Boring Bangkok

We went out last night for the first time since my birthday one week ago. My girlfriend has gotten a bit worried that I've been partying to hard lately and that I've been eating to much vitamins so she has been trying to mot show that she really wants to go out. Every time I ask her she just says she is not in the mood. I can't help to love her even more for that.

Anyway we went to Narcissus but before we went we called around a little and it turned out that all bars and clubs in Bangkok are closing early. Apparently some big shot police has to show his influence and has ordered all clubs to close at 2 am. It's a bitch when they actually decide to follow the law in this country! Anyways I was listening in on the manager at Narz when he was negotiating with the men in brown and he managed to keep the place open until around 2.30 and he said that today, Saturday, they would probably be able to stay open longer. We'll see.

It was a good night out but a bit disappointing that all the places like Narz, Spicy, Lucky etc. closed so soon.

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Decadent Bangkok birthday party!

So I am finally back in front of the laptop again. Last night was my birthday and we celebrated it hard by getting down and dirty at Narcissus here in Bangkok. Me and my girlfriend got to Narz a little after midnight and there weren't too many people there but we got our bottle and started chatting with some of the staff that we know. Our friends started dropping in around 1 am and we ordered another bottle and turned the heat up making sure we took our vitamins. Narz was filling up and there were a lot more Farangs than usual. I guess the word is getting around that Narz is now open until early morning. My girlfriend got up to dance on the bar and soon had both guys and girls hitting on her. She is sexy as hell when she dances! ;-P I was receiving offers for group sessions from a few people but didn't take anyone up on it. A lot of dancing and a few new friends. A little after 5 am we decided to call it a night and got in a taxi to the night open pharmacy in Patpong. We wanted to get our hands on some sleeping pills but the sleepy bitch working there gave us anti depressants instead but we didn't notice until we took them. I'm no expert but when I was still awake after an hour I checked them out on the Internet and apparently they are close to Prozac, great. I've gotten maybe 3 hours of sleep and we have decided to stay in tonight. A shame really since I would have liked to go to Twisted the last night. But then again closing night is not highly rated in my book anymore after new years eve.

A solid 8 on the decadence scale. A group session would have bumped it up a little but my Thai girl is not into it.

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Another Dirty night out in Bangkok.

A friends girlfriend came up to Bangkok yesterday morning to do some business and to make a police report about some guy who took her money but never delivered the goods she bought from him last time she was in Bangkok. Apparently she had to come all the way to Bangkok from Ko Tao to see the police here because she payed by a bank transfer from a bank here. The police in Ko Tao wouldn't help her but she is Thai so she thinks this is normal.

Anyways, last time she was here we didn't get a chance to go out with her so we thought we'd remedy that now. After arguing with my girlfriend for an hour about where to go on a Wednesday night we ended up at Bed Supperclub, her choice. It was a lot of people, as usual, but I really don't like that place. Most people who go there would drown if they went outside in the rainy season because they have their noses so far up in the air they would fill up with water. But as we were late getting out, after midnight, we didn't have much choice. RCA is a bit to far from where I live to just pop over for a quickie and Thong Lor / Ekkamai was soon closing. And they did have alcohol in Bed also. After a good first tip to the very cute bartender the strength of our drinks vastly increased. I don't understand cheap tippers, but I guess they get what they pay for. Finally it was after 2 am and I could convince the girls to go to Narcissus. :-) There is still not many people there on the week nights but it's getting better. Last night I made friends with some apparently very "big" and "bad" Thais that had seen me there partying many times and had seen that I was friendly with the staff. One of the girls who knows them, and us, draged me over to them so they could say hello. She was repeating over and over that I was a great guy and a "good" Farang, whatever that means. A quick thought in the back of my mind made me double check my money though. They seem like a nice bunch as long as you are on their friendly side and you never know when "bad" acquaintances can come in handy. Just after 4 am our friend wanted to go home and offered to take a taxi back to our place on her own. My girlfriend, who at that time was very drunk, wouldn't have it but said that we should all go together. I was just getting loved up and enjoying myself but I didn't fight about it. Surprisingly enough I could actually fall asleep without any help and slept for a good 7 hours.

Night graded at a 5 on the decadence scale. Will have to do better tomorrow since it's my birthday.

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Party night in Bangkok, Narcissus back to normal

Wow! Last night was more fun that I've had in a long time. We started out in RCAs 808 club for a birthday party. The atmosphere was great but I don't like the break beat music they play there but it wasn't my party. Just before closing we went to Slim to hook up with some other friends who were at another birthday party before heading to Narcissus. No disappointment there last night, a lot of people, great dj and super atmosphere. The mood was also helped by the fact that a lot of friends that I had not seen in a long time showed up. I give the night an 8 on a 10 point scale. If my girlfriend hadn't gotten too drunk and been crying in bed i would give it a solid 9.

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Narz was a dissapointment tonight...

Just got back home after a party night out in Bangkok. Unfortunately Narcissus had to close at 3.30 because the men in brown showed up. It's the first time it has happened since I started going there but I guess here in Thailand you never know. The management promised that tomorrow things will be back to normal and they will be open until 6 am again. I guess someone got greedy since things are starting to pick up there. I also got thrown of my beat a little when I ended up in the middle of a fight between two Thai guys. Apparently one of them was a big-shot so the other guy disappeared quickly. No bruses or scars to show though...

We went on to tunnel and it was rocking! A lot of people and good music. Off course when we got there I would have been happy anywhere with all the love I was feeling. ;-P

CYA! Bed time, have to recharge for tonight.

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Hot or not?

I'm having a hard time understanding what makes a nightclub hot or not. In my honest opinion Narcissus is the best place in Bangkok at the moment. OK, if you don't like dance music (techno) you will not enjoy it. That I can understand and that eliminates a bunch of people as potential customers. But there is a lot of people here in the city who would love this place if they just gave it a chance. The interior would be cool in any major city in the world, the music is the best dance music in Bkk, the staff are friendly and there is no cover fee. Maybe this is the problem?

When people exit the places that close at 2 am (now most are pushing it to 3 am) there are scores of taxi drivers waiting to take you to Spicy or some of the other places, Spicy seems to be the most popular among the drivers though. This is because they get a god commission for every person they bring to these places, something to remember when you negotiate your fare. I mostly never pay to go to these places and if I do I always insist on using the meeter. If you don't charge a cover fee it's hard to pay commission for anyone bringing business.

This selling of Spicy by the drivers might be one of the reasons why Narcissus hasn't taken off yet. Don't get me wrong there is still a good turn up on the weekends but I was there yesterday night and there were not many people there. We ended up going to Scratch Dog, around 4.30, which had a bigger crowd. I don't like it as much though.

What I don't understand is why people insist on going go places like Bed Supperclub on the weekends when it's so packed that it takes half an hour to get to the bathrooms?? I like Bed, just not on the weekends. Or why people hang out in Tunnel or Spicey when they have the option of going to Narcissus which is totaly in another league. Try it and let me know what you think.

Now don't go and think I write this for the owners sake! I don't know them and I don't have any financial interests in the place but I like it and I want it to be a success so I can keep going there instead of hanging out in the dirty and shady places like Spicey, Tunnel or Boss. They are fine as long as there is no better option but now there is!

For you who don't know where it is I have a link at the bottom of the page. You go in on Soi 23 from Sukhumvit, pass Soi Cowboy, and take the first soi to the right, almost where it ends in a T-junction you'll find it on your right.

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