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I also have fond memories of the Raya as it was the first hotel I stayed at when I started offing guys from the bars (in 2019). A lovely guy from Laos at Freshboys was the first!

My gravestone will say "He couldn't afford a gravestone".

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I realize jimmie50’s question is solved, but this is helpful for others, too! im with pong & peterrs on this: SQ has a stellar on time record, fantastic service & SIN is one of the most efficient airports available. So, I’d always book the 1h connection! There is a better than 90% chance that you will make your flight. In the off chance that there is an excessive delay on the first flight, SQ will be waiting for you with a boarding pass for the next flight upon arrival. The chance that the next flight is sold out in business class and you have to wait longer is pretty slim. Why would you book the longer layover if getting on that flight is pretty much your worst case scenario in case of delay? I have intentionally booked longer layovers when I wanted to shower and get off the last flight refreshed. And I plan longer layovers with other airlines/airports, but not with SQ/SIN! In general, if you purchase a connecting flight on one airline, you can make the connection. They can’t/wont sell you an unlikely to make connection - and they will carry the cost of a missed connection. Each airport has “minimum connection times” the airlines comply with. Just be cautious with back-to-back tickets you find online - you are not protected on those, even when both tickets are on the same airline, and they don’t necessarily consider minimum connection times.

A word I had not read until I read it today in the CNN website. Apparently scromiting is the term given to those who overuse cannnibis and end up with a combination of screaming and constant vomiting. Acording to the article the pain is horrendous. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/02/health/scromiting-marijuana-vomiting-syndrome-wellness#:~:text=“I'm just begging God,rise in the United States.

This has been known for at least a decade. I first read about it in a long article in the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. I expected to see something in the Bangkok Post - but nothing. It has occasionally been reported that a small number of tourists have died when swimming off Phuket and also Koh Samui. Many hotels have put up nets, allegedly to ensure the safety of guests from sharks!! I don't go to the beach much now but whenever I do i always have a small bottle of vinegar with me and the number of the nearest hospital on my phone. Even the most recent Bangkok Post article about it merely mentions mild stings - and there are not so many of them. Most are deadly. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3121822/phuket-lifeguards-treating-many-tourists-for-jellyfish-stings#google_vignette

Box jellyfish! That's not going to help tourism! "A few tourists killed", if true, that has been kept quiet.

I think he may have left his charger behind as a reason to contact you again.

Arguably, it would be more beneficial for more Thais to speak English, especially in the hospitality area. In the UK, two of my family are being taught Mandarin.

Bollocks!!

Yes, indeed!

Nope. Joyce played unworldly innocents; this lady was one.

I see you've been exchanging notes with Guido's pussy. 😏

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Speaking of phoenix, I just realized that I have not been receiving Line feeds from them for months. Has there Line ID changed?

Happy to do so, provided we are not all under water.

Ha! Sadly it has no view but this is a very quiet residential part of Bangkok. A few cars in the morning for residents going to work. Oh, and the now habitual crows! My overnight rates are very reasonable

I am glad to hear of this (and I can see that it's done with a gender bending twist) because it possibly proves what I've been saying for years. There's "cultural homosexuality" and there's erotic homosexuality. (Personally I don't like the term "cultural homosexuality" but it wasn't invented by me.) By that it means the performance of gender bending for its entertainment value. It can attract straight audiences who like the "fun" of transgressive entertainment with perhaps slight risque-ness. However, gender bending can only go so far, ultimately the roles of active/ passive, macho/fem cannot be totally subverted as it gets too uncomfortable for straight audiences. And no erect penises please! Bars should choose whether they're in the cultural homosexuality business or the erotic homosexuality business (which is largely off-putting to straight or lesbian audiences). They can be successful at either. What too many bars in Thailand do wrong is that they try to be both, which is a bad neither here nor there formula.

2-3 extra toothbrushes You must be boss of a dental association

The same can be asked: it's 2025: why isn't the Australian/US/British education system teaching Chinese? Let's not get too anglo-centric here.

No ! I'm staying with you ,I will be by myself this time without boyfriend so will probably email you in February I like to have ☕ on the balcony in the morning, does your balcony overlook gardens ,I don't want to be in a main road or noisy area

I would, and request a sack of White-Castle hamburgers instead. I dont have a pallet for "bougie" cuisine.... Gives me diarrhea. But basically my philosophy has become "you keep YOURS, and i'll keep MINE"...... As for cards, over the years I would normally ONLY receive from people I never heard from DURING the year, so now I just forego the "once a year Nicety"..... its basically meaningless. To those I am especially close to, I pick up the phone and give them my holiday greetings.

Ill be visiting Santo Domingo for NYs (Dec 30 - Jan 5). Im staying in Colonial Zone and looking to have some fun. Im 34yrs old, black male, Top just for a quick description. If you're going to be in SD during that time, hit me up and let's have some sex parties and cruise together!

Wasn't Joyce Grenfell was it?

"Are we done yet ?" "And WTF are we talking about anyway?" OVER & OUT, DUDE !