No one wants to be James Bond! I have lived in Bangkok quite some time now, and the biggest shock in my expat life so far is that nearly every guy who moves to Paradise tires very quickly of the single life and moves a lass in to his living quarters and lives the same […]
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The Good Manner: Racial discrimination in Bangkok go-go bars?
The Good Manner: Love & Relationship Advice from WoWasis’ Pa Farang This week’s dilemma: Am I the victim of racial discrimination in Bangkok go-go bars? Dear Pa Farang, Three of us got 86’d from a go-go bar. Our crime? One of our group had just bought a drink for a dancer who sat beside him, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Building scams in Thailand: Why is my concrete structure falling apart?
We here at WoWasis first discovered a remarkable example of mass building fraud when we began looking to buy older condominiums in Bangkok. We probably looked at ten structures in the Sukhumvit Soi 1- Soi Asoke area. All condo structures had one thing in common: they were all literally falling apart. The most grievous structural […]
Read the rest of this entry »Bachelor in Bangkok: Khun Lee on Bangkok nightlife today vs. 1995
I’d like to take the time to compare Bangkok and the entertainment scene today to the reality of what it was like in 1995 when I first came here. I stress “reality” because I am constantly hearing whining voices saying “it was soooo much better in the good old days” and such nonsense as this. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Bachelor in Bangkok: Khun Lee on class distinctions and discrimination imposed by Thai upper class young adults
A lot of guys have asked me what the difference is between the good girls in Thailand and the “entertainment providers.” I think I covered this pretty thoroughly in a previous column. Lately I am being asked more and more about the class differences in the gals. What is the difference between a low class […]
Read the rest of this entry »Bachelor in Bangkok: Khun Lee on important rules for first dates in Thailand
Man do I love Thailand!! This one is for you, WoWasis. I was getting a massage the other day at a rather out of the way place near Bangkapi (northeast Bangkok) and it was becoming obvious to me that they were not accustomed to having western customers. I must admit I was more than a […]
Read the rest of this entry »Bachelor in Bangkok: Khun Lee on Entertainment Providers, Sex Workers, and International Tourists
I have an English friend in Bangkok who has gotten himself into quite a mess. This guy has the same “disconnect” that I see in so many western men in Thailand. Let me explain what I mean by “disconnect.” When I meet educated, successful men from Asia, Latin America, Africa, or anywhere other than Europe, […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Good manner: Farang western wife doesn’t want husband going to Bangkok
The Good Manner: Love & Relationship Advice from WoWasis’ Pa Farang This week’s dilemma: Farang wife doesn’t want husband going to Bangkok Dear Pa Farang, You might find it unusual, getting a letter from a woman, but I’ll confess, my husband put me up to it. We’re both in our mid-30s, comfortably living in Los […]
Read the rest of this entry »Bachelor in Bangkok: Khun Lee on bar survival during Bangkok’s low season
Just returned from an 18 day trip to America and what a shock to my system! Thailand and America are on opposite sides of the planet and I don’t think they could be any more different. How strange to experience culture shock when returning to one’s own home country. I am so spoiled living in […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis Book review: Timothy Hallinan’s ‘Breathing Water’
Breathing Water: A Bangkok Thriller (2009, ISBN 978-0-06-167223-1) is Bangkok Fiction writer Timothy Hallinan’s current foray into the ongoing saga of travel writer Poke Rafferty and his family, ex- bar girl Rose, and adopted daughter Miaow. The novel is rather timely, in terms of what’s been happening politically in Bangkok during the first half of […]
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