THE BIG C

DRINKING THAI WHISKEY, EATING FRIED CRICKETS AND GECKOS ON STICKS....WALKING DOWN SEEDY BANGKOK RDS AND DRINKING IN "PICK UP" BARS....I KNOW I'VE BEEN HERE FOR TO LONG NOW THAT SEEING MIDDLE AGED FOREIGNERS PICKING UP UNDERAGE OR BARELY LEGAL BOYS AND GIRLS DOESN'T PHASE ME ANYMORE, AND THAT CHEATING ON YOUR SPOUSE IS NO BIG DEAL....PING-PONG SHOWS, RAZOR BLADE SHOWS ARE A MUST SEE, STEPPING OVER PASSED OUT "FARANGS", (Whities) IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSTLING STREET, RATS THE SIZE OF CATS, FUNNY FUCKING T-SHIRTS THAT MAKE ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE, BEING CALLED SIR ALL THE TIME, HEARING SO MANY I LOVE YOU'S CAUSE THATS THE ONLY ENGLISH MOST GUYS KNOW.....SEEING FAMILIES OF 5 ON ONE MOTORCYCLE, CHILDREN CLINGING ON LIKE MONKEES, PAYING OFF COPS, SINGING KARAOKE WITH COPS( THAT WAS A FUN ONE...seeing a cop in full uniform singing how can u mend a broken heart by the bee gees)....THAI HIP-HOP LIKE TITANIUM IS AWESOME, TOOO MANY LOVE SONGS HERE SO IT'S A NICE CHANGE,...HAVING SO MANY GOOD FRIENDS THAT YOU CAN 'T COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER THEN THE SAME 20 WORDS WE KNOW IN EACH OTHERS LANGUAGE......THIS IS MY THAILAND IN A NUTSHELL...I'VE BEEN HERE FOUR YEARS NOW....THIS PLACE STILL MYSTIFIES ME, SCARES ME A LITTLE, AND CONFUSES THE FUCK OUTTA ME....LETS SEE WHERE I END UP NEXT YEAR.