Monthly Archives: April 2008

Welcome to New York

April 29, 2008 – 9:43 am

My export business in Pattaya failed after the cyber-crime police raided my house. I was without funds for the three months prior to trial for copyright infringement and my finances soon mimicked Zimbabwe. I could have toughed it out, except the economic climate in Pattaya was also dire. The westerners in this town pride themselves [...]

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Fat Guys in Prison

April 28, 2008 – 9:09 am

I’ve spent an hour in Pattaya jail awaiting trial for a civil suit. I ordered khao-gai for the jailers. As much as I wanted. From what I heard from those unfortunates incarcerated for longer periods than 60 minutes, the diet in Thai prisons is very lean. Rice and more rice but never enough, which would [...]

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High Water Mark Pattaya

April 28, 2008 – 8:50 am

Songkran marks the official start of the low season and this year promises to be a lean one. Gas prices and tight credit are impacting the West. Perrennial visitors to Pattaya are cutting back on both the length of their stays and the number of trips they take this year. Bar girls are starving for [...]

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Good Grades For Thai BJs

April 27, 2008 – 10:55 am

A Thai university lecturer tried to convince a female student to submit to an indecent oral exam in exchange for a better grade. The student escaped the dastardly professor and returned with the police, although unlike in the case of President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky there was no semen-stained black dress to act as the [...]

By Peter | Posted in Education | Comments (0)

Micro-chipping your Thai Girlfriend

April 27, 2008 – 10:48 am

Thai girlfriends are renown for their devotion to untruth, especially when it comes to letting their absent boyfriends know their whereabouts. “I’m in my village with maih.” I’ve heard this phone conversation from the bed of many a naked woman and Soi 6 is certainly not Isaan. Many suspicious farangs increasingly hire detectives to track [...]

By Peter | Posted in Relationships | Comments (0)