jason1975

My guy got me a slice of cake from Foodland supermarket and he organised a happy birthday singalong. Even the Happy Beer Garden aunties joined in! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Happy Beer Garden has an upstairs area in case all tables are full downstairs. It can also be used for private party which is what I basically did. There are two long tables with benches on both sides which was perfect for our gathering of ten - four from Dreamboys, three from Good Boy, two from Freshboy and me. There is also a television and connected sound system which my guy could connect his phone and play Vietnamese songs instead of default Thai music. We were there from 1:00am and stayed until closing time at 4:00am.

56 Surawong cost US$40 per night. Other hotels cost more than US$50. A new addition to the room is the safe deposit box. I don't remember it being there last year. Great location but not for light sleepers due to Surawong Road traffic. After my guy and I finished our reacquaintance, we headed out to Prime for massage. Alas, fully booked until midnight so they closed the shop. So my guy and I went to Urban Thai and we got Thai massage side by side upstairs by two male masseurs. We finished our massage after midnight. When we went downstairs, the staff were closing up. I went back to hotel room as I had to take my medication while my guy went to meet his friends after they finished work at their bars. We had arranged an after-work party at Happy Beer Garden.

Writing this from McDonald's Silom Road branch after lunch and waiting for massage at 4pm. My guy was supposed to be away in Vietnam from end January to October to build his house. But prices of construction materials increased this year and he needed to fork out more money so he decided to return to work in Bangkok during Songkran. It happened to be my birthday a few days ago so I decided to come to Bangkok for a weekend trip to celebrate belated birthday. I got off work at 2:30pm then took 5:30pm flight from Singapore. Arrived at 7pm and took leisurely ride on airport train and BTS to Silom. I met my guy who was waiting for me outside his bar Fresh Boy. I paid for 2 nights off fee and off we went to check in at 56 Surawong to be reacquainted...

Not possible to put out a May issue. I can try to do a June issue during my 2 weeks in Bangkok. Trip report but done in magazine style and using AI to edit. Article contributions from wise forum members are welcome!

Created using AI. Not a real magazine. But knowing the talent among forum members, it's possible for contributions to articles!

I will miss the cute waiter at Sarica! I am going to Bangkok in June and Sarica is closed.

I remember there was a skirmish with fatalities between China and Vietnam in 1988 over some disputed islands.

Fortunately for you that you bought your air ticket before price increase! Now you have more money to spend on boys!

Fabulous writing! Bravo!

My guy's grandmother passed away 2 years ago. He was very distraught and asked me to book an air ticket for him from Bangkok to Vietnam immediately the next day. I did as he asked and I offered my sympathies and condolences. After he arrived in Vietnam, he asked me for US$3500 to pay for the funeral. I declined to send him the money. I felt that I had already done my part by booking air ticket for him (about US$300 as it was an urgent booking). I reasoned that the rest of his family should contribute to funeral expenses and not just him. I believe that he feels responsible based on Vietnamese tradition because he is the only son (he has older and younger sisters) in the family. His father is a retired soldier and currently farms on their family land and earns enough just to get by. Finally, my last reason was why do you need such a grand funeral? I felt that my guy and his family wanted a grand funeral for the matriach to impress relatives and neighbours and follow the Asian custom of "saving face". However, I have always been a thrity person and don't believe in extravagant events - whether weddings or funerals. So it was very much a personal stance of mine not to overspend and I stood firm. I did not say my reasons to my guy of course. I just told him that I was unable to provide additional financial help. Our Line conversations became awkward for the next few weeks but we still stayed in touch. There were times when I felt guilty and I questioned myself whether I should have helped him. When we met again in Bangkok a few months later, I said sorry in person to him for not giving him that money for a grand funeral. He said it was ok. He observed the traditional one year mourning period. He avoided celebrations including a birthday celebration I had planned for him in December later that year.

Good luck sitting with a boy for one hour in Bangkok and only one drink! Mamasan will chase them up on stage for rotation after 30 minutes or even less!

Maybe the customers don't want to take anyone back. They just want to be in presence of boys.

@oreos you have a good heart! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Dreamboys seem to be flexible with its employees. I often see Dreamboys guys arriving casually after 9pm. But guys there get fewer offs compared to guys working at Freshboys. Unless the guy is a popular guy.

I end up spending 20k total on a karaoke night with 4 to 5 boys. But I only do it once a trip, typically towards the end of trip.

Good Boy is the only bar that opens till 2:00am so customers at Freshboys and Dreamboys move over to Good Boy once those bars close at 1:00am.

He speaks English, Thai, his home country language (Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos?) and the 4th language is Mandarin?

Let's not be harsh on the ladies. They are out to have some time away from their husbands or boyfriends. Let them enjoy the companionship of handsome boys. And I believe the boys enjoy entertaining them judging by how they sit close to the ladies and hold their hands and hug them!

I do that sometimes. Typically it's because I already had a great massage that day. But I don't off a guy to go back to hotel room to talk. We will chat while we go out to other bars and clubs.

Summary of extended 4-nights weekend trip in March (Friday to Tuesday) - Met 3 guys for first time (1 massage and 2 from bars) - Met 3 regulars (2 massage and 1 from bar) - Met new forum members - Went to new club (EDT for shower show) I cannot wait for next trip in end May. I am going to Bangkok again specially to see the Pride Parade on Sunday 31 May. This year, the route includes Silom Road! 🥳🥳🥳

I have always been curious about other customers and I frequently ask my guy about his customers. He tells me which nationalities are most demanding and which are most generous in his opinion. No surprise then that I was my usual curious self and I asked Abs Guy about the customer who offed him 5 minutes before I arrived at Freshboys on Sunday night. Abs Guy was surprisingly open to tell me. Customer was from UK. After watching show at Freshboys, customer took Abs Guy back to hotel room to drink and chat only. Customer started smoking weed and became high. Fortunately, customer didn't pass out. He tipped Abs Guy for his time and Abs Guy left at 2:00am.

Yes it was D. He looks good!

During karaoke, I asked Handsome Guy about the two Asian lady customers that he and 3 other boys were with at Good Boy bar the previous night. Did the ladies off them? "No. They come bar drinking only. They buy boy drink. 4 boy. Show finish they go back. No tip." 😭

Some incidents that I didn't remember to include when I recounted trip events. I bumped into a Cambodian guy on Silom Road. He was going to gym. I asked him if he was still working at Dreamboys. He said no. He's a freelancer now. He said Dreamboys no longer hires Cambodians! 🤔 On the first night, while I was walking along Silom Road back to soi 3 with "Music", someone tapped me on my shoulder. I turned around and saw it was a Laos guy who works at Freshboys. He was with a farang customer. They crossed the road to go to Ibis Styles Hotel while I continued walking on and would only cross Silom Road at next crossing. I am surprised that Laos guy would call out to me. I always thought bar boy etiquette when they are with a customer is to pretend not to notice and certainly not to talk to other customers. I hope his customer that night wasn't mad at him!