I have seen the video of “Kwan” Usamanee Waitayanon refusing to jump into the water as instructed by the director of her upcoming lakorn for Ch7, “Heavenly Swan (Hong Fah)” and the director complaining, “you don’t want to cry and now you don’t want to jump in?” It was filmed and hopefully Kwan is not stupid enough to act spoiled on camera. Kwan has a negative image, is she stupid enough to continue that trend? She is known as the “goddess of scandals and feuds”.

Kwan said she was joking and she is not being difficult. You have to wonder and judge for yourself. You can watch the video here. Sorry for non-Thai speakers, it’s in Thai only. Kwan, hopefully joking, explained that you don’t have to do everything realistically, the camera can be used to deceive the viewers. She also said, you have to examine time and cost. If it is worth it, then you do it.

“The thing is when you’re acting in a lakorn, you have to examine what is important. If it is not necessary to jump into the water, you have to consider whether is wasteful for the set or whether it is wasting time. You have to consider time and whether it is worth the cost. If it is not worth the time or cost, then you don’t do it.”

Tle Thanapol, who sat next to Kwan when she said that, looked dumbfounded observed by one Thai netizen and said, “really?”

According to Kwan, she wouldn’t dare to act difficult, Khun Daeng (head honcho of Ch7) might not give her anymore work.

About refusing to jump into the water on cue, Kwan said this:”The director didn’t tell me to jump in. As an actress, I have to listen to whatever the director says. But he didn’t tell me to. Why would I jump in for? I don’t know where this news came from. If this news was leaked, it would have been from someone on set. But I don’t think anyone on set would want to harm any actor or actresses ,especially Kantana (a production company). I grew up in Kantana, since I was kid. There is probably no one there who would want to harm me.”

“Now as for the crying when they instructed me, there have been incidences of that. But I was just joking, when that time came, I did cry. Every lakorn, don’t you see me cry? For every scene, I always say, I don’t want to cry. But in the end, I do it. Because it is my responsibility. What else do you want? Occasionally, I’m just a kid who jokes around. When it’s time to work, I work. As for the matter for not wanting to cry and me saying to everyone on set that I don’t want to do this or don’t want to cry now because I was tired, something along those lines. But in the end, I did do it. Because it is my job. It’s work for the public. If I don’t do it, Aunt Daeng, won’t give me work. That won’t do, thus I have to do it.”

–Hold up, did she just refer to Khun Daeng, her boss, as Aunt (bpaa). To me, that sounded really disrespectful. You call a market lady ‘bpaa (auntie)’ or your biological aunt ‘bpaa’ or some random older lady who you don’t know ‘bpaa’, not your boss to whom you have a strain relationship with, according to the media.

Kwan doesn’t mind these types of news at all. “To have news like this, it’s a good thing. We can all get use to it and understand that this is a normal thing for me. Majority of the time on set, I have known these people (crew members) since I was a kid so I feel at ease. I’m not scared that they will think that I’m difficult. On set, all of the crew members know that if the director instructs me to leap over a building, jump into the water, I will do it. Because there is safety set for the actors and actresses to do so.”

People at Manager news website don’t seem to believe her. One Thai netizen wrote: “From what I saw on the 9 Entertainment show, that’s not right. The director said to jump in but you didn’t and the director mumbled. Your pra’ek even made a dumbfounded face at you, it’s not what you are saying now. Go back and watch the show. If you can’t remember, then you must be a kid who has Alzheimer.”

Another Thai netizen said: “Kwan is not difficult, she is just spoiled.”

Thoughts?

To promote Spacha? What’s that? Or is is Spa Cha. Anyways, she was there and it just seems like I haven’t seen this girl in a long time. She looks the same. ha. Nice short, short green dress! She best be  careful when she sits down, that dress is short. Yes, I mean best not better.

More pictures here.

Rita and Kao

And several young Thai stars took part in the fashion show for the grand opening of the Gap Store at Central World yesterday.

Gap is doing well for itself, opening its first store in China and Italy and expanding its Banana Republic branch in Europe. Good. I’m a Gap and Old Navy shopper. I support.

I have to say, everyone looks depressed–from Bee Namthip to Boy Pakorn to Gun “Fluke” Kantathaworn to Woonsen to Nadech. Is it just me or is Kao the only person who looks happy? What’s the instruction for this fashion show…everyone just make it look like you’re going to a funeral. That’s the concept.

More pictures at the photographer’s personal page.

