Nice stuff. I guess that guy throwing water on the bus had a bad experience with the local public transportation.
They have a water festival. When I was there, I freaked out every time they went to toss water on me, as the water mostly came from the very unclean canals.
The construction of this five star hotel was stopped circa 1997 when a financial crisis hit Asia, and developpers didn't have enough money to finish several projects (even those like this one that were almost finished!) There are a couple of half-built skyscrapers in Bangkok, but this one is the most notorious!