I was stuck behind a darned SLOW scooter on my way to the deli to write this. The deli is like a mini hide away from the realities that are Pattaya. There are 2 words that aptly describe Pattaya; Oblivious and Obsene. It truely is the long drop of Thailand. Phuket isnt much better. Phuket is the more expencive version of Pattaya. All the "normal" people i have met (and i use the term normal loosly).....agree that Pattaya is a place where the unwanted come. They come to satisfy their longing to be loved. SURE; they need to pay for it and SURE they now expect ever woman is available at a price but its the sad souls who are shunned from their own communities that come here. I feel "almost" sorry for these people. Complete;y unattractive; poor. But here; any currancy is better than the baht and although its perverse and sick; they find the love they seek.
Stuck behine this cuttlefish street vending scooter (travelling at 3km/hr). (I sometimes feel that im in a video game....dogding the pedestrians....dodging the dogs; scooters; taxies; song-theaw; vendors; road kill; already knocked over pedistrians....) i had the oppertunity to look around and really SEE my home street for what it was. Workers; men and woman in their hardhats constructing massive appartment buildings for us foriegners......its like slavery all over again; no wonder so many of tha thais hold resentment towards the Farang.
My home town is filled with despair and sadness; love and kindness and compassion. Its a pressure cooker of disgust and beauty. Wendy says she loves it 100% of the time. Myself i find that some days i love it and some days i cant even bear to stomach the people. Its so sad sometimes to see how badly treated some people are. As a woman living in Pattaya; everytime i engage in a conversation with a person of the oppisite sex; i need to be consistantly aware that all i am is a piece of purchasable meat. Sad but true. And really the men here have no "Skaam". The are openly disgusting. If you a woman; you are open hunting season and a free for all. I thought maybe some examples might help explain the mentality of the persons we meet here. I wont use names as they probably have familys and what-not.
1. (this was my own fault) There was this really hotty at touch ruggers.......my god.....he was beautiful......muscular and NOT thai; Perfect english (Rare)...so i think i'll flirt a bit. Nice. He didnt really respond so i thought; maybe hes a little different and not much like that other blokes in Pattaya; so a couple of weeks in i take oranges to ruggers....and offer this awesome piece of eye candy some delicious cold orange.....his responce "No thanks i dont eat fruit; its like sweet vegi's" Obviously i was confused....weird answer......turns out this hotty of muscular sexiness......(Cue cold shower) is........14!!!!!! WTF! Serious!
2. I meet this bloke who was flirting with me via email and what not. I wasnt really respnding back because i wasnt that keen; but none the less; any attention here is ok attention i guess.This guy ended up asking me out on a date..... Turns out this prick; has a wife and kids and was flirting with me. WTF?
3. We meet this Thai guy. Decent looking. English is good. Supposedly worked in New York. So we invite him out for lunch thinking we've made a cool new mate (A walking translator is more like it). He proceeds to invite wendy and i over for a "sleep over" and is rather clear about the fact that he would like both of us to attend. Yes. He was clear about the fact he wanted a 3-some. Seriously. Um.......no thanks.....needless to say we are now one friend down and better for it!!
4. The foot fish guy. There is the miff bloke on my way to gym; obese; red; drinking nose; from Aus; and just blatently rude and annoying and every frigging time i walk past there is some comment. "Hey sexy; want the fish to tickle ya p*ssy?"; "hey, back for some more i see; want the fish to tickle......" You get the drift. I have now had to walk an extra 5 minutes just to avoid this asshole.....omg....what an asshole. Who even says stuff like that. Out loud.
5. Sadet's Man in the Shops. Sadie was shopping at carrefore and some knob decided to swear rather....colourfully.... in swiss-german; not only at his 3yr kid but his under-aged thai wife. Disgusting.
On the more up-side than the horrors that is Pattaya. I need to point out that the whole of Thailand is NOT like this. There are these amazing little places where the people are genuine and kind and wonderful. And where the cultural beauty abounds! Like if one were to drive 1hr out of pattaya you can find the most delightful little rural places filled with tropical forest (filled proably with pertrifying wild animals like cobra's and.......omg......spiders.....) and little geko's sit on your car windscreen and sickly mange ridden puppies play in the roads and emaciated old thai people plow rice fields....and where orange clad monks wake up at 4am to walk in meditation and ask for alms and the incence filled humid air clings to your sweat clad body. These are the places that remind you what thailand is really made of. And its really wonderful. I love these places. They are peaceful and calm and serene and filled with that buddist compassion. Those are the days i love. Those are the days that make the other days bearble.
