Where are the pictures?

Apologies - I'm late. They are all taken but I need to caption and build the slide-show.

Got distracted you see. We bought a Video Camera (for all those firsts with babies). You guessed it. I'm up to my neck in Video editing. Whole new experience and a very steep learning curve. Believe it or not, I can't use my PC at the moment - it's got 8 hours to go to complete a 33 hour processing job! I can't believe it! Admittedly I'm following a slightly different workflow to Adobe's recommendation - but this is crazy! It is sheduled to complete around 05.00 tomorrow morning.

So, promise, the pictures will be my first job when I wake up.

Video's of Anna Jet? Yes, that is certainly on the plan. In fact the "footage" is in the "can" (impressed?) but I've still got a long way to go. A new animation for Anna's birthday and Visa's for Europe are ahead in the queue.

Pro DJ!

How important is music to Anna Jet?

Well, it certainly costs money!

When we opened the bar in Soi 2, we spent around 26,000 baht. Sony music centre and 4 speakers. Terrible! But pretty typical of most bars (in fact better than most).

Four years ago when we opened Anna Jet we rented Denon DJ kit but only used locally made amps and speakers. Our first DJ pawned the new kit, replaced it with 2nd hand stuff and did a runner with 3 months rent! The owners were looking for him for months but accepted that we were innocent parties and just left us with the 15 year old kit! The DJ? He was probably found in a ditch somewhere.

So 3 years ago we had to buy new Denon dual CD players and a mixer. Cost around 65,000 baht. Last year we upgraded our amps, installed a cross-over and 6 new speakers - about 110,000 baht.

This summer we've upgraded our outside speakers and we've just had to replace the Denon kit. 3 years life (and yes we had had them serviced) seems pretty short so this time we have changed to Pioneer. Got a really good discount and only had to fork out 54,000 baht.

Joe is like a pig-in-shit: stickers plastered all over his little booth and is scratching and stuff.

I'm working out how many Heinekens we have to sell to pay for it all!

Tips

People sometimes ask about tipping.
Tips are important - the basic pay is very low and tips and incentive payments made by the bar should be far higher than the daily salary.

Firstly, the general rule is that if you give a tip directly to someone - then it is seen as personal to them - it is not put into the general 'Tip' and shared.

Money that has been left in the change tray goes into the general tip. It is then shared by the girls who have worked in the bar from 5pm to when the bar closes.
This means that girls who are late, have been bar-fined or who opt to go home at 3am (but before we close): will not share the tip.
This feels pretty fair - especially since we often don't close until after 5am.

Some special tips:
You may see customers sticking notes to the ceiling and the girls climbing the pole to get the money with their teeth. This money goes in the general tip - some can do it, some can't, so they share it.

When someone uses a room for a short-time, the girl who has been bar-fined will give a 50 baht tip to whoever goes up cleans and changes the sheets. Again - spreading the 'Good Luck' around.

How much should I tip? Obviously it's your choice - but (unless we have really pissed you off) leave something!
If I'm in a bar that has been boring and the only conversation was with a tranny: leave the coins. If the bar has been OK and I've had a few drinks: leave the coins and the 20's. Somewhere Anna and I go regularly and we have stayed an hour or more: probably 2-300 baht.

Lastly, there's 'grope tipping'. I hate to see a guy all over a girl and not giving her anything. At least a few drinks - and if you've really had fun then at least 1-200 baht. You might have had fun - but give her something for the trouble!

Soi 7 - new Go-Go's

The Go-Go opposite has been open for about a month now. It's called Blue Angel. Pretty girls, and the boss Gow is great fun. The uniform is little white skirts and tops. Gow is pretty mean though - she has failed provide any knickers!
Honestly, it's too small to be a great sucess but a lot of fun can be had never the less. Works well with Anna Jet and can be a useful escape. I just announce that I'm going to "du hoy" and go over there!
Check it out next visit.

Silver Star have also opened in the old Faulty Towers restaurant. Much bigger than their place in Soi 8. Tasteful nighties and a Jaccusi. A bit bright for my taste but can be fun!

Introducing Nan

Years ago, when we were talking about staying together, I told Anna that I couldn't give her a child because I had had a vasectomy. Her English was still very poor and with hindsight it became obvious that she hadn't understood when she kept asking why she wasn't pregnant!

Whilst she loves Tat (her son), she really longed for a daughter.

Last Autumn, Anna's sister Nam gave birth to a baby girl and after much debate in the family it was agreed that the baby (Nan) should be brought up by us. Incidentally, Nam is now pregnant again.

So now we have a daughter. Anna is over the moon! Me? Delighted for Anna, Nan has already found a place in my heart .... but, hell, I'm 54 .... this was not on the plan!

Nan is normally on show in the bar between 3-6 pm. Pop in and see her. (You could buy a drink too - I'm losing sleep about my ever receeding retirement now that there is one more mouth to feed and educate!)

Joe's News

DJ Joe is currently running around showing everyone pictures of the twins that have recently been born to his ex-girlfriend Ice. He is confident that they are his - they are both bald, brown and big. We will only know for sure when we see them mixing! So a few years yet!
Congratulations Joe.

Welcome!

There are lots of things wrong with the web-site - but one piece of feedback I always get is that people like it's speed and simplicity. But I also know that people want to know what's going on.

So I thought I'd try a Blog.

Comments are welcome - maybe we will drop the forum and this will substitute. If you get too abusive then I'll delete/edit posts!

Pattaya has far too many forums already - lets just keep this about Anna Jet and it's community. So it's about our family, girls (and blokes) and the bar/guesthouse.

Peter