Good gosh woman, they’re old enough to be your son. I’m exaggerating, maybe just Nadech, I think he is the same age as Guy Navapol, Marsha’s 20-something year old son. Singer/actress Marsh Wattanapanich, a mature woman in her 40’s, graced the cover of IMAGE fashion magazine wrapped with a long gray ‘AMAT’ ribbon, covering the essentials–boobs, private girl area, and a little bit of the tummy. Marsh and several muscular Thai hotties promoted the AMAT brand of undies by Amat Nimitpark, aka Mr. Erotic Image Maker, a renowned fashion photographer for Image magazine, in the March issue of IMAGE magazine 2010.

Actress and model “Jeed” Saengthong Ket-U-Tong, Ananda Everingham’s ex,  graced the second cover, covering her breast and wearing just a white bikini bottom. I’ve noticed she does that a lot, showing off her body on magazine covers. Nothing wrong with that, considering this is Thailand, I wonder if this detrimental to her career. You know if she ever worked in lakorns, she will never be offered the nang’ek role. Lakorn watchers want their nang’ek to be pure and innocent with the exception of “Aum” Patcharapa Chaichuea and maybe a few others. Anne, Noon, Aff, or Kob will never do something like this. They like to be clothed for their magazine cover.

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Marsha with Thai/Japanese model and actor Nadech “Barry” Kugimiya, Marsha with Nat Thephasadin, Marsh with former co-star Peter Corp Dyrendal, lastly, Marsha with Pong Nawat.

Single pictures: Nat, Marsha in men’s underwear, Pong, and Peter.

[Yui graduated this morning, March 8, 2010 Thailand time.]

Twenty-nine year old Yui Jiranan, jealous nang’rai from the hit lakorn “Prajun Lai Payak on Ch7, graduates from Ramkhamhaeng University with a degree in Mass Communication. She earned a 2.4 GPA. “It was tiring,” said Yui. “Once I graduated, I’m not tired anymore. I feel that what I have endured, strive for so long, 6 years to date, has been completed. My grade point average might be low, it was only 2.4, but I have worked for the past 9 years and simultaneously went to school. My work has been laborious, to have earned this much, I’m satisfied,” she said, providing us with an explanation for her low GPA. Well you graduated, some people can’t even do that. Good for you, regardless of the low GPA.

I can’t believe it, it’s award season again, time does fly, doesn’t it? Here you go, the nominees for  the Nine Entertainment 2010 awards coming up this March 25, 2010 at the Thai Cultural Center.

Actor of the Year: Pongpat Wachirabunjong, Chatchai Plengpanich, Chakrit Yamnam, Oh Anuchit, and Paramej Noiam.—I’m very surprise, Ken is not nominated. Say what?

Actress of the Year: “NamPueng” Nattharika Thammapreedanan, Aom Piyada Akarasene, Cris Horwang, Nat Myria, and Pok Piyatida—Again, I’m surprise, no Anne Thongprasom, oh her fans won’t be happy.

Lakorn of the Year: Kom Faek 2: Checkmate (Ch7), Mia Luang “Head Wife” (Ch7), Prajun See Roong “Rainbow Moon”(Ch3), Proong Nee Gor Ruk Ter “Tomorrow I’ll still love you” (Ch5), Ching Chang “Hate” (Ch5)

Film of the Year: Kwaam Suk Kong Kati (The Happiness of Kati), Bangkok Traffic Love Story, Cheuan (Slice), The Best in Times

Male Singer of the Year: Bie Sukrit (for his album Hug Bie), Calories Blah Blah (for his album Sugar Added), “Ruj” Suparuj Taychathanon (for his album Ruj), “Chin” Chinnawut Intarakusin (for his album Maybe I’m bad), Popetorn Soonthornyanakij (For his album Two)

Female Singer of the Year: Da Endorphine (Saen Saep), Tata Young (Ready for Love), “Punch” Warakarn Rojanawat (Prague….natural),  Fai AmFine (Drama), Sirintip Hanpradit (Rose Show)

Host of the Year: Sunya Kunakorn, Kiat Kitcharoen, Mam Suriwipa Kultangwattana, Panya Nirankul,  Woody Milintachinda (Woody Show)

Song of the Year:
“Khon Tamada (A normal person)” sang by “Chin” Chinnawut Intarakusin
“Ruk Tae…yang Ngai (True Love…how?) sang by ‘Namcha’ Sheranut Yusanonda
“Jut Rerm Ton Kong Jut Jop (The starting point of the end)” sang by Da Endorphine
“Kwaam Kit (Thought)” sang by Stamp Apiwa
“Maak Mai (A lot)” by Bie Sukrit

Popular Vote Nominees (this is something new):
M1: Kob Suwanant
M2: Golf and Mike
M3: Ken Theeradeth
M4: “Dan” Worawech Danuwong
M5: Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul
M6: Bie Sukrit
M7: “Pancake” Khemmanid Jamikorn
M8: “Ruj” Suparuj Taychathanon
M9: Singharat “Singto” Janpakdee
—I have a feeling Nichkhun will win, like what Junho said, Nichkhun is like GOD in Thailand.

