A Mysterious Hole

This is a blog about a mysterious hole that has appeared in a brick wall near a bathroom I use.

Realize that bathrooms are not readily available to the public in the kingdom of Thailand, like they are in America. If you are in an area fixed up for tourists there are bathrooms.  If you are in a mall there are bathrooms.    When you do find a public bathroom often times  they charge about three baht. 

The shopping malls have free bathrooms.

What are the bathrooms like?  There is always a scowling, old woman sitting at a little table.  She is the one that takes the money. 

To me it seems like it is the same woman at every bathroom.  They are very similar in appearance and demeanor.   It is like the way all the accountants look like same little weak , anal retentive,  man in America.   I will take a photo of her in the near future so you can see what she looks like.  

There is one bathroom I know about in an area that I frequent.  It is a bathroom in a rundown apartment rental building.  This kind of knowledge is a treasure.  Having this knowledge makes me feel well-informed and expert.  This kind of information is very useful and sets you apart from  common people who tend to flounder about desperately with their urgent unanswered biological excretion needs sadly unmet.  

I got to know this bathroom when I frequented a coffee shop that rented space at an apartment complex.   Now the coffee shop went out of business but I still use the bathroom.   Ha ha ha!

The owner of the building is invariably sitting in an unhappy, dark office at the top of the stairs.  He does something with an old computer in a dark dreary caged in office.   I do not know what he is constantly doing with his ancient computer.  I don't care what he is doing.   Maybe it is a game. Maybe he is looking at his investments.  What do people usually look at on their computers?   I don't know.  

I give him ten baht when I use the bathroom.  He fights me each time.  He says he does not want it but his eyes gleam with the pleasure of acquisition.

Today, I was surprised to see he was not in his miserable little office. 

Today I saw a big hole in the wall near where the owner normally sets!  It is a rather tidy hole.  It looks like it was formed intentionally but very quickly.  There was fresh breeze and light seeping through the hole and improving conditions inside wonderfully. 

I am wondering about that hole.  People do not just pound a hole through a brick wall for ventilation and light.  They make a window that can keep out insects, burglars and rain.  I think a hole like that looks bad and will bring down the value of the building.  I doubt if it was the owner’s idea.   .. And where is the owner anyway?

See photograph. 

I will try to find out about this mysterious hole and blog about it in the future. Maybe I can ascertain what the gentleman is viewing on his computer too.   Maybe the owner will be there next time and I will ask what the hell the hole is all about.

Stay tuned.

17/ 10/ 25  Here I am again five years later.   I never solved the mysteries described in this blog.   Shortly after I blogged this they starting locking the door that lead upstairs to the secret bathroom.  It is yet another unsolved mystery in my amazing world.