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OK, that's way over the top English major crap, AS. Get a grip there fellow. Remember your audience.

Warm wishes for a Very Happy Birthday to ihpguy....go forth and celebrate feliz aniversário

Well I did feel a little guilty about not posting again. The first couple of weeks I spent time running around the city and hanging with my friends in the evening. The last couple of weeks, I just hung around the apartment a little more. I wasn't alone. My boy was with me most of the time. But I spent more time, sitting by the pool and reading, and when my friend would go to his apartment in the afternoons to get clean clothes and stuff, I would take naps. We just ate a lot of street food so not a lot of restaurants to talk about . Many of you that have been to Thailand (and Brazil to a lesser extent) have run into the situation of becoming friendly with boys and when you get home, receive the email asking for money for sick grandparents or house repairs. I had it in the back of my mind that this would happen as we were getting pretty close. Well after 2 weeks, we came back to the apt one evening and he hit me up for money for his sick mother. Asked for 20,000 baht. (About $600) Unfortunately for him, he found out real quick I don't fall for this. I am a pretty easy mark for sales people, I fall for anything. I have been using escorts for more years than I want to admit, but this is the one time I go stone cold. I have taken boys all over the world over the years, and had great time, but there are a few, no matter how much you give, they want a little more. Long story short, I told him, no, I didn't have any money for him and I had a head ache and he should probably head home. I was really enjoying his company and I hated this situation, so I gave him a 2 day time out. He called and sent texts, but I didn't answer. I finally sent a text to meet him at his work. I mentioned the situation to one of the boys he works with. I think he got the message. The next 2 weeks were about perfect. We had a great time and he started staying overnight all the time. But again because I had my friend, I didn't go to any massage parlors, or other bars or clubs. We did go to Silom 4 a couple of times to eat . Once at the Balcony, and once at Telephone. Not 5 star dining, but good and great people watching. When it was time to leave, he wanted to go to the airport with me. I didn't really want him to. I had to leave at 5:45 in the morning. Figured he would be hard to get up. As soon as I check in, it's thru immigration, no place to hang together. But he insisted and I said ok. I got up at 5 and straight to the shower. Within 1 minute he was up and in there with me. I had mostly packed the night before, but he went thru all the draws, closet, making sure I didn't forget anything. He went and threw away the trash, made the bed. I just sat there thinking he is just the housekeeper I could use at home. Time to head to the airport. I had 2 big suitcases, he took them down and got a taxi while I took care of the keys. 30 minute drive to the airport. He has no problem with public displays of affection. I do. So I found a quiet spot behind a big sign and we said our goodbyes . As I mentioned earlier, I have met many boys over the years and this one is right up there near the top of the list. If he spoke better English, it would be close to a perfect time. My trip home went great. I flew Bkk-Tokyo on Japan Airlines in business. Interesting, we left at 8:15am and they served dinner on the flight. So I had steak for breakfast. I had a 3 hour layover at Narita . Did Nrt-Dfw on American in first class. Good flight crew. Left and arrived right on schedule. Last leg was Dallas to Ft.Lauderdale. Again left on time and arrived 1/2 hour early. Taxi home arriving 11:30 pm. I think I was in bed 2 minutes after I got in. I used to live in San Francisco. I always felt bad for the people that had to fly to the east coast from Asia. Now I'm the one that has to fly that extra 5 hours. I've been back for 2 weeks now. My boy has been sending a few texts. He knows I am coming back next month, so I guess he wants to keep tabs on me. I leave in a week and a half on a cruise from Miami to Barcelona. Then flying up to Helsinki. Then on to Bangkok for another couple of weeks. He has my arrival day coded into his phone, so I half expect to see him waiting for me when I arrive at the apartment. To wrap up this trip I will be flying Bangkok to San Francisco on Cathay Pacific. I'm going to spend a couple days in SF before heading back to Ft.Laudale. This will break the return up and I get in at a more reasonable hour. Reflecting back, being there for a month, I thought I would be doing a lot of fun and interesting things on a daily basis. Well that didn't happen. I had fun, but it was at a much slower pace than I had expected. I hadn't expected to have 1 boy with me for the entire trip. It was very hot (upper 90's) so easier to just hang out at home during the mid afternoon hours. Did read a couple of books , watched more tv than I should have. The Malaysian plane situation was happening and being in the same time zone, with all the int'l cable news stations, there was more coverage than here in the US. If anything exciting happens when I arrive in mid May, I'll try to follow up with some postings. Unfortunately we can't all live the life of Tomcal though we can try.....

