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hmmmmmmmmmmmm... this is starting to sound like a nice little side gig for some internet-savvy monger-friendly very discreet pseudo-IT type with some time on his hands.. having created my own "anonymous" facebook page, it's not very difficult at all, but it does take a bit of effort. perhaps worth 500-1000THB to a privacy-conscious monger? perhaps some internet-savvy bar owner might add it to the drink menu...or create a bunch of such profiles and give one away with every 5-10 short-time room rentals.... (is there an emoticon for 'can i have 10%' for the idea?)

While I can't agree with (and in fact wholeheartedly object to) Ken's easy dismissal of the Beatles--cue the hot water as expected--I totally agree with his dismissal of the wrong-headed (and kindly unnamed) eulogist. These two uniquely great rock bands are no more the English vs American version of anything than would be the Dead and Pink Floyd (both great) or the Stones and Grand Funk RR (both rock) or the Dave Clark Five and the Southern California Marching Trojans (both bands). Not their musical backgrounds, their reasons for uniting (or separating), their approach to music and performance, and not even their vastly different areas of influence could properly compare. Can you imagine the Beatles' last live performance together being as the house band for a historic parade of independent rockers, rather than on a rooftop with no guest performers and barely visible to the outside world? Nope. No way. No fucking way.

He will be missed. Great talent. Great dry sense of humor. Almost convinces you arkansas might be worth saving. RIP

Nutty business-partnered up with a good lady friend who recently opened a clothing shop next door to Famous. the original money to open the shop actually came from the partner's BF before Nutty bought in (her own money) to become a partner. Because she quickly learned clothing stores in pattaya make shit money relative to attractive ladyboys in bars in pattaya, she is now also working out of Koyo (at least she was last night) --and her new cell number is on her facebook page -- for anyone interested. (insert various emoticons here)

coming late to this thread i was about to comment that april suites had no problem allowing Nina to visit me so she must have had a different i.d.--but then you have already corrected that.... but my real point would be to concur that while she is a real cutie, she does not appear to be an outstanding masseuse. i spotted her at her roost on the curb of bukaow and hired her to do a massage, took her back to my room, spread out on the top sheet, had her climb up beside me and after about 2 1/2 minutes, she flopped down on the bed saying she was "too tired". she said if i let her sleep a few hours she'd be happy to massage me "later". ok. sure. why not. it must have been around midnight anyway by this time. she didn't ask for anything more for turning the 1 hr massage for which she'd been hired into what was looking like a sleep-over. so ok. unfortunately the massage never happened. actually nothing ever happened. she pretty much turned my planned erotic massage adventure into a long sleepless blue balls night before she --still tired in that uniquely ladyboy kind of way in the morning-- quietly left me alone in the room. if i'd been on a quickie holiday here i might have been seriously upset, but as it was, i just chalked it up to a young hottie who thought she could muster more energy than she had and figured why would a farang complain if she just took advantage of his king-size bed and his air-con and hot shower, in return for which he got to---well, look at her. because looking was all i did. that and wonder when she would get to work. or invite me closer. but then she was gone. though she still looked good. so definitely a ymmv. and since i saw her a week later with mr. shaw (actually we all had dinner) and there were no apparent negative after-affects from our less-than-stellar earlier rendezvous, i'd have to give her a reserved 'go for it'. (emoticoniphobia)

i had a navajo friend translate that sequence and he came out with something, which roughly translates back into english as "why the fuck" is that "(insert p.c. word for spaz/retard here)" who is clearly "drunk in the stands at the (insert favorite sports team here) game" getting "an injection from a nurse in drag" while "sputnik wobbles" (dating himself with that one,yes?) over "clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, and here i am". so, yeah, i guess all together, they could mean pretty much the same thing. but that'd be way too much work. so maybe i'll just go with probably be a hit at Morlam, yes? wish you could join us DT.

May 1st? i guess i will finally get to set foot at a morlam--so where will the cool gang gather before strolling over to captivate the crowd -- famous? beer garden? nowhere--each man to himself? and do i recall a recommendation that 10pm is a good time to appear for maximum exposure and revelation? and why can't i find the crazy guy emoticon? i have to rethink my entire image..i there a crusty or maybe capt. krunch?

