Tag Archives: Pattaya

GERMANY AND OTHER PLACES on Kindle

May 17, 2014 – 8:33 am

As a high school student I was offered the language choices of Spanish, French, and German. No one spoke German in the 60s, except for Nazis in war movies, so I took the worst difficult course and earned Ds and Fs for my efforts. Despite my poor grades I ended up working in a Hamburg […]

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EVERYDAY DRINKING by Kingsley Amis

March 27, 2014 – 11:45 am

Not everyone is cut out to be a drinker. It’s an exacting devotion. Appreciation and dedication are not to be found at TGIFs or mall beer joints, unless the serious drinker has no other choice, since everyone knows that drinking alone is a serious indication of alcoholism. As long as there’s one other living person […]

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MELLOW YELLOW

December 20, 2013 – 8:02 pm

Throughout the 00s I lived on Moo 9 on Soi BongKot in Pattaya. My house backed onto what I called nature reserve. The Thais said it was a ‘chaai laehn’ or swamp. Their definition was justified by the hordes of mosquitoes haunting the dusk, but the various birds thrived on the nightly swarms. Few farangs […]

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NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL by Peter Nolan Smith

July 24, 2013 – 4:12 pm

WRITTEN 2011 Outside the Pattaya Tai Big C Shopping Center there was a skateboard club. Some Thai kids tested out tricks on rails and ramps. Some were good. I tried a few moves to be surprised by an unintentional wheelie by putting too much weight on my back foot. The Thai kids applauded my move […]

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BLISSFUL IGNORANCE by Peter Nolan Smith

June 24, 2013 – 7:00 pm

Throughout history the husband has been the last to know and this truth holds true to course in Pattaya, the Last Babylon. Most farang men come for sex and it doesn’t take long for them to fall in love with a bargirl or go-go dancer. These novices tell their friends that their girls is different […]

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