Ajaan

Speaking of car theft in Isaan, some loser posted earlier today in another thread how his car was stolen in some Isaan province, and then the thieves called his wife's cellphone (which they just "happened" to have) demanding a ransom! Clearly a case of the wife teaming up with her"brother" (first/real husband or boyfriend) to rip off the farang, methinks...

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you might dont know, but this is an old thread, and the member that you call loser, is the one who bring back this topic .... do watch his post #25

i guess, ajaan, you are a winner...

Never said I was a "winner," whatever that's supposed to mean...but the guy who started that thread has now been shown (see the tail end of the other thread) to be pretty clearly a liar/troll, and several posters have ripped him a new one, not just me...

It was $25 up until a year or two ago. It's slightly annoying that it's $8 more than visa on arrival, but to me it's worth it for prolonging the life of my passport!

I think for Q2 we need a translation into English first?

Hahaha...you're still using Windoze in 2014 and you're talking about "dogs"??

As another poster said, a one-syllable nickname is best. And keep in mind that if you do use a two-syllable nickname, Thais will always emphasize the final syllable (so "Calo" becomes "Ca-LO").

One of my students is named "Alberto," and he came up with the nickname "To" (unaspirated t at the beginning) which works fine for him both in Thailand and Cambodia...simple and easy for them to pronounce.

This is the website for EVA (or, one of them):

http://www.evaair.com/en-us/index.html

I use EVA to fly SFO-BKK three times a year, and I've been doing so for many years. I always buy my ticket online on their website, and have never had a problem. When I've had to deal with their agents, it's never been a problem either.

BTW, China Airlines (also Taipei-based) is a fine airline as well. True they had some sketchy safety issues a long time ago, but they haven't had an incident for almost 20 years now. That said, I think EVA is the better airline (albeit more expensive) in terms of overall operation and service, and EVA flies 777s, my favorite plane for long haul (China Airlines flies 747s).

It is funny sometimes in starbucks the look of fear from the cashier when I give my name

You tell the cashier your name????

They ask for it in Starbucks so they can call you when your order is ready. Worldwide. You obviously need to get out more.

Airport Link to Makkasan, MRT from Pechburi to Hualamphong. Very simple.

'caud we negatib and hate Obama.

lol, good one - you have the hoodrat speak down pat lol

Jeezus...maybe the question should be "why are there so many shit-for-brains racists on TV"???

It would seem that what the OP and most responding posts are looking for fall into two categories:

1) Westernized (especially Americanized) versions of Chinese food, which you are simply NOT going to find in Thailand...surprised?

2) Cantonese dishes...this is also problematic, since the Cantonese are not well-represented among Thailand's Chinese, who tend to be dominated by the Tiechiou...for Cantonese, try Vietnam, where they exist in greater numbers (or...duh...Hong Kong or Guangzhou!!)

That said, there is also this problem: Thais are notorious for Thai-ifying any cuisine they get their hands on...one reason it's hard to find, say, good Vietnamese food in Bangkok (hint: try "Vietnamese and More," close to Suun Sirikit MRT stop! Excellent and authentic, run by a Viet-American and his Thai wife). Basically, if there's a Thai in the kitchen, unless her husband-of-origin-country-of-cuisine-in-question is standing over her, telling her exactly what to do, the food will become Thai. Guaranteed.

Here's an interesting addendum to issues raised in this thread, though...while I agree that the Thai version of kuy tiew is utter crap (it's much better in Cambodia, Laos and--of course!--Vietnam), there is one Chinese dish the Thais have apparently transformed for the better: Jok!!! A Chinese-American friend (who is quite fluent in Chinese culture and language [Mandarin] and has spent lots of time there doing research in Mandarin) told me, hands-down the Thai version of Jok is far, far more interesting and tasty than the bland crap one gets in China.

"He said the caretaker government is indifferent to possible violence during the election which may be eventually nullified."

Well this just goes to show that the ptp dont give a sh*t about anyone except themselves, they need the election so they can bring back big brother and screw the people, they dont care if any are kiiled as long as they get what they want. These idiots are low lifes and continually show it with their disregard for what the people want, the reds in here are just as bad, killings mean nothing to them as long as they get what their master tells them too.

Ummmmm....if the Suthep thugs were not interfering with the election, WHICH WAS DECREED TO TAKE PLACE ON FEB. 2 BY HIS MAJESTY THE KING, then there would be no question of violence, now, would there?

You know, they're just going to shut this thread down. You can only talk about politics in the News forum.

It's not you, it's her.

She's obviously better.

ha ha.... look fella you won't get me mad or biting on here.... I suggest you get yourself a stab proof vest now you've made your neighbours lose face over the planned road for your land and will refuse them water for their rice field and concentrate on the mess you've made there instead of trolling on here....

remember you are only tolerated as a farang in the land of frowns never accepted.... Cheers

Good response, but IMHO ignoring the jerk is more effective...he'll just slither off to try to pick a fight elsewhere.

Tipping the driver 20 baht is fine in such situations.

You will find anyone who is brought up in a dual language environment from a young age will have the ability to switch between languages without much thought. Learning a language is harder as you get older

Also when some one speaks to him in Thai or English and he responds in the opposite language is quite common as well between fluent dual language speaker's, it may seem a bit bizarre to listen to ie a conversation going on in two different languages, but he has stated his reason for doing it

Good points, except for the one about learning a language getting more difficult with age...that's a huge myth.

It's much more accurate to say that the younger the language learner, the less inhibited they are when learning a language, which means they're not afraid to look like a fool making mistakes and causing strange sounds to come out of their mouths. Sadly, the two above fears are what gets worse as one gets older (and as one's ego grows), NOT the ability to learn a language.

Also, the young have this on their side: the fervent desire to FIT IN. So when they're thrown in with a group that speaks a language they don't, and gaining acceptance by that group requires learning the language, goddamn it, they will learn it, and FAST--and with flawless pronunciation to boot (see above paragraph).

Unfortunately, this non-ego-laden desire to communicate and click with others fades with age...but the ABILITY to learn a new language does not.

I started learning probably the most difficult SEAsian language to learn when I was 27; I didn't start learning Thai and Lao until I was 42. Now in my mid-50s, I'm fluent in the first (to the point of teaching it in major universities), and pretty decent in the other two.

Hire about 10 motor bike taxi drivers for 30 mins

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Ah, gotta love the hypocrisy of TV...the same people who will, in the right thread, decry Thai culture and vilify Thais for being "thugs," quickly resorting to violence, and "not placing much value on human life," will, in another thread, advocate typical Thai violent, brutal, bullying ways of solving a problem...

Air Asia does not fly to Vientiane (and yes, it's a nice city). AFAIK, only Lao Airlines flies to Vientiane from BKK, and it's expensive. Your best option is to fly Air Asia (or Nok) to Udon Thani, then take the 200 baht van (about 40 min.) to the border