If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The music stops, the lights come up and it’s time to go home. Is the night over? If you’re living in suburban Washington DC then it probably is, but not in Bangkok… The night is just beginning.
In Bangkok, you’re never [...]

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There are dozens of slang words and adjectives to describe them. The first of these colorful phrases that I ever heard was ropey old slapper.
I’m referring to bar girls. But not just any bar girl – we’re talking about the aging bar girl – the one who is (well) past her prime… in [...]

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There is some interesting terminology here in Thailand that reflects some cultural realities that, while they are not unique to Thailand, certainly seem alien to my American and Australian egalitarian background.
In Thailand, the term Hi-So is a shortened version of high society. It describes someone who is rich (or at least well-to-do), attractive, fashionable and [...]

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Photo is my friend Oi on our trip to Samui in 2005
One of the most frequent comments on my blog site is that people would like to know how bar girls and other single young Thai girls live.
This comment from from a reader was enlightening:
I’ve also been curious to see how the TGs/bar girls live. I’ve been [...]

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I have a good mate who is married to a non-Thai woman. Although separated by several continents she has many of the same values as a Thai woman.  They were having dinner one night with a farang couple.  My mate’s wife offhandedly mentioned that sometimes when her husband gets home from work she’ll pour a [...]

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I am in trouble when it comes to Thai women’s habit of stuffing food in my mouth. I take my drinking seriously and I do not agree with having mangos, dried frogs, or other foodstuff messing with my alcohol intake on a Saturday night. I prefer to keep my eating and drinking separate. Mangos and [...]

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In case you’ve missed it, I put together a fun little game where I took five pictures of Thai models/actresses and five pictures of lady boys and asked people to guess which is which. If you haven’t taken the test already, get your butt over there and give it a shot. No fair peeking [...]

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There’s absolutely no moral to this story nor much point to it other than to share one of those crazy experiences that only seem to happen to you in Thailand. 
I was holiday in Bangkok without much on the agenda for the day other than the remote possibility that I might find myself motivated enough [...]

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This is a reasonably accurate account of a wonderful if not bewildering 18-month period spent meeting and living with a Thai girl in my adopted country of South Africa. I have for obvious reasons used fictitious names.
Elusive would be an understatement, as she would float in and glide out. Often seen in the indoor plant [...]

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This part is not really my own story, but it’s picturing that also good girls can be turning to bad girls.
About 2 years ago, it happened that one of my friends accidentally met one girl from LOS when he visited me and my family at home in Farangland. This girl was manager from a wedding [...]

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