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Its one of those things about living in Thailand, the health and safety laws are completely different to UK.
Einstein is still alive!!!! Guess nobody would have figured out that one without you telling them...
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Phuket, Phuket! Is it just me or does it seem like this is the most dangerous place in Asia to be based on so many unsolved accidents, murders etc. recently???
Looks like you have been sleeping during your geography lessons at school... or perhaps you are on some heavy tranquilizers...
Let me assist you - here's a map:
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First R.I.P. to the victims and sincerest condolences to the victims' families and friends, quick recovery for the injured...
Unfortunately accidents like this happen all over the world, and let's be honest here - it could have been worse!!!
In my opinion, it does not make a difference if the pub was operating after the official hours, etc. as people did choose to come on their free will to stay and party (or hide from the rain, whatever). I am quite sure that most of the forum members who wasted their time typing that senseless babble about "if they would have closed in time, there would be no deaths, blablabla..." have in their lives been at least at one night venue after official closing hours, just enjoying themselves... Did they shout at the establishment owner, telling them to "close right now, you criminal son of a b..ch!" ??? Most certainly not!
Everyone who boards an airplane or a ship, or a bus, taxi or train knows deep inside that disaster could strike at any given moment. Anyone who enters an enclosed nightlife venue, sports stadium, huge shopping center, ice skating hall, you name it, also - deep inside - knows that disaster could strike here at any given time and day... Survivor stereotypes and people who already have escaped death in similar situations will always look for emergency exits and most likely stay close to entrances and exits, but sometimes you simply don't have a choice and suddenly you find yourself amidst the stampeding masses... Fact is: You are never safe, nowhere and that's permanent! Even if one chooses to never leave the house because the fear of a possible accident outside of his comfort zone scares the $#!t out of him, an airplane could crash right into that building and kiil him instantly while he's watching Oprah or similar crap on TV...
Then, when $#!t hits the fan, everyone shouts "Ah and Oh" and demands stricter laws, more regulations and more thorough checkups. On the other hand, exactly those people are just so happy if an examiner, policeman, official of any kind, etc. lets them get away with murder because they were able to just put up their sweetest smile or had such a very good excuse story to tell.
I really hate this blame game. Get a life and remember: Life is dangerous - full stop.
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What a NONSENSE comment!!!Whoa hey there everybody.... lol rofl pmsl and any other stupid things to say... I think that those girls should have checked out the ladyboys
The answer lies in the user name - most likely he's really getting old and is losing it...
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A bargirl is dangerious enough by herself with out compertiton, so now when she is trying to take a falang they are much more savage!!!
Is it the falang fault?
is it the bargirl fault?
is it social fault?
is it poverty fault?
is it education?
everyone will have thier own answer,,,
be carful the falang who has a bargirl for a girlfriend, short time, long time, or married, What is the one thing that rings out???? ("behavoiur BARGIRL")
can I ask please?
why is it so hard for a man to find a normal lady??? or they prefure and just accept drammmma"s in your life and police with pay out money???????
Sorry to ask, but is there a slight chance that you were on ice while writing this? It's just senseless babble - what are you trying to say????
Strange you ask, Catweazle. I thought you knew? It's an old Angle-Saxon chant to ward off evil spirits
Hahahaaaa, good one!
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Most of the girls' families in such places don't even know what their relative is doing. They came to BKK and hit the jackpot, as far a family is concerned; and after knowing many they do lie to their families and enjoy the money.
The sad part is that drug use is abundant in these girls, as their original etiquette of Thainess has been lost, and they are somewhat embarassed at what they do. However, once into the money, the ritual becomes a life-style.
It should be of concern to most farang who use these services, that if a drug raged 'available' can do this to her friend at the end of a night, what could she do to you also??
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Excellent post. Only part I disagree with, is that many of these girls families know exactly what their daughters are doing and some with their blessings.
Strongly agree! Most families DO know exactly what their daughters are doing and just pretend to not know, to not "lose their face"... It is quite obvious - even to someone who needs a calculator to figure out what 100 minus 50 is - that a normal worker who reels in a maximum of 8k per month and who needs to pay for her transport, food, rental apartment, clothes, etc. simply can't lay 5k or more per month on the family table back in Isaan or elsewhere, letting alone driving up there frequently by bus in chique clothing and dyed hair to show off the 100s of grams of gold hanging around their necks, wrists and ankles...
