YimSiam

"Anonymous men" - Well, that's one way to look at it. I suppose it makes sense in the current political situation... As I recall, a lawyer was convicted for engaging a certain uniformed service to carry out the demolition, but the men who actually ordered/carried out the demolition couldn't be touched. It was "too dark" for them to be identified... Anyway, it's good to have another bit of green in the middle of Bangkok! YimSiam

Maybe I'm ignorant (math not my strong suit...), but is there any statistical difference between sleeping with one partner with a completely unknown history (well, not unknown - a p4p pro) 37 times, and sleeping with 37 p4p pro partners one time each? Aren't the odds the same, either way? Like flipping a coin 37 times vs. flipping 37 coins once each = same odds? This is not to say one shouldn't take precautions! Just to wonder whether perceived 'safer' activities are actually any safer in reality. cheers, YimSiam

KhunSanuk, Use the force, Sanuk. YimSiam

The thread seems to have come back around of its own accord, thankfully, but I'd say bjon's points were hardly as pessimistic as the dabbish nonsense he was responding to. Implicit in bjon's statements are acknowledgment of the miracle that we (okay, not necessarily me, but humankind) have identified the cause of a deadly new disease and developed a remarkable arsenal of drugs to protect against its impact in hardly more than 25 years, two facts that result in millions of people living lives free of symptoms for many years, slowing the transmission rate, and nearly completely stopping transmission from mother to child. I can't believe I even bothered to post on this aspect of the discussion. dabbish, I hope you're afraid enough of herpes, the clap and hepatitis that you'll wear a condom to protect against them, since you clearly wouldn't worry about hiv. cheers, YimSiam

Confirmed results may be in, but conclusion remains the same: it's gonna work out!

Well, JS, best of luck/science with the follow-up test. In any event, god-willing, I'm sure you'll live a long and healthy life, thanks to the remarkable advances that have been and will continue to be made! As to those of us who are surprised, or warned, or motivated into action or awareness, or who suddenly realised that this disease can reach anyone... On the very same day JS was infected (crossing fingers and knocking on wood, of course, that the test was a misread), about 13,700 other human beings were infected; during that very same minute, statistics say that nine others were also infected. Most will not have access to the now-common drugs that would save their lives, and will die from TB or other common infections - ten percent in Africa will for a significant time prevent these infections through anti-retrovirals, and about 14 percent in Asia. Everything will work out alright, gaeng paa! YimSiam

Ah-so! Perhaps it would be more appropriate to classify Thai360 as a dot.edu website? I learn something new every time I log on... as the Japanese say: "Thaniya University better than University of Tokyo!" (They do say that Fiery Jack, don't they? Whenever I hang out with Japanese in Bangkok - like, both times - they couldn't stop talking about Thaniya University). YimSiam :thumbup:

MooNoi, noman, Shibuya, Cheers, thanks a lot - will keep writing of course, it's my personal brand of LOS-withdrawal therapy, I think. Just need to keep the trips happening on a regular basis, make sure there's fresh material! MooNoi, one of the girls in this story calls me "My Little Pig", by the way (or, for variation, "my little pork") - I hope she's not confusing the two of us... (for those non-thai speakers, "MooNoi" is Little Pig.. "noman", on the other hand, is an island... I have no idea what "Shibuya" is.) sorry about that last bit, I'll sign off now... YimSiam

Cheers, and sorry for a bit of confusion - I decided I'd post under a new name during a moment of paranoia about being T-360 outed at the office (oh the horror...), but the terrors have passed and I'm back again as YimSiam (in Thai, YimSiam = ThaiSmile, as someone might've noticed). Sorry for the duplicity... This cut-and-paste below might link to older reports, although frankly, it starts to feel to me like once you've read one of mine, you've read them all... Anyway, glad to provide the old links (if they work), since it can be a bit of time to type up the TR sometimes, and it's nice to know someone might read and enjoy! Basic trip report is like this: YimSiam a little wasted, more wasted, has a girl, finds another, has problems with girls, and finally wonders what a good boy like YimSiam is doing in a place - and with girls, and in a condition - like this.... Meanwhile, in the distant background, the sun rises and falls according to its usual schedule... One day, I'll change my modus operandi, maybe. Cheers, YimSiam ( Mama Tried , Trip 33 , and Crash Landings ) here -- a bit of a cheat, more a weird young-farang-in-Thailand romantic comedy than Pattaya party-gutter report