Gay Boy Thailand

Queens galore

This is the new Ibis hotel which the chain is building opposite the Malaysia Hotel in Sathorn soi 1. The blue sign says “Soi Si Bamphen”. The white sign to the right is the mandatory retirement age for moneyboys.

To take this photo I stood in the middle of the road outside the 7-Eleven at 2am. The things I do for this blog.

Expect this new hotel to be full of queens, just like the other hotels in this soi are. The pink baht rules. How this area became gay is foggy, but it may have to do with the Babylon sauna up the road.

Reassuring

I received a boost to my self-esteem tonight. Read the rest of this entry »

Trouble

Thanks to BKKdreamer (part one) (part two) for solving a night time mystery. Read the rest of this entry »

A woman from FedEx in Bangkok called and said American Customs needed a form about radio efficiency.
- Radio efficiency? I said.
- Radio efficiency, said the woman.
- I don’t understand, I said.
- Let me spell it, said the woman. - Radio f-r-e-q-u-e-n-c-y form.
- Radio frequency? There are no radios. These are film cameras, I said.
- What kind of camera?
- Film.
- Sorry?
- Film.
- For repair?
- For sale.
- US Customs need the form, sir.
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Nice work

Andrew Ferrett has published a guide to budget apartments in Bangkok. Bless him. This book can save you a lot of walking around town in dust and noise and 40 C. Read the rest of this entry »

Thailand

Bangkok is not calling. Chalerm is miffed and he doesn’t call me while I am in Malaysia.

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Today my glamorous life in Bangkok included a trip to Burger Queen on Silom road. It was hot in there, hotter than on the street. The place has gone from filled with smoke to being without air condition.

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Disney birds

I deal with my visa problem the Thai way. I don’t think about it. Denial is bliss.

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Chalerm gave me a shirt in a creamy but pale yellow colour. I gave Chalerm a Dior kit.
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I had been to Bangkok Bank on Silom road in the afternoon and was walking up the street. I passed soi 3 and the Pilot pen shop on the corner. I saw one beggar person sitting on the left side of the pavement, and a woman and a child selling lottery tickets on the right side.

As I walked past the beggar I saw him wave his arms and say something. I was looking and walking straight ahead and didn’t turn or look at him. But I followed him from the corner of my eye and saw that he was on his feet, talking and waving and walking in my direction.

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I went back to Bumrumgrad hospital to remove the stitches from my eye. The doc looked at me as I walked in and I could tell he was pleased.

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The Air Force cousin was watching television today, the Prince of Khon Kaen was doing laundry which Chalerm was supposed to have done, and Chalerm was in Farang D.’s office to make money.

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I had put removing the eyelid tumor off for years. I would think about it, and think some more, and decide to do it next month, or maybe the month after that, and it was never a convenient time.

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