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I use Thai health. IMO they are very good and cheaper than BUPA. I believe it was set up by ex BUPA employees.

They now have Thai DJ's and it now sounds very similar to 105.5. They still have the news in English and playing songs with mother f###er in the lyrics. it was better without DJ's now it's awful.

Are you saying that there are better islands around the area than Koh Maak?

Koh Kood, and Koh Laoya are very nice and better imo

regarding the Mozzies, what time of year did you go?

I had no problems with mozzies. Of course if you wear shorts and sandals in the evening with no protection you will get bitten. But that's just about anywhere in Thailand isn't it?

The more info I can glean the better, the reason I ask is because I am considering buying a holiday home there, which means that I would spend 4 months a year there.

Koh Mak is nice for a short break only imo. If you are looking for some kind of retreat then it could be a possibility. It still isn't that popular like some of the other islands.

I also tried to book into a popular resort on Koh Kood for xmas but was told they are only operating on weekends, Friday and Saturday leave on Sunday. So that Island must be pretty quiet during the week. It appears this small group of islands are basically busy on weekends and public holidays.

Hope that helps

Spent Songkran there. It takes around 2.5 - 3 hrs by ferry, if i remember correctly and maybe 45mins -1 hr by speedboat. It is never 5 hrs unless the ferryman gets lost!! I stayed at Koh mak resort which is on the best side of the island imo. The food was also very good with a nice selection. The island is quite strange in that it is very calm on one side and very blustery, with rough sea, on the other. It's so calm on koh mak resort side that you can go canoeing and it feels like you are on a lake. The beach is also very nice unlike the other side of the island. So if you go make sure you stay koh mak resort side otherwise you will be very disappointed. I have booked to go again.

I also styaed on Koh mun nork, near rayong, last new year and that was very disappointing. Nice beach but very poor service and food from the only resort there. I would not recommend or go again.

Koh mak resort is great for the 3 days/2 night package.

I am abandoning this subforum.

"Steven"

Ah the good old days. Unfortunately it didnt last long. Your word isnt really worth much.

Threw your dummy out and they make you a mod.

PS. Seems that there're lots of Thais here (including me) in Expat forum, I hope you guys don't mind that.

As long as they are as well written as yours then the more the merrier. Some of the Europeans posting on here are well below your standard and it is often difficult to understand what they are trying to say

i understand about western's culture. it's not open like thailand.

bless

may be because of this that why it hard to tell which farang is gay.

I'm not really sure what you mean by, not open like Thailand. I am a farang and I think I can spot about 90% of gay farang but sometimes it is quite difficult to spot a gay Thai because the nature of Thai guys is softer than guys in the west, even straight guys are soft / gentle. I would also say more straights are willing to have sex with gay guys here. Though I think this is changing as more girls are becoming more willing to having sex outside of marriage whereas in the past they kept their legs shut, so to speak, which has led to many frustrated guys. So you not being able to spot gay farang has more to do with culture and not being around enough westerners.

i wish i can find farang who love thailand, like thai people and wanna have thai man for soulmate

am i dreaming?

Not dreaming but it will be difficult to find as there are not as many farang looking for Thais as their are Thai guys looking for farang. If you lived in the west you would have a much higher chance of finding a guy.

It is also interesting you say, your soulmate has to love Thailand and Thai People. You obviously have an impression that many farang don't. Personally, I don't like many Thais, they corrupt and are bad but the same could be said of many farang. I like nice PEOPLE . I don't like many parts of Thailand but the same could be said of London.

Better you look first for a nice guy then the rest will fall into place. Oh and don't carry a list , just be open minded while looking.

I'm diagnosed as AHADD,

I personally believe that such a condition does not exist, and the terminology has been made up by therapists to describe folk who are perhaps gently eccentric, short-tempered, or just drank too many fizzy drinks.

As one learns or chooses to behave in a certain way, which then becomes ones normal pattern of behavior, I beleieve, one can unlearn. It's is all in the mind, obviously, but one has a choice to change but maybe not the will power, help or desire to change.

tho i must admit...i think im a LOT of work.

So why not change?

Your life will change.

At least by admitting it you are half way there already.

Good luck

why do i sleep around with other peoples (CUTE, great bod, nice face, etc) boyfriends?

cos i can.

tee hee

well yes you can and it does take two to tango. You obviously see nothing wrong with your actions and I accept that's how you see things and how you act. You must always do what you think is right.

