October 30th, 2012, 16:34
BANGKOK Ramblings (For Senior Readers with Nothing Better to Do)
22 OctтАЩ12 : Check-in at SIAM HERITAGE HOTEL on Surivongse. If you donтАЩt reserve a room for two adults you may get hit with a 900 Baht surcharge each time you bring in a тАЬguest visitorтАЭ (I guess this hotel considers the term тАЬjoinerтАЭ to be too low class). BTW, joiner fee at the Montien is 1,500 Baht !
Siam Heritage breakfast is OK, eggs cooked to order. On the days I made it to breakfast, most people were part of ASEAN tour groups. Being assailed by loudly communicated tonal dialects as I start my dayтАжтАж ItтАЩs so jarring. Yet I used to feel the same way when I heard Tagalog spoken in Vietnam, till I went to the Philippines and was immersed in it.
SOI TWILIGHT /PRATUCHAI /BOY SOI. Around 3pm, had a Coke at DickтАЩs Caf├й to check out the boys at BONNY Massage. Not impressed. While looking around the soi, I saw a few guys at X-BOYS Massage soliciting customers (business is open 1pm till midnight). One boy smiled at me and made appropriate hand signals; I nodded, and he came running over with the price list. 500 Baht/hour for тАЬbig roomтАЭ (= king size bed, a/c, private shower). He was a VERY cute Cambodian guy, 24yrs-old-but-looks-18, so I paid the bill at DickтАЩs and followed the boy up 2 flights of dangerously uneven stairs at X-BOYS. Massage skills were basic; he asked for a reasonable amount for тАЬsex massageтАЭ. Looking forward to meeting him again, maybe an outcall at my hotel which has both an elevator AND a hot water shower. How lucky I am! lol
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23 October: HE Massage: a new place, next to Indra Massage, and opposite Tawan Bar. Couple of good looking guys out front of HE. Business recently opened. English spoken only minimally. Clean, small massage rooms with narrow table and with shower. The boy that I was assigned was perhaps the only massage тАЬtherapistтАЭ in Thailand who had not been instructed in happy endings. I should have guessed that when he did not remove his clothes. After nearly an hour of ordinary massage, I tried to put his hand where I wanted it, but he baulked, said Mai Rua (I donтАЩt know/I donтАЩt know how). So I left, advising the cashier that the boy did not know how to satisfy customers. Cashier said that one of the guys sitting out front was better. That knowledge would have been very helpful an hour earlier. Oil massage one hour for 400 Baht. I gave the kid 300 for his work. Would have been 1K if he had just performed a little more specialized service.
I guess I should have invited a GayRomeo guy to join me for a short-time tonight, but these days I somehow resent the need to let strangers enter my personal space, and I really lack the motivation to put up a brief pretense of bonding in order to help the boy feel at ease before going to bed with him. Younger readers will perhaps be mystified by this mood, but I suspect it afflicts many of us who are long in the tooth.
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24 Oct: ItтАЩs 3pm. I could have gone out to try one of the massage places this afternoon, but I was in one of my more reclusive moods the whole day, so I decided to wait till this evening. My first ex-bf is coming for dinner. Not for sex. He has HIV and is no longer sexually active. I met him 14 yrs ago when he was very cute, a star at his bar, and when he thought he was immortal. Lots of partying, spending (my) money like it was limitless. Five years ago, working at a massage place, he was offed, got drunk, passed out and was topped bareback by the customer. He thinks thatтАЩs how he got HIV.
Today I saw a Pattaya guy on GayRomeo, had him last year. Delightful. But I couldnтАЩt deal with bringing him up to Bangkok for a couple of days. Getting started in the mornings is a challenge for me now and I donтАЩt speak enough Thai to communicate with him for more than a couple of hours. Aside from sex twice a day, I wouldnтАЩt know what to do with him. Hmmmm. Let me re-think that.
Ex-bf showed up at 6pm with MK duck for me and Som Tam with sticky rice for himself. He left around 7.30 to report to work as a waiter (not offable) at Soi Twilight. We reminisced, talked about his treatment for AIDS (doctorтАЩs letter clearly says AIDS, not just HIV). He regretted that the meds made him fatter and that his uncertain future made him refuse the attentions of prospective Thai boyfriends. At 36 years of age, heтАЩs now mature enough so I could get along with him quite well, even share a home with him, if I did not already have a partner waiting for my return to Vietnam. I still send ex-bf a little money every month to help with the cost of meds and incidentals. Even working two jobs it is not easy for him to make ends meet.
After he left the hotel, I went round the corner to check out HE massage again, hoping they might have a twink type that I had overlooked last night. No luck. I lingered at Indra massage next door for a bit, trying to decide if my urges would allow me to return to my room unsatisfied. A pleasant fellow, with barely passable looks, finally enticed me to have a massage (500 baht/hour oil massage, shower not in room). Indra is comprised of a warren of small rooms totaling one large fire hazard. There are only curtains at the doorways but IтАЩm beyond caring if someone accidentally intrudes while I am being serviced by a naked massage тАЬtherapistтАЭ. I think I was the only customer in the building. The massage boy, off the farm in Surin (and, he said, away from the blazing sun that was so unkind to his complexion), did know the meaning of prostate massage and happy ending.
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25 Oct: Started the day with a trip to Silom Complex to pick up some things which are not readily available in Saigon. TOPS had everything I wanted, except walnuts.
Dinner with the ex-bf at the Montien. Their nightly buffet is ancient history, but what we ordered was good. He had their best seller, Kow Man Gai, and I had an October special, sausage and mash. After dinner, we killed some time by having a drink at DickтАЩs and I looked around trying to spy a friend for the evening. Then we went to the bar where ex-bf is a waiter several nights a week in addition to his day time job.
Once in the bar, we had to agree that as usual, we each had very different ideas about cuteness and the guys at his place did not fit my definition of тАЬcuteтАЭ. They were all nicely proportioned but several years above the age I prefer. Anyway, the idea of having my personal space at the hotel invaded by a bar boy did not appeal to me this evening, so I left and went to BONNY massage. That was an eye opener.
I had expected Bonny to be a dingy, sleazy enterprise but found it clean and bright. Only drawback was that the shower was located down the hall. Actually two showers, divided by an opaque glass partition, so if itтАЩs a busy night you will have another customer and his тАЬtherapistтАЭ splashing around just a couple of feet away from you. That would make me slightly uncomfortable.
My guy at BONNY was a delightful 20 yr old from Bangkok who had just started working at Bonny and I was his first customer, or so he said. Massage skills were rudimentary but when the appropriate time came he placed my hand on his rock hard equipment. If I were 20 years younger, IтАЩd have proposed to him, at least a civil union.
I do recommend the place. Ninety minute massage is 700, plus 700 minimum tip for boy.
Speaking of tips: ex-bf says that at his bar you need to put the tip directly into the hand of the waiter. If you put the tip in the bill holder or the folder, it goes to the owners and is not distributed to the staff.
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Oct 26: A little souvenir shopping today тАУ earrings for a couple of young ladyboys who work at the Thai food stall of the new mall near my home in Saigon. They are sweetly, funnily innocent and a joy to encounter several times a week.
The rest of my day was spent on the internet or napping. If I were to act my age, I would not be meeting a new masseur every evening. But I find it convenient to reverse the numbers, so IтАЩm actually just 27.
Ex-bf and I had dinner at DickтАЩs. Each time I go to that soi, a hundred memories flood my tired brain. Can only remember the names of a few of the boys I met there during the past 14 years, but many, many of their faces are still engraved on my mind. By now most of them have retired to Issan, or work in factories or hair salons, or, sadly, have died of AIDS related illnesses.
After dinner, I ran across the love of my life, the boy from BONNY last night, with whom I wanted to spend the rest of my daysтАжтАжand he barely acknowledged me. Could it be that he considered me just an anonymous customer? Dagger to my heart. lol
Nicky mentioned a new place, CHAI Massage, next to Scorpion, near the end of Soi Twilight. Walked down there, but it seems to be just foot massage and there were no visible humans inside, though the lights were on. Their sign says they are open 24/7.
Walked back up the soi to BANGKOK Massage, found a nice guy. Bangkok Massage also has two showers separate from the rooms, and they are divided only by shower curtains. On leaving the establishment I stopped to light a cigarette and one of the boys sitting out front said, тАЬBob? Are you Bob?тАЭ I looked at him and immediately thought of Dorian Gray, or Khmer magic, or Botox. This guy is over 30 years old and looks younger than when I first met him more than 10 years ago. He wanted me to take him off for an hour so we could chat, but I was knackered (massage with extras every night this week) and begged off.
Came across this from Picture of Dorian Gray: тАЬExperience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.тАЭ CouldnтАЩt think of a more appropriate interpretation of my relations with Thai boys.
Soi Twilight was jam packed this Friday evening. Like the good old days. I honestly cannot think of any place IтАЩd rather be than among those hundreds of guys.
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Oct 27: Celibate today. Regaining my strength in preparation for tomorrow, my last night in Bangkok. Almost went out for pizza this evening, but wound up by choosing a few items from 7-11. I donтАЩt enjoy eating out if IтАЩm on my own.
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Oct 28: My last full day in Bangkok. Spent the time catching up on work. Ex-bf called and said he was too sick to come to my hotel this evening. He was up till 4am moving into & cleaning his new quarters. He overdid it and now feels very unwell.
A final massage at Soi Twilight tonight? Check out a go-go boy mentioned in a gay forum? Take a chance on a GayRomeo guy? Finally went to Maxis in Soi Twilight since itтАЩs directly opposite BANGKOK Massage, allowing me to evaluate the available massage boys sitting out front. After I finished my lemon juice, I walked across the soi and chose a light skinned boy who turned out to be from Burma (grandparents born in China). His technique included body on body and was quite тАЬinvigoratingтАЭ. Really a sweet kidтАжтАж.but I say that about all of them after we have had sex.
Tomorrow I leave Fantasyland and return to Reality in Vietnam. I really must find some way to make Realityland more pleasant. I am getting too old to fly off to neighboring countries for a happy ending every nightтАжтАжтАж. But it is fun. Cheers
22 OctтАЩ12 : Check-in at SIAM HERITAGE HOTEL on Surivongse. If you donтАЩt reserve a room for two adults you may get hit with a 900 Baht surcharge each time you bring in a тАЬguest visitorтАЭ (I guess this hotel considers the term тАЬjoinerтАЭ to be too low class). BTW, joiner fee at the Montien is 1,500 Baht !
Siam Heritage breakfast is OK, eggs cooked to order. On the days I made it to breakfast, most people were part of ASEAN tour groups. Being assailed by loudly communicated tonal dialects as I start my dayтАжтАж ItтАЩs so jarring. Yet I used to feel the same way when I heard Tagalog spoken in Vietnam, till I went to the Philippines and was immersed in it.
SOI TWILIGHT /PRATUCHAI /BOY SOI. Around 3pm, had a Coke at DickтАЩs Caf├й to check out the boys at BONNY Massage. Not impressed. While looking around the soi, I saw a few guys at X-BOYS Massage soliciting customers (business is open 1pm till midnight). One boy smiled at me and made appropriate hand signals; I nodded, and he came running over with the price list. 500 Baht/hour for тАЬbig roomтАЭ (= king size bed, a/c, private shower). He was a VERY cute Cambodian guy, 24yrs-old-but-looks-18, so I paid the bill at DickтАЩs and followed the boy up 2 flights of dangerously uneven stairs at X-BOYS. Massage skills were basic; he asked for a reasonable amount for тАЬsex massageтАЭ. Looking forward to meeting him again, maybe an outcall at my hotel which has both an elevator AND a hot water shower. How lucky I am! lol
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23 October: HE Massage: a new place, next to Indra Massage, and opposite Tawan Bar. Couple of good looking guys out front of HE. Business recently opened. English spoken only minimally. Clean, small massage rooms with narrow table and with shower. The boy that I was assigned was perhaps the only massage тАЬtherapistтАЭ in Thailand who had not been instructed in happy endings. I should have guessed that when he did not remove his clothes. After nearly an hour of ordinary massage, I tried to put his hand where I wanted it, but he baulked, said Mai Rua (I donтАЩt know/I donтАЩt know how). So I left, advising the cashier that the boy did not know how to satisfy customers. Cashier said that one of the guys sitting out front was better. That knowledge would have been very helpful an hour earlier. Oil massage one hour for 400 Baht. I gave the kid 300 for his work. Would have been 1K if he had just performed a little more specialized service.
I guess I should have invited a GayRomeo guy to join me for a short-time tonight, but these days I somehow resent the need to let strangers enter my personal space, and I really lack the motivation to put up a brief pretense of bonding in order to help the boy feel at ease before going to bed with him. Younger readers will perhaps be mystified by this mood, but I suspect it afflicts many of us who are long in the tooth.
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24 Oct: ItтАЩs 3pm. I could have gone out to try one of the massage places this afternoon, but I was in one of my more reclusive moods the whole day, so I decided to wait till this evening. My first ex-bf is coming for dinner. Not for sex. He has HIV and is no longer sexually active. I met him 14 yrs ago when he was very cute, a star at his bar, and when he thought he was immortal. Lots of partying, spending (my) money like it was limitless. Five years ago, working at a massage place, he was offed, got drunk, passed out and was topped bareback by the customer. He thinks thatтАЩs how he got HIV.
Today I saw a Pattaya guy on GayRomeo, had him last year. Delightful. But I couldnтАЩt deal with bringing him up to Bangkok for a couple of days. Getting started in the mornings is a challenge for me now and I donтАЩt speak enough Thai to communicate with him for more than a couple of hours. Aside from sex twice a day, I wouldnтАЩt know what to do with him. Hmmmm. Let me re-think that.
Ex-bf showed up at 6pm with MK duck for me and Som Tam with sticky rice for himself. He left around 7.30 to report to work as a waiter (not offable) at Soi Twilight. We reminisced, talked about his treatment for AIDS (doctorтАЩs letter clearly says AIDS, not just HIV). He regretted that the meds made him fatter and that his uncertain future made him refuse the attentions of prospective Thai boyfriends. At 36 years of age, heтАЩs now mature enough so I could get along with him quite well, even share a home with him, if I did not already have a partner waiting for my return to Vietnam. I still send ex-bf a little money every month to help with the cost of meds and incidentals. Even working two jobs it is not easy for him to make ends meet.
After he left the hotel, I went round the corner to check out HE massage again, hoping they might have a twink type that I had overlooked last night. No luck. I lingered at Indra massage next door for a bit, trying to decide if my urges would allow me to return to my room unsatisfied. A pleasant fellow, with barely passable looks, finally enticed me to have a massage (500 baht/hour oil massage, shower not in room). Indra is comprised of a warren of small rooms totaling one large fire hazard. There are only curtains at the doorways but IтАЩm beyond caring if someone accidentally intrudes while I am being serviced by a naked massage тАЬtherapistтАЭ. I think I was the only customer in the building. The massage boy, off the farm in Surin (and, he said, away from the blazing sun that was so unkind to his complexion), did know the meaning of prostate massage and happy ending.
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25 Oct: Started the day with a trip to Silom Complex to pick up some things which are not readily available in Saigon. TOPS had everything I wanted, except walnuts.
Dinner with the ex-bf at the Montien. Their nightly buffet is ancient history, but what we ordered was good. He had their best seller, Kow Man Gai, and I had an October special, sausage and mash. After dinner, we killed some time by having a drink at DickтАЩs and I looked around trying to spy a friend for the evening. Then we went to the bar where ex-bf is a waiter several nights a week in addition to his day time job.
Once in the bar, we had to agree that as usual, we each had very different ideas about cuteness and the guys at his place did not fit my definition of тАЬcuteтАЭ. They were all nicely proportioned but several years above the age I prefer. Anyway, the idea of having my personal space at the hotel invaded by a bar boy did not appeal to me this evening, so I left and went to BONNY massage. That was an eye opener.
I had expected Bonny to be a dingy, sleazy enterprise but found it clean and bright. Only drawback was that the shower was located down the hall. Actually two showers, divided by an opaque glass partition, so if itтАЩs a busy night you will have another customer and his тАЬtherapistтАЭ splashing around just a couple of feet away from you. That would make me slightly uncomfortable.
My guy at BONNY was a delightful 20 yr old from Bangkok who had just started working at Bonny and I was his first customer, or so he said. Massage skills were rudimentary but when the appropriate time came he placed my hand on his rock hard equipment. If I were 20 years younger, IтАЩd have proposed to him, at least a civil union.
I do recommend the place. Ninety minute massage is 700, plus 700 minimum tip for boy.
Speaking of tips: ex-bf says that at his bar you need to put the tip directly into the hand of the waiter. If you put the tip in the bill holder or the folder, it goes to the owners and is not distributed to the staff.
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Oct 26: A little souvenir shopping today тАУ earrings for a couple of young ladyboys who work at the Thai food stall of the new mall near my home in Saigon. They are sweetly, funnily innocent and a joy to encounter several times a week.
The rest of my day was spent on the internet or napping. If I were to act my age, I would not be meeting a new masseur every evening. But I find it convenient to reverse the numbers, so IтАЩm actually just 27.
Ex-bf and I had dinner at DickтАЩs. Each time I go to that soi, a hundred memories flood my tired brain. Can only remember the names of a few of the boys I met there during the past 14 years, but many, many of their faces are still engraved on my mind. By now most of them have retired to Issan, or work in factories or hair salons, or, sadly, have died of AIDS related illnesses.
After dinner, I ran across the love of my life, the boy from BONNY last night, with whom I wanted to spend the rest of my daysтАжтАжand he barely acknowledged me. Could it be that he considered me just an anonymous customer? Dagger to my heart. lol
Nicky mentioned a new place, CHAI Massage, next to Scorpion, near the end of Soi Twilight. Walked down there, but it seems to be just foot massage and there were no visible humans inside, though the lights were on. Their sign says they are open 24/7.
Walked back up the soi to BANGKOK Massage, found a nice guy. Bangkok Massage also has two showers separate from the rooms, and they are divided only by shower curtains. On leaving the establishment I stopped to light a cigarette and one of the boys sitting out front said, тАЬBob? Are you Bob?тАЭ I looked at him and immediately thought of Dorian Gray, or Khmer magic, or Botox. This guy is over 30 years old and looks younger than when I first met him more than 10 years ago. He wanted me to take him off for an hour so we could chat, but I was knackered (massage with extras every night this week) and begged off.
Came across this from Picture of Dorian Gray: тАЬExperience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.тАЭ CouldnтАЩt think of a more appropriate interpretation of my relations with Thai boys.
Soi Twilight was jam packed this Friday evening. Like the good old days. I honestly cannot think of any place IтАЩd rather be than among those hundreds of guys.
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Oct 27: Celibate today. Regaining my strength in preparation for tomorrow, my last night in Bangkok. Almost went out for pizza this evening, but wound up by choosing a few items from 7-11. I donтАЩt enjoy eating out if IтАЩm on my own.
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Oct 28: My last full day in Bangkok. Spent the time catching up on work. Ex-bf called and said he was too sick to come to my hotel this evening. He was up till 4am moving into & cleaning his new quarters. He overdid it and now feels very unwell.
A final massage at Soi Twilight tonight? Check out a go-go boy mentioned in a gay forum? Take a chance on a GayRomeo guy? Finally went to Maxis in Soi Twilight since itтАЩs directly opposite BANGKOK Massage, allowing me to evaluate the available massage boys sitting out front. After I finished my lemon juice, I walked across the soi and chose a light skinned boy who turned out to be from Burma (grandparents born in China). His technique included body on body and was quite тАЬinvigoratingтАЭ. Really a sweet kidтАжтАж.but I say that about all of them after we have had sex.
Tomorrow I leave Fantasyland and return to Reality in Vietnam. I really must find some way to make Realityland more pleasant. I am getting too old to fly off to neighboring countries for a happy ending every nightтАжтАжтАж. But it is fun. Cheers