Usually the story goes like this: (Honest and hard office secretary girl visits parents in Loey)
"Oh child, so nice to see you! Look at ou, you have gotten fat! Thanks for the 2.000 THB... your dad needs that operation, you know, and the neighbors want their money back for the chickens we borrowed off them... It's more than 20.000 Baht altogether, oh what should we do about that, my child? You remember Noi, do you? Your old school pal from the soi next to the bus station? She is a real good girl, oh she loves her parents sooooo much! Guess what - she just bought her dad a new Fino!!! And she gave 30.000 Baht to her mom, just ike that. How lucky those people are to have such a good daughter... You love mom and dad, don't you? You know, Noi's parents said she has a special job in Pattaya and has a very kind "Farang" boss. They said you can call Noi and ask her if she can get you in... Isn't that just great? Oh, come here, let me give you a hug my deer, haven't seen you for such a long time! You know we love you, don't you? And you love us too, no? Go ahead baby and call Noi, and ask her how she's doing..."
It's sickening and happens by the thousands every single day... Been there, done that, heard it, wrote about it, bought the T-shirt...
The drugs they take to let it all fade away and forget about the fat-bellied stinking drunk old farts who want to #$$ rape them without condom, the (politically correct) middle-eastern looking f#$&s who have their friends waitning back in the apartment so they can go on and have a gang bang for free, the sick #$$holes who cuff them or duck-tape them and put out cigarette buds on their bodies, the money-hungry nagging parents and relatives back home, the Mama-San and all that other <deleted> that comes with the job. That from time to time one of them looses it completely while under drugs comes not as a surprise. I feel sorry for both girls involved and hope that the drug dealer who pushed just that one pill to the killing girl will get hit by a ten wheeler and has to spend the rest of his life as a living vegetable in a wheelchair.
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A bargirl is dangerious enough by herself with out compertiton, so now when she is trying to take a falang they are much more savage!!!
Is it the falang fault?
is it the bargirl fault?
is it social fault?
is it poverty fault?
is it education?
everyone will have thier own answer,,,
be carful the falang who has a bargirl for a girlfriend, short time, long time, or married, What is the one thing that rings out???? ("behavoiur BARGIRL")
can I ask please?
why is it so hard for a man to find a normal lady??? or they prefure and just accept drammmma"s in your life and police with pay out money???????
Sorry to ask, but is there a slight chance that you were on ice while writing this? It's just senseless babble - what are you trying to say????
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The picture is excellent, begging a caption competition.
"Don't worry, happens everyday. Look, we got you a nice interpreter."
Here you go:
Brilliant! I think to first price in the caption competition goes to you, catweazle.
Hi Morakot,
thanks - I truly appreciate that. Just couldn't hold it since the photo and facial expressions were just too tempting
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The picture is excellent, begging a caption competition.
"Don't worry, happens everyday. Look, we got you a nice interpreter."
The picture is excellent, begging a caption competition.
"Don't worry, happens everyday. Look, we got you a nice interpreter."
The picture is excellent, begging a caption competition.
"Don't worry, happens everyday. Look, we got you a nice interpreter."
Here you go:
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Dear Forum members,
not sure if I have chosen the right forum for this topic, but since it is about family and children, I figured here would be the most true Expats to be found who really live a proper life here, work, have a work permit, family, kids, responsibilities and both feet on the ground, and not the ones who are just boozing and partying all day and night while hunting down anything that wears a skirt...
It's a question that really haunts me for a long time... since there is a lot of 2012 scare out there, books, movies, videos, websites, etc. all dealing with this 2012 Maya calender, end of the world stuff, etc. prophecies about WW3, pole shift, Planet X impact, etc... I just wonder what Expats here in Thailand think about our future and Thailand's future in general. While I am not believeing in a set date for total global destruction, I am somewhat worried about the whole global situation.
There are too many soups cooking all over the world right now and I wonder not if, but when all of this will finally boil over... Do you think that a future Europe on the brink of civil war, a failed Euro, an insolvent USA, war between Israel and Iran, the whole middle east fighting with whomever they think it's worth fighting, and the resulting impact on the global economy and the planet itself will have a major impact on Thailand and our lives here? What do you think the future will bring and isn't it most likely true that we are far better off here than back home if the s#!& hits the fan?
What are your preparations? I personally believe in being self sufficient, perhaps on a farm and in developing and nurturing personal skills. But of course there will be many out there who don't have the cash to just buy a farm or even an own small place with a garden to grow food... What will those people do if a global catastrophe happens?
Having barely survived the Tsunami back in 2004 I know that all we are taking for granted can be gone in an instant. I am not in paranoia, but would like to hear if there are Expats out there who are tackling similar thoughts.
Hope I am not laughed at, flamed, or branded an idiot to ask all this. I really would like to know how most of you see the future of us expats here in Thailand in these difficult times and in the (perhaps) even more difficult times that might follow.
Thanks a lot in advance for your input.
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And again - far over the top police action against a "Farang" for a minor felony... Why did they not just shoot him point blank on the spot and declare it as suicide? Poor guy... Or better poor, naive, guy... Hope they will treat him ok and not overdo it, deporting him or something...
In any case - it is neither difficult nor impossible to pass the Thai driving license tests. They take the exams more or less serious, depending on which district you are at. Mostly there are also computerized displays where you can train the questions and answers before you do the actual exam (if the machine is working). When my cousin did his test, we found that three wrong answers were programmed into that computer as correct and vice/versa. If that is the case, it is a good idea to remember those three hickups during your actual exam and mark as wrong what actually would be right
Oh, and forget about trying to show them - they're not interested - too much headache it would cause to reprogram or tell the boss...
I am not Einstein but managed to pass both exams and driving tests for bike and car the very same day and went home with both cards in my pocket without having to pay any bribes and without inviting the whole office to dinner. Actually they were very helpful and appreciated the effort of a foreigner doing it all by the book. It was in Phang-Nga by the way.
Feels good to have the proper driving license(s) and also helps when you enter national parks, etc. since mostly you'll pass as "Thai", paying the 20 Baht or so locals pay. After 21 years here I can only advise all Expats to get the proper licenses and visas. It not only shows that you are truly integrating, but prevents a lot of headache and hardship as well.
Good luck!
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R.I.P. to Ms. Somying and Mr. Lundsvoll, whatever the story behind might be.
The majority of members in this forum obvioulsy haven't read the part of the bible that says, "let he who is without sin, cast the first stone"...
Most of you should simply be ashamed of your stupid and hypocritical comments and that useless babble. Two lifes have been destroyed and most likely there are family members who read all this and hurt even more having to read all this rubbish. Keep it down, folks - please!
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Very sad story. Saddest though is that - due to the well-spotted spelling and grammar mistakes on Larry's website - doubts are bubbling up in regards to possible foul play... The answer to this we most likely will never learn.
The part about the Thai landlord however is so "real life in Thailand" and making me so dam_n angry, that today again is one of those days where I wonder if I really have found the right country to eventually retire...
RIP, Larry! Hope you are happy and healthy and in your prime, surrounded by magical colors, music and landscapes, unconditional love, and family. And I hope that you get dealt a better hand of cards for your next life on earth, since all is eternal and nothing is lost.
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Larry Cunningham, Australia's honorary consul in Phuket, praised Thai police for quickly bringing the men to justice.
But he said many of the criminals targeting tens of thousands of Australian tourists are never brought to justice and some have official protection.
"The major problem has always been the application of the law in Phuket where assaults continue unabated virtually every night and there are little or no arrests of the guilty parties, mainly because they have patronage protection," Mr Cunningam told The Age.
Very telling comments, one thing that strikes me is how quick the wheels of justice can work here when its about tourism etc, save the tourist industry etc. yet at other times things juts drag on and on until they just go away quietly.
Don't think that is entirely true - the cases with the Thai police man killing a Swedish couple execution style, and another one with a Thai policeman shooing a Canadian man point blank in the face and body, later claiming his gun went off accidentally three times, took longer to be taken to justice and they were very, very tourism sensitive...
What I don't understand is that a quick open and shut case is now reason enough for someone here to complain again - why not instead be happy that justice was served? No, there always are a few who have to do some "yeah, but why...." babble just for the sake of keeping a discussion going. Don't yu have better things to do?
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Yeeeehaaaa !!!!!
