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Even I agree totally with your comment!
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Originally Posted by Beachlover
Even I agree totally with your comment!
At present Bangkok is in Hiatus for Songkran, so no crazy buggers running around with guns. Today is the last day of Songkran so we will see what tomorrow brings as this will no doubt colour my holiday. I am pretty sure that the hardliners among the Red Shirts are going to wait it out. Hopefully many will stay at home with their families in Isaan but when there is money on offer to protest, why the heck not? Just where does all this money come from? Okay, I guess it might be from the family of a certain ex PM but I wouldn't want to speculate.
We will see what happens over the weekend. After last Saturday's grim outcome I think the time for playing nice guys is over and when the police come back to play it will be with more purpose. IMO.
CVheers
Krobbie
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Originally Posted by krobbie
I think it is too late. This time the red shirts learned how to play :idea: The army and police are either unwilling or inept?
Expect PM to resign! Cannot see any oyher option.
Did anyone else in Australia see this week's Foreign Correspondent programme? No holds barred.
Sadly Equalizer, I suspect in my heart you may be right. My trouble is, I am ever hopeful.Quote:
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Cheers
Krobbie
Krobie you say when there is money on offer to protest, why the heck not.
Their bodies are for sale so why not their votes indeed
I made the decision to leave a week early.......talking to locals they all say its save.......but i doubt that.......with either side willing to concede defeat.....the word is that after songkran it will be on again......the easy solution here is for the King to step in and clear up the problem......he had done it before.....so why not now......do these people know how much it is costing the economy.......i would suggest not........looking at the protesters camp sites they are probably living better there than in the places at home......free food and water and some money as well......not a bad live style...almost like a holiday.......in the mean time they continue to kill the economy....do they really care I dont thinkso
Good article in Aussie newspaper. I suppose this will be sensed as well by the moderaters.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/op ... 5854709804
Anybody on this forum actually in BKK now? I am supposed to go there next week and don't know what to do. I was supposed to stay in Sheraton Sukhumvit which is next to Asok BTS. Anybody knows the situation there? My hormones are running high thinking of the massage places there and the bars in Silom but don't want to get in trouble.
Are the bars in Silom open? What is it like there now? I would really appreciate advice from someone who is actually there.
Akin
You'll love the pool at the Grand Sheratan. The Reds Shirts are not at Asoke but have from time to time in the past few weeks paraded up or down Sukhumvit. You don't even have to walk down on the street to get to BTS/MRT from the Sheratan, they have their own sky walk entrance.
I think that there's a pretty good consensus among the Bangkok resident posters that if you don't go looking for trouble you will not get into trouble. The bars and massage venues are not protest sites. If the army does another push I guess it could spill out around the original sites but if you keep up with the news you should get plenty of warning to stay out of the effected areas.
The only inconvenience is possible traffic jams and remember to not take a taxi if the route has to go near or through Ratchadamri. The BTS goes through with no problem. The only time it stopped was during the army action last week and that it did not stay closed very long. MRT closed one station (silom) for a short time.
Songkran went off pretty much as usual at at the usual spots. Lots of forien gay revelers at the usual gay venues but mostly Asian but it's been going that way for several years now in Bangkok.
Isn't that because the red shirt power base is Eesarn and that's also where most of the workers in those places come from? They are not going to piss their supporters off by depriving them of an income???Quote:
Originally Posted by TrongpaiExpat
Thank you TrongpaiExpat. I really appreciate info from people who are actually on the ground. I guess nobody really knows if things can get bloody again after the weekend. I just hope the protests will not spread to the Asoke BTS area. I don't wanna be stuck in the hotel while I should be out there getting laid.
Anybody else from BKK willing to give some input? I am still quite torn between going or not.
Akin
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Originally Posted by Akin
Go! Sounds like you have very little to lose.
Are you sure you're a journalist? Who do you write for? News of the Dumb?Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
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Originally Posted by Singapore Sexpat
And Blind!
Perhaps you can give us your insights from Singapore then. At least I am on the ground in Bangkok and not an armchair critic sniping from the sidelines.Quote:
Originally Posted by Singapore Sexpat
I was out of Thailand for a one week holiday (work in LOS) and the airport is fine. As you know, the Reds have themselves glued to the main shopping/hotel area of Siam Center and may be demostrating in front of the Bangkok Bank in Silom which could cause some problems for walking along Silom street. The Reds won't be taking over the airport-they're too busy downtown making the army and police department look like fools. I don't understand why tourists who have been to Bangkok before don't realize that one is safe as long as they aren 't a stupid "backpacker" joining in the Red Shirts demonstrations. Just stay away from those areas.... Also, just go to Phuket or Pattaya for the gay scene. EASY.
NOTE: Thais who work in Bangkok, (even the ones from Isaan) just want to continue with their lives and find this whole scene as a nuisance. The sad speculation I have on this whole scene is that this will never go away... Once Thailand has another election, some uneducated thug will be voted in. The current PM, Abhisit, is well educated and "international" but isn't groomed for running a Banana Republic. SAD.
