Right, tonight I went out. Not to a farang oriented venue but to a quiet bar in On Nut, Bangkok. About 5km's from where I live. I ended up there because On Nut is the end of the skytrain line ( at the moment ) and as it was raining where I would normally get off I stayed on the train !
I was the only farang in the place, and soon got chatting to the locals. The prices were realistic, and the music was of my type. I had about 5 beers. and the locals had about 3, but they were pissed beyond comphrehension. One guy, about 55 years old, tried to sell me his daughter who works in Tesco Lotus. He described her down to her genitals and said that his family wanted her to have a farang. This amazed me - I thought you would only find this in Sukhumvit. But no.
I politely stated that his daughter was young enough to be my daughter, but he said it did not matter !! He went on to say that she had no future with a Thai man in Tesco Lotus and needed a farang ! This is thailand.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
It just gets worse
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Desperate Tourist Seen In Soi Cowboy !
Well this takes the biscuit ! I was in Soi Cowboy, Bangkok last night and popped into one of the older go go bars for a few cheap beers. The particular bar sells bottled beer at 75baht a bottle, and is a great place to start off a night out. Especially for me, as I am a cheap charlie at the moment due to circumstances beyond my control.
As I walked in I immediately saw a large male customer about 55 years of age. He was one of five customers but he stood out from the rest. Why do you think he stood out from the rest ?
The reason was because he was masturbating and staring with wide open eyes at the girls who were dancing on the stage. Now, I have seen girls masturbating customers many times, but have never seen a customer doing it on his own. He was also sweating and dabbing at his brow with a handkerchief. After a few minutes he stopped masturbating and reached for his drink not taking his eyes off of the girls. His hand was shaking and I do not think it was DT's. I really have not seen anything like it.
He had a drink and continued masturbating seemingly oblivious to those around him. The service girls and bar staff were laughing. He seemed totally in a world of his own.
After a few minutes he gestured at one of the girls on the stage to come and join him. She indicated that she couldn't because her dance session had just started and that he would have to wait. The man was clearly agitated. In fact I have never seen anything like it. He began to shake, sweat more and seemed unsure of what to do next. He could not sit still, and I actually started to worry for the safety of the girls.
As 'his' girl was coming to the end of her session he called over to a service girl and paid his bill demanding to pay the bar fine for 'his' girl. He fumbled so much with his wallet I thought he was not going to be able to pay. Then when the service girl returned with his change he waved it away. I think if he had accepted it he would never have been able to put it into his wallet anyway !!
'His' girl finished dancing and was told that she had been bar fined by this man. She went off laughing to get changed returning a few minutes later. The man immediately grabbed her round the waste and more or less dragged her out of the bar. I have never seen anything like it in the 8 years I have been in Bangkok !
But then again it reminds me of the time when I was upstairs in Baccara. This was many years ago when my financial situation was better than it is now.
I was sat at the bar chatting to the cashier when a group of 5 Japanese customers walked in. Nothing unusual in that as Baccara is a favourite haunt of the Japanese.
What made it unusual was when they all took a small pair of binoculars out of their bags and started peering through them at the girls who were dancing only a few feet away ! Now, if the japanese had bad eyesight I could forgive them, but they obviously had perfect eyesight. Then they started pointing at various girls and chatting amongst themselves. Whatever girl was pointed out then had 5 sets of eyes examining her body through binoculars. It was bizarre.
Anyway, this started to piss me off so I bar fined the 6 girls who were dancing ! I did it just to spite the Japanese. They were visibly shocked when the girls left the dance floor and came over to me. I took them to the nearby Love Scene restaurant for some food and then went back to the bar with them. The earlier customers had all left. Probably because there were no girls left upstairs to 'examine' LOL
I couldn't do it today as Baccara has more girls available than I could ever afford, and barfining 6 girls would not even make a dent in the bars staffing levels !
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
Pantip Plaza or Fortune Town, Bangkok.
Bangkok is well known for its Pantip Plaza computer supplies complex. It's a 5 storey building full of computer equipment and electronic devices. Software of all types is available by the wheelbarrow load at very cheap prices. It is no wonder that it is normally heaving with people fighting their way through the touts trying to get you to buy an xxx DVD !
Pantip is cheap, but for some people it is just too busy, it can have an intimidating environment at times, and is not that easy to get to. The best way to get there is by taxi, but at times of traffic congestion this journety can take too much time. You can get the BTS ( sky train ) to either Chitlom or Rachatewi and walk for 15 minutes or get a motorbike taxi but all this can be inconvenient. Tuk tuks are also available but I for one will never travel in one as they are a rip off.
You can get 'food hall' food within the complex and other fast food nearby, but because the area is very popular it can get very busy.
On the the hand Fortune Town offers similar in terms of computer equipment, software and electronic devices but is much more user friendly. Ok, it is not as cheap as Pantip but only a few baht more expensive. In my opinion Fortune Town is better than Pantip for numerous reasons.
Fortune Town is easy to get to - the Phraham 9 MRT ( subway ) station is directly outside the front doors ( just two stops from Sukhumvit ) . The whole complex is a shopping mall with the top floors housing the computer, software and mobile phone stores. You can buy more or less exactly the same as what you can buy in Pantip without the hassle.
There are restaurants, a Tesco Lotus and other good quality stores within the complex so you can get everything you want easily. There are very few touts and the staff in the stores are friendly with very little in the way of the high pressure sales tactics that you will find in Pantip.
All in all the shopping experience in Fortune Town is far better than in Pantip Plaza.
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