Farang Pee Bah

 Today's song is ... I would do anything for love ... Meatloaf (RIP)

Forest Gump's mom said, 'Stupid is as stupid does'. Thavorn's village is abuzz with the gossip that one of the Thai women in the village has landed a Swedish Farang and he is staying in the village at her family's house.

The last Swede to hook up with a Thai girl in the village built her a house to live in and was quite amazed to visit, unannounced, to find her living with her Thai boyfriend and hosting parties frequently on his dime. Needless to say, he bailed and was out well over a million baht in less than a year.

Farang pee bah means 'stupid farang'. Apparently the latest Swede met with his Thai Lady online and arrived in the village to meet her face to face or perhaps genitalia to genitalia :-) This is not going to end well! The Thai lady is in her mid forties and her husband recently left her due to the debts she accrued due to het gambling problem. No problem for a farang to cover but significant for future happiness. The only good news is she only has one child although she lives with her mother.

The Thai lady had previously contacted Thavorn's mom to ask Thavorn if she could find a farang for her. That kind of thinking reflects on how Thais view farangs. They are hanging on trees, waiting to be picked.  Now sometimes, they are low hanging fruit, but more often they are lonely men looking for love.

Little does the Swede know that the whole village is watching to see how this plays out.

On another note, we have booked our air tickets for our first visit back to Thailand in about 4 years. We will be there for a month this coming January. Thavorn has saved enough money to build her house and will visit her village to start discussion with builders on costs, timelines, etc. She will also visit her sister and kids in Phang Nga who she has not seen for far too long. Myself, I plan a deep dive into Bangkok and Pattaya night life :-)

I am thinking there should be enough material to write about that I can start filling this blog with some interesting posts in the coming months.

I managed to secure 3 air tickets (Air Canada) for about $3,600 by booking on this past Good Friday. Perhaps it was divine intervention. The next couple of days the price was over $6,000!

TTYL