I would be most interested to hear your list of the uneducated thugs who have previously held the post of Prime Minister of Thailand.Quote:
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I'm in Bangkok..."on the ground" for over 20 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
So...tell us who you write for. This should be interesting.
You call yourself "Singapore Sexpat"? What is your association with Singapore if you have been in Bangkok for "over 20 years"? This should be interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Singapore Sexpat
Soi twilight and the adjacent gay areas have not been affected by the troubles in any way whatsoever - it's business as usual. The only downside is that if you wish to go shopping at Siam Paragon (a shopping centre for the young and spendy), forget it.
I visit Singapore often; that's all. Was that so interesting?Quote:
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So, who do you write for? Kindergartner Weekly?
[quote=Singapore Sexpat]I visit Singapore often; that's all. Was that so interesting?Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
So, who do you write for? Kindergartner Weekly?[/quote:3hjahpng]
20 years in Bangkok and so many visits to Singapore. Time to give the Middle East a try. Saudi Arabia is nice
What we'll do is that I'll show you my press credentials and you'll show me your right of abode in Thailand. That should be really interesting. Where's your nearest Starbucks? What day and time?Quote:
Originally Posted by Singapore Sexpat
Oh come on Andrew, Boygeenyus is not going to meet face to face with you or anyone else, he is a troll, get it? He looks for ill conceived comments and you gave him one and he attacked, that's what he does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
Who is boygeenyus? Am I missing something here? If you mean Fuck-Face then I sent him a PM a few weeks ago asking for a meeting but it's still sitting in my Outbox. I want to interview him about his life in Bangkok, his "talking boyz" and all that. The guys in our office here were really interested when I showed them a pic someone here had sent me. They all know who he is, say he's "very intelligent, resourceful, extremely well-connected." When I showed them some of his postings in this Board they were very surprised.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrongpaiExpat
Andrew: His original name was Boygeenyus, go back to the old EZ Board and you'll find a few thousand of his posts. Jinks banned him on that board and over the years he returned with many other names and yes, Fuck Face was one. This 'Singapore Sexpat' was an old back up name.
He's not going to meet with you. He may or may not be who he portraits himself to be. But, then again you also may not be who you portray yourself to be either.
Oh come on Andrew if you are a journalist -and the more you post the less I am convinced that you are- then you cannot be so gullible as to think that anyone on this board has a photo of F-F/SS/BB or BG that they then send to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
It is of course that moron of morons LMTU or any of his other names that always claims' I know who/where you are' 'I have a photo of you' 'I know where you live' and other such puerile crap.
So someone from this forum sends you a photo ( I doubt even that part is true but let me humour you) and all the guys in your office instantly know who he is - I would have thought your journalistic training would have kicked in and raised suspicions as to how authentic the claim that the photo was of FF is likely to be. If you like I can send you a photo of someone and assure you that it is Trongpai and then you can again make an arse of yourself by going down that road.
Oh come on instaly if you are not another posting name for Fuck-Face - and the more you post the less I am convinced that you are.Quote:
Originally Posted by instaly
Maybe Andrew is really homintern.... Just putting it out there now.
Could be, Beachlover the ol' boy did like to aggravate Boygeenyus but also possible he's just another anonymous troll knowing that a face to face challenge would never come to fruition with a fellow troll. Unlikely he would offer me the same challenge.
Geez I hope you have a good sub-editor if you generally write garbled rubbish like thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
Hi guys! I will be going to Bangkok for the first time this week. To you it must be a simple question, but how much is a reasonable tip if you take a guy from these go-go bars to the hotel for, say a blowjob?
What about massage - I know they have minimum tips but how much more should you pay if you get a bj and you are happwith the service?
Akin
Well, Akin's post puts this one right over the edge, I'd say. Another SGT train wreck. :cheers:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...wreck_1895.jpg
What did I do? I apologize if my post was inappropriate. I am quite new to this. Just wanted to get some info.
Akin
The reason for that is simple. No-one has ever described you to me as "highly intelligent, resourceful and extremely well-connected".Quote:
Originally Posted by TrongpaiExpat
I spotted Andrew as homintern WEEKS ago.
It's quite a long assignment you have in Thailand, eh "Andrew"? Quite unusual for a news agency to invest that kind of money for someone who obviously knows so little.
And, allieb -- as I've said before -- I have traveled all over the Middle East: Dubai, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, and Morocco. I know more about the Middle East than you know about Thailand, obviously.
The "highly intelligent" description I've been given is clearly in doubt.Quote:
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Based on your previous posts Andrew I don't think anyone would describe you as "highly intelligent".Quote:
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Maybe you intended to write: "The "highly intelligent" description I've been given of you is clearly in doubt?
Sloppy journalism :lam:
Jinks! How long will this MORONIC THREAD be open? :dontknow: