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There’s a new lady bar on Patpong 2. The Crown Royal steak house has been cut in half and Extreme bar now occupies the other half. King’s Corner lady show bar has a new entrance facing onto Patpong 2. Stickman reports that, contrary to reports, Hooters on Silom remains open.

The board awaits your adventure among the hoi polloi of the City of Angels with much anticipation, I’m sure. Perhaps you’ll call the chosen one “Mr. Imperfect.” On behalf of all the average out there, thank you so much. You do us a great honor.

Trust me on this, Drim. There’s not a soul who reads the boards who’s unaware that you like really big cocks to match really big beefy muscles. May the force be with you.

Our own Divine Madman’s site dedicated to gay massage in Bangkok https://m4m-massages.com/shop-specifics/

Excerpted from MSN Ten teenagers were among the 39 people found dead in a refrigerated trailer in Essex last month, police have confirmed. Essex Police on Friday released the names of the 31 men and eight women whose bodies were found in an industrial park in Grays on 23 October, after confirming on Thursday they were all Vietnamese. Pham Thi Tra My, 26-year-old woman from Ha Tinh Nguyen Dinh Lurong, 20-year-old man from Ha Tinh Nguyen Huy Phong, 35-year-old man from Ha Tinh Vo Nhan Du, 19-year-old man from Ha Tinh Tran Manh Hung, 37-year-old man from Ha Tinh Tran Khanh Tho, 18-year-old man from Ha Tinh Vo Van Linh, 25-year-old man from Ha Tinh Nguyen Van Nhan, 33-year-old man from Ha Tinh Bui Phan Thang, 37-year-old man from Ha Tinh Nguyen Huy Hung, 15-year-old boy from Ha Tinh Tran Thi Tho, 21-year-old woman from Nghe An Bui Thi Nhung, 19-year-old woman from Nghe An Vo Ngoc Nam, 28-year-old man from Nghe An Nguyen Dinh Tu, 26-year-old man from Nghe An Le Van Ha, 30-year-old man from Nghe An Tran Thi Ngoc, 19-year-old woman from Nghe An Nguyen Van Hung, 33-year-old man from Nghe An Hoang Van Tiep, 18-year-old man from Nghe An Cao Tien Dung, 37-year-old man from Nghe An Cao Huy Thanh, 33-year-old man from Nghe An Tran Thi Mai Nhung, 18-year-old woman from Nghe An Nguyen Minh Quang, 20-year-old man from Nghe An Le Trong Thanh, 44-year-old man from Dien Chau Pham Thi Ngoc Oanh, 28-year-old woman from Nghe An Hoang Van Hoi, 24-year-old man from Nghe An Nguyen Tho Tuan, 25-year-old man from Nghe An Dang Huu Tuyen, 22-year-old man from Nghe An Nguyen Trong Thai, 26-year-old man from Nghe An Nguyen Van Hiep, 24-year-old man from Nghe An Nguyen Thi Van, 35-year-old woman from Nghe An Tran Hai Loc, 35-year-old man from Nghe An Duong Minh Tuan, 27-year-old man from Quang Binh Nguyen Ngoc Ha, 32-year-old man from Quang Binh Nguyen Tien Dung, 33-year-old man from Quang, Binh Phan Thi Thanh, 41-year-old woman from Hai Phong Nguyen Ba Vu Hung, 34-year-old man from Thua Tien Hue Dinh Dinh Thai Quyen, 18-year-old man from Hai Phong Tran Ngoc Hieu, 17-year-old boy from Hai Duong Dinh Dinh Binh, 15-year-old boy from Hai Phong https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/uknews/all-39-victims-of-essex-lorry-identified/ar-BBWu4vh?li=BBr8Cnr

The three bars I mentioned are more associated with twink type bodies and guy-next-door appearance. Most customers, however, usually can find something that accommodates their preference. If it’s just big cocks you’re after, you can find those at any bar but not on every guy. But I think you’ve already discovered that. Again, I wish you all the best in pursuit of your preference.

“For those who like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing that they like." The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Edinburgh, 1930 That may be the case for those who primarily concentrate on Jupiter, Moonlight and Tawan. But take a look at who’s getting offed at Luckyboys, Freshboys and Screwboys and you’ll find that you’re in the minority. Bigger is bigger but not necessarily better. But I wish you all the big muscles and big cocks you desire. That’s what makes Bangkok so fascinating to so many: choices.

No offense taken. But if you broaden your search parameters I assure you that you’ll yet be successful.

From Bangkok Post Neilson Hays Library celebrates its 150th anniversary with Bangkok's first literature festival Celebrated local and international authors will be in Bangkok for a series of talks, panel discussions and poetry readings as part of the Neilson Hays Bangkok Literature Festival, held to mark the 150th anniversary of Neilson Hays Library on Nov 16 and 17. Bookworms, bibliophiles and anyone else who's interested are all invited to rub shoulders with their favourite fiction and non-fiction writers as the historic library on Surawong Road, in collaboration with the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture (OCAC), stages Bangkok's first literature festival. The two-day event will take place at the library and nearby British Club, with special evening events also being held at Chulalongkorn University and Chakrabongse Villas. Nalin Vanasin, president of Neilson Hays Library, says the purpose of the festival isn't just to mark the landmark anniversary, but also to celebrate the power of books and letters, which have been the library's heritage from its beginning. “The library has just gone through a major renovation. Instead of having a special book sale or holding a party like we normally do, we thought it would be a good time for Bangkok to have an international literature festival of its own," said Nalin. "We hope to create a stage for participating literary luminaries to exchange knowledge and share their experiences, as well as showcase Thai creative arts for an international audience." Over the two days of the festival, Neilsons Hays Library will be transformed into a book lover's dream. Over 30 of the world's finest writers, from eight countries, will be in attendance to help spread the joys of the written word. Under the theme "Bridging The World Through Letters", the festival aims to ignite imaginations, spark debate and share views on various topics from politics and social inequality to gender equality and LGBTI rights. Among the esteemed guests will be the Pulitzer Prize-winning US author Adam Johnson, best known for his novel The Orphan Master's Son, and Australian writer Melissa Lucashenko, winner of this year's Miles Franklin Award, the country's most prestigious literary prize. From Asia, there will be P. Sivakami, a prominent feminist Dalit writer from India; Chinese-American Qiu Xiaolong, author of the award-winning crime mystery Death Of A Red Heroine; Thailand's Veeraporn Nitiprapha, a 2018 SEA Write winner for The Blind Earthworm In The Labyrinth; and Japan's Kanako Nishi, whose novel Saraba! won the prestigious Naoki Prize. Alongside the programme of debates, interviews and workshops, the festival will feature entertainment activities for families and young readers, such as an arts and crafts market and workshops. Neilson Hays Bangkok Literature Festival will run from Nov 16-17 at Neilson Hays Library, The British Club Stage, Chulalongkorn University and Chakrabongse Villas, including an intimate dinner and conversation with Pitchaya Sudbanthad, author of Bangkok Wakes To Rain. Entry is free for most events, with tickets available for day passes (for guaranteed seating), film screenings and the closing event at the Chakrabongse Villas. For more information, including schedules and speaker topics, visit web.neilsonhayslibrary.com/literature-festival. I https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/1789809/book-your-place

I want to put in a word for the minority here. Like others posters, it’s always an unexpected pleasure to come across particularly well-endowed lads in any venue or circumstance. But it’s never been a deal breaker for me. Regardless of dimensions, it is the guy the equipment is attached to is always top in my mind. A bright personality, easy smile and ability to communicate (even in a language I don’t speak) will win the day—or at least the off. I can always find large specimens at home. What I cannot find at home is what brings me halfway around the world. As soon as I clear the gate on arrival, I’m immediately reassured. By the time I’m on the air link train, I once again feel in my true element. So I raise a glass to you average (or as one poster use to say “standard Thai issue”) guys. May you always be there in abundance.

From the BBC The men who Leonardo da Vinci loved We know a great deal about Leonardo da Vinci’s interests in botany and human anatomy; about his explorations of flight, of war machines and the flow of water; of his skills as a painter, and even his reputation for leaving projects unfinished. But what do we know of the man, of his passions, of Leonardo in love? Da Vinci left nothing that could be read directly as a diary or journal: his interest was in the outer, rather than the inner, world. Nevertheless, writers, from the 16th-Century biographer Giorgio Vasari to Sigmund Freud, have scoured the thousands of pages of written notes left by Da Vinci for clues. Five hundred years after his death – with exhibitions around Europe celebrating his art, engineering, science and ideas – a new opera celebrates a more private side of the Renaissance master. The work of composer Alex Mills and librettist Brian Mullin, Leonardo focuses on the relationship between the great artist and two of his assistants. Gian Giacomo Caprotti – known by Da Vinci as Salaí aka ‘Little Devil’ – was a boy from a poor background who entered the workshop aged 10 in 1490, when the master was in his late 30s. He immediately made an impression as a troublemaker: Mullin found frequent references to Salaí stealing from him and his guests, or eating more than his master thought respectable. “He [was] a young working-class boy, and evidently very hard to handle, but he ended up staying with Leonardo for 25 years,” says Mullin. Francesco Melzi came into Leonardo’s life in around 1505. This young man, by contrast, was from a noble Milanese family, and developed a role in the workshop akin to private secretary. He and Leonardo soon developed a closer intimacy that Mills and Mullin liken to father and son. Melzi was, as Mullin notes, “completely different from Salaí in his social standing and his demeanour.” No cheeky nicknames for the aristocratic Melzi: he was addressed by Leonardo as ‘Master Francesco’. While Mills’s music for Leonardo is of course contemporary, it has been scored for a viol consort - that is, an ensemble of players of the viol, a stringed instrument evocative of the early 16th Century. Mullin’s libretto is drawn almost entirely from historical sources, most important of which were Da Vinci’s own notebooks, which the left-handed artist wrote in mirror script. The opera charts the “shifting triangle that Leonardo had with these two young men,” says Mullin. “Leonardo moves from one relationship to the other, and Salaí gets a bit pushed out.” Late in life Leonardo moved to France, with both male companions in attendance, but Salaí returned to Milan, and was not there at the master’s bedside when he died in 1519. “Leonardo leaves him very little: he’s left only half a vineyard, which is odd,” says Mullin. Melzi, by contrast, inherited Leonardo’s notebooks and many of his paintings. “It seems there was a private drama that had been playing out from one figure to another.” http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20191107-the-men-who-leonardo-da-vinci-loved

From Bangkok Post Rivers, lakes and canals around the country will be illuminated by candlelight as Thais release a series of lotus-inspired floats in order to ask forgiveness from the Water Goddess for their infringements during the much-loved Loy Krathong Festival. If you wish to join in with the celebrations, here are several venues offering a wide choice of cultural performances, traditional rituals, fireworks and creative workshops from tomorrow until Monday. Bangkok From Nov 9 to 11, the Tourism Authority of Thailand will turn Santi Chaiprakan Park into an entertainment hub for its "Delightful Colour Of The River, Loy Krathong Festival". Visitors can walk through a colourful water tunnel, then take a front-row seat to watch a traditional fireworks show. There will be a pavilion full of fun cultural activities for all the family, including creative workshops on how to make a krathong with natural materials, cooking traditional Thai delicacies, arranging floral garlands, carving fruit and banana stalks and making khon masks. About Santi Chaiprakan Park https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santichaiprakarn_Park Elsewhere about Thailand https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/1789954/loy-krathong-around-thailand#cxrecs_s

Judging by what I’ve observed—and practiced—at Luckyboys and others places, the incremental red notes the guys collect in tips are becoming an ever increasing share of their overall income. They realize that they can easily cover their daily living expenses (food, transportation and time with friends after work) by sitting with a handful of customers and sharing small talk and some physical contact for short periods. It’s a win-win for all concerned. The customer gets a nice experience (and the opportunity to interview different guys), the bar gets the drink income and the boy gets tips—and a possible off on a return visit. No, it doesn’t provide same same financial punch that a ST offers but it does cover some costs. Waiters long ago figured this out and acquire a more consistent income along with the possibility of the occasional off. And for me at least it’s a lot more entertaining than scanning through the on-line offerings.

Most Bangkok hotels do not. Offs generally are aware of those that do (I.e., Tarntawan). The minority that do will have a conspicuous notice in lobby or your room. Don’t complicate your vacation with trying to create lists in advance. I’d just assume that they don’t.

From Bloomberg News Southeast Asian Neighbors Detain Exiles Cambodia has sent troops to its border and called on neighboring countries to arrest exiled dissidents after accusing them of plotting a coup, just as the European Union prepares to decide on maintaining trade privileges that are keeping the Southeast Asian nation’s biggest industry afloat. Malaysian authorities on Thursday detained Mu Sochua, vice president of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, at Kuala Lumpur airport following a request from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s administration. The Cambodian leader, in power since 1985, has promised to “use weapons of all kinds” to stop a group led by top opposition figure Sam Rainsy from returning to Cambodia on Saturday, the country’s independence day. Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha ordered customs to deny Sam Rainsy’s entry due to the “rules” of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. On Thursday, he posted a picture of himself packing his bags as he prepared to board a plane from Paris to Bangkok. Both he and Mu Sochua have been in exile for four years. Cambodia has dispatched the military to “maintain peace and stability,” government spokesman Phay Siphan said, adding that the arrests would be “positive” if true. “The Cambodian government has informed all Asean nations that those people are organized crime,” he said. “They are leading a coup d’etat, so the Cambodian government informed all Asean members. And they all decided together to keep peace stability, so those people have become persona non-grata.” The detention comes shortly before Europe is expected to issue a decision on whether or not to pull Cambodia’s preferential tariff status due to its deteriorating rights situation, a move that could devastate its economy. The EU is Cambodia’s largest trading partner, accounting for 45% of all exports in 2018. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-07/southeast-asia-helps-hun-sen-round-up-dissidents-pressuring-eu

Don’t see many farangs reading it, either. Like the boys, their minds may be occupied with other interests.

