At 5pm, I met my guy at Silom Complex and we took BTS to Chit Lom then walked to Topkart, a new attraction in Bangkok. An abandoned car park had been converted to race track for go kart racing. Pretty high tech with updated timing and scores.

Not cheap hence mostly tourists. 700 baht for a session lasting 8 minutes. There was a promotion of 5000 baht for 10 sessions. "You want 10 race?" I asked my guy. He smiled sheepishly and said, "Too many. No need spend so much money. 3 races enough."

My guy enjoyed go kart experience tremendously. We took BTS back to Silom. We had Singapore chicken rice for dinner at Silom Complex.

After dinner, we walked around Silom Complex. We looked at the cakes at S/P Bakery. My guy's birthday is next week. Then we went to games section at Central. I wanted to find something but salesperson said they didn't sell it. We crossed the BTS to the other side of Silom Road. We walked past Don Don Donki and I had a hunch it might sell the item I was looking for. We went inside and bingo! We found it!

After buying the checkers set, we went to Midnight bar to give it to the waiters. Now they have a proper checkers set to play with. I was unable to play against the Checkers Champion as a customer was taking him out. "Tomorrow I play with you!" he said.

26 minutes ago, jason1975 said:

My guy enjoyed go kart experience tremendously. We took BTS back to Silom. We had Singapore chicken rice for dinner at Silom Complex.

Boon Tong Kee? I've eaten here before! Aroy maak!

15 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

Er, Herodotus was Greek....

Can't one study Shakespeare's works in Italian or even Swahili?

13 hours ago, jason1975 said:

. We had Singapore chicken rice for dinner at Silom Complex.

 

Getting a bit of nostalgia ?

I was supposed to spend the night with my guy but I bumped into 3 forum members at Midnight bar. We saw the dark quiet windows at Atlas Bar facing us opposite. Atlas had closed down despite a promising opening start last year. Just one week ago, it was still operating and I had contemplated visiting it but I didn't. Someone suggested going to visit Tawan to see whether any Atlas guy had transferred there. I spoke to my guy. "You want see Tawan muscle man show?" No thank you, he said he would keep himself occupied playing pool at pool bar.

4 of us made our way to Tawan and were seated just before 10.30pm. About 10 customers and surprise surprise there were close to 20 guys working! And yes, some Atlas guys had transferred over! 4 of them if I remember correctly. Variety of guys available including 3 pleasant looking twunks - whom I tipped before leaving later. What I enjoyed about the evening was the atmosphere. The guys on stage did not look bored or disinterested. Some were smiling at customers while others bantered among themselves. They looked like they enjoyed working. At 11pm, the show began. Typical Tawan show. Nothing new. But the guys displayed more energy and enthusiasm so kudos to boss for his powers of motivation. At 11.30pm, the show ended and my group made our way to Foodland for supper and we chatted for an hour. We even took a group photo outside Foodland with Virgin bar as the backdrop! We went our separate ways and I took my guy back to hotel.

It's a shame about Atlas, I haven't been there for about a year but the couple of times I went, I had a great time. Hopefully their new venue will be opened by the time I arrive.

10 hours ago, vinapu said:

Can't one study Shakespeare's works in Italian or even Swahili?

So, you were taught Shakespeare,  in Swahili, in Poland?  Interesting. 

 

28 minutes ago, Keithambrose said:

So, you were taught Shakespeare,  in Swahili, in Poland?  Interesting. 

 

kuwa au kutokuwa

("to be or not to be", with a little help of google translate)

The delicious food I ate during my holiday!

Food in Thailand is cheap and delicious!

No dish cost more than 500 baht.

Cheapest meal of course is 84 baht American breakfast set from Foodland!

yummy looking all of them

3 hours ago, jason1975 said:

 

Cheapest meal of course is 84 baht American breakfast set from Foodland!

may be cheapest but still is filling and usually keeps me running till at least 2 or 3 pm if not longer

5 hours ago, vinapu said:

may be cheapest but still is filling and usually keeps me running till at least 2 or 3 pm if not longer

Try taking Imodium.

10 hours ago, jason1975 said:

The delicious food I ate during my holiday!

