BOTM2: Karaoke with the boyfriend

Tuesday 11 March 2008

Karaoke with the boyfriend

Maiyuu, like many Thais, can dredge up from his memory the complete lyrics of Thai songs from years ago.

We held our own karaoke session in front of the computer yesterday.

I came across two old songs by Grammy singer Palapon: Khon Khong Ter, and Kae Mi.

I needed to look the lyrics, because I can never remember them. Maiyuu had no such problem, as he could sing from memory.

I sat in front of the screen, so I could read the lyrics, while boyfriend Maiyuu busied himself in another room.

Eventually he tired of the noise. 'Spare a tought for the Chinese neighbours - the ones you are always complaining make too much noise,' he told me.

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The cop who knows too much

I told the cop that I have a boyfriend at home, but also spend some of my time with a family in the slums.

‘What you mean is, you have a love interest over there. You are lying to yourself,’ said the policeman. 'God tells us not to tell lie, but 40% of what we say is lies anyway,' he said.

‘You have been here 10 years, and you know the way Thai society works,' he told me. 'If you are seeing someone on the side, you will have to let your partner in on the secret,’ he said.

‘He knows,’ I said.

Katoey affectation

A handful of kathoey and showy gay types was there. Some wore denim shorts so small they reminded me of teabags.

White underwear, de rigueur for the tacky bar set, peaked over the top, down the sides, out the bottom...all over in fact, as there was nowhere else for it to go.

Squealing, prancing and preening, they walked onto the street to hail a tuk tuk for Silom.

Trailing after them was a fair-headed farang guy in his 20s, no doubt a tourist. So you thought you were straight, did you? Welcome to Thailand!

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