Oh, another drunk kiss, this time he remembers it. Today’s episode was cut short, only 30 minutes aired because of a soccer match.

I loved this episode because we didn’t have to see or hear Tom whining or Deun scheming or Puang getting beat up or him looking like a mad man. Though it was for only 30 minutes, we got to see a lot of Jao Noi and Sutad scene. Great for us because Sutad and Jao Noi are carrying this lakorn. Bussaya household dramas just bore me.

At the farm, they have a Northern lookthung hoe-down hosted by Jao Noi for the workers. Everyone is having a good time, especially Tiang, she was dancing all crazy, like a wild animal in heat. If I was her kid, I would be embarrassed.She was hooting and howling and jumping from person to person. That guy who was beating the drum was probably thinking, I seriously want to laugh but I can’t because we’re filming.

From a far, Jao Noi watches Sutad drinking and smiling with admiration, he drawn to her but probably doesn’t understand why.

The music stops and Jao Noi gives a toss: ‘I want to thank everyone, who have worked harder and became more tired, and worked more. As for tonight, enjoyed yourselves to the fullest.”

He lifts up his cup and everyone cheers. And the party In the background, one of the theme songs start playing, “Ter Tam Hai Chan Kid Teung Tae Tur (You make me think of only of you)” sang by M. Attapol and Punch.

Lyrics went something like this:
“You changed my life when before was very lonely…
to be the life that hears only music.
You change me to be the person who doesn’t think only of myself.
You make me think only of you.”

Hey look, someone had too much to drink. Sutad helps Jao Noi back to this room, he’s completely inebriated. He doesn’t want to rest, he wants to go back to the “partee”. Lets ‘partee’, I’m gonna use that from now on.

Both lose balance and he lands on top of Sutad on the bed. Opps!

She struggles to push him off. “Jao ha, get up.”

Jao Noi looks at Sutad who is beneath him and asked, “Tad, are you really a guy?” What an awkward moment!

She looks at him scared and lies, “why are you asking me that? Of course, I’m a guy!”

Again she struggles to push him off. “Jao ha, get up, ha. I can’t breathe.”

He holds her still and looks at her sternly. He touches her face, examining it, like he doesn’t believe she can be a guy.

“Then why…” he asked and shakes his head. He never finished, but I think he was going to say, “Then why do I like you if you are guy?”

Jao Noi is confuse and he’s drunk. We all know alcohol does wonders to our honesty. At this moment, Jao Noi is letting everything go and showing his true/honest feelings for Sutad that he likes her, that he really likes her, and he can’t hold it back anymore. So cool.

For like the one-hundred time, she tells him to get off. But she does it in a polite manner, who would believe she wants him off.

He doesn’t get up. Again, he stares at her, not like a guy to his guy friend, but a guy to a person he loves. He caressed her cheeks and goes in for the kiss. She looks at him like a scared lamb being preyed on by a big bad wolf but she doesn’t scream, she was more stunned and probably wonders, ‘is this really happening. Again?”

Yea, it was a fake kiss. SO FAKE! Thai lakorns Oy!

After that, she pushed him off and ran away. HAHA.

He was alert, he was conscious this time around, last time, he didn’t know that he drunk kissed her, this time, he knew.

Feeling confused and embarrassed aye? It’s okay, you’re not gay. That guy, she’s a girl. If you are, it’s still okay.

Sutad runs back to her room and repeats to herself. “Jao didn’t mean it, he was drunk. He didn’t mean it!”

But she is still angry. “Jao, Oy! There is always an issue when he gets drunk.”

Because she was not alone, Sutad had to restrain her anger, Tiang might find out. Tiang wanted to know where she was, she lies that she helped cleaned up.

Tiang didn’t pay much attention to her answer and crashed, she had too much fun at the ‘partee’ too.

It’s okay Jao Noi, it was only a kiss, you ain’t gay. So back in his room, Jao Noi is having a “Coffee Prince” moment, he’s confuse. What has he done.

Jao Noi:”What have I done? Have I gone crazy? Do I really like guys?”—Aw, don’t worry you ain’t gay, you like girls. Sutad is a girl, she is just pretending to be a guy. Get it. Don’t have a mental break down now. I hate the music playing in the background during this scene, it’s all sad, like soon this fool is gonna go run off into the bathroom and kill himself. It could have been lighter.

