BOTM2: Ever more dysfunctional

Monday 1 November 2010

Ever more dysfunctional

My partner Maiyuu plans a trip to the provinces this weekend to sell bags.

Joe, a Thai gay friend who lives in this condo, has invited him. He wants his help selling the items. Maiyuu can wear his trademark smile (he rarely smiles in public, only scowls ) to win over customers.

The anti-government protest group People's Alliance for Democracy has taken over Suvarnabhumi international airport, and the old Don Muang airport, cutting off the capital from air traffic.

At the time of writing, they have yet to suspend inter-provincial bus or train travel (though they have in the past), so there is still hope.

If not, Maiyuu can spend the weekend at home with me, watching on television as the world outside becomes ever more dysfunctional.

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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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