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An excellent display of athleticism and physical prowess. His body is shredded and his face chiselled and handsome; gone are the chubby cheeks and baby face. Looks like he's all sweaty too.😜 He can dance but I don't particularly care for this particular choreography. Still, 10/10. 💝🫶🥇🏆 Shall we start the bidding at 20,000 Baht, all night long? 😉😅 I'm so tempted to take my aunty's advice and just go - right now. 🤩 joeymoonlight.mp4

Yes, the shows are alternated with the hosts parading themselves on stage waiting to be invited to have drinks with customers. I think it's 20-30 minutes of shows, followed by hosts on stage for 10-15 minutes, rinse and repeat. Shows don't go on all night though; if I'm not mistaken it's hosts only after 1 AM. I agree that there are quite a few lookers there and I like that they're in street clothes, unlike those silly costumes some bars make their hosts wear. No, unlike some other host bars where they make it compulsory to have at least one host per table, it isn't compulsory at BBB and they frequently announce this on social media. As for mama-sans approaching you and asking you to invite a host to sit with you, isn't that written in the Tripitaka? 😏

There have been outright brawls in the Lok Sabha and even in the National Diet and presumably they were sober! In the Lok Sabha, they started off by throwing shoes at each other before getting into a wrestling match just as they would in a Bangalore fish market. And now they're doing it with ladyboys in Pattaya! Ladyboys 1 Indians 0.

Ohh thank god. For a moment there I thought you had turned into Olddaddy. 😅

Daddies can be fit and goodlooking.

Ohh this is too easy. I'm going to leave it be.😏

Why? He's not Italian. 🤣

Fetish, you mean. "Fattish" is something one finds in Jomtien Complex. 😉🤭

He gives you the number 1 or 2 right there on the street? I know it's a fetish bar and all that but that's disgusting! And you admit to being a willing participant too. Gross! 🤢🤮

Gentle teasing borne out of affection - certainly. Abuse - NEVUH! 🫶

Hey watch it, that's my lovely aunty you're talking about. He needs to save money to buy stamps for his collection.

You don't have to. Twice now since 2016 Americans have voted as if they were under the influence. 🤷

Only if you're "scroogy", says Aunty Vin. Tsk, tsk. 😏

Addendum: The 350 Baht "host drink" does include one drink for the host. Mea culpa. Addendum: smoking in the bar is allowed. I saw several people smoking during a live video call with a member of staff but he was quick to point out there's plenty of seating on the verandah for those of us who don't want to die from passive smoking. Of course, this begs the question: why not make the smokers sit on the verandah or at least make them step out onto the verandah if they fancy a cigarette? Apparently they have been a host bar since late 2023 and what's interesting is that quite a few of the hosts from that time have remained on staff (although some have new noses and chins) so they must be making money.

Thanks for the heads up, @BjornAgain. Just to clarify, they allow smoking IN the bar?

It's due to the upcoming general elections. Alcohol sales are prohibited from 6 PM 31 January 2026 to 6 PM 1 February 2026 for advance voting and again from 6 PM 7 February 2026 to 6 PM 8 February 2026 for Polling Day. I feel like having an orange all of a sudden. I just love oranges. 🍊❤️😉

Yup, I thought so too. Thus far, the only bar that allows smoking in the bar that I know of is the current incarnation of Boyz Boyz Boyz in Pattaya.

You're well on your way to a PhD from the looks of it!

"Helping people change...one personality at a time." Olddaddy

My guess would be sometime during the low season, between May and October 2026, if he can wait that long! 😅

Hey, this could be another motto/catchphrase from you, after "Just go!" 😉

Is Hotmale still owned by the same group which owns Moonlight, the karaoke bar below it and a Thai restaurant nearby? It was when I spoke to one of the co-owners way back in 2019. He was a young-ish, pleasant looking guy with a nice demeanour and we would sit and chat on the Hotmale terrace till late; I remember a staff member from Moonlight would drop in with the night's cash takings after closing which amounted to hundreds of thousands then.

A lovely description. I don't know what the fuss over breakfasts is anyway. A kiwi or banana with greek yogurt and a cup of black coffee is enough for me! As my Aunty Vin would say, "Just go!"

He found a spinster? That'd make sense. Ka-ching! Or I can see the headlines now, "Vietnamese boy disappears, rumoured to have been eaten by a cat!" Wouldn't that be wonderful? Irony of ironies, A Twist in the Tail, as it were. Lord Archer couldn't have made it up!

Agreed on Starbucks. I think I've been in one three or four times my entire life and always because somebody else wanted to go there. I usually support the independents in Thailand. Good and inexpensive coffee, breads and cakes supplied by local bakeries and stay-at-home mums seeking some income and, because of their relative small size, these cafes are a great way to make new friends with both the Thai and foreign regulars. Never been to the restaurant in Foodland and can't comment but many forum members seem to like it.