Later that night, Sutad still can’t get her mind off the kiss. Was it nothing or something to be concern about?

Sutad trying to reassure herself. “It was nothing, Jao was drunk. Jao was drunk.”

Jao Pattana yelling at the HELP again, seriously, he needs anger management classes. I would never want to work for this old fool, he’s hella scary. One minute he is a lovable master, the next, he screams at you for no reason.

Jao Pattana is yelling at his cook because she brought him fish rice porridge. He doesn’t want to eat it, he is bored of it. His cook tells him that Jitree told her give him something light when he drank to much alcohol. It will help him feel better. I think hearing Jitree being mentioned so many times, Jao Pattana becomes agitated and yelled at his cook to make him steak and to give him his pills PRONTO!

Jitree has a new lease on life and has decided to start selling hair products again. The way they were describing it, it sounds like being a Mary Kay saleslady but with hair products.

At the salon, Jitree’s former gambling buddy is there too, she notices what Jitree is aiming to do and encouraged her to go back to gambling, it’s easy money. Jitree is unstirred this time, she won’t go back to gambling, she is doing honest work from now. Though it won’t make much compared to gambling, it’s honest work and she won’t lose her humanity because of it.

Since the incident last night, Sutad is totally trying to avoid Jao Noi. When she sees him  at the main house, he calls for her, she pretends she doesn’t hear it. He calls for her louder and even Tiang hears it, but Sutad lies again. “I’m going to check on Junior (the baby cow)” and jets for it. Poor girl.

While working at the fields, she jets for it again when she sees Jao Noi’s car approaching. She hides behind a haystack.

She goes out to check where he went, she sees his car parked from a far, but where is he.

Girl, he’s behind you. She was stunned to see him there.

Jao Noi:”What’s the matter with you, why have you been avoiding me?”—ummm, hello, you kissed her.

Sutad plays it off:”When was I avoiding you? I was doing my own work, you can see that.”

Now he brings up her usual routine for him.

Jao Noi:”Why haven’t you gotten me coffee like always? When I called you, you didn’t hear me.”

She avoids the question by making work an excuse. “Because I had go work with the cattle.”

Again, she tries to jet for it, but he grabbed her collar, and pulled her back.

Jao Noi:”Don’t show off work, looking at your state, what have you done?”

“I didn’t do it, you did.” She screams at him and quietly looked down like she doesn’t want to talk about it anymore.

Jao Noi interrogates her more. “What have I done wrong?”

I love her expression when he asked her that, she was like seriously, you don’t remember again and I have to tell you. OH hell na.

She doesn’t answer him. “If don’t remember it, lets forget about it.”

She tries to walk away, he pulls back by the collar again. “Where do you think you’re going?” It’s freaking hilarious. I love their playful interaction. It’s enduring.

Again he asked her what did he do wrong.

She lies that he vomited on her and that is why she is angry.

Tad screaming. “Last night, you were drunk, very drunk, and vomited all over me. It was really stinky too. It was stinky and it is still stinky too.”

She tries to walk away again (her third try) and he pulls her back by the collar again.

Jao Noi:”You came with me, I have work for you to do.”

Jao Noi makes her prepare the cattle feed. He orders her around and yells at her when she is not meeting his expectation. Sutad is fed up, she does this everyday, she doesn’t need him to hang around and watch her do her ‘work’ and complain that she is not doing it right.

Sutad throws her shovel to the ground and yells at him because she is tried of his complaint.

“Then you do it, then it will met your expectations.”

Jao Noi:”Whatever I say, you’re talking back ha ? Then you might get kiss like last night.”

The look her face was priceless. He said what?

Sutad panics:”I thought you said you didn’t remember.”

Jao Noi:”What if I remember it, what of it?”

Sutad panics some more and reacted like a schoolgirl and jetted. She called him crazy before running off.

He chased after her. She tripped and sprained her ankle near a tree. He offered to help her, she refused. Odd moment.

A new offer, a piggy-back ride on his back, she refused again. Fine, he tells her. He doesn’t care how she gets back by limping or crawling, but he warns her to be careful, there are snakes around here.

Snakes? She looks around. Scared, she calls him back. “Jao ha, please help me.”

She stands up and he walks back to her. Cutely, she tells him, “please help me.”

He goes on bended knee and offered her his back. She was hesitant. He yelled at her to hurry up.

Walking back, Sutad asked Jao Noi why he kissed her. “Jao ha, why did you do that?”

