Today's song is Meat Loaf's 'A Bat out of Hell'
It was a happy day for B in the bar as a Japanese man bought out her bar contract for 10,000 Baht and she will now live with him as his GF. Could turn into something more permanent dependent on his marital status and Thai visa situation. It will be interesting to see if B continues to work the bar when he is out of town. I tend to think not ... I know B quite well and she has what the Thai call a 'Good Heart'.
Today one of Thavorn's cousins N came to Bangkok to enter the Bar Trade. As I sit and type this Thavorn is answering her many questions of what to expect in the bar, Thavorn is laughing a lot so I wish I understood more Thai as the questions must be funny. N is right out of the village and looks the part. Mamasan will have her work cut out for her to get her in Bar presentable shape for the punters. N is quite dark and looks like she is from Northern Thailand (Issan) although she is from Petchabon which is is just 3 hours out of Bangkok.
N will not be staying with us as the mamasan usually puts the newbies up for a week or two to see if they have the right stuff to work the bar. I am teasing N ... telling her that farangs are like hairy gorillas with hum jai's. I will leave it to you to try and translate hum jai.
N had some kind of market stall where she sold some sort of clothing. Many Thai girls aspire to this, not realizing that they will not be making much money. Lately, N has been losing money and owes the usual relatives that they borrow from to keep their little business alive. She now needs to make some money to pay them back to save face, hence the bar experience.
I will keep you informed about how N works out ... or not. She does not seem worried about trading flesh for cash. Also, like many Thai girls she does not know how to drink. I just poured her 4 ounces of Zambucca and she downed it in one gulp. Ditto for the glass of wine. Thavorn is now explaining the concept of nursing a drink.
BTW, we are back from Phuket and had a relaxing visit. It was interesting to see the taxis had raised their prices from 500 Baht to 600 Baht because business was slow during the rainy season. The exact opposite of what competitive markets should do.
Thais not go moon ... but do go bar ...
TTYL
'N''s method of drinking is exactly what I tend to do which explains how I've often go from sober to face down on the table in 90 minutes. Not a good idea.
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