If it's a true and uniquely magical happy ending you seek perhaps you could use that quest as the driving force behind meeting as many new ladyboys as possible--rather than settling on one with merely good possibilities--since you can never know whether Miss Perfect is just around the corner... and there are sooooooo many surprising corners in Cebu. or maybe i should open a dating service and pull in 800php and a free beer and i'll match you up with *exactly* what you seek -- a tall and extraordinarily beautiful ladyboy whose only fault is she can't stop looking at herself in the mirror (or the dark glass of a shop window, or the face of her cell phone, or...); or maybe the barely legal little gymnast who reminds me of mary lou retton (am i dating myself with that reference?) only with a dick (oh if only mary lou had one, eh?); or perhaps the darker, mysterious, potentially evil total hardbody who prowls mango square and who'll surprise you when she lets down her real head of hair to a length approaching 3' as though you had *any* doubt that such a buff cut body could be utterly feminine face-to-face; or perhaps... but why bother. just turn the corner and look for yourself. seriously. and as for the poverty thing, just overtip. most of the time they won't even ask, so just suggest they "take a taxi, not that hot crowded jeap' and then stick 2000 php in their purse instead of the 500-1000 they'd be happy (thrilled) to get. the only problem with being generous will be getting them to stop calling you. of course 2000 pesos won't cure anybody's poverty for long. then again 2 billion dollars won't cure it either. so my recommendation is just be nice. and don't tell them you're looking for love -- even if you ARE looking for love. just be nice. and if love comes around, then it comes around. announcing it prematurely never helps. and letting them believe you're really going to be the one to save them--not recommended. never recommended. so... just be nice. and you might just be happy too.

after pausing for a couple cold ones at the turn, i'm going to head for amen corner on the back side in Manila. figuring i'm close to even par about now, i'm hoping a couple of long par 5 doglegs (if they show up as advertised) will put me in red figures (but leave my tonsils intact). a good first round in the PH so far, although the ever-changing local club rules regarding "play it as it lies" have been a little tough to swallow. so to speak. :crazysmile:

Headroom's photos had some appeal which the others were missing. I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe just a je ne sais quoi of esthetic framing in the photo? oh well. :crazysmile:

two thoughts at 5am: DT is right on -- if you can afford and wish to give it, give it. but do NOT loan a friend money unless you're trying to have one less friend. ("Never a borrower or lender be." -W.S.) and online dating is the only way to fly in the Philippines. in Thailand it seems redundant at best, wasteful at worst, but in the PI where there are not bars stocked with delicious LB's on every corner, where the girls go online iso "love"-- which i have found could include everything from a husband to a free short-time -- it is awesome. After a mere 9 days in Cebu here's my latest count: Dateinasia.com (met 4, fucked 1) , pinalove.com (met 6, fucked 3), collarme.com (met 1, fucked 1), , cebuladyboy.com (met 0, fucked 0). And offline mongering: ayalah mall (met 1, fucked 1), mango square (met 3, fucked 1). You do the math. :crazysmile:

BB, ANYone who believes photos of Apple's tightly edible ass could in ANY way be considered ANYthing like a "thread jack" should be IMMEDIATELY banned from every LB website and bar on the planet. at least IMHO. "could i have another, please?" p.floyd :crazysmile:

here's an example of how easily misunderstood we can be that's happening right now as i multi-task: i am having an IM chat with a hot LB and she has asked me if she came to visit: "you would help me for the fare?" i said "Sure, what is the fare?" and she replied: : "Fare--for the plane." and so it goes. :crazysmile:

i realize one experience does not a reputation make, but just for the record, the *only* waste of time and money i have experienced with *any* ladyboy in my (admittedly) brief but (amazingly) busy time in Cebu is the one friday evening i blew keeping my promise to Raz to buy her a drink and partake of her services. in my first 6 nights i met--without her help, with only internet dating sites and my own magnetic personality (tongue-in-cheek, tongue-in-cheek--where's my fucking emoticon?) -- almost a dozen lovely ladies. still, being (mostly) a man of my word and tiring of her repeated texts ("i guess your silence means you don't want to meet me after all?") i agreed to meeting friday night--which i'd been told (in my pre-visit interviews) would be a prime time to see her ladies. so how did it go? she was 45 minutes late. she brought no one for me to meet. she said she'd asked me to give her names of people to bring and i hadn't done so so she brought no one. (need i make any comment as to the flaw in that reasoning?) after the 45 minutes waiting, we spent 45 more sitting at a table listening to loud music and watching a handful of hot ladies walk by -- NONE of whom paid any attention to her--or to me. so i finally said that's enough. what do i owe you? she said 800 pesos. i shook my head and told her she was a ripoff and then i paid her. and i smiled and walked away. and 30 minutes later, on my own, without being young and handsome and rich, i had several ladyboys vying for my attention. and i took the hottest hard-bodied beauty there and went to my hotel. and it cost me *more* to pay Raz for her time and drinks than it cost me to spend 2 hot hours making mad love to this babe. so that's my 'recommendation'. :crazysmile:

So far i've stayed at the new Quest Hotel -- directly across from the west entrance to Ayala, but across a ridiculously busy street -- which will be great once the fucking paint dries! it stunk so bad i had to move out, but while there i got not even a second glance as i met a ladyboy in the lobby and walked her up to my room. in fact, although they had told me in a prior email exchange that i would need to register my 'guest' at the desk -- for my safety and theirs and to which i readily agreed -- on the actual night-of-the-visit, no one in the lobby even looked our way, so we just took the elevator up. and again the next night, same deal. i then switched to the Harolds Hotel, about 3 blocks away, but still a short walk to Ayala--actually one of the GG's told me it was a "long walk" as she sweated a bit by the 3rd block, so next time i took a taxi which was about 3 minutes and cost me 60php incl tip (i.e, $1.50usd). at Harolds, same deal. they told me i had paid for '2 persons in the room' and they couldn't care less who that 2nd person was. or if i changed who that 2nd person was twice a day--which i have done a couple times already. i have not yet gone for a 3some, so haven't had to face any 'joiner fee' in that regard, although it would appear the girls here are more than ready for a 3some--in fact several of the girls i have met thru the internet sites asked if they could bring along a friend to our first meeting. i presumed this was more to get their friend a good free lunch than anything else, but turns out, in two cases the girls volunteered to *both* come to my room. and neither time did either girl want any money. unfortunately their friends were never sufficiently cute to go for it--not when i had another possibility lined up for a first-meet only 2 hrs after the meet i was on. yeah, like an assembly line here. and the hottest was the GG i just walked up to when the LB from online was "lost" for an hour. she was tiny and lovely and leaning over the railing with her cell phone in hand. i caught her eye and just smiled like a polite person would do. she smiled back. i did not go straight over but instead approached tangentially and took a position about 20' down the railing and futzed with my own phone, allowing my frustration to be visible. i then glanced over and when she glanced back and returned my smile a second time i said something extremely clever like 'it's hard to make dates over the phone'. or maybe i said 'i'm hard to date alone' or maybe it was 'goddamn you are so fucking beautiful why are you standing here alone?'. whatever i said was irrelevant. i approached quietly, smiling, ready to bow and disappear at the slightest frown, but no frown was forthcoming. she found me extremely entertaining. i said my luncheon date had stood me up and perhaps she would keep me company. she said no and i said okay. i then moved a few feet away, continued to fail to reach my would-be date and as i turned to go i said again 'i guess i eat alone--unless you let me buy you lunch?' and this time she looked around, seemed to assure herself she was safe and said 'ok'. and so i took her to lunch. over the course of lunch i gradually asked her if she had a boyfriend. if she liked foreign men. if she'd ever dated a foreign man. if she would consider dating me. when might she consider that. was she busy after lunch. would she like to see my hotel. and then she said 'what can you give me? and i knew i was in. and she -- the GG i picked up at the mall -- was the *only* date i hired/paid. we agreed upon the vast sum of 1000php for the hour ($25usd) as for giving a generous luxury taxi tip after, not a bad idea. i've gone the route so far of extravagant meals and lots of minibar and actual taxi money--but not over-the-top. maybe if i get to a 2nd date i'll consider that. oh one note! change some cash before you come. at the airport it was actually a 30% markup -- traded me baht for peso at 1 for 1. and even at the hotel the markup was 10-15%. finally got to an ATM but there the 200php "fee" adds a sizeable amount when only withdrawing enough for a week or two in a country. so, maybe go to a bank where you are and get 10,000 php (roughly $250usd)--and that may well be all you will need as i've found i can live on my AmX card at most restaurants--even Starbucks--and the less money i change, the more money i save. so the cash is really just for the ladies and the taxis. at 1000 pesos each--if you pay anything at all...well, you do the math... then enjoy. now off to meet another LB beauty from dateinasia--and no more TR's dammit. it's so easy here, anybody can do it. just have to decide if i need to pull my ass out of cebu city during my 2-week stay or save manila for next time. might not even get to moalboal--though somebody's notes have left me tempted...