Just a guess, but I'd bet that the news organizations have been busy the past couple of months changing the place names in their style books from Russian to Ukrainian. Kharkov became Kharkiv, Donetsk morphed to Donets'k. Well, but Donetsk used to be Stalino, so plus ca change as the Froggies have it. You say tomato, I say I'll invade your fucking ass if you change Kiev to Kyiv. My spell check recognizes 'Kiev' as a legit proper name but rejects 'Kyiv'. Must have been a Russian mole amongst the programmers.

Regret! A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So, the new monk goes to the Old Abbot to question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up! In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies. The head monk, says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son." He goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery where the Original manuscripts are held as archives, in a locked vault that hasn't been opened for hundreds of years. Hours go by and nobody sees the Old Abbot. So, the young monk gets worried and goes down to look for him. He sees him banging his head against the wall and wailing. "We missed the R! We missed the R! We missed the bloody R!" His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is crying uncontrollably. The young monk asks the old Abbot, "What's wrong, father?" With a choking voice, the old Abbot replies, "The word was . CELEBRATE!"

I deal with the one that brings 10" to the table

Rhymes with Skeev as in "Get Your Skyvy Ass Over Here Pronto."

You know better than to tempt me like that.

I only wish my boyfriend was gay. Best regards, RA1

Firecat, you hit it right on the head. I paid the boy quite well on a daily basis. I'm sure he is quite comfortable financially for the few weeks in between my trips. In fairness to Paragon, I wasn't clear that I paid him for a month of service. There is also the fact that he is getting his meals free for a month, doesn't have to sleep on mattress pad on the floor in an apt with several other boys with no air conditioning. He also doesn't have to stand on stage doing the 2 step shuffle, hoping to get lucky for the month he was with me. The asking for extra money is something most of these boys will do. I got my point across to him very quickly that it wasn't going to happen. He got over it faster than me . Then the last 2 weeks of the trip, we had a great time. He knows I'm on my way back in a few weeks, so the texts keep coming saying "can't wait to see you". Firecat, interesting you say 1 boy in 1000 get the month time period. He is Vietnamese and knows all the Vietnamese boys that work on Soi Twilight. When we would be sitting at the outdoor bars , sometimes his friends would stop by and they would talk for a couple of minutes. Because they talked in Vietnamese, myself and my Thai friends couldn't understand the conversations. One night I asked him what they talk about. He said they are all teasing him about all the money he is making and that he doesn't have to work in the bar. He said they would tease him that when I left, he would have to take them out to eat, and go shopping. He said it was all in fun and he didn't mind.

"...I don't know whether it's a single kiester dunked in single moat or a bevy of bums bobbing about all over the country. And, for all I know, the sight brings smiles to waterways throughout the land." Too funny

Hissy Fit

Sadly, just the one article and just the one city, Chang Mai. I'll get busy on the research you suggest, just as soon as I'm finished with another project I'm currently working on. Beats me. Never been, and I don't know whether it's a single kiester dunked in single moat or a bevy of bums bobbing about all over the country. And, for all I know, the sight brings smiles to waterways throughout the land. What is the political situation these days? Are there lots of folks in the streets? If everyone is smiling, what's the beef? I sure hope the Russians aren't stirring things up.

In all fairness to lookin's point, I think it's only fair to point out that you yourself weren't likely to be mistaken for Chinese by the average Thai. Possibly that might account for the lack of frowns you encountered. Well, that and your well known preference for pooping in toilets rather than the moats of historic landmarks.

A load of lobbers

Here's a link IN ENGLISH to the Museum Of Tomorrow. Coming soon, but definitely not tomorrow. Not even the day after. Nor the day after that. Oh, well.... http://museudoamanha.org.br/?lang=en

Looking forward to your letters, Planetime.