I hate it. The first one was OK when I was young and drunk. The second was OK too. Now, the festival has become totally out of hand. Two years ago in Bangkok, I was "assaulted" - getting ice thrown in my face. Three years ago, I did the back of a pick-up thing and was bloody freezing - it was a nightmare. At least the guys who bought a pick-up will get a chance to use it. Anyone else hate this holiday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maigo6 Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 This will be my 15th Songkran and I hate it.The first one was OK when I was young and drunk. The second was OK too. Now, the festival has become totally out of hand. Two years ago in Bangkok, I was "assaulted" - getting ice thrown in my face. Three years ago, I did the back of a pick-up thing and was bloody freezing - it was a nightmare. At least the guys who bought a pick-up will get a chance to use it. Anyone else hate this holiday? No, I love it. There are not many countries in the world that could hold such a festival, I'm fortunate enough to be in one of them. This type of thing just could never happen in a country like UK, folks there are just too miserable or too violent, long live Songkhran !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancelot Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Count me in the "I hate Songkran" group.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patklang Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 can take it or leave it.I hate being frozen and if the weather isnt hot be prepared for frozen nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolypie Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I only hate the moronic farangs that use this wonderfull festival as a right to asault people with water cannons and iced buckets of water!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Christmas, Songkran? Bah humbug As long as they don't get water in my beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHarries Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Well I love it for one day but much longer and it starts to pall. Unfortunately there's no choice offered these days, you are a legitimate target once you step outside. Maigo6, correct you could never hold it in the UK. Apart from the violence factor you'd be breaking just about every regulation, law, directive and statute in the book so they'd have to build a whole new set pf gaols. Jeez, there's be more ASBO's flying about than water! Apart from all that the weather in April would ensure you'd not have to add ice to the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceCafe Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 (edited) Yes, with a vengance. And like you, when I was younger and full of piss 'n' vinegar I loved it but as the years roll by and Songkranners get more out of hand I prefer to hide indoors with a pile of paperbacks! Thought I'd escaped about 5 years ago...... was with the missus in the market up Nong Han way and some bloody guy dumped a bucket of iced water all down my back, much to the amusement of the locals... One year I was riding a scooter up Theprasit well after dark and there was a sump truck slowly driving up the centre of the road with two drunk farangs spraying pumped water all over every other road user..... One time I was riding a very expensive high powered bike down Soi Punch-Up Yamoto and this drunk bg leaps out in front of me with a blue pvc pipe water cannon, jabs it into the fairing/mirrors and cracks the whole bloody lot...... Yeah, love Songkran! Edited April 10, 2009 by AceCafe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loong Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Songkran can be a very enjoyable time if any sort of common sense is involved. Generally I enjoy it and had many good times. It's the over the top things that spoil it. Last year I was on my motorbike on the main road Khon Kaen to Udon doing about 90 Kmh. I got a bucket of water thrown at me and very nearly came off. That is just so F****g stupid on a fast main road. Same road last year, a pickup came alongside and launched a bucket of water. These idiots have no idea how dangerous their actions are. But a few beers and a soaking where the traffic is slow and the party atmosphere, it can be good fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G54 Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Seems for some they cannot escape the 'madness' while for others we can escape. I do not mind one way or the other as here it is generally limited and I have known some people be polite and not use water etc when asked not to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattaya_girl Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Yes, I hate it !!!!!! Sick of being Drunk. Wet, Cold and Tired so this year I am escaping for a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deprogrammed Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 This will be my 15th Songkran and I hate it.The first one was OK when I was young and drunk. The second was OK too. Now, the festival has become totally out of hand. Two years ago in Bangkok, I was "assaulted" - getting ice thrown in my face. Three years ago, I did the back of a pick-up thing and was bloody freezing - it was a nightmare. At least the guys who bought a pick-up will get a chance to use it. Anyone else hate this holiday? No, I love it. There are not many countries in the world that could hold such a festival, I'm fortunate enough to be in one of them. This type of thing just could never happen in a country like UK, folks there are just too miserable or too violent, long live Songkhran !!! Thais love Songkhran - its in their blood. But any farang professing to like being assaulted with ice an water for a week ( yes a week - you live in Pattaya) is suspect Also how can you generalize about everone in the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchFARANGbkk Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I join the "I hate Songkran" list and start the "I hate it since the first year" ! Ready to lock in Bangkok with food and girls ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crushdepth Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I hate having cold water thrown over me, whether its Songkran or not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuian Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I love the idea behind it! I hate when the crowd gets drunk, hysteric, nasty and the hospitals get overfilled and the cremation grounds get crowded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovenman Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Anyone else hate this holiday? I'll answer that by quoting my own post from four years ago: To paraphrase myself from earlier in this thread (at the risk of being once-again called a naysayer), there is something inherently wrong with a "festival" that does not allow me to ride my motorbike to the market for the better part of a week for fear of being blasted off it by some drunk <deleted> with a water cannon. Period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticBhoy Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I'm a sweaty person, so I like people throwing water at me to cool me down! I can see how some folks tire of it, but I must admit I really enjoy the whole thing. This will be my 16th and I'm as enthusiastic as the first. Can't wait!