Prubangboy

,People who show zero curiosity about it, seem to not like Thai Culture, based on nothing, People like me and Proton who get into it find a lot to like. Easily. And never the Twain shall meet.

Elvis had an early 45 where he sang, I Forgot To Remember To Forget. But for me, that’s never been a problem.

Only weighing in at all out of esteem for Walker. Ive checked out. Like I said to my wife’s kid: ” Why can’t you be the kind of retard who’s an inspiration, like being in the special oympics or something, instead of just an evil, stupid retard? People toss the odd candy bar at the sweet kind of retard and pretend the store is closed when the evil kind turns up”. And thus I conclude my TrumpTrash analysis till after the election.

Just did the bat cave. Very compelling. Malu Park was nicer than any similar nature reserve I have been to in Thailand. A Tiger beer was $3.50. In Kotakimbalu now, ready for trip up the river for the orangutans. Modern, blah town but glad to go to Dunken Donuts. I have shaken the hand of Doc Watson in your avatar, and my wife will soon be at Merlefest, the bluegrass-apalooza festival dedicated to his son. Shoot me a message if interested.

…..Of course, say what you will, but if anyone here is projection free, it’s BM2. He def owns his thing,

On I’m on an intepid tour. Aus. Company, very Lonely Planet Ethic. its worth the premium to have all that stuff booked and sorted. Famous bat cave today. Restaurant-wise, Kuching is a deal. Cantonese tasting menu at The Hilton was fifty bucks, with plenty of prawns and duck in the mix.

Who’s crazy projections are funnier, their’s on us or our’s on them? Gotta vote for us. We had access to education.

Brunei is an extension to my jungle tour. They’re richer than Borneo and have a nicer jungle. How was the Indian food? Supposed to great,

Love this perennial evergreen topic where KhunLa always rules with his photos. If money is no object, the high end Gaucho steakhouse chain is at Manhattan quality level. I eat so little red meat that I tend to start at 800 baht for a burger. It’s a big’un. Kuching, Borneo report: Hilton fake waygu burger was a 500 baht burger for 800 baht. Painfully hot fries tho. Nothing is more disappointing than tepid fries with a burger.

Can’t fault it as an expat place, very Chiang Mai, old Penang style shophouses strung along a river, prob 20% cheaper. Much greener, the jungle intrudes fast. $9 2 for 1 Guinness pints. English spoken everywhere, makes the Thais seem a bit stiff in comparison. Downside is the Muslim ultra-lite factor, but if you can day drink during Ramadan, it’s not oppressive. Will consider Kuching for next season’s Chiang Mai smoke dodge. Anyone here done a long stay here or in Malaysia in general?

Has anyone seen a “tourist discount coupon book” anywhere in this century?

How is processing graphing book pests NOT more work for the prison staff? What’s in it for them? WE think it’s retard hilarious, but to them it’s just baffling. Well, for us too.

I read a long time ago that you need a prisoners name, you can’t just pop in like it's a zoo. Any embassies will have a list of incarcerated nationals, not sure how available it is to non-family members, or people with important graphing books they inexplicably have a burning need to drop off.

A good yarn, well-told (if a little on the florid side). Well done, we need more, not less, of this here. ’Can’t do BG’s due to the not into me-factor. If I could pay them to be into me, I would. To those who don’t care, I salute you.

Since they take a half hour just to shower, I have my doubts.

Gynophobia- maybe if it’s an obese face- sitting scenario.

Guinesses pints are two for one in Borneo. A pint is $9. Bob, I lived in Suffolk in the aughts and saw local hero Steve Harley a dozen times. whenever they advertised a surprise guest act, it was him. Deranged licensing laws meant just Steve solo. He killed at every show. Dead way too soon (recently).

Unless it’s your wife, you’re asking a Thai person to screw over another Thai person for no self-benefit. That’s why when I asked my guide about Oud pricing, I got a lot about how there are many types of Oud and no hard numbers. He’s gotta swing by that Oud store every week for the rest of his professional life.

Any discount above 30% is generally just too much work. I got 30% off buying Oud perfume in Oman last week, it took a half hour. If I went to that little Arab section by Nana, I could prob do 20% off, Oud in the west would be double. But it would be less great Oud. A royal level Oud- ounce will last thru 2 years of intermittent dabbing. ($78). What's your time and aggro worth? How badly did I want the stupid Oud? I like to shoot the breeze with a guy who has nice store, and in mostly empty Oman, I had plenty of time to kill. I learned a lot about Oud, and that every Oman male has been to Thailand. They start to say Patt- and then self correct to Phuket. We had a little laugh. He graciously tossed in some frankincense oil, which really tops off the Oud. Best deal to date: a Tibetan tiger rug in Kathmandu. 60% off, a quarter of New York nice store prices. Took 3 two hour chatty visits. In any artsy place, there will only be 2-3 venues with quality stuff. Always in a prime location, like near ye olde walled city gate. The idea of a cheap oud secret store deep inside the souk is for gullible wishful thinkers. The rest will be Lonely Planet- level trash, not worth bothering with. Don’t even talk to me about the heartbreak of so-called pashmina. If I’m buying night market trash, it’s 250 baht for a Thai Harley Davidson tee shirt. Take it or leave it. I’m not going to 300 baht, ever.

There’s an audience for about half a dozen Oppenheimer type movies a year. This is like when my father was upset that the Roy Rodger’s museum closed. The world moves in.

The world changed. I asked my first wife out five times before she assented. Now that would be considered harassment. The broad macro benefit for women of not having to endlessly fend off approaches trumps the micro benefit of rare success stories like mine. It is emotional labor for them to politely wave you off. Again and again. women would prefer to peruse you online, where the odds favor them, and the hassle factor is zero. The approach at the ATM was always a long shot. Now it’s an impossible shot. It was always very tenuous to move from “nice day” to “lie down” - even with the reality-shifting power of being able to recite canned Thai jokes at will. Oh, how they love that. Total day brightener. This sounds like a time traveler who still expects the GFE party of about a third of a century ago. “Unfunny, stinky, white devil, you say? Is this my lucky day or what? Let me drop whatever I was doing. A free coffee is suddenly on offer.” Ask yourself, if homely, fat women with no game were often bugging you during your sock selection process, wouldn’t you just want them to sod off?

99 baht in a place on my corner for Chinese tourists where every dish is 99 baht. 3 big head on prawns, so no complaints.

Guns, Girls, Gambling, Ganja is another classic from venerable Silkworm Press (now 25% off): https://silkwormbooks.com/products/guns-girls-gambling-ganja Sometimes, the books are just dry reprints of somebody's thesis, but I have at least a half dozen Silkworm Press books under my belt.

I scooped up a copy on Khao San Road for 60 baht in 2022. Not bad; a 3-crap book. Khao San Road is (understandably) a shadow of its former used book-self.

Morning: Crap, order in brekkie, a peak in here, second crap (the foul one), then off to the gym, meditate 1 hour upon my return. The rest of the day is likewise as packed out.