Peterbigeyes

People of African descent from the Western hemisphere have been occasionally referred to as farang dam Thai: ฝรั่งดำ (black farang).^[1]

o.O I didn't know that!

I've just noticed that George is ROOT admin.

Now if i'm not mistaken, root is Aussie for the F word.

It is? That is too decent : (

Mine is the nicest pussy you could ever meet.

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Correct me if I am wrong: "Briton teachers" should read "British teachers" and "Briton people" should read "British people", right? Not trying to split hairs, but , we are discussing about living in Thailand and teaching English. Therefore, we got to start with what is correct.

I second that

Singapore would be a great experience for her. It is definitely different from most other parts of Asia

I believe so : )

Sigh, good things just don't last

Have been thinking to go there for a vacation.. going through this thread makes the idea most enticing

Inhumane.. Just inhumane

You certainly did a good job perpetuating the stereotypes.

I reckon its easy to tell the Thai Chinese - they have Chinese script above their store and they speak Thai. Having said that, I've never actually asked the owner of such a store whether he was Thai Chinese, Chinese, or aboriginal Thai. The chap I accidentally started speaking Chinese to in the market, I'm guessing was Chinese immigrant - I don't know how many of the Thai Chinese speak Chinese...

SC

I believe most do. A friend's wife whose parents had a trace of chinese ancestry speak fairly fluent mandarin and so does most of her generation in the family tree

erm.... Her voice?

My sincere condolences.

Where in the world is this model now being copied , mind you Thailand had some serious slums which I had the pleasure of extricating people from , I mean Serious slums with horific conditions and health hazards the like I had never seen before or since .

Africa, Asia, you name it. It is a fact that Thailand is the leading country in transforming slum to working communities.

United Nations are doing a great job in Thailand!

Couldn't have said it better

This cannot be for real, surely not.

Aye

Actually I find the cashier situation at Tesco much worse than Carrfour here in Bangkok. Often only three out of 40 open at the large and busy Lotus I normally use. At Carrfour they can actually open the safety theft devise box at the check-out counter without having to run to the end of the store two times for a battery purchase waisting everyones time. Carrefour also has a better selection of goods which also seem to be of higher quality. The downside is poor display design and apparent French logic as to where food items belong.

Totally agree

Yea I bet he'll get his job back if he got outta that one huh

There will be a Thai movie about this monkey 5 years from now, I can see it coming

You mean its 1000 baht in Chiang Mai? or generally?

I guess its all fairly localised but 500 Baht per month each bar. Nice little earner.....!

Ahh.. agreed

I think both me and my wife have made sacrifices for each other, I can't say who sacrifices more and I try not to think that much because ultimately we're making this work each in our own way

thai food !

Yes yes.. that one

Tea money is currently running at 500 Baht a month. Probably cheaper in Chiang Mai I guess.

That is good and practical knowledge. Haven't been here long enough to know lol.

Sorry I should have pointed out for those who don't know its 1000 Baht.

You mean its 1000 baht in Chiang Mai? or generally?

Tea money is currently running at 500 Baht a month. Probably cheaper in Chiang Mai I guess.

That is good and practical knowledge. Haven't been here long enough to know lol.

I'm very satisfied with quality of leather v.s price here too. Really spoiled for choice here

I do find a need to match my company, I think of it as a form of respect

Used automotive spare parts? I have a friend that drops by time to time to pick up turbos are stuff like that to resell back in his country