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noahvail Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 (edited) Anyone else hate this holiday? I'll answer that by quoting my own post from four years ago: To paraphrase myself from earlier in this thread (at the risk of being once-again called a naysayer), there is something inherently wrong with a "festival" that does not allow me to ride my motorbike to the market for the better part of a week for fear of being blasted off it by some drunk <deleted> with a water cannon. Period. I'm in a little town in Issan, and am told that on the main street, 3 or 4 scooter riders kiss the pavement every year. Sheesh... And what's with the poster paint? At least I assume (and hope) that's all it is. Today I saw a bus, a couple of utes, and a bunch of scooters that had all been splayed with paint. I just don't think the owners had all modified their vehicles in this manner Just a word of thanks to the folks offering helpful advice on TV on how to survive it relatively intact. It's my first one, and talking with my Thai friends, I think next year I might plan to celebrate it in Auckland...or Tahiti (Air Tahiti Nuei is a very pleasant ride)... [edited for typo] Edited April 10, 2009 by noahvail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Hate it.. Too many people die or get injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasabi Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I don't understand how so many seem to like this 'conceptual Song Kran' as a fun loving water festival where no one gets hurt and it's all in the spirit of fun. When in reality it is a violent and dangerous holiday where many die and even more are assaulted against their will as the police look on. Yea this could never happen in the UK. The UK must really suck. Yes I hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogercw Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Yes. Hate. Yes. Hate. Hate. Hate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiakaha Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 This will be my 15th Songkran and I hate it.The first one was OK when I was young and drunk. The second was OK too. Now, the festival has become totally out of hand. Two years ago in Bangkok, I was "assaulted" - getting ice thrown in my face. Three years ago, I did the back of a pick-up thing and was bloody freezing - it was a nightmare. At least the guys who bought a pick-up will get a chance to use it. Anyone else hate this holiday? I love it in the sense that I get to take lots of free holidays from work and get as far away from thailand as I can for a couple of weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maechanman Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Hate it with a vengance,first year I was here was ok as it was a novelty but that was many years ago.Now it's got out of hand and causes many deaths and injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSingh Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I only hate the moronic farangs that use this wonderfull festival as a right to asault people with water cannons and iced buckets of water!!!!!! Exactly.. I don't hate Songkran, but i do hate the ^^ too.. But however right or wrong, i do find that usually a fist on the chops does the trick to those mentioned above ( i know, i know it may be wrong, but so is how far they take things, here on Samui anyway ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loong Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Thais love Songkhran - its in their blood. But any farang professing to like being assaulted with ice an water for a week ( yes a week - you live in Pattaya) is suspect Actually a lot of Thais do NOT like what Songkran has become. Yes, it's a special time of year for them and when the water festival was not as extreme as it is now, everyone could enjoy it. You will see many Thais dress in their best clothes to visit elders and do the traditional pouring of water over their hands and sometimes feet. I've seen them get really angry when their best clothes are ruined by the idiots that just throw water over everybody. The ice water thing, well that's just assault as far as I'm concerned. Some years back, I was at a party and this man had filled a dustbin with water and ice. He delighted in creeping up and pouring this ice cold water down people's backs. He did it to me and I picked him up and dunked him in his own ice water. That actually got some applause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deprogrammed Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 5% of the planets human inhabitants are phsychopathic. Songkrhan is an ideal occasion to indulge in mayhem and death. 6 million psychos (plus the additional ferang nuts) are given licence to cause havoc once a year. I think the positive replys to this post are currently around 5%. However, don't feel intimidated by the pro songkran lobby as they fit in to the 5%! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travel2003 Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I dont hate it. But living in Bangkok has made me not like it anymore. It has gotten out of hand. The most amazing was just a few years ago when there was this extremely dry period, and people in Thailand were told to save water. People tried to, until Songkran...... I guess if I was out in the province during Songkran, it would be a different experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I don't hate it. I really dont see the fuzz about it i live in a muh bahn and i have no problems here. If i go into BKK then maybe and i wont drive my bike for a while but that is all ok. Its once a year chill and relax. Their country their party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livinginexile Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 This will be my 15th Songkran and I hate it.The first one was OK when I was young and drunk. The second was OK too. Now, the festival has become totally out of hand. Two years ago in Bangkok, I was "assaulted" - getting ice thrown in my face. Three years ago, I did the back of a pick-up thing and was bloody freezing - it was a nightmare. At least the guys who bought a pick-up will get a chance to use it. Anyone else hate this holiday? You sound like Stooge! All the fun of Songkran is for the kids. They love it. Maybe you should go back to where ever you came from for a week or so. Baa Humbug huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyConway Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 It would be interesting to know the age group of the haters and lovers. I would bet the majority of haters would be middle aged and over. I'm not taking sides as i can't be arsed to argue it's just an observation. I'm neither red or yellow on this one but blue (neutral) exciting for the youngsters, hel_l for the rest. Their country their party. Spot on fella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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