I on the other hand see someone who acts and thinks with his dick, sees no further than his nose or then next mirror you pass and who comes accross as a potential b/f's worst nightmare. You will only attract someone who is as shallow as yourself and the prospect of finding a happy relationship with the attitude you currently have is pretty remote. But hey i'm sure, deep down, you are happy

morals are relative. its not an absolute concept. i didnt ask them to leave their partners for me. i didnt ask them to fall in love with me. i told them to like stop calling me cos heck, i seldom do repeat performances.

and if their partners find out cos they snooped, then its MY problem? nu-uh, pumpkin!

but then of course, im the mean nasty wanton trollop from hel_l who dared show an ankle to the milkman and had a strand of hair showing from beneath my yashmak.

egads! stone her to death quick!!!!! *titter*

Another who justifies his actions by blaming others.

trust me, pumpkin. lots of guys do. and poor old me had to bear the brunt and be their scapegoat for "causing them to break up". like riiighhtttt.....

was dating this hot german once and caught him checking my text messages. when i told him off he said that his thai ex didnt mind. yea rite, cos u bought that ######ing fone for him dats why!

anyway, to cut a long story short, i dropped him like a hot potato (*drumroll*). and we were only dating...can u imagine????

-exeunt-

I didn't say other guys didn't check, I said I don't.

It also sounds like you are a guy of very few morals.

Shagging other guys b/f's and thinking nothing of it. In fact, it seems you even take pleasure in breaking them up and then scream how innocent you are in the whole sordid affair. I think there are a few guys on here who like dramas. Maybe you should try and hook up with them. They appear to be just what you are looking for.

Point of clarification, since it was mentioned: IJWT and I left the other forum due to gay-bashing and pedo-accusings that were barely moderated, if at all. Totally unpleasant playground to play in. I went back when they asked me to return, as a moderator, and when the moderators promised to catch the gay and pedo calls before they got out of hand. IJWT has never returned to that forum

I hope IJWT comes back to take part in the Gay forum; he belongs here, and nobody asked him to leave. Now, enough about that, please.

I don't think I would run away just because of a few accusations or that I was gay especially if i had nothing to hide. If you are secure with your own knowing and being then that is all you need. As for running away IMO that is always a cowards choice or someone who is guilty.

I was gay bashed in the Pattaya forum. Not a mod in sight because they are all buddies together. Did I defend myself for being gay? No bloody way, why should I. If they don't like it then tough luck. If they feel threatened then they have to deal with it.

I think you understand the toss me off reference from your experiences as an authority in all things Thai....

Now, I'm an authority on tossing off.

I don't think a mod should take sides as to who he/she thinks should stay. One should be impartial don't you think?

At the end of the day it's the memebers choice unless he/she gets banned. If IJWT wants to leave whose business is it apart from him. The only thing I object to is leaving in a tantrum. Just GO or just stay but it appears his ego has gotten the better of him and he chose to make it a big drama and get the attention he obviously likes

while I may agree with the concept behind your posts quite often Dumpy .... you do step the levelup a bit to the extreme Tone it down ... if you are right about your suppositions ... merely saying "grow a pair" isn't gonna help here!

Don't think I said grow a pair of balls. I said one should take a look at oneself instead of blaming everything and everyone around them for their inadequacies.

As for toning up or down, I post as I see fit. I don't think I need to be told how to post, unless it's from a mod when I may have over stepped the guidlines of posting.

the "Mr 7 Inch" contest?

Is that all? Shame

Steven and PB, for that matter, both threw their handbags to the ground and stormed off that teacher forum. Why? They obviously felt so insecure that they had to run away. I think they have both returned. So Steven will be back, that’s if he has really left, once he has adjusted his knickers after getting them in a twist.

It does make you wonder how much conviction he has with his postings if he runs away. Obviously deep down he doesn't believe his own crap. I have taken many a knock from straights and gays on this forum and without much protection from the mods. Did I run away? What for? I accept that's how those guys see the world and I get on with it. It really is no big deal. They can’t touch me because I am very secure with myself. I have a belief and a knowing that I am comfortable with at this time.

So why do I post? Hopefully somebody might relate to what I have to say and I might relate to other posters. Some guys obviously relate to Stevens posts, while others don’t. I have never really liked Steven’s posts and have said that on many occasions. He clearly sees the world differently to me but I can still respect him despite our different outlooks.

So as for throwing a tantrum, I say grow up. As for leaving I say, #### off and just go if you want to and close the door on your way out.

My advice? Start looking at yourself and stop blaming others for your inadequacies.

Until that day comes you have little chance of finding happiness and to start knocking other posters happiness to justify your own miserable existence is one huge sign saying I need help!

Good luck

Hi all, my question is maybe little off-subject, but hopefully related enough

End of september i come over to BKK, taking up courses to get my Thai (traditional!!!) massage skills to the next level.. Besides that, i have also been into dj-ing all of my life.. So i wonder if there are places around in Bkk where i could apply to go play a dj set while i m around.. I ve been to Thailand 2 times before, but stayed over on the country side with my husbands family (yep, gay marriage, unfortunately not with happy ending )So, i havent seen Bangkoks night/club life yet... No idea what is going on in local music scene, if dj's are good, if promotors invite farang dj's...So, would be great if u guys could help me find out!!! Btw, i m kinda specialised in (quality) phunky, - disco - deep- latin- and afro house ... I personaly like the Thai kind of breakbeat house, based on the morlum ridms and high pitched voices on top, where do they play that music in Bkk??

