And I went for trip!! As planned earlier with AiWoon we went to Amsterdam, the wonderful land of windmill and tulips!! Well is that just the flowers that attracted so many tourist???
Absolutely not!!
Perhaps the most interesting fact of Amsterdam for ahem.. naive young people like us is that prostitution and drugs in Amsterdam are legal ! Yea, its just like having a chicken rice stall in town.. its legal, nobody felt disgust or disturbed. Do you remember one of the essay/debate topic in high school ? Should prostitution be legal? The picture here is, why not, its totally a win-win situation!
When there were ships, cannons and trading, Amsterdam was a very prosperous town owned by rich merchants. Everytime the sailors returned home or passed by, they were paid with money. And with money, the sailors would seek some fun and some chill out moment in the local bars. The problem was, the sailors after being out few months at the sea, needed "something". So, they seeked for young ladies in town. The locals didnt like this, and said: Why not we select a group young ladies who were willing to do so and leave the rest of our ladies pure. And this was the origination of prostitution.
There are 3 mottos of the Dutch and they still practice until now - money, discrete and tolerance. Well, the sex industry paid taxes and attract tourists, that is money. Having coffeeshops which sells drugs is discrete, and they tolerated it, because this keeps the rest of the young ladies in the comunity pure. Today, the red light district in Amsterdam is a very famous tourist attraction. You will be amazed by how organised their sex industry is.
The impression of the red light district might be like dodgy, small dark and smelly alley. In the middle of here there lies a church. Besides, according to the tour guide, there are police in the few entrance guarding every night. There is even a kindergarten right in the middle of that place. Ask the kids: "Do you know what are those ladies doing?"
They will answer you: "I think they sell kisses."
You will be surprised that the prostitutes here own their own body and business. There is no pimps. It works like this. Shops around the area are converted to many small rooms with a big windows just like shopping centres. The whores rent the unit and pay monthly rent and taxes. When you walk by, the windows, they will be standing with bikini and try to attract customers. The window is also a door, the customers would go in through the door. While some windows are with curtains closed and this means that they are having business. Those windows will be lighted with either red neon lights or blue lights means a gal (or probably not) with balls. For your information, nobody is naked by the window.. lols
Maybe you might also think of like there will be some gangster or thugs behind these business, so when something turns wrong, you will be dragged and who knows what might happen. Actually, its not. The whores take care of themselves. When there is something going wrong, they have this alarm system, all the other ladies around would come and kill you instead. If you are curious, a 15min blow would cost 50 euros. Request for other services - prices unknown. There is also a very narrow alley where the elites are. They are a little hotter and younger and expensive! Just so you know, some prostitute there are fat or old or both... omg .....
~~ Above information is provided by the red light district tour guide, which I paid 15euros for.
I was 10 times more attentive than any other lectures that I paid 20k pounds for :) ~~
The following might be disturbing...
Since its a "must try", we went to watch a sex show which cost 30 euros. Let me tell you, its really a show for entertainment. Its like a circus just that its erotic. The show consists of live sex, (so a 3D porno), and some strips. The thing is they are so flexible. They can twist and swing their legs to whatever style and position they like instantly. They can even follow the dj music beat. But its quite fake because the same pair can repeat the live sex hourly. Maybe they are just too used to it O.O However the most amazing part of the whole show was this younger girl. (I think most of them are over 30, abit eew) She can smoke with her vagina. She came out with a strip dance as usual and started lighting up a cigratte which she smokes for a puff or 2. Then she did a yoga style shoulder stand and stick the cigratte into her part and started sucking air and puffing.
Something interesting for guys.... hehehe. its that they have this live participation. There was a part where guys volunteers are asked up the stage, the dancer will peel a banana then lie down, place it sticking out of her vagina and ask them to eat it. eeew ??!
Then there were some interesting encounters walking on the streets of the red light district that night.
1.) We were bumped by 2 friendly teenager. From their attire, they looked more like they were heading to a mosque. At first they greed us and asked us where are we from. The minute we said Malaysia, he said "assalamualaikum" .... wth, muslim kid ? What are you doing here ?
Then he took out a small plastic bag of something from his pocket and ask if I was interested. Something like a few grams of caramel or cane sugar. He said "coke". What! I always thought it is in some white powder form!
2.) When we were loitering outside a "theatre", a bouncer came to approach us.
Bouncer: " Hey, what are you waiting for? come in!"
Me: " How much?"
Bouncer: " 30 euros, and if you come in now I give you 2 free drinks!"
We were still deciding ... err.. maybe not tonight ... er....
Min Ken: " Its bit early now, how about later?"
Bouncer: " Early?? You asians are crazy man. You got a f*cking big brain, but a f*cking small penis (points at his own penis)!! Why not you go eat your f*cking peiking duck or something?!"
Min Ken: " Thats a great idea! where is the duck?"
Bouncer: " Yea, go eat your f*cking peiking duck behind that street!"
LoLs and walked away.
