Bangkok trip report: 10 Days of Bliss.

[jason1975]

7 hours ago, spoon said:

He stays until breakfast and before he left, i asked him if he can let his friend (who went with my friend) knows that i lost my phone and I will meet him later at dinner as per agreed before. 

 

Smart thinking on your part!

I find it helps to know the guys and their friends.

When my guy's Iphone 14 broke down in July, he used his friend's Line account to contact me! His friend has my Line because ... hehehe!

Same thing happened recently in December when his new Iphone 15 suddenly shut down and needed software update at Apple Store. My guy got another friend to video him explaining what happened and this other friend sent video to me. And of course, I have his Line because ... hehehe!

[hank75]

2 hours ago, jason1975 said:

 

Understandable that you thought that FB = Facebook as it is globally accepted shortform.

But when it comes to bars in Bangkok, regulars tend to use the following short form for the bars

FB - Freshboys

DB - Dreamboys

GB - Good Boy

Clearly I need to expand my range of bars lol. I guess I’m a creature of habit I usually gravitate towards familiar places and faces during the limited time I have. 

Also I’m truly sorry spoon had to experience losing his phone. I can’t imagine anything more stressful especially when trying to enjoy vacation time. I hope there is a happy ending during the next chapter (well multiple happy endings)

[10tazione]

55 minutes ago, jason1975 said:

I have his Line because ...

... we both collect stamps!

(reminds me of language school ... Write 10 sentences that start with ...)

[vinapu]

7 hours ago, hank75 said:

Clearly I need to expand my range of bars lol. I guess I’m a creature of habit I usually gravitate towards familiar places and faces during the limited time I have. 
 

most of us are, but my habit is to try to visit every bar at least once per trip, if only to see what's new and support their business

[vinapu]

7 hours ago, hank75 said:

 I can’t imagine anything more stressful especially when trying to enjoy vacation time.

I easily can, staring with passport and wallet. Likely fact that I don't use phone for any financial operations unless absolutely unavoidable ( so far only one case) helps. 

[jason1975]

6 hours ago, vinapu said:

most of us are, but my habit is to try to visit every bar at least once per trip, if only to see what's new and support their business

Good on you to visit every bar! Me too but on my recent trip, I missed out on Banana and Atlas (it was open during my first 2 nights then it closed).

[jason1975]

6 hours ago, vinapu said:

I easily can, staring with passport and wallet. Likely fact that I don't use phone for any financial operations unless absolutely unavoidable ( so far only one case) helps. 

Even if you don't use your phone for financial transactions, losing it will be inconvenient because you suddenly lose access to all your contacts.

You have to spend time to log in to the different apps again and retrieve contacts and messages.

The handphone has become an indispensable object today.

[zombie]

"The handphone has become an indispensable object today."

-I agree with that. 

And the loss of a phone in Thailand often needs a police report to be made...

[vinapu]

7 minutes ago, zombie said:

And the loss of a phone in Thailand often needs a police report to be made...

 really ? It would not even cross my mind unless phone would be stolen by using force , harming me in process.

[vinapu]

2 hours ago, jason1975 said:

The handphone has become an indispensable object today.

when comes to travel , I almost agree although on my recent trip to Havana one day I left phone in the hotel( by neglect , not by design) and found my sightseeing day very normal.

At home I very rarely carry phone with me when going about and find it quite liberating.

[vinapu]

2 hours ago, jason1975 said:

Good on you to visit every bar! Me too but on my recent trip, I missed out on Banana and Atlas (it was open during my first 2 nights then it closed).

It happens to me sometimes to miss one or two bars as well , usually on shorter trips , it's why I noted ' I try".

Many members including you  will knife me but bar I miss  most often  is Freshboys , lol ( 3 times in last 10 trips me thinks)

[spoon]

9 hours ago, vinapu said:

I easily can, staring with passport and wallet. Likely fact that I don't use phone for any financial operations unless absolutely unavoidable ( so far only one case) helps. 

I agree, passport and wallet wouldve been more hassle especially on a trip and most of your cash are in the wallet. Ive learned to store most of my cash elsewhere ( safety deposit box or locked luggage) and only carry enough cash to spend for the day. This trip, i also use a smaller card holder for my more frequent items so i dont have to take out my wallet as often. Losing wallet will still be a hassle as my cards and ID along with driving license are all there so all need to be replaced. Passport, its a nightmare indeed. 

3 hours ago, jason1975 said:

Even if you don't use your phone for financial transactions, losing it will be inconvenient because you suddenly lose access to all your contacts.

You have to spend time to log in to the different apps again and retrieve contacts and messages.

The handphone has become an indispensable object today.

Yes, it went through my mind that we have become so dependable with our phone.

Losing access to contacts, we used to memorize phone number, and i still memorize my father's phone number for cases like this

Reinstalling apps. I do realize, some apps like whatapps, you cant change your phone number without access to the old phone or old phone number. So only way to retrieve my account back is to have my phone provider to reinstate my old phone number with a new sim on a new phone. This will probably require a police report. 

Financial transaction. Cant deny this has made it much easier for payment, transfer, checking balance etc without having to visit bank. Good thing about going to thailand is most of my transaction are in cash lol

And of course, the social media, games, things we do to past time. Losing a phone, i cant use it for distraction anymore. 

[jason1975]

Back in September, a few days before I was to fly to Bangkok to meet my guy, my previous phone went dead. 

I did not back up my Line account. If I log in to Line on a new phone, all previous messages would be gone.

I took my phone to repair shop and they said it was a CPU issue. At least 2 weeks to fix.

No way for me to contact my guy so I used forum messaging function here to ask a forum member to send a Line message to my guy to let him know my phone was broken.

I was able to establish contact with my guy eventually and it was through Tiktok and then WhatsApp.

Now we use WhatsApp to communicate even though I restored my Line account.

[floridarob]

2 hours ago, vinapu said:

on my recent trip to Havana one day I left phone in the hotel( by neglect , not by design) and found my sightseeing day very normal.

With the roaming charges in Cuba, better to leave a cell phone turned off, by design when there.

[TMax]

I used to take an older phone to Thailand for any contacts there and just get a local SIM but last trip I took my regular phone and just left it in the hotel room safe, I had that to check messages every few days as I was awaiting notification of a medical procedure back home. I did take my Samsung tablet and used Line on that if I wanted to be in touch with anyone (especially the massage shops), I didn't miss carrying a phone around so I guess I'm a bit of a dinosaur 😂  Excuse for taking an older phone was if I lost it or it got stolen it wouldn't have been a worry as I keep nothing serious on the phones.

[jason1975]

2 hours ago, vinapu said:

Many members including you  will knife me but bar I miss  most often  is Freshboys , lol ( 3 times in last 10 trips me thinks)

It is understandable that you skip FB. Not many hunks there for you.