Stuck behine this cuttlefish street vending scooter (travelling at 3km/hr). (I sometimes feel that im in a video game....dogding the pedestrians....dodging the dogs; scooters; taxies; song-theaw; vendors; road kill; already knocked over pedistrians....) i had the oppertunity to look around and really SEE my home street for what it was. Workers; men and woman in their hardhats constructing massive appartment buildings for us foriegners......its like slavery all over again; no wonder so many of tha thais hold resentment towards the Farang.
My home town is filled with despair and sadness; love and kindness and compassion. Its a pressure cooker of disgust and beauty. Wendy says she loves it 100% of the time. Myself i find that some days i love it and some days i cant even bear to stomach the people. Its so sad sometimes to see how badly treated some people are. As a woman living in Pattaya; everytime i engage in a conversation with a person of the oppisite sex; i need to be consistantly aware that all i am is a piece of purchasable meat. Sad but true. And really the men here have no "Skaam". The are openly disgusting. If you a woman; you are open hunting season and a free for all. I thought maybe some examples might help explain the mentality of the persons we meet here. I wont use names as they probably have familys and what-not.
1. (this was my own fault) There was this really hotty at touch ruggers.......my god.....he was beautiful......muscular and NOT thai; Perfect english (Rare)...so i think i'll flirt a bit. Nice. He didnt really respond so i thought; maybe hes a little different and not much like that other blokes in Pattaya; so a couple of weeks in i take oranges to ruggers....and offer this awesome piece of eye candy some delicious cold orange.....his responce "No thanks i dont eat fruit; its like sweet vegi's" Obviously i was confused....weird answer......turns out this hotty of muscular sexiness......(Cue cold shower) is........14!!!!!! WTF! Serious!
2. I meet this bloke who was flirting with me via email and what not. I wasnt really respnding back because i wasnt that keen; but none the less; any attention here is ok attention i guess.This guy ended up asking me out on a date..... Turns out this prick; has a wife and kids and was flirting with me. WTF?
3. We meet this Thai guy. Decent looking. English is good. Supposedly worked in New York. So we invite him out for lunch thinking we've made a cool new mate (A walking translator is more like it). He proceeds to invite wendy and i over for a "sleep over" and is rather clear about the fact that he would like both of us to attend. Yes. He was clear about the fact he wanted a 3-some. Seriously. Um.......no thanks.....needless to say we are now one friend down and better for it!!
4. The foot fish guy. There is the miff bloke on my way to gym; obese; red; drinking nose; from Aus; and just blatently rude and annoying and every frigging time i walk past there is some comment. "Hey sexy; want the fish to tickle ya p*ssy?"; "hey, back for some more i see; want the fish to tickle......" You get the drift. I have now had to walk an extra 5 minutes just to avoid this asshole.....omg....what an asshole. Who even says stuff like that. Out loud.
5. Sadet's Man in the Shops. Sadie was shopping at carrefore and some knob decided to swear rather....colourfully.... in swiss-german; not only at his 3yr kid but his under-aged thai wife. Disgusting.
On the more up-side than the horrors that is Pattaya. I need to point out that the whole of Thailand is NOT like this. There are these amazing little places where the people are genuine and kind and wonderful. And where the cultural beauty abounds! Like if one were to drive 1hr out of pattaya you can find the most delightful little rural places filled with tropical forest (filled proably with pertrifying wild animals like cobra's and.......omg......spiders.....) and little geko's sit on your car windscreen and sickly mange ridden puppies play in the roads and emaciated old thai people plow rice fields....and where orange clad monks wake up at 4am to walk in meditation and ask for alms and the incence filled humid air clings to your sweat clad body. These are the places that remind you what thailand is really made of. And its really wonderful. I love these places. They are peaceful and calm and serene and filled with that buddist compassion. Those are the days i love. Those are the days that make the other days bearble.
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.-Dalai Lama
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