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Oh my, he must've peed in his knickers given your self-proclaimed VVIP status. 🙄

The one he didn't ask? "What do you think of global warming?"

You mean this one? It was used in the recent Jomtien Pride publicity blitz (I'm surprised @bkkmfj2648 didn't catch it; he must be slowing down). Frankly I find the bushman meets fairy godmother look a bit passe...but then, so is Olddaddy. 😏

Zaffran is a Malay name. Are you perhaps from M, S, I or B?

I see your path to Enlightenment will be a long one.

And all heavily filtered too. It's amazing what these filters can do for eg alter face and body shapes, noses, hair styles and thickness, even during events broadcast live. Tik-tok is notorious for this.

You mean whether the customer would like to engage in a short Buddhist prayer to finish things off like an invocation of the Metta, chanting of the Oh Padme Hum mantra or the seven-limb prayer? It's pretty much par for the course and too bad Zaffran didn't take advantage of the opportunity for a more spiritual engagement.

Now, now, times are hard and some people may be needing a side hustle. 555 🤣😂😅 Oops, I hope immigration isn't reading this! 😱😅

I hope he doesn't drink from his colostomy bag thinking it's Mont Clair!

Errr...I thought you were supposed to be in-between. 😏

I wouldn't call that an upgrade. 😉

It's closed and has got very mixed reviews.

Oh nooo. To quote your esteemed self, "Life's too short." 😂🤣😅

And the mirror cracked? Out flew the web and floated wide— The mirror crack'd from side to side; "The curse is come upon me," cried The Lady of Shalott. Oh for heaven's sake, go look it up. 🙄

So you're just old? 😅 Sorry, just mucking around. Do you speak Thai @Patanawet? 27 years is a very long time. The oldest farang I've met in Thailand was 92 years old. Gay, lived alone and very independent. He was a fountain of knowledge and very easy talk to; what I liked about him was his humility in not needing to be right all the time or show off everything he knew, unlike so many other farang one meets in Thailand. That was ten years ago and I hope he's well if he still walks this Earth.

Ohh? 🤔 I thought you had gotten the lay of the land, repeatedly, and that's what prompting this whirlwind move to Cambodia. 😏

Well, who needs Sydneysiders when you've got an entire Irish football team waiting for you in Pattaya... ...where you don't have to be fucking offended...only fucking.

Bars open and close in the complex and there'll always be room for a new one. Things seem to be on a high at the moment because of the two recently concluded Pride events but according to one owner of a popular bar and several bar workers, actual sales haven't really improved much from the previous two months. I have only praises for Jomtien Pride Night but I felt that ambushing the eventual winner Apex in the sexy underwear contest with those awful fake fluffy garlands in the middle of his catwalk was in bad form. I guess it's a farang thing? 🤷 Apex had been given the sweet final spot and should have been allowed to finish his walk and only be presented with the garlands as he stepped off the podium at the end of his walk. As it happened, he could barely walk with all those garlands covering his beautiful body and face. Moreover, you wouldn't want to discourage the other contestants and would want to avoid any appearance of impropriety or rigging. Don't get me wrong; Apex was my favourite too but I felt that the whole segment could have been better executed. In the many male pageants that I've attended all over Thailand, the contestants were presented with beautiful roses, and the organisers ensured that every contestant received at least one to prevent any loss of face. Of course, the popular ones received more from members of the audience. Another minor gripe was seeing a few corpulent farang sauntering across the rainbow carpet as the contest was in progress. Couldn't they have walked a bit faster, waited or taken another route? Mai pen rai. As I said earlier, Pattaya is an aberration and that's okay.

By keeping away from the native Indians with machetes.

Ohh what a beautiful ending to a sad story. Is that who he lives with when you're back in the UK?

Your retirement visa doesn't allow you to work, does it? I'm quite sure "mama-san" isn't an exception. 🤣😅 Alex is even cuter in person and has got a nice way about him. And to quote that late great literary mistress Jackie Collins - a "respectable bulge". 😉

Thanks for taking the time to reply, Jim. So, in summary, your only connection to Cambodia is an emotional one to Cam. I wish you all the best in your new adventure. ✌️🫶

I admit that I only skim through trip reports and may have missed it but am I reading this right, that you've never been to Cambodia and planning to move and retire there? Have you got any friends there other than Cam? Prior to meeting him did you have any particular affinity for Khmer culture for eg from meeting Khmers in the States? Have you eaten Khmer food before? Again, pardon me if I've got this wrong, but I remember you saying that you moved from LA to Denver so that you could be closer to your sister and help take care of each other. I'm assuming this plan has changed. No need to respond to any of my questions if you feel it's none of my business (and indeed it isn't) but all this seems so sudden and a huge turnabout from just a few months ago.

It's roughly between 15 and 25, if I'm not mistaken.