Jao Noi:”do what? Putting you on my back, if I didn’t do that, how can you get back? Do you want me to drag you back?”

Sutad:”I didn’t mean that ha. I mean last night, WHY did you kiss me.”

Jao Noi shouting:”I don’t know, maybe I was drunk.”

Sutad corrects him:”Even if you were drunk you shouldn’t have done that. I’m a boy and work for you.”

Jao Noi is feeling uncomfortable and tries to explain himself. “Oy. You shouldn’t think too much of it. I was drunk. Isn’t there a saying…don’t mind a crazy person or a drunk person.”

By the way, amazing background scenery.

Before either could say anything, Bang walked over.

Bang asked what was wrong, Jao Noi told him that Sutad sprained her ankle and he is just giving her a ride back.

Bang taunts Sutad on the matter. “Just a sprain ankle, you pretended you couldn’t walk, are you pretending Tad?”

Sutad felt uncomfortable because of Bang’s accusation and told Jao Noi she was okay now and jumped off his back. “I’m okay now.”

But she wasn’t and struggled to walk. Seeing her in a disabled state, Jao Noi offered to shoulder her back. Bang watches them leave and says. “Oy that’s it, my poor master, he has lost himself to Sutad. Oy.”–meaning Jao Noi is gonna turn gay because of Sutad. HAHHAhA.

Oy, back to this boring couple. Saengkham ruined her curry soup for her restaurant and wanted to throw it away, Witoon had better ideas, he suggested donating it to a school for needy kids.

Blah, blah, they helped out at the needy kid school and played with the kids there. Witoon sang songs for the kids.

They give each other glances. Blah, Blah, when they got a chance to chat, she thanked him for teaching her how to reach full contentment. Okay Buddy, you do that.

Afterwards, they played soccer with the kids. Fun times.

End of episode.

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In this scene, she makes him promise to only be true to Saengkham, as he applied cream to her bruised head.

Earnestly she says, “don’t cheat on Saengkham, just don’t.”

He was like what the hay and pressed her head back playfully.

I am still in love with Jao Noi and Sutad relationship; however, I am getting impatient. I want some romance now! Taddao/Sutad is starting to show interest via her actions–her longing stares, her disappointment when he talks about Saengkham, her jealousy when Tom is around. As for him, he is just clueless. Get with the program guy, geez Louise, find out that she is a girl already. I’m getting impatient.

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This is the thing with Thai celebrity relationships, they will ’see’ each other for months or years until they admit they are official–they will use the term ‘peuan sanit (My close friend)’ to describe their partner, but never use the boyfriend or girlfriend term.

As soon as they allow the media to use the ‘boyfriend and girlfriend’ term and make their relationship official, it only takes a month for their relationship to crumble. Like someone said, Pinky and Aum spent more time ‘talking’ than actually being an official couple.

Eighteen year old Pattie and twenty-five year old Dan Danuwong’s relationship is pretty much going on that same route–stalling their official relationship status and making people continue to guess and pay attention to them. Pattie has a lot of male fans vice versa Dan has a lot of female fans. It’s strategy. If it is not official, they are still obtainable.

Patty is asking the public to be patient about her relationship with Dan, she doesn’t want to use the term ‘friend (my girlfriend or boyfriend)’ just yet.

“Oi, to call him my boyfriend? I have to think about that a bit more. I think that if I’m going to be in love for the the first time, this love will be my first love. I just want to be certain about it first.”

Dan is the first person to who Patty has taken seriously. “Right now, Dan is the person, who is very close to me. We started talking since the filming of ‘the Spy’–their sitcom. About half a year. I feel relaxed talking to him. Whatever it is, we can discuss them. P’Dan is a hardworker, a mature adult. When we are together, when I talk to him, he can always make me smile.”

This is the first time Dan has confessed to talking to a girl, Patty feels delighted to be his first.

“I feel good, I feel like he is giving me respect, I feel delighted.”

Though Dan is with Patty, he still has rumors with other girls. Patty is not concern because she knows he is not that type of person.

“Where ever he goes, with who, whether it be going to watch a movie with who ever, he has the right to do so. We give each other space. When we are seeing someone, we have to have trust. Since always, he has told me about them though I didn’t ask. He tells me himself. Everyone woman typically fear a man who is a player. Since the day we started working together and started talking, I don’t think he is that type of person. That is my personal opinion.”

Patty hopes that her relationship with Dan will continue to be bright. “Right now, we are talking and it’s been good. It has given me moral support as I work. If the future continues to be good like this, I will be very happy.”

After hearing from both sides, they seem like a mature couple.

A picture of Patty from yesterday.