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indeed, I've saved a lot of money by not traveling over the last 16 months. Public health experts that I follow are quite concerned about the reporting mischaracterizing the new CDC guidance. I recommend everyone follow Dr. Ashish Jha on Twitter (@ashiashkjha). He's the dean of the school of public health at Brown University (and a regular fixture on US media).

I don't think it's really his decision

It's been about 2.5 years since I was last in SE Asia. I really miss it. Almost 2 years since I was in Taiwan and Korea as well. I'm glad I managed to travel as much as I have over the last 15 years or so since it looks like it might be a while.

as difficult as it might be I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that travel won't be worth trying until next year some time

presumably the posters are gay, so maybe that's enough to qualify. I'm glad we can talk about the news of the world even if there's no overtly gay angle to it. Those of us who miss these places like to read about what's happening over there, even if the news isn't especially encouraging at the moment.

I happened to see a video on YT last night that was several weeks old about the deteriorating conditions in Pattaya. I read an article the other day about the current situation in Myanmar and how dire it is. They expect up to 50% of the population is going to be infected. That's going to mean a huge number of deaths given the fact that their already-fragile healthcare system has all but collapsed since the coup. It certainly seems like a big reckoning is on the way.

maybe something about wanting to keep everyone from crossing back and forth to Malaysia?

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I don't know if I should be directing this somewhere in particular, but I was surprised just now that my bookmark to this site which is apparently still to gaythailand.com is no longer redirecting to here. I don't know how many people are in the same boat, but luckily I remembered that it's now called gayguides - and given my memory that was something of a triumph.

or a US visa

I only made it through about half of the first ep. Maybe I'll try again at some point

a real classic starring Pitch from The Love of Siam. I always loved his melodic voice. There was a lot of crying in that series!

thank goodness for the dramatic drums and zoom in

is that the BFE - boyfriend experience? It's like the guys on Sugarbaby sites who have all sorts of things they need money for. It's all a big game.

Winnie needs "others" to repress in order to try and keep his grip on the country. It's also interesting the CNA is reporting on this given Singapore's poor record in the GLBT rights arena

This is part of the reason I haven't bothered to even look or start planning anything. I think a lot of airlines just aren't planning ahead very far which is sensible given the current restrictions in so many places, especially Asia. I got an email from ANA a week or two ago announcing the opening of their schedule for the last quarter of the year for their US gateways to Tokyo. With Europe removing restrictions I would imagine that US flights to Europe are opening up. As much as I miss traveling it seems like the pandemic is still a problem in too many places for me to be very enthused about going anywhere. I've also seen a bunch of stories about the pent-up demand for travel meaning that fares are quite high at this point compared to their usual levels.

I saw the uncut version yesterday. The scene they cut for YT isn't really that explicit at all. It's a shame it was removed

if you can find the director's cut it's much better than the edited version which cut out some very important scenes. It's also almost 3 hours long though

I believe it's from My Own Private Idaho

I don't tend to watch anything more than once...maybe twice at the most. But I did watch The Love of Siam at least 10 or 12 times. For several years it was my Christmas day tradition to watch it since it is set at Christmas time.

I sent US$50

yes, I presume that is the standard "thank you" gift. according to their FB page you can also buy wardrobe and an autographed script from the production. I think they're selling Keptawan's 7-11 jersey from the last scene.

pretty Korean boys indeed. I didn't realize the episodes were so short

given the inclusion of the Thai subtitles I figured they were speaking some Northern dialect. I believe the production company is based in CM and most of their films and shows seem to be set up there. I think Oak (the Country Boy "Keptawan") is in pretty much every one of their productions and Mon ("Nabdao") is in most of them. They have a lot of chemistry together. I watched those other films I linked above yesterday. And I found the subtitled version of My Bromance 2 on dailymotion so I plan to watch that. I'm a little obsessed with this little production house now. I even sent them a PayPal donation

Singapore is doing quite well with vaccination. So I think they will be first to really open