From Bloomberg Financial The Bank of Thailand cut its benchmark interest rate for the second time in three months and said it will ease rules on outflows to curb a surging currency. Five of the seven Monetary Policy Committee members voted to cut the key rate by a quarter-percentage point to 1.25%, the central bank said in a statement. That matches a record low and was in line with the forecasts of 16 of the 26 economists in a Bloomberg survey. Officials told reporters in Bangkok that the central bank is worried about the strength of the baht, which may continue to weigh on the economy. The bank will ease rules on outflows and consider further steps to rein in the currency, they said. The baht extended losses, falling as much as 0.7% to 30.399 per dollar, and was at 30.327 as of 3 p.m. in Bangkok. Thai authorities are stepping up monetary and fiscal support to spur an economy that’s on course for its weakest growth in five years in 2019. The baht has gained more than 8% against the dollar in the past year, the best performer in emerging markets, curbing exports and tourism in the trade-reliant nation. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-06/thailand-cuts-interest-rate-to-record-low-to-rein-in-currency

So you don’t think killing everyone in the lorry qualifies as sufficiently unwelcoming?

This may come as a complete shock to you, 909, but most of the Vietnamese working in Thailand are employed in work other than gogo bars. And of course your basing this on your personal experience of having visited the impoverished provinces where the 39 deceased Vietnamese came from.

From CNN Police believe all 39 victims found inside Essex truck were Vietnamese CNN)The 39 people found dead in the back in the back of a truck in Englandlast month are believed to be Vietnamese nationals, Essex Police said in a statement Friday. "At this time, we believe the victims are Vietnamese nationals, and we are in contact with the Vietnamese Government," Assistant Chief Constable Tim Smith said in the statement. He added that police were in "direct contact with a number of families in Vietnam and the UK, and we believe we have identified families for some of the victims whose journey ended in tragedy on our shores." The development comes a week after 39 people were found dead in the back of a refrigerated lorry in a UK industrial park in Grays, Essex, 20 miles east of London. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/01/uk/essex-truck-deaths-arrests-vietnam-gbr-intl/index.html

So now your major concern is that the perpetrators aren’t overcharged. Your sympathy for them, Hank, overwhelms me The perpetrators placed living souls inside a sealed, refrigerated container and drove them around until they died due to lack of oxygen. Along comes Hank now with his “nothing to see here” defense of those responsible. Your intent is as transparent as glass. You’re making the leap to the blame the victim side.

If I was like Hank I’d say this is the last thing I’ll have to say on the subject. But he went on to do just the opposite. Why was I not surprised. He won’t tire of defending his description of the murder victims as illegals nor will I tire of calling him on it when he does. It was as disrespectful the first time he said it as it was the last time. And I have no doubt whatsoever that he’ll go on using it. I was fully amendable to Peter’s suggestion that we abandon this thread and use the original one but Hank persisted in pursuing this platform.

Hank, you just keep doubling down on the illegal aspect. You were well aware that there was already a thread stared on this topic. But you chose to start a new one to get the word illegals out front and use it as a platform for your personal political motive. If you want to discuss UK immigration issues, I have no problem with it. Start a legitimate thread about it. But don’t do on the backs of 39 murder victims. It was disrespectful in particular to the Vietnamese.

It was the lack of respect in the OP’s message that prompted my response. It’s far from petty nitpicking when poster associates the dead with a proclivity for prostitution and branding them “illegals” instead of the victims of a vicious crime. I didn’t misquote him. I used his direct quotes. I agree with your suggestion that the thread in Gay Asia forum is more appropriate. I’m certainly willing to do just that.

Oh, it’s the big picture you suggest that I concern myself with. Guess that must be illegal immigration and not the truly horrible manner of their death at the hands of smugglers who are legal citizens. Think I get it. Gee, Hank, for someone who claims to know “at least two if not more” boys and girls from the Thai bar scene, your comments seem....how can I say this succinctly...void of compassion for these folks? And for some reason, you felt compelled to call attention to the fact that the impoverished Vietnamese prostitute themselves (or as you succinctly said, “sell their bodies”). Yes, think I’m beginning to see your big picture more clearly now. Thanks for clarifying things, Hank. There nothing like getting the facts from the horse’s mouth.