I am on another visa run. I had to get up at an ungodly hour. Chalerm was sleeping and I didn’t wake him.
Downstairs the security guard was having his morning bath. He was dressed in a towel and used water from a bucket. I haven’t seen him like this before. He has a nice bod for a 40something.
Penang: I am writing this from the 2nd Internet cafe I have been to today. The first was full. That is, the lady behind the counter told me to sit down at a computer where nobody sat but a game was on the screen and a school bag was left on the floor. I hesitated, but the lady motioned for me to sit.
A schoolboy sitting next to me said: Hae? as I took his friend’s chair.
Another schoolboy, whose game it was, came and also said: Hae?
The lady turned off the game and Internet Explorer came up.
- No no, I am not taking his computer, I said, feeling ill at ease about how the kid was bumped off.
Then I left and went to another Internet cafe. This one was also full of kids but I didn’t have to expell anyone to check my email.
I should bring a gift to Chalerm when I return to Bangkok. I saw the airline had a stuffed toy airplane with logo. Chalerm is NOT too old for stuffed toys. He will love it.
Meanwhile I am enjoying the Islamic Republic of Malaysia. I expect that tonight the waitress of a restaurant I usually go to will have forgotten I was here before, and chat me up. She will linger until I make it clear I don’t want her services after closing hour. I also expect the Indian hookers to loudly offer their services from dark corners.
Is there no wholesome moneyboy business here? It isn’t visible, but I suspect that things go on out of view. I wonder what would happen if I told one of these pesky over the hill ladies what my taste is.
January 23rd, 2006 at 8:56 pm
What is it about gay Thai boys and stuffed toys ? I have been directed to bring a koala from farangland on my next trip, a big one. I used to bring little stuffed animal toys for his 11 year old niece, until he indicated that any future stuffed toys should be for him, not her.
January 23rd, 2006 at 9:19 pm
My sister was less than ten years old when she told me that I had to stop giving her stuffed animals for Christmas as that was too childish. But that was in Farangland.