Finally some justice done! Much better than death - so now they can meditate about what they have done for another 50 to 60 years while getting a$$-raped on a daily basis in a stinking dorm cell without the privacy and comfort western so-called "prisons" provide, where the stay comes close to living in a 3-star hotel.
Not sure however if it will make Phuket a better place to live, since such lowlifes and potential future murderers seldomly read the news...
Hope it will help Michelle's family and friends to find closure. R.I.P. Michelle
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Realy sorry to burst your bubble but u aint got enough mate.The 60k should be for the future and 30k a month is no wheere near enough unless your missus can get a job earning 15k + a month,then u have half a chamnce.Huan Hn isnt that cheap,i live in Pattaya for nearly 9 years and i couldnt live on your money
Good advice.
What would happen if the UK renting business has bad months of no tenants or you require expensive medical care?
The OP would be moving to Thailand on a hope and a pray that all will work out.
Listen to our, somtampet, he knows what he`s talking about with experience.
Yeah, right - someone who lives in PATTAYA for a mere 9 years has of course much more experience than anyone else in this forum and eaten wisdom with silver spoons - alone the choice of SomTamPet's "home town" clearly shows that he must be superior to all of us... <deleted>!
Mr. TingTong - listen to your heart and give it a go if you think you can do it! From being small kids onwards, we are told "You're too small!", "You're too clumsy!", "You will never make it!", "Don't touch that, don't eat that, don't do this, don't be friends with...", etc. pp. - you need to trust and listen to yourself only and nobody else!
I fear that all the answers (bad and good) will just confuse you even more than they might help you. The answer lies within you and only you!
Cheers,
Catweazle
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However - 800k of that might need to rest in that retirement visa account... being dead capital.
Forgot to say - it's only 400k in the bank account if you are legally married to your Thai wife.
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Permanently living in Thailand for 21 years and starting with a monthly ridiculous salary of 3.500 THB plus free accommodation back in 1991 in the south of Thailand, I can clearly tell you that the times where life in Thailand comes cheap are over for good! You need to put into consideration all those extra costs for Visa, work permit, running and registering a company (if you want to legally work here) tax payments, accounting, auditing, etc. as well. Or the 800.000 THB (per foreign person) you have to keep in a Thai bank account if you want to go for a retirement visa. The 3m will quickly be gone if on top you buy a condo right after arrival.
My advise to you is to take it easy first and rent a very small and cheap place and try to live on that considerably low budget of 29.000 THB without touching the 3m for a whole year and while buying proper furniture and appliances month by month from what is left (will be tough though)! If you can handle that without breaking up with the missus or breaking down emotionally yourself, then the next logical step would be to buy a condo for 1.5m max (IN YOUR NAME!!!!), a 2nd hand Honda Jazz for 400K (IN YOUR NAME!!!!), plus what's missing in furniture, washing machine and/or kitchen utilities and have the final 1m as backup that is only to be touched if the shit hits the fan (accident, robbery, severe sickness, divorce, etc.). However - 800k of that might need to rest in that retirement visa account... being dead capital.
it will be a tough one, but manageable as long as you stay away from alcohol, drugs, foreign-owned steak & western food restaurants, gambling, red light and bar scene, jet skis, tuk-tuk drivers and "too good to be true" investment offers by sympathetic blokes of any nationality. Read, read, read, as much as you can of this partially stupid, partially helpful "been there, done that" books written by Thailand expats and expat wannabees, stay focused and always keep an eye open for unexpected surprises. Living and surviving here - whatever the budget - is not as easy and beautiful as most people might think.
Remember: Better taking on a risk trying to realize a life's dream than regretting not at least having tried it on your deathbed! Listen to your heart and your gut feeling and act accordingly.
Europe will become an ugly and dangerous place to live when the EU finally collapses and the big war in the middle east breaks out... I believe that we are much better off here, even if on a tight budget.
Wishing you all the best of luck with your venture!
Catweazle
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Mr. Jonis Mamood, 18, from Sweden. He was sitting in the room with his girlfriend, Ms. Jeeranan Tathong, age 18.
The Swede and his girlfriend
Khaosod newspaper (article in Thai)
He could survive very well in prison. Just paint on a moustache and he could entertain the inmates with Groucho Marx impersonations.
Looks more like Harry Potter suffering from a Pinocciho curse.