Food in Thailand is cheap and delicious!

No dish cost more than 500 baht.

Cheapest meal of course is 84 baht American breakfast set from Foodland!

Love this! My 2nd most favourite thing to do when in Thailand is eat (food)! There is just so much variety..

It was my last night in Silom Serene Hotel and I thoroughly enjoyed myself with my guy until check-out at noon on Friday. The bed was soft and comfortable. I also especially love the round marble table in the hotel room which allows my guy and me to play chess.

At noon, we checked out of the hotel and took a few steps crossing soi 3 to Oasis Condominium to move into airbnb for remaining of my trip. My guy was very helpful in carrying my luggage! 🥰

Nice condo unit with kitchen. My guy looked at the kitchen and showed his approval. "You want I cook for you?" Yes, I said and I gave him 1000 baht to go to market. He went out while I unpacked. Half an hour later, he was back with ingredients and supplies. Now it was my turn to go out. I had to buy water for the next 4 days. I came back and saw my guy busy cooking. I hugged him from behind and gave him a kiss. "Thank you for cooking for me," I said. Another 30 minutes later, lunch was ready!

My guy and I stayed together in the room for the rest of the day and enjoyed each other's company.

In evening, we went separate ways. He went to work at his bar while I went to meet forum members for dinner at G.

After dinner, we went to Midnight and had drinks and more chats.

I spotted Checkers Champion and he took out the checkers set which I had donated to the bar. Checkers Champion had a furrowed brow throughout our game. He was flabbergasted. He had never lost before but he was struggling now. Finally, he said ,"I resign. I lose." He sportingly removed his T-shirt, showing his muscular body. We had an agreement - I lose, I give him 100 baht. He loses, he takes off his shirt for a few minutes.

At 10.20pm, our VIP arrived. He had just arrived in Bangkok 3 hours ago. He was in Bangkok to celebrate his birthday. We went to Dreamboys where I had reserved a private booth. I ordered a bottle of black label Johnnie Walker for us to drink while watching the show.

Unfortunately, I don't remember much about the show because I was infatuated with a Vietnam boy sitting with me. I call him Mr BMW because he has BMW tattoos. His favourite motorcycle is a BMW. For details on the show at Dreamboys, another forum member has posted his impressions in Patpong forum topic.

After the show, mamasan brought a birthday cake to our private booth and the DJ played Happy Birthday song.

The other forum members started leaving at midnight to go to other bars to get their guys. I stayed with Mr BMW until Dreamboys closing time.

At 1am, I had supper at Foodland with Mr BMW, my regular guy after he finished work at his bar and another guy. Last guy had customer earlier in night. All Vietnamese and all knew each other well. We then went back to room for card games and drinking as I still had half a bottle of whisky.

Saturday was spent having Thai-Indonesian lunch with forum member, foot massage at Urban Thai (399 baht) and dinner at Shenanigans with my guy before he went to work. 

The night programme was karaoke and I brought 3 forum members to their first karaoke in Thailand. The place used to be known as Sky Bar but it has a new name now - H.i.M. Most people still call it Sky Bar.

8 of us altogether - 4 forum members plus 4 Myanmar guys whom I know enjoy singing and dancing. It was a entertaining night. We were there for 3 hours from 10pm to 1am. We toasted each other kampei (and Happy New Year and Merry Christmas) so many time that we finished one full bottle of Johnnie Walker whisky! There was nothing left for me to take back to room to continue drinking!

2 hours ago, jason1975 said:

The night programme was karaoke and I brought 3 forum members to their first karaoke in Thailand. The place used to be known as Sky Bar but it has a new name now - H.i.M. Most people still call it Sky Bar.

 

I passed by there recently and noted the new name too. My guy told me they had been shut down for too much drug activity and promptly reopened as H.I.M. New name therefore new bar, so no problem. Thai logic defeats me. Great venue for karaoke. 

 

7 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

Try taking Imodium.

I don't think he gets it, Keith, and this is becoming a running joke, pun intended. Or maybe he does get it and is pretending not to and the joke is on us. 🤷

7 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

Try taking Imodium.

keeps me running, not running to the bathroom