I was reading Werewolf’s post about being tongue-tied and I thought it fit in somewhat nicely with my other post about the deck being stacked against men in the West. Namely it’s the topic of Western women vs. Thai women.
Deep down I think all women are the same. The same concept [...]

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One night I was sitting in a bar on Soi Tiger in Patong with one of my mates. It was late afternoon when the sun is hanging just perfectly in the sky telling the world that the night is about to fall upon you. My mate and I were having a few cold [...]

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I once heard a description of Heaven and Hell. In the description, Heaven was described as being like a big banquet with all the best food and drink available, where you could sit and enjoy eating and drinking to your heart’s content. Hell was described as being the same as heaven, except that you were [...]

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On Tuesday evening I had a business meeting which was held in a booth at a local restaurant. Originally we planned to meet at 4 p.m. but due to circumstances my colleague re-scheduled for 6:30. By 9:30 business had been discussed, diagrams drawn, dinner eaten and drinks emptied. The question became, “What do you want [...]

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I got an email from a friend this week. Here’s part of the text of that email:
I made my first visit to Spice Club last night and really enjoyed it. I wasn’t interested in getting laid and sat somewhere out of the way but I still got several offers…if you can’t get laid there, you [...]

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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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My motivations for leaving life in America were numerous and complex. A more primal part of me yearned for attention and relished the more insidious offerings of this fair Kingdom. Simultaneously, I was attracted to an exotic culture where fun was a staple of life and things moved at a seemingly slower and less serious [...]

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A couple of months ago, I wrote about a guy I was dating who kept a number of pastel-colored toothbrushes in a rather discreet shelf above his bathroom mirror, obviously for his many paramours. I never did get my own toothbrush. I got out of there faster than you can say “toxic bachelor”.
He has since [...]

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Bangkok is awash with beggars; they usually crowd any of the countless passenger bridges that cross Bangkok’s streets, Sky train stations or other well-known areas of the city. I don’t usually give anything unless their situation seems exceedingly desperate. Young children, old folk and the odd disabled person will get a few Baht from me, [...]

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