Lumumba

I once knew a Canadian English language teacher here, he had just two dress shirts, shared a room with a freelance prostitute in some obscure part of Bangkok, one day a neighbors T shirt fell and the wind blew it into their balcony, he acquired it. He never lasted at a job more than a few months, was always out drinking in front of a 7-Eleven, most bars or agogo places dont let him in. He did nt have visa in his passport.

But he was happy with himself and quite funny, always laughing and telling jokes, mostly of his situation. I always told him he would make a good spy or an undercover agent..

I knew him from a social website, when the group met, I always invite him as i would pick up his tab, so no one minded him being there.

One day he called me and said he was being held at police station, I asked him what did he do, he said it was just a misunderstanding that If I came i might be able to help resolve the situation.

I got there only to find out that he bear hugged a female student at his school and the girl's parents were all fangs and teeth, i gave him B500 and told him, mate you are on your own here.

He later called me to tell me his parents sent over 300G for his bail and that he will be unreachable for some time. That was 5 years ago, still have nt heard from him.

If Jeff had a problem 2000 would easily fix, I am sure he would have taken it, he probably had a lot more than that on his plate. Not that I am preaching, suicide is unchristian and not a solution to any problem one might have, its also quite a selfish act. think about family and friends and those who will feel guilt for life for not seeing the problem or helping.

RIP.

A lot of keyboard warriors here.

Get a life and do not judge without knowing...

And who are you ? Buzz off man. Or did you overstay as well

I ll like to attend a TV get together where everyone must appear on stage with his last 5 posts on stage, and tell us if he was taking the piss or under the influence when he penned those.

Two thing, with this being Thailand. First there will be a minimum purchase, to make a report, say 100baht and every staff member will want to hear what your complaint is……..It may be a good story to tell their friends later.

Just a suggestion regarding the language barrier, 7/11 could employ a flip chart, (hung where the fags are) and one of the staff slowly turn the pages, each page depicting a different scenario, theft, stabbing, con, bar girl related incident, buggery! 7/11 could make a killing, they could get all the shoppers involved, a bit of a game show, they could call it; "What's your complaint" The best one (in a 24 hour period gets there complaint passed to the BIB.

Dont use the word 'hung' and 'fags' in the same phrase again please, thank you khap.

Sawasdee kha, can I help you sir.

Sawasdee Khrap. Yes, I would like 2 boxes of Marlborough, one Pot Noodle, 2 Bottles f Chang and 12 Policeman please as I have just been mugged by 20 Thai's just sitting outside.

Of course sir. That will be 290 Baht and the Police will be there tomorrow. Sawasdee Kha, next please.

Hilarious.

So who will the 7-Eleven people go to report when an irate boyfriend mauls his girlfriend inside their shop with the CCTV recording the whole act?

My only guess would be the folks at Family Mart.

Why is it that in the men's room, some would ignore the rest of the 50 unoccupied urinals and chose the one next to where you have your pecker out

Thailand is a land of fantasy, one of the biggest fantasy thoughts being that a white person has any rights while visiting this country.

The argument isn't to do with what legal rights we have or don't have in Thailand, it's to do with having a right to an opinion. You believe you don't have one. Fine. Up to you.

And as has already been stated, tourists who come here on tourist visas are visiting.

One word comes to mind on opinions people latch onto irrespective of overwhelming logic. Solipsistic.

If you are a passenger in a bus and the driver is running all the bikes and smaller vehicles off the road and going through every speed bump and zebra crossings at 100Km/H, would you still say I am just a passenger or the bus does not belong to me?

Thai govt have fresh problems daily and you want them to add French incompetency keeping alleged criminals on french soil pending prosecution?

This month will be about floods and the cold weather, and Phuket is not Bangkok. The 'fugitives' do little harm on far away islands.

Most of the fugitives from my country all live in the UK and Potomac MD.

@ Sarahsbloke,

I am neither Indian nor do I visit Indian sex blogs. I have never been to India, except if you count the one time the Plane I was in made an emergency landing in Mumbai, and some Israeli passengers refused to re-board the same plane till a local Israeli official came to personally reassure them that the problem was fixed.

I am not a native english speaker (I speak and write 3 different languages) and I do not claim to be one, but I have only been taught in English since I was 2 years old and about my choice of words, I could chose to play with less common words but I would expect a native speaker to easily understand that. If 'debonair' could mean handsome (as you said), it could also be considered gender neutral and also mean beautiful.

If I decide to write down for you a process known to people in my area of discipline as 'cracking', I know you would be lost. Anyone familiar with petroleum will easily discern that.

I met someone from Scotland at a bar in southern China, we could nt have a decent conversation, he was understanding me, but I did not think he talked back to me in English. May be i was too drunk to hear him

Funny thing is that most of this Africans that end up in jails around the world never knew what illegal drugs was before they migrate to other lands.

In more favorable climes, the number that engage in drug trafficking is quite negligible compared to other ones that happily do 9-5 jobs.

In the case of SE Asia, the African migrants they attract are most of the time, not the morally outstanding types. They rarely can get a regular job, coupled with sheer frustration, greed, hunger, desperation, and peer pressure, the outcome could be quite predictable.

Thailand gets the best of both ends, Iranian icemen, Nigerian crack merchants, European pedophiles, Australian boiler room enterprenuers, Colombian thieves, UK bar brawlers, US fugitives, Balcony divers, and others.

what is the next rank after police general?

Native or non native speaker without proper training and motivation is as useless as a volleyball coach standing in for Arsene Wenger.

I know someone that used to repair roads for a living in England, teaching English to high school pupils here. He once told me that 'Riddance' is not an English word.

See a group of 5 Thai women, four drop dead gorgeous and one missing a tooth and tipping the scale at 125 kgs, what are the odds of getting a smile from the 5 foot trunk?

Who also told Asians that "all" black men have fat long magic wand?

Did I mention the red plate car on the speed lane doing 25km/h from Nakorn sawan to lampang? Occasionally stamping on her breaks to see if they still works?

Don't think about it so much, just make sure you have a comprehensive insurance.

Its no different than driving anywhere else, just do not stay on the fast lane and be doing 40km/h with the road of you clear of traffic.

I often wonder why we see non native English speakers employed in schools to teach English.

55,000 a month for a qualified English or general class teacher ?

Good qualified staff do not even get out of bed for that salary.

And schools with EP/MEP still provides a Thai-style environment, so students do not adopt "Western values".

Therein lies the cause of failure, one needs to understand the culture of the language and the adoption of those Western values so as one can actually enhance the use of the language one is learning so as to become proficient in the use of the target language.

Teachers from other cultures and countries are expected to jump through hoops via the T.C.T.

Sad to say the quality of the T.C.T. Thai lecturers is very poor, a poor command of English an inability or reluctance to actually answer question when posed as it is seen as an insult to the lecturers ability and of course standing.The idea of teaching is based on an information exchange system, that information which a lecturer gives out returns as an answer or a question to actually drive home the salient point.

The ability to dance, the inevitable question do you like Thai food the inane conversations, questions that are indeed far removed from the reality of the classroom all combine to make the T.C.T. course even unworthy of being implemented in a kindergarten programme.

Yet again another example of ''squeeze as much money out of a foreigner as you can'' mindset.

I am not a native English speaker, but my spoken English is quite more debonair and crisp than that of 75% of the English people I have met in Thailand.

Not that I have any desire to teach anyone English language but i can use English language to instruct college students in Pure sciences.

When I was in the university, though its was a British school but it was 5000 kilometers from UK borders, I had some friends major in English language, even as I was not so much impressed with their English skills, I would feel they also deserve equal chance to teach the language to a non speaker.

But a good teacher is not produced by origin or paper qualification, good teachers have unique abilities that is not easily acquired.

Insomnia is supposed to open 5 November so that might be worth a look.

Why wait?

overall I would rate Narcissus on suk 23 the best for all factors. Spacious, reasonably priced drinks, good toilet, two music theme dance floors to chose from, three balconies to step out on, several places you can sit, and several other factors. Even freelancers and girls that would send u a note on a napkin through a waiter. Good parking.

But my personal choice is Spasso at the Hyatt, except when a new band comes , it takes them sometime to really match the vibe of the places and many hookers now stake out the place.

For after hours, Bossy is good if you can over look all the drunks at that hour of the day.

OP is saying that he is not the original sponsor but was wondering if he could still be getting freebies as long as her visa is still valid.

Let me guess,OP, you are the reason why the relationship broke down.

Well done mate, when farang comes in aid of the Thai partner in a mixed relationship, I always have doubts of his sincerity.

Shit happens, enjoy the free ride, mate.

I thought I was having a crappy day till I read this guy's story.

Would nt want to trade places.

In as much as how stinky all the sting operation sounds to me, and obtusely confused why a SWAT officer should be involved with the arrest of an old allegedly pedo,,I should ask why is Lolita hanging out on beach road known to be home to violent lady boys.

This is half the story, I need the details of why and how the relationship broke down before I can comment.

I'm not in the least surprised, Only last week I had to lend our scaffolder a spanner to tighten nuts on fixings as he just hung on them after hand tightening them to check if safe enough !!! Also same week took my sons bicycle to a reputable (god only knows how) bicycle repair shop for two new tyres to be fitted. It was returned with painted white 'Direction of travel' markings facing backwards and a nut missing.

They were really jostling with the Laotians and Nigerians at the back of the queue when God handed out brains weren't they.

Wanted to reply to that but saw your handle name as UKfool.

This guy will be back on his arse after he blows his money and/or is fleeced.

He will be back in the Welsh hills as a washed up piss head.

Depends on how smart Mr Smart is.

Please disregard this post since I got 12 people to pick up the dogs now the owner wants money for the dogs...............Some people! Sorry to any of the people that replied.

How much does she want for the young uns?

When I lived in the moobaan at Rewadee 50, only the fear of Jesus Christ kept me from running those pedal samlor guys off the 4 meter wide Rewadee road.

Dont pay them anything, they can always rent a bike or a tuk tuk to do business with instead of wasting everyone's time and giving themselves Hernia.

All my visits to Bumrun have been all good experiences, except once when I had an itchy nipple and my regular doctor ( who will chit chat with me for like 15 mins on every visit because my complaints take less to 2 mins to be made) sent me to see a skin doctor, the average looking lady would not even get close to my offending nipple , but the cream she prescribed was spot on.

I liked the place better when it was just the old buildings, the newly add ons make it like I am in supersized makro store looking for a tube of KY .

But I was dragged once to BNH, Next time I need to see a guy in a lab coat and If my Bumrun.. Dr is not in, I ll head over to BNH.

Next dinner date , forget the bra and sit where the aircon blows the hardest, he will hasten the pace.

Soi Ragnam is quite close to victory monument.

If you enter the soi from Ratchprarop road, there is a 7-11 about 50 meters into the soi on the left. There is a small one way small lane just after the 7-11, turn into the lane and 20 meters in, there is White building on the right, its about 5 floors high on the right. Its about 750/day and very quiet and clean.