Bad Situations
Professional Thai Boxer; drunken white dude gets in the same ring = Bad situation. I went again to watch the Thai boxing matches last night. No…I’m not foolish enough to get into the same ring on amatuer night, but I can’t say the same for a drunken Dutchman. hehe
They let different white dudes enter into the ring. One man was finely built and actually put up a pretty good fight until the second round when the Thai began using leg kicks and flying knees and promptly knocked white dude out. haha
Drunken Dutchman, friend of nicely built Dutchman, was obviously overcome with excitement as the crowd chanted for his friend and entered the ring; the Dutchman was quite large (and out of shape) and had to fight the Thai Heavy Weight dude. Heavy Weight = LOADS of power behind punches. OH OH! The drunken man threw drunken punches and jokingly barely tapped the Thai man as though he thought being in the ring was a joke, and he thought that the Thai man wouldn’t actually hit him. The two tapped each other jokingly during the first round. Drunken man was all smiles and laughter; then the bell sounded the commencement of the second round. OH OH!
Drunken man landed several jokingly feather taps to the body of the Thai man, then the Thai man hit him. Not with all of his power, but enough to seriously ring the bell inside the head of the Dutchman; fear, panic, and and much stress spread across the face of Dutchman. Thai man struck him with several more playful punches, which made Dutchman begin smiling again, the Thai man REALLY made him see stars.
A friend of mine has a cat that routinely catches lizards, baby birds, mice, and places them in the empty bathtub; the tub is smooth enough that it prevents the small prey from escaping as the cat toys with them before killing them; the same situation was being played out in front of my eyes last night but with humans.
Thai man danced around and the Dutchman fearfully backed away and, at times, sprinted away with hopes of avoiding the mitts of the mighty man; Adidas and Nike are unable to construct shoes that fast. Thai man suddenly caught Dutchman in the corner and delivered three tremendous blows, one to the midsection, then other striking his in the head twice as the Dutchman was already sagging to the floor on spegetti legs. Game over.
Another bad situation occured today when I went into a toilet and was forced to ‘go native’. As you can probably imagine, eating and drinking in countries like this often resultes in very bad gastro intestinal problems, and I was suffering from ‘Montezuma’s Revenge’ today. Since such things come about at the worst possible times and overwhelm us in mili-seconds, I had no option of hopping on the motorscooter, running to the local mini-mart and purchasing T.P. All toilets are equipt with high pressure water hoses. I don’t know if I should feel disgusted or cooly refreshed! haha! It was quite refreshing, and I highly recommend all traveling tourists to give it a go! Spray and smile!
As I wrote in another entry some time ago, I have a bit of an issue when I see the men here exploiting the local girls. I have absolutely no problem with prostitution so long as it isn’t forced, coerced, or done out of financial desperation; in Thailand, it’s done out of financial desperation.
There aren’t many jobs here, and the jobs there are don’t pay squat. While I don’t like that, what I like even less is seeing a westerner walking hand in hand with a local girl as though he’s the 50 year old man he is and is acting as though he’s on a date for the first time in his life and is holding the girl as though she’s a possession of sorts. Disgusting. Lord knows how many of them are married and risk the chance of contracting a present to give the wives once they return home. Many of the men are slobbery men and are walking around with drop-dead gorgeous Thai women…trophies they would never land outside of ‘la-la land’. Total and complete exploitation.
I read on the internet yesterday that this place has a population of about 45,000 and is home to 20,000+ bars and nightclubs. There are literally bar after bar after bar. I must say that I really like the walking strip at night. Once darkness falls, a section of street which runs parallel to the water, is closed down to vehicular traffic. There is music, street musicians, and neon everywhere. Very nice.
Also at night, small tables and lounge chairs are set up on the beach. I hung out there for several hours last night and chatted with Jimlim who is currently in another province with her debate team. Being a desert boy, I totally appreciate the sounds of the ocean. One of my favorite places was when I went on a cruise with Richard and his family and we stopped in…I don’t remember if it was Cazumel or Cancun…I sat on a rock wall under palms and listened to the waves breaking against it…very nice.
Ken, old buddy, sorry about them Bears! haha! Ken is a huge Chicago fan…be it Baseball or Football. I went to one of his favorite places on Earth with him: Chicago Meat Packers Bar in London (God knows they should close the place following the performance yesterday! hehe!). Ken is so die hard that he subscribes to live feeds via the internet now that he’s living in Oz (guess all that money was a waste!! hehe!). Although I didn’t watch the game, I read about it on the net. There is NO WAY I would waste SO MUCH time, money, and energy watching a game that EVERYONE on earth (except Ken) KNEW Peyton Manning was going to dominate those BEAR-CUBS (tiny roar…or perhaps the meow of a gentle kitten! hehe!). I KNOW it must have been a real teaser for ol’ bear-cub die-hard fan Ken when an NFL record was set in the opening seconds when a bear-cub sprinted for a TD following the opening kick! haha! Just ribbing you old friend!
One another note, I have had a penpal ad at a site on the net for about three years now. I have met a total of six of them so far in places around the world. Oddly enough, all of them turned out to be very pretty females…I’m lucky sometimes. haha! I have just received an email from one of my newly acquired penpals that she’ll be meeting me in BKK! Should be fun. She’s traveling to China and routed through BKK so we can hang out for a bit. All of my meets except for one have been very pleasing experiences…very nice people.