Living Cheaply Thailand, Samui, Phuket and Bangkok

I had thought about getting this done for a while now. I am getting close to my 40th birthday and I have never wanted children. Even in my longest relationship of 8 years with my ex girlfriend in the UK, not once did I ever think about kids. I understand that you can always get a vasectomy reversal these days anyway, which is meant to be fairly effective – but a little painful! If I do go for that option one day, then I think I want to be knocked out.

I have tried to get the procedure done at a government hospital, but this proved to be problematic – they said I could not have one as I was childless – fair enough, its not my country and I understand that Thais think its strange to not want kids.

In the end, I had to go private – it cost me around 17,000b and also about 600b to see the doctor before the operation, so not cheap as I would have liked (government hospital) was only 5000b.

The operation itself was pretty painless except for maybe 30 seconds – I am recovering very well, I had sex 3 days after the operation (4 times!) and its a much better feeling knowing I am less lightly to get a girl pregnant (although you have to wait around 2-3 months for all the sperm to leave the tubes apparently). the doctor said that I had to come back in 3 months to check the sperm – I said ‘what!? you mean masturbate in hospital?!!’ he said, yeah – or do it at home and bring it in… my current girl said she will help out with this – bless her cotton socks.

Well, I am back on Thai Love Links again! I have been seeing a girl that I met outside a night club and she is very nice, but she also says she does not mind me screwing around – hmmmmmm, ok, I guess this is Thailand so I should go ahead and try and find some new girls then! I will not be telling the girl I am seeing if I do strike it lucky, but hopefully will not get into too much trouble if I do get rumbled.

The way that I see it, I am still single and dating so just hoping I dont get my genitals cut off when I am sleeping.

Ok, so the new girl off Thai love Links said she lives in between Hua Hin and Bangkok – so I said – ‘bit far to meet you then huh’? She said – no, not a problem as I am staying in Hua Hin until 13th December. Ok, great I think – and ask if I can meet her? She says sure you can where you want to meet? I tell her – oh, I can come and pick you up in my car and we go from there – but this girl is not going for that – she says she will meet me somewhere instead. Ok, I tell her we will meet at 8pm on December 6th at soi 51 at The Butterhead – its a nice place if you have never been probably going to cost me about 400 – 500b if I pay for her (which I always do). she says ok –

Night before the date she says ‘Hi.how about if we change the place and how about The place call La Birra it’s ok for you.’

Now I have driven past this place before with another girl off TLL and the girl with me (who working as a pastry chef in a 5 star restaurant) said – thats place is soooo expensive! So now I know that the new girl is testing the water with me (maybe I should not have mentioned my car!) and I and I am thinking – wow, this is gonna cost me 1000b up for this night out! be cheaper to go and get a girl from the bar!

so I email her back ‘my friend tell me this place very expensive!!!!!

ha ha, think you better look for rich hi-so man ’

and of course she tells me ‘Go Belive your friend then ^__^’ and then she blocks me! ha ha – I think she has lost a bit of face here.

dont worry honey, I will – you were too old anyway (33)!

You win some, you loose some – but a good tip is to find out where she plans on taking you – she may have even showed up with a friend as they often do – DOUBLE BUBBLE! 2000b easy

Well it was that time again to get a trim. I decided to drive to the hair dressers even though I have my own clippers. I went to one very close to my home last time and it was really good and everything, so I wanted to go back. The place I drove to was shut, so I decided to keep on driving until I found another place.

Th new place I found had 2 girls working there and 2 people getting their hair cut. I took a seat and waited my turn. It was not long before one of the clients had left and a chair was free. Alright! I was thinking, my turn now – I hate sitting around with nothing to do! So I sat there and expected one of the hair dressers to usher me to the free chair. Well this is Thailand, so it didnt happen like that! The hairdresser who was free decided to help out the other hairdresser! So now you have 2 people drying one girls hair an I am sat there with nobody taking care of me!

After a while of me trying to burn my laser eyes into the girl in the red dresses back, she turns round and looks at me and says ‘Do you want a hair cut?’ ARRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!! Why do they ask such fucking stupid questions!?!!! Ummm… yes! of course I want a fucking haircut!

ha ha.

I have just got back from the hospital – wow – never get sick on Samui! I have Tendonitis – so should not be tying really – trying to not use my thumb when typing.

I had an x-ray, doctor consultation and then the medication – 3000b! The medication was 1000b on its own which is damn expensive. My insurance wont cover it as I went for the cheap option which has an excess of 6000b for medical, so no point trying to claim

Well, I am hoping its going to be better in a week as I am leaving Thailand for a while to sort out visas, see family and mabye get some better travel insurance!

Well, been in Hua Hin 10 months now I think. Its been easy living here, lots of bars if you want them – maybe 50 or so different ones in the centre and about another 20 on soi 80. So plenty or drinking areas which is important to me!

Weather is pretty good here, a lot of sun, meant to be one of the sunniest places in Thailand – no flooding either over the last 10 months, so lucky in that respect.

Restaurants are a bit disappointing though, except for S&S Indian.

So yeah, time to move on now – Samui next – its where I fist lived last year so I know the island pretty well and have a few friends there.

Now where did my Hua Hin post go to?

Anyone have this problem on WP of posts or pages just going from their sites?

Yeah, the sky train – I have just read an article on this form of transport and the person praising it. Ok, its fast, compared to a taxi it is very fast and can be cheap as well if you buy the 30 day pass and recharge it with 30 or so credits. The person who wrote the article was saying that the standard was better than being on the Tube. I have been on the tube a few times and I think its pretty much the same – I can often get a seat on the tube and often can get a seat on the BTS.

One thing which is really annoying on the BTS is the beeping that happens just before they close the door! It is soooo loud on the Sukhumvit line – it hurts my ears so much – please turn it down just a little.

Has any anyone ever noticed the Silom line trains can smell of cannabis when you get on after changing in Siam? I am 100% sure it is not cannabis, but it does have the same smell, maybe its the air freshener they are using.

Welcome to my first year of living in Thailand!

Its been an interesting year, met lots of people, been to many bars and had lots of visitors over to see me.

I decided to stay here for a year as I have always been interested in Thailand since my first visit over 10 years ago.

I was blown away by the place, it was a real culture shock to me and the most foreign place I had ever been to. I was on a trip to Australia with my mate Brits.  We both had working holiday visas for Oz and decided to make a stop over in Thailand before we hit sunny Australia.  I did enjoy my time in Australia, but to be honest, I was always thinking in the back of my mind to revisit Thailand.  I did revisit at the end of the Australia trip and managed to stay for year 2000 celebrations before heading back to the UK.