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Having seen the crowd in Jomtien Complex, one could be forgiven for thinking it was Halloween all-year round.👴👹👻😏

Well, there was at least one in the suite opposite yours not too long ago but, alas, you weren't invited. 😏

Did the wedding proceed or was it cancelled due to the "till death do us part" portion happening much sooner than expected?

Why? Do your friends have severe allergies? Wouldn't having a bottle of antihistamines on your night stand be more helpful? Perhaps bring your own diffuser and sprinkle it with a few drops of eucalyptus oil or Vicks Vaporub.

Not all. The anti-semitic label or, more accurately, accusation, is still a powerful and effective weapon when used against babyboomers who grew up conditioned into thinking that Israel could do no wrong due to the horrors of the Holocaust, and who in their later life fed off pro-Israeli media such as the BBC, CNN, Fox News and Sky News. Even those who are aware of the injustices Israel have committed against the Palestinians over the last 78 years are afraid to speak the truth out of fear of being cast with the anti-semitic accusation. As you've correctly pointed out, they can't even call what's happening now a genocide which Israeli human rights organisations like Bet Salem and Israeli Holocaust specialists themselves have called a genocide. The babyboomers would tiptoe when discussing Israel, as if it was on a bed of eggshells instead of the land of Palestine, and the slightest criticism of Israel would need to be cushioned by bringing up the Holocaust. And I haven't brought up the overwhelming influence of Christian Zionism which is arguably is even more venomous than Zionism itself and deserves an entire post/chapter/library by itself. But things look more promising as we move down the generational line with the millenials, Gen Zs and those at the tail end of Gen X, such as myself. The anti-semitic label has lost its cache and doesn't cut much ice anymore. We consume news differently and are generally pro-active in doing our own research when it comes to issues of social justice especially when we see innocent women and children being gleefully murdered by the "most moral army" in the world. As a born and bred Southeast Asian, the anti-semitic label, with its western origins, isn't applicable to me. I don't criticise Israeli behaviour because they are jewish, but because they are cruel, immoral, criminal and inhumane. I didn't grow up with stereotypes of jews as immortalised by Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice. On the contrary, my grandparents would reminisce fondly of their Sephardic and Baghdadi jewish friends in Penang and how they would have a meal together and go out dancing after. All that changed with the establishment of Israel in 1948 and jews in Malaysia were constantly harrassed by Israeli terror groups, so that they would all migrate and populate the new state. The same thing was happening to diasporic jewish communities in West and South Asia to induce them to migrate to Israel even though they had lived uneventfully and mostly thrived in those areas for generations.

Thank you for sharing. An interesting situation indeed. Does Cam have any gay friends? I don't know about rural Cambodia but in rural Thai villages the gay boys will get together, drink and be Mary/merry. Often there are mixed gatherings, with straights, gays, ladyboys, ladyboys-in-waiting and everything else in-between coming together. They drink, eat, play cards, chequers and takraw. I practised family law for ten years and one thing I noticed again and again from relationships that have broken down is that one party is upset with the other party for not meeting their expectations, to put it mildly, to the point where the aggrieved party felt that they've put up with enough and the relationship have simply reached a brick wall and they couldn't go on. When we delved deeper we often found that the problems had started from early on in the relationship, which the aggrieved spouse had failed to communicate to their partner and possibly have corrected. The aggrieved spouse simply accepted the behaviour of the other spouse, let them make the decisions, refused to ask questions, always giving in - slowly but surely allowing the other spouse to assume that his/her behaviour was okay and no adjustments on their part were necessary. In other words, norms were being established and consolidated in the relationship. It gets worse when they have children because the aggrieved spouse will use the kids as a crutch and an excuse not to "rock the boat" for the sake of the children. Relationship norms once established are very difficult to reverse or correct. By the time the aggrieved party comes to us it is usually too late and separation - and ultimately dissolution - is often the wisest course of action. And the most common thing the opposing party says in their defence is, "Why are you complaining now? You were okay with it for the last ten years so why make noise now?" And they would be right, although I would never tell that to my client.

Will the sister and other members of Cam's family be staying with you once you have more permanent arrangements wherever Cam decides to settle in Cambodia? And out of curiosity - and no need to answer this if you don't want to - does the sister bear any physical resemblance to Cam or any of the other family members?

Are you still using cash, Pat, having lived in Thailand for as long as you have? I almost always pay by QR code these days from a Thai bank account where I maintain a limited amount for my daily expenses. Grab, Bolt, etc are linked to the same account. Even street baskers have QR logos on their collection baskets these days!

Ohh...and what were you doing before giving out those notes? 🤔😏

People may want to be massaged in the comfort of their own rooms and beds, not necessarily because they want sex. A corpulent person may find a massage bed a bit too small and some people find massage rooms claustrophobic. Someone with mobility issues or who needs a partner or caregiver to be with them during the massage may also request for an in-room massage.

You mean they're popular with gay Arabs and Africans? 🤔

Glad to hear that you're well, @jimmie50 and thanks for sharing with us about your life in Cambodia. Since your move there, we've heard about Cam's house, Cam's farm, Cam's new fence (repeatedly), various members of Cam's family in great detail, Cam's friends, Cam's likes, Cam's dislikes, Cam's drinking habits, Cam's family's drinking habits, Cam's festivals, Cam's gifts...but I'm struggling to find Wally...oops, I mean @jimmie50 in all of this? Where's that genial former special ed teacher we've come to know and love in the past one year?

I just took a look at the eponymously named Tii's profile. His name ตี๋ (pronounced as dtii with a rising tone) aptly describes his East Asian features.

Oooh I suspected it might've had to do with you-know-who. I've heard that more than a few posters have either left or been disincentivised from posting on the various gay Thailand fora because of him. If I were Reader or any of those posters, I'd let the nitpicking and criticisms slide off like water on a duck's back. That's hard to do sometimes but in my opinion letting the bully and his sycophants take away your voice is worse. One thing I've learned in nearly a quarter of century of posting on gay Thailand fora - off and on - is that my credibility is not determined by the colonials who try to suppress me and what I have to say - their time has come and gone - but by the quality of what I have to say and my confidence in saying it. And even if a little of what I've had to say has been useful or helpful to someone else, then it would have all been worth it.

Out of curiosity, why did he leave?

Yup. I suspect Elder Pat was just being sarcastic. 😅

Perhaps they had had enough and your visit was the straw that broke the camel's back. 🤔🤷

The dog presumably went missing on Thursday, 8 October 2026.

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I knew you were a Tory. 🙄

Distance from/to where?

Where? Church?

Wellmax is owned by the same people who own Maxwell Onsen on Surawong Road. Hence the play on the name. I hear that they enforce the age limit on busy nights - don't know how far this is true. Readers might be interested to know how much you paid to enter the venue.

And do people also say your "clothes" need ironing? 😏