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I once asked a Korean woman what kind of a car her son was driving.

She replied, "Porno". She meant (Toyota) 4RUNNER.

A few pictures of the Wat Thai of Los Angeles.

I have a dream that my golf caddy will wait until AFTER I hit my shot before shouting fore... Regardless of how bad a golfer I am

Even worse, I have a dream that my golf caddy will wait until AFTER I PUTT my ball before shout fore... Regardless of how bad a golfer I am

Sorry, it was so funny I had to steal it - Imitation is sincerest form of flattery.

Still on the job after 30 years.

Retiring in 145 days (2/20/2011), and more than likely I will end up in Chiangmai shortly after.

As someone whom has spent a few nights in jail.....I wish your meetups to be rained out and flooded, power cuts, beer fridge failures and soiled peanuts.

Clear case of 5150

If you have all the resources you need, go for it. Worldwide it's a multi-billion dollar business, and the Thailand already

is the largest medical tourism hub in a total volume.

Medical tourism business is thriving in India, South Korea, Costa Rica, South Africa, and many other countries where medical cost

is much cheaper than the West. Thailand has a built-in advantage over those countries for the obvious reasons - approx 16 million

regular foreign tourists visited Thailand in 2010.

So what got you so riled up all of a sudden? You've been a member apparently for more than 3 years and a total of 13 posts?

So why are you here?

He probably has a life to live and enjoy unlike some people.

Bigger Is Better

Many Korean nationals send their children to international schools in Chiang Mai

Ah, CM now has Golf Academies....?

Mostly for the academic reasons. Golf is cheap in Chiang Mai but it does not have PGA level instructors yet.

For golf the kids are sent to the USA or Oz.

It's not just farangs. I see many Japanese and Korean nationals living here. Why not ask why so many foreigners choose to live here?

Many Korean nationals send their children to international schools in Chiang Mai and the parents often stay here with their children for many years.

The OP needs to realise that his wife may have a uni degree but that doesn't mean she is well educated.

Why?

Yes! Why +1

For whatever it's worth to this topic, the following is a quote from Wikipedia.

"UNESCO monitors both the number and type of books published per country per year as an important index of

standard of living and education, and of a country's self-awareness."

According to the UNESCO's latest survey, Thailand was ranked 29th in the world in publication of new book titles per year,

only 14 European countries were ranked higer.

As I said whatever it's worth... May have nothing to do with the question of "Do Thais read?".

As many posters have pointed out, where you met your significant other probably has a lot to do with your marriage experience. Many guys (and some women) come to Thailand on vacation as sex tourists and then become sex-patriates. Getting married to a person who is a "pro" either full-time or part-time certainly increases your chances of getting a partner who is in it primarily for the money.

Hence so many sad tales of falongs who got tooken.

For any Thai/falong relationship to work, the falong has to understand Thai culture. I say this because I have been married to a wonderful Thai lady for over 36 years. We lived in Thailand for one year, Italy for 3 years, and have lived in the USA for the remaining 32+ years.

When we got married in Thailand, her father gave me one of his most valuable possessions, a very old and rare Buddha. I then took his daughter away and it was over 20 years before my wife was able to return to Thailand. During that time frame she never sent a penny home, nor did I contribute any money to their family.

As my wife and I became more afluent (it took 20 years), she started sending a small amount of money home (less than 150 dollars a month) to help her mother and oldest sister (whose husband had left her with two small kids).

Her father has passed away, but my wife and I have returned to Thailand many times in the last 12 years to visit and stay with her family. On one trip I tried to give her brother (a senior police officer) the Buddha that her father had given to me. It was on a 2-baht gold chain. I offered him the Buddha and the chain and he refused both, saying that his father had given the Buddha to me and it should stay with me.

It took me a long time to truly understand the Thai cutlure in regards to helping family members, but the fact is that is that Thais generally help out their close relatiives as best they can. Even one of my SILs, who is a teacher, but doesn't have a lot of money, regularly gives money to a poorer sister who lives in Bangkok. It is just expected.

One nephew, who is kind of stingy, is thought poorly of by all the other family members because he doesn't help his mother out.

My in-laws never ask me for anything, but I have learned to help, just as a good Thai son-in-law should, my wive's family.

So for the people who have had bad experiences with their Thai significant others (male or female), I suggest you really observe and emulate the Thais, if you want to find peace and happiness in Thailand.

Respect to All,

RickThai

So after 1 year in Thailand, you are an expert on Thai culture?

RickThai never claimed to be an expert on Thai culture.

He only gave his opinion based on the knowledge and experience he ammased for being married to a Thai lady for over 36 years.

OP writes, "Air Conditioning System Thinks It's a Heater"'

Then you shoud buy a heating system thinks it's an air conditioner.

It takes a knowledgable grape grower and expert wine maker to produce descent wine.

Garbage in garbage out is what winemaking is all about. Without quality grapes, you simply can not make good wine.

Generally speaking no good wine grapes could be grown in Thai weather. It's just too hot all the time without cool morning and evening breeze.

It rains too much, it dilutes sugar contents in the grapes and causes root decay. You also need state of art facility with wine makers with years of

experience. I can not imagine rich Chinese winery owners investing millions of dollars in a business they can not succeed.

Thai #1 in everything. if they ask for less than farang wine they lose face.

They'd rather have little sales than offering at a low price.

I agree with this theory.

There simply is no other explanation considering the poor quality of Thai wine compared to all others.

Unless she is Ms. Universe material

Hi Semper, it requires proper explanation so I would prefer to do it at our school. Please come, it will be worth your time.

Sounds like they might be branching into Amway...

My sentiments exactly, reminds me of Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) business practice which makes top level richer, bottom level not so sure.

By the way, don't you need a Work Permit wo work in MLM?

It's the one located inside the hotel's lobby, oh and by the way, the welcome drink was rather disappointing too, they give you something which look like a miniature terracotta flower's pot, filled with some sort of green tea (?).

It was also interesting to see how the same drinks on the menu' we received, were costing more than doubles the price exposed on the small visible printed advertisement on top of the bar's table, also on the downstairs restaurant the prices were very noticeably over inflated, and i had the impression that our drinks were coming from there anyway, as the barmaid had to made a telephone call for them...

Im sorry for being "slow" now, but again...what bar?

Or, what Hotel, and what city/place?

I may be even "slower" than you are, but has Surayu answered your question yet?

Mr. MacWalen,

You can silence all the critic by answering honestly to each question on Post #62.

Otherwise, you will be digging dipper and dipper with each of your reply.

Accident is the third most cause of death among men after heart disease and cancer.

Real tragic. I just hope they did not have to suffer for a long period of time before their deaths.

Just keep blame the government for everything untill something sticks.

Marrying a Thia girl ? You'll only get tears when her familys buffalo is sick....

OP,

Just read post #5 and ignore evrything else.

From what I read so far on TV on this subject, you can lose everything, including your dignity,

if you buy property through a Thai woman and later she decides to keep all for herself.

Good luck to you.

Ian,

Enjoyed your photos immensely.

As an amateur photographer, very interested to know what kind of cameras and lenses you used for the photos.

Thank you

Unless she was raped by the man, you can not blame all this on the man. She is not a minor, and she is somewhat responsible for her pregnancy.

The man might be a jerk for not taking responsibilities, but I don't think neither you nor your sister-in-law would get much sympathy from too many of us

on TV.