KP11 by Graham Gold

20 Aug 2021
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New Year on Haad rin beach
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Haad Salat beach
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Had Salad gym
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Sri thanu
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Yoga
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Darregh Casey
Backyard full moon after party
Kate Balk
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Venus Vibes Aka Anneka on the right
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Loi Lay Party

Tommy Resort
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Haad Yao - Haad Salad
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Eva Mass Party girl
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Meditation and Yoga beach on Koh Phangan
Sramanora
Sail Rock Divers
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The Jam

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The Beach Village
Electronic Lounge Koh Phangan
Guys Bar
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Jackie Baker
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Snoopoid
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Rob Gritton
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Lompraya Ferry
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Rory Gallagher DJ
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Grahams first week of 2013.

Michelle left the island on Jan 3rd, we never saw each other before she went, though talked on e-mail, and she said sorry, for what it’s worth.
Not a lot really, and now it’s closure on what has been a fifteen year thing in total.

Felt better on Monday after the gremlins had ripped my stomach apart the night before, and made the gym.

Five hours of going through all the new promos that had crashed into my inbox but found time for the beach (not the book, but the actual beach!) and more gym on Tuesday.

Also bumped into Laura Burrrows at the 7 in Srietanu.

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Laura was my yoga teacher last year, and is also stunningly gorgeous.
I always had my mat at the front of her class, as she speaks very softly and I could never hear jack shit if I was too far back.
Plus of course she has an arse to totally die for, and the height of her class, well for me anyway, was when we did the Prasarita Padottanasana  pose!!
You are meant to look back through your own legs, but I just used to keep looking forward at her bum!!
I am seriously not a perve but hey!! 
I told her I knew I had to get back to class and would this week.

In the evening I had pizza at Fabios with Darragh Casey, Kate Balk and Kate’s friend whose name I forget.
Oh, don’t you just love Darragh’s new profile photo on Face Book. Bless!!
I think I would have that grin if I was waking up to Kate every morning, and even if there had been no age gap between us, it would never have happened anyway as it took me two years to remember her name.
That does not endear you to anyone.
The same problem I had with Venus Vibes actually (not that I ever thought about waking up next to her I should add, in case anyone gets the wrong idea!) But I could just never remember her real name is Anneka, and anyway, girls have a way to make themselves look different, you know, the way they do their hair and stuff, so most times I just didn’t recognize her!!
Same with Kate actually!!
And most people.
I am sure it’s a psychological thing.
I have a bad memory and I am shit at names, But I can tell you the beats per minute of pretty much every tune I ever played in my whole life, and what label is was on as well!
Anyway Darragh was very excited about his new Wednesday night at Loi Lay, and Kate was excited about her new kittens!

Now Wednesday was a good day.
I met with P Noi (my boss at Tommy Resort) and we discussed how awesome both Full Moon and Countdown had been for us.
I even got a very nice bonus for both nights which was very much appreciated as well as totally unexpected (but also highly deserved if I may say so!).
I had worked my arse off all through December getting all the jobs that I do for Tommy, done on time.
As well as being on the beach all night both nights, as in from 8pm till 7am.

I  hooked up with Tracy ”Catalogue” Freeman on Haad Salad beach who was with her new temporary significant other half, a really nice guy called Rob.

And the other reason Wed was so good was that Tracy’s friend, Leila, had arrived. And she is gorgeous with probably the biggest and best real boobs on the island! She obviously got given Eva Mas’s share, which of course, if you were Eva, you would think it was very unfair.
Leila even said later that had she known me before that day, she would have let me rub sun cream into them, so of course she has my number and I have told her to call me whenever she needs sun cream rubbing in anywhere.
She hasn’t rung yet!

I did keep to my word to Laura and got my arse back to yoga for the first time in six months up at the Yoga Retreat and enjoyed the class that Shelley took.
Not too hard but not stupid easy either.

Popped into see Alex Arnold at Sail Rock Divers and ended up somehow doing an Elvis impression.
That’s as in Presley and not Costello, and obviously as I do not have thick black hair it was a pretty crap impression, except I got the hip bit right. (of course I have no hair at all, and this week the hairdressers I go to finally decided they could take my money no longer under false pretences and told me the truth!!)

Then I headed to Omega Bar in Chaloklum which was packed packed packed and then some.
They have an open mic night every Wednesday, just like The Jam on Saturdays. It’s not really my thing, but you never know who is going to be there.
Didn’t get attacked, mugged or robbed on the way home to Haad Salad, so that was good!

More music listening on Thursday and spending money (God I hate that!) on Beaport and Traxsource, before some more time on the beach, more time in the gym and spending more money buying food for the bbq I was having that night with Tracy, Leila and Rob.

The night was great fun, the bbq was spot on, and I even got to take Leila home on the back of my scooter.
If I had drunk a bit less I would have taken her all round the island just to score some kudos points, but it was around 2am so not too many people would have seen us anyway.
In a perfect world I would not have been taking her home at all, but of course, we do not live in a perfect world!!

Friday morning was spent listening again to all the new music I had accumulated through the week and putting my personal notes next to each one, and categorising the styles and energy levels.

Tracy, Rob and Leila came up to the house in the pm to use the pool (which actually meant I had to go and bring Leila up and also take her back, so that was cool!).

I made the gym on the way to the work at Electronic Lounge for the final Friday night, as that is being turned into a d ‘n’ b night, so I am joining Snoopoid and Rob Gritton on Saturdays.

The place is getting a makeover this week, so will hopefully look really cool when it’s finished in time for the re-launch on Friday the 18th.

Tracy and Leila stopped by on their way to Guys Bar.
I would have gone with but was working in Surat the next night, so couldn’t, which was a shame.
Jackie Baker came in with Bond from Great Bay, which was nice.
Jackie and I made our peace as there had been a little niggling issue going on. And Bond, as usual bought me  a drink!!

He thought I was mad at him as Michelle had made her new profile picture a photo of them together at Loi Lay.

I wasn’t mad at all, as knew nothing would have happened between them,  but had thought it was fucking insensitive of Michelle.
Big Richie came in as well and was buying shots for everyone - I have no idea where he gets all the money from to do this!

Marius was staying at mine, and on the way home we stopped at The Lake Hut where Misha (not as in Tribal Sky) had organised a month of Friday nights for the Russians.
I am coming to believe that the French and Russians together now outnumber all the rest of the farang put together.
It had started to empty out as was now almost 3am but it had clearly been packed. Mikee and Oliver Way were there, drunk as usual.
Well Oli way more than Mikee.

Rob Gritton, Rorry Gallagher and I were all meant to be going together in Rob’s truck to Surat, but Rob had got wankered as usual at Electronic Lounge on Friday as was not answering his phone even by midday,

As he should have been queuing up by then to get the truck on the Raja Ferry, Rory and I knew we would have to get the public bus from Donsak to Surat town, which of course was no great problem.

The night was a proper laugh.
It’s put on for the few farang who live there, and 99.9% of them are school teachers.
Rob and Rory had also bought laughing gas and balloons, and as they didn’t sell them all (though they sold enough to cover their costs), the balloons came back to Rory’s flat after along with a new bottle of Sangsom and about eight people.

From what I remember before I passed out was that it was really funny.

And that was how the first full week of the new year on Phangan went for me.
A bit of an emotional roller coaster what with dealing with Michelle exiting my life for good, but at least there was some fun and sun in there too!!

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