A Thai man in a gold necklace books two tickets to Koh Lan from Air Asia: one for him, and one for his popular actor friend ‘Boy Pakorn’ who previously had a meltdown in the press conference about the leaked photo of him and a sexy model in Korea. When they get on the flights, the Thai man listens to luk thung songs from Ying Lee as Boy Pakorn seems more interested in watching the finale episode of lakorn Khun Chai Puttipat on his iPhone 5s. They arrive at Koh Lan and end up renting a second-handed Vios to drive around at night and find a dance club that plays “Splash Out.”
That about sums up the most-demanded information by Thai netizens.
Google Thailand announced Wednesday its annual Zeitgeist list of what people in the kingdom searched most for in 2013. Considering the fact Google is the hottest search engine, we feel the list reflects a unique glimpse of the exotic culture and says a lot on one paragraph about the Thai condition in 2013.
Or if you don’t think that’s bull, here is the actual 2013 Zeitgeist list:
Top search keywords:
1. Second-hand car
2. Gold price
3. Kon Urd Pee (Ghost reality show)
4. Naruto
5. Weather forecast
Top search keywords (on smart phones and tablets):
1. Gold price
2. Weather forecast
3. Second-handed car
4. Naruto
5. Kon Urd Pee (Ghost reality show)
Top Brands:
1. Air Asia
2. Nok Air
3. Dtac
4. Samsung
5. Ais
Top male celebrities:
1. Pakorn ‘Boy’ Chatborirak
2. Nadech Kugimiya
3. Buakaw Banchamek
4. Prin ‘Mark’ Suparat
5. Pongsatorn ‘Pai’ Srichan
Top female celebrities:
1. Thidarat Srichumpon (Ying Lee)
2. Sutheewan Taweesin (Baitoey R Siam)
3. Urassaya ‘Yaya’ Sperbund
4. Janie Asavahame
5. Tai Orathai
Top entertainment:
1. Stand-up comedy No. 10
2. Khun Chai Puttipat
3. Pee Mak
4. Hormones
5. Tong Nuea Kao
Top current movies:
1. Pee Mak
2. Chandara
3. Brown Sugar
4. Khu Kam
5. Crazy Crying Lady
Top lakorn:
1. Khun Chai Puttipat
2. Tong Nuea Kao
3. Rang Prajtana
4. Khaen sanaeha
5. Pondprom On-laweng
Top media:
1. Sanook
2. Kapook
3. Thairat
4. Siam Sport
5. MThai
Top gadgets/ technology:
1. iPhone 5s
2. IOS 7
3. iPhone 5c
4. iPad mini
5. Samsung Galaxy S4
Top travel spots:
1. Koh Lan
2. Asiatique
3. Siam Park City
4. Koh Chang
5. Hua Hin
Top cars:
1. Toyota Vios
2. Nissan Pulsar
3. Isuzu Mu-x
4. Mitsubishi Attrage
5. Honda Accord
Top songs:
1. Kook Kao
2. Splash out
3. Mai bok ter
4. Kae Khun
5. Lom plian tid
Top educational institutes:
1. Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University
2. Mahasarakham University
3. Ramkhamhaeng University
4. Srinakharinwirot University
5. Srinakharinwirot University
