Dear Hillary,
First off I would like to say I love reading your column, which I do from over
here in the US. That means I won’t give you promises of Champagne or chocolates
and I am sorry for that, but delivery would be a bit of a problem. I do have a
question for you though. Do all the girls in Pattaya flirt with all the tourists
or am I just a walking sign board that says, “Here I am come take advantage of
me”? Well I don’t really know who is taking advantage of who but at times I feel
that there really is a spark, a kind of connection between some of the girls and
me. Especially the ones who remember you from a previous visit. Am I dreaming
this or is it possible?
Hello Sexy Man
Dear Hello Sexy Man,
First off, I would like to thank you for your kind words, though wrapped around
a cold bottle of bubbles makes them even better. You don’t have to worry about
the delivery side of things, as I am sure DHL will know how to do it. Now to
your specific questions - do all the girls in Pattaya flirt? No, all girls do
not. A percentage do, and that percentage increases exponentially as you
approach the bar areas, until after you have passed through the “Welcome! Sit
down please,” threshold, the percentage is nigh on 100 percent. Is there a
spark, a kind of connection? Of course there is! That connection is called “your
money”. The girls are there to free you from the shackles of your wallet! After
all, you don’t want to be dragging that heavy thing around all day, stuffed full
of greenbacks!
Dear Hillary,
It has been reported that the police have been destroying copy watches and
T-shirts, CD’s and the like. Pictures of them being burnt in the street and all.
They also had a front end loader driving over a Ferrari. Why is this? Everyone
knows that you go to Asia to buy real bargains, even if they’re not the real
thing. I always bring back a stack of watches and all the latest movies on DVD
and some footy shirts for the blokes. What’s wrong with this? If I can’t get the
stuff in Thailand any more, do you know where I can get them? I like Thailand,
but I have to look at what I can take back to sell, to pay for the trip. What
about the Philippines?
Copy
Dear Copy,
This is what they call a vexed question, Petal. How would you feel if you made
some type of special sporting goods and your money came from selling them
throughout the world and then you found that cheap copies were being marketed at
half the price you sell them for, and you don’t get anything from that sale?
That goes for boots, shoes, clothes and DVDs. Mind you, I think that many of
these ‘designer’ goods are highly over-priced too. The whole question of
copyright is well beyond me, I’m afraid. I’m just worried about getting landed
with ‘copy’ champagne. As to where you can go to get the things you want - the
markets here still have them I believe, but don’t tell the powers that be.
Unless the powers that be are running the market! And the Philippines? I have no
idea. And it is the Customs Department that destroys fake goods, or items where
the duty has not been paid - like the sports car.
Dear Hillary,
With all this rubbish being written to you about all the girls in Thailand being
on the game, it really is time to get the record straight. Even in Pattaya, the
so-called sin city, the number of girls who work in the Royal Garden Plaza,
Tesco, Big C, Carrefour, the hospitals, the eye clinics, the dental clinics, the
gas stations, banks, tour companies, the list can go on forever. You don’t need
to be me to see that while there are the easy ladies in the bars, the great
majority are normal girls from normal families doing normal work and following
normal moral values. Please, no more of the rubbish which insults all the normal
women and girls in Thailand.
Einstein
Dear Einstein,
I am so glad to see you are still alive and well, and now apparently living here
in Thailand. You will do much good for our society. I do agree with you, Petal.
There is much shortsightedness that comes across in my letter writers from time
to time. Certainly the ladies of the night have a place in the society (mainly
sitting on a stool outside bar beers saying “Hello sexy man, come inside
please”) but they are not the majority. However, for those who look at life
through beer glasses are the most easily spotted. There is one other important
fact that you have overlooked yourself, Khun Einstein, and that is the people
who write in do have personal genuine concerns and questions, and even though
you personally do not share those worries, it is my job as their counselor to
answer those questions and allay their fears.