Ha, ha, ha! Gooooooood One!!!
And I believe it is Pinocchio on Viagra...
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Mr. Jonis Mamood, 18, from Sweden. He was sitting in the room with his girlfriend, Ms. Jeeranan Tathong, age 18.
The Swede and his girlfriend
Khaosod newspaper (article in Thai)
Two "equally good looking" kids; makes me very curious to see what the "3rd-part-f-the-love-triangle" looks like . . . . . .
Maybe they thought they were acting in "SO YOU THINK YOU CAN STAB . . . ." ? ? ? ? ? ?
R.I.P. Mr. Wasan NaseubWhy were they fighting over her, why fight over any Thai woman when there are so many out there trying to bag a farang. A thai woman is not worth dying for or spending the rest of your life in a rat, coakroach and desease ridden thai prison for. He could of walked away and spent the night with a new girlfriend.
Yeah, but he is 18, young, naive and testosterone driven as any other 18 year old would be, and he perhaps doesn't know what you know, i.e. how easy it is to pick someone new here...
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R.I.P thai guy. From the pics, you seem to be the only one without a major screw loose.
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Spot on, Clint, spot on!
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I bet she has a great personality.
Just by the looks, certainly YES!
Who wouldn't fall for her?We know nothing about her do we. Maybe she was a kind and thoughtful person? Or maybe it was two lonely hearts that made each other complete. Who are we to judge? Because someone has physical features we do not appreciate, does not mean the person cannot be loved or to love.
If she would have loved any of them, she would not have them brought together in a hotel room in the first place.
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We still don't know if the fact that all three parties involved have/had a moustache is the right angle for figuring out what went wrong here...
The whole story sounds somewhat fishy to say the least. Why for Christ's sake would the "girl?" ug.. sorry ahemm... woman bring the two guys together in the first place?
In any case, looking at the story AND the photos - all three involved must have (had in one instance) a major screw loose...
Feel some sympathy for the Swedish fella though, since he looks completely lost... Perhaps it was just another "black op" to enforce anti knife laws in Thailand and the guy was drugged and don't even know what really happened?
Or perhaps they were fighting about who HAS to take her back... That would make more sense to me... Comments?
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Sweden is in the process of "Mass importing" people from MENA-countries at the time being. He is "Swedish" as much as I am Thai living here for 25 years.
You are jumping to conclusions of things you know absolutely nothing about.
The only reason you have in posting this is to spread your racist propaganda narrative.
The irony is that the western culture you seem to care about is based on exactly the values you oppose.
Freedom and democracy are completely depending on the presence of cultural pluralism.
No pluralism - no choice. Alas no freedom. It's really simple indeed.
The very existence of cultures and individuals with values that you don't agree with existing side by side with yourself and people like you - in the same country - is due to the presence of healthy, secular, strong western democratic values.
In scandinavia, these values are a heritage from ancient germanic tribal traditons - elected kings, every man having one vote, freedom of speech etc. - since more than 2000 years ago.
So, as a full blooded native Swede I would like to ask you to shove your fascist narrow-minded exaggerations about "mass-immigration" and stop whining like a spoiled brat. Shame on you for doing that in the name of my culture.
If you want to make the world a better place and fight religous dogmatism you should make yourself an example of the values you promote.
Your current showing is not very appealing. You are de facto only promoting exactly the same dogmatic intolerance and ignorance to facts as the people you detest.
A lot of aggressive drivel to defend an extremist country which is famous for its misandrist (gender-racist) laws, where a man can get arrested for "rape" because a woman feels "the sex was not good" or the condom broke. (Julian Assange being the most prominent victim)
Or where a woman has the freedom to be a prostitute, but her male customer gets arrested.
The time when Sweden was an example of tolerance and freedom has long gone. Now it is the "Saudi Arabia of Europe".
Well said!!! Most likely there will be behedings in public soon for Swedes who were caught masturbating in front of the computer...
If a Swedish, married man is caught with a prostitute, the government sends a letter to the empoyer and the guy's wife to inform them about his "felony". What the f^$# is that???
R.I.P. Mr. Wasan Naseub
Who wouldn't fall for her?
Tiger Disco Fire: French, British Named As Probable Victims
in Thailand News Headlines
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Enforced... in Thailand... Good one!!!!