So , a lot of questions, hope to get some response and hope to meet some of u when i m around!! (i will post these questions in some other forums too, hope people don't mind) Greetings from Belgium!!

Not sure how that would work with your visa. I did read somewhere, on this forum I think, that a guy got deported for jamming with some guys in a band. So I would suggest you check it out and be careful with the legal side of things.

I really don't get it. Why you bother to go to these clubs if you don't enjoy it. The lip-singing isn't that easy and if it's done well, it's just so much fun. An ordinary singing performance would be quite boring in places like this. DJ's performers are not the best ones but they are funny. And the price of the entrance is really not that much considering you get free drink/s and a show which is every night and it reguires a lot of work from the performers. I'm glad to pay for all that. It's just not that much. There are other places where you can listen normal singing act. Cheer up!

I don't go to these kind of clubs. I've been once and that was free, and i guess others feel the same hence it shut down.

Are you Thai? I do believe Thai people are starved of quality entertainers. I don't think there are enough opportunities for them, but i'm no expert so I maybe wrong.

Anyway each to their own so keep enjoying what you like.

things you shouldnt do when you are in a non-open relationship:

1. check your partner's mobile fone.

2. check his emails

3. look through his bags

4. COUNT THE CONDOMS

5. spy on him.

Never have and never will. I've been in insecure relationships and they were hel_l. Constantly checking up on each other. They all ended in a terrible mess. Lessons learned, eventually, which is good.

I have never thought my current b/f was cheating and he never questions me. Why? because we trust each other. If you get to know someone, instead of having a sexual relationship, then you KNOW. This knowing brings peace and harmony to a relationship. It brings happiness. To find happiness in a relationship you need to know and love yourself. If you don't know and love yourself how are you going to know and love somebody else.

And hence my mantra... their loss... their loss ... their loss....

Just another way to protect oneself from rejection. Convince yourself it's their fault instead of looking at yourself.

there just might be a better cock out there.

Seems like you prefer being single. Enjoy your search.

Back home in Singapore, there are a lot of GWMs who would be in a better position to have a relationship with me. Due to my situation and lack of effort/time/interest here, I haven't really given things a shot here.

Maybe there's your problem or they just aren't into you

Not to say that Singapore suffers from a slow gay scene now that we have tons of gay bars and at least 6 sex clubs/saunas. The few GWMs I've met here are too full of themselves or are already eagerly snapped up by the hungry fellow GWM admirers the moment they step into Changi Airport.

That sounds like one of those bitter guys who aren’t quite good looking enough to find a GWM b/f so they resign themselves to find sex, in some dark hole, in places like Babylon. Then they berate GWM for being trash and full of themselves because they don't find them attractive enough to be their b/f.

That’s their defense mechanism to protect themselves from constant rejection and hence the need for a protection list.

this has lead me to suspect that the best GWMs are all hidden away somewhere safe, away from Soi 4 and the other usual places. Am open to suggestions...

Try this mantra..

They're just not into me, They're just not into me, They're just not into me, They're just not into me,

I broke up with my farang boyfriend several months ago. I am now looking for a new healthy relationship.

Welcome to the forum. You say YOU broke up with your farang B/f. If it isn't too painful, I would be interested to know what made you break up with him? I think Thai guys seem to try harder to make relationships work, more than farangs. I would imagine it takes alot more to make a Thai walk away than a farang. I have a Thai friend who is in a relationship with a farang who treats him badly but he still stays with him. He says he loves him and that's enough for him despite the obvious problems.

Anyway as a farang I would be interested to know from a Thai perspective, if that's ok with you.

Good luck with the healthy relationship search and beware there are a few questionable characters on here

I heard that this Sunday will be a gay night at Bed Supperclub. Never been there but it is worth to try. Have anyone been there on a gay night?

I think most of the members on here ARE in bed by 9pm, but with a cup of cocoa

Just a brief note to add to this post, I like TopChinese's "rule" set, too. Nice to read the opposite views on this board. Actually, I think both the Justwannateach's and TopChinese's points are very valid.

Questionable characters are only questionable because those questioning are as questionable as those they are questioning.

In other words it takes a dodgy person to question another dodgy person. If you were not dodgy you wouldn't need a list.

Those attracting the cheats and unsavory characters have not been as innocent as they think they have. They are not innocent victims, no such thing. Of course admitting this to themselves or others is another matter.

Ruby Venezuela is a drag queen in the UK. He has been performing for years.

Not my favourite though. Lily Savage was good until she went mainstream. I always liked watching the dame edna experience and sandra was good too but not seen any act for 5 years now.

Actually I'm a vegetarian

Sex tourist?