Any one wanting to ride in any vehicle into any place even close to pattaya on the 19th of april is TOTALLY FUCKING INSANE! why not just down a bottle of scotch, steal a motorbike, put on a blindfold and drive off the roof of the nearest garage--i'd say that your likelihood of being involved in some form of vehicular incident of the negative variety would be about equal.

there may be some suppository form for application of testosterone, DT, but if so, i am not aware of it. then again, did you hear the one about the Irishman who walked out of the bar? :crazysmile: as for rubbing it on your balls--no. do not. my doctor was very vocal about his objection to such an application. primarily, it would be pointless. it is about absorption into the body -- i don't know about muscle tissue, i believe it's more about absorption thru the blood stream, but again, i would yield to rxpharm on that one. the recommended application of the gel is onto the upper arm and continue onto the belly--both areas which would be covered completely by a tee-shirt, and thus not available to be 'rubbed off' by incidental contact. putting it on your balls would really invite trouble. for those who enjoy having their balls licked (no names necessary) it would be a real no-no. apply *after* a shower. do *not* apply prior to physical contact--even you are with a gay boy and want him to have more 'power' it would be almost as risky and just as unethical to allow another to have secret contact with testosterone as with any other drug. think of it as slipping a hard mickey into their drink -- and i mean that in a negative way, btw, for any of you edgy mongers ready to misinterpret my allusion! more details about application should come from your doctor--and NOTHING in this discussion could replace a proper discussion with a qualified MD--and that does NOT include the sweet pharmacist on soi bukoaw who really really wants your 500 baht. and since you will need regular testing once you begin usage, why not start off properly with a good consult along with your initial blood tests-- to determine your base levels for conditions which might arise down the road. okay, enough of my lecturing. i'm thinking the misusage of testosterone by mongers here will pale in comparison to their overuse of viagra/kamagra/cialis/apcalis and underuse of prophylactics. but i could be wrong.

given that i agree with rxpharm that testosterone can be a very dangerous drug, i hesitate to echo the others' reports that it has helped them. on my last annual checkup my testosterone tested far below normal. i had not noticed any particular precursor to this event, beyond a slight depression which i had attributed to actual negative events in the world rather than some chemical status within my body. my doctor, after discussing the dangers (heart disease, etc) gave me an injection. two weeks later, another. i did not feel any special improvement, but after about a month of notes (keep a journal is my recommendation if you ever test out this -- or some similar -- drug.) regarding my own sexual and psychic state i began to realize that i had indeed made improvements in both areas. subtle, but real. he then switched me to his preferred means of application--a rub-in gel. no injection, no high dose which fades over the intervening days/weeks. instead, a daily application, lower in total grams of usage, but more level in its positive effects--at least that was his medical opinion at the time. and i have to agree. i have to be *very* careful to apply *only* when i am certain i will have *no contact* with any lady or ladyboy for many hours thereafter so the gel can be absorbed. and to thoroughly wash my hands. i point this out in case any of you decide to go this route *with* your doctor's approval and prescription. so, treat it with the respect a powerful and *controlled* drug deserves. use as little as you need to feel whatever improvement you require. and be aware that one of the negatives might jump up and bite you months or even many years down the road. and we're talking a big bite like a stroke or a heart attack here so do *not* take this lightly. but, as george burns famously said as he lit up a cigar on his 100th b-day... well, you get the picture. :crazysmile:

just popped in to say you are showing *true* commitment. i just arrived first trip to Cebu and though i'm way too old for TR's i can report that the ladyboys are coming out of the woodwork here. the squirrel told me about this thing called online dating. ever hear of it? my first try was for this holiday and... if you want to meet a million ladies without going to a single bar, just sign up (free, just do free, no need for upgrade on any of it) at pinalove.com and dateinasia.com and you will be the most popular thing on the planet--or it will at least feel that way. and while you're at ayala mall (cebu city's #1 meet-and-greet place) waiting for your 'blind date' (photos and profile only prior to meeting)--and your date will *always* be 15-45 minutes late. always.-- so,while you wait... just stroll about and look at who you see and if you see a cutie just see if you catch her eye and smile. nothing lewd or graphic. just a friendly smile. IF she smiles back, follow that up with the famous silent sign language of holding up your cell phone and shaking your head like 'i don't know how these things work but the lady who talked to me on it, just can't be found....wonder what i should do for lunch instead...' no shit. i'm old and average and i currently feel like a demi-god. though i'm sure it'll pass...it hasn't yet. btw, i heard there are beaches somewhere on Cebu. apparently it is an island. and i hear the weather is hot when you're not indoors. i can not attest to either of those really. so little time, so many....well, anyway, good luck with that one sterling beauty in May. one more thing: the girls do *not* all speak good english. just not true. sorry all you mongers who told me i'd be thrilled at the conversations i could have regarding physics and the meaning of life. just not going to happen. so far 50% speak english well enough for a fluid conversation. 40% less than that. 10% very good english--and those are the girls who work the call centers that you reach when you call from your homes in the english-speaking western world. so, better than thailand--or should i say, better english than thailand, absolutely true. but don't get your hopes too high. just be happy with an understandable, fit, tall, lean, dark, appreciative, femmeboy-type ladyboy--haven't seen many tits anywhere here yet (but that might be my own pre-chosen interactions at work there)--and although one of my dates pointed out a few good-looking "professional escorts" sitting at a table outside a restaurant one evening in Ayala Mall--i have yet to go with a ladyboy who wanted (or at least asked me for) anything more than the free dinner and taxi fare home after -- usually as much "after" as i desired. so, Cebu gets a thumbs up from this guy as a first-choice for visa-runs from Thailand. but it will *not* replace Thailand for me. no way. not yet anyway... :crazysmile:

Man City? is that another new gay bar in pattaya? no offense, laddies, but shouldn't that be a separate thread?

and i'm assuming she's not one of those the rolling stones asked me to "get out" when i was a young pup? :devil:

as a newly-crowned "Advanced Member" allow me to clarify: i haven't a bloody clue. and i've managed neither epithet nor avatar despite my apparent "exalted status". i just posted and saw the word "advanced" appear in my membership status for the first time. perhaps it's based on number of posts? or perhaps there's an ethereal linkage between the exquisite delicacy of my latest posts and the complex formatting of the website's programming protocol which, once discerned, makes the evolution to advanced status immediately inevitable. but, if after another 20 or so posts, you find yourself becoming "advanced", i'd go with my first theory.

Brilliant idea. And poster. Not sure where in LOS i'll be by mid-May but sounds like wherever i am, i better get my ass back to pattaya for that w/e. Meantime i'll keep an eye out for any nurse willing to sell me the clothes off her back and i'll bring them (if not her) along. Hmmm, maybe Mr. Squirrel met someone recently who could help me out with that? And i'll look forward to meeting the crazy fucks behind this great party concept. :crazysmile:

and praise the lords, i can finally disagree with my two "oh, yeah, i did her already" nemeses -- and yeah, dr. duke, i had to google "nemesis, plural form" to get that proper spelling of the first 10 i'd only go (based solely on single pix don't forget) for the lovely #6, Tong. of course i already knew the gorgeous Fah(#11) from Anaconda and i'm virtually certain that when DT and the Duke get around to selecting from the second 20 she'll join the "suwai, lek mak mak!" aka 'who's going to get there first' club. i'm thinking my newly disparate tastes might be due to the fact that i'm still in pattaya and therefore capable of much greater selectivity than my buddies who've been forced to the dark side of the ocean. if i were in england i'd undoubtedly be humbled to have the attention of any beauty on the list. but here in pattaya... as for the top earner for feb/march, presuming the correct answer is not limited to your first/top ten names and that you're basing it on total baht as opposed to number of barfines, i'm going to go with the exotic and spectacular Ink. and Mardhi, many thanks for this exciting and extended update. much appreciated, my friend. i may yet have to add BKK--which is to say, Guess Bar--to my itinerary this trip. meantime, looking forward to the next Guess-comes-to-Anaconda joint celebration.

i suppose it'd be wishful thinking to leave them empty to make room for a couple of those hot arabian lb tongues then? :crazysmile: