PeterRS

Stupid reply! Do try to be accurate. Why would I google anything about Faberge Eggs when all I want to know about them and this one in particular is in my posts? Clearly you need your reading glass prescription checked. In many years of posting - far more than you - I made one quote from google in a response to your request for information about Angeles City in The Philippines. It was an attempt to be of assistance. But please clarify - what other posts have I made re google since you claim it is a regular occurrence? Go on - list them. It is not. You really are becoming particularly pesky in two of your posts this morning. Further, you have a Filipino boyfriend. Could he not have provided a great deal of information through friends and friens of friends? I expect you did not even bother to ask him.

That's more than strange considering you've talked about coming to stay for several posts . I was only trying to help, but clearly you have your own idea of what help means. Besides, you clearly did not read what I posted as it talks about money boy pick ups which are a speciality of yours.

Isnt it true that older guys like me were conditioned much more than we might have been aware by our upbringing? I was brought up in a middle class (do we still use that term) household - parents, three children, one set of grandparents living a few doors away and one uncle and aunt a few more doors away. There was very much an unwritten expectation that the childen would follow the pattern of school, a university degree of sorts, a profession, marriage, kids, grandkids, retirement and easy end of life complemented by a nice gravestone. A life well lived! My siblings followed that route - very happily and neither has yet reached the end of the road. I guess I was the stubborn one. It was not because I thought I might be gay quite early, which is true. I wanted to break free, make my own decisions - both right and wrong. My father never once tried to change my mind as long as I followed the path as far as getting a degree. Thereafter he'd support me in whatever I did. The career advice churned out then was 'stay in your first job for at least four years' to establish your reliability. I gave my good job up after 16 months. I wanted something different and I have always been curious. My parents were rather shocked that I had chosen to move to Hong Kong. But at the end of my first year they came to stay and enjoyed it so much they wanted to return a year later. Sadly my father died and that did not happen. But my mother returned two more times. Working for international companies I quickly realised the world was in reaiity my oyster. I was determined to see and enjoy as much of it as possible, the more so as the companies were paying for a great deal of it! And that is the choice I made. I have had to miss out on a lifetime relationship but that again was a choice. Some suggest short-term relationships cannot make up for that. For my generation and all that gay men have been through I don't necessarily agree. But in the lottery of life, I think I've come out quite well. So I agree with @donJ. You choose your own path but just do your best to enjoy it. Never regret it.

I think you are a bit generous in the body shape - or should it just be three times more generous?

A point I failed to note in the longer post. Had the Malaysian government been 100% open with the facts as soon as it was aware contact had been lost with the commercial aircraft and at the same time an unidentified aircraft was flying across the north of the county, it could I assume with relative ease have scrambled much faster military aircraft to fly alongside it. If the cockpit crew were unresponsive, it could have quickly relayed that information to miltary controllers. If the crew were responsive but not prepared to follow orders, tracking its flight path would have been relatively simple by bringing in Singapore, Indonesian and Australian military aircraft. So in my book the fault lies totally with the government of Malaysia.

Have you ever thought about checking the internet and youtube videos before asking such questions on this forum? Many hot young guys hang out in Astro Park, so it is a good place to go pick up some guys for gay sex. Some of the local men ask money for the sex services, but the others do it purely for pleasure. Make sure you always negotiate as often the first price they give you can be high. If you are interested in gay and lesbian dating, then get in touch with various interested gay and lesbian partners via online dating sites. This can make the entire process of meeting and getting hooked up with gay and lesbian people easier and convenient. https://www.wikisexguide.com/wiki/Angeles_City#Gay_and_Lesbian

I don't believe new information has come to light. The pressure to find wreckage is coming from governments and relatives of those who were lost. I suspect the airline industry also wants to know what likely happened? Was it a fault with the 777? Oxygen failure was at first considered but the subsequent discovery of the rerouting rules that out?.Was it terrorism? After all, the plane's transponders were deliberately switched off. The Malaysian government analysed the backgrounds of all crew and passengers and this was ruled out. Was it a rogue pilot intent on killing himself and everyone without anyone being able to prove it? Some still believe this is the most likely reason, the more so as he came from Penang and might have been taking a last look. Part of the problem is that the Malaysian government held on to the facts it knew perfectly well for far too long. Why, we still do not know. Once the aircraft was lost from commercial aircraft radar, the assumption was that the plane must have gone down after being handed over to Ho Chi Minh controllers and before it acknowledged Vietnam's "hello" signal. So the initial search was conducted off the south east tip of Vietnam. But by that stage the Malaysian military knew perfectly well this was not true. Their military radar had tracked an off course aircraft doubling back, crossing over the north of Malaysia, turning north and passing around the top of Penang at a much lower altitude of flight before they lost track of it. The Thai military was also well aware the aircraft had turned back but they needed Malaysian approval before they could confirm that knowledge. The captain's home equipment was discovered to have this route, but that is not proof. The result was the start of an exhaustive search off Vietnam's southern coast. It took two days for the Malaysian government to confirm the route change across Malaysia and around Penang. That extended the search to the Straits of Malacca. But the government was still not revealing all it knew. Then 4 days later the status of the engines which is automatically sent back to its Rolls Royce manufacturer every 30 minutes (a routine occurrence for engines and makers) proved that the engines remained operating for at least five hours. Malaysia initially denied this. But 2 more days later, satellite operator Inmarsat reported detecting pings from the aircraft for even longer. The problem was that Inmarsat could not identify whether the aircraft was flying north or south. Countries to the north confirmed the aircraft could not have entered their air space as their military radars would have detected it. In fact Inmarsat had provided this information to the Malaysian government two days after the disappearance. The Malaysian government kept that information secret for another three days. Thus five and a half days following disappearance, the search shifted to the southern part of the Indian Ocean roughly off the south west tip of Australia - the point at which the aircraft would have run out of fuel. Extensive searches on the surface and under the surface yielded nothing. Then, 16 months after the disappearance, some airline debris was discovered on the island of Reunion off Africa, some 4,000 kms west of the search area. In addition to a few items from passengers carry on luggage, there was a flaperon postively identified as belonging to missing 777. Analysis of the ocean currents confirmed this location was certainly possible. Part of an engine cowling was later discovered in South Africa. The ocean floor off Australia where the aircraft is suspected of having crashed is rather like a volcanic area with major peaks and troughs making any search especially difficult. The chance of the new search coming up with any additional information after so many years must be infinitesimal. But the search company is undertaking it on the basis it will only get paid if it has some success.

The Democrats have released a video made in 2020 showing Epstein's private island. I think the interior of the house looks ditinctly tacky - not at all the luxury I had imagined.

The most recent search which was called off temporarily due to bad weather in March is due to recommence on December 30. I'd have thought that the chances of finding anything from that flight after almost eleven years have elapsed since its disappearance is remote in the extreme. But we can always hope. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7v077dm0po

At least I assume it is good news. The Thai government has now abolished the afternoon "no alcohol sale" restriction for a six month trial period. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mprzzxn73o

There are about 50 different species of box jellyfish. I think I need only uote here from wikipedia - the notoriously dangerous species of box jellyfish are largely restricted to the tropical Indo-Pacific region

Agree on both counts - high humidity and Singapore definitely worth a short visit. But the worst humidity I have encountered in several decades living in Asia has been in Tokyo in summer. Hong Kong was bad and my two dehumidifiers in the apartment filled up quickly. But Tokyo was definitely worse.

I'm sorry to say you'll be better of at Capella then, since I am about 1.5 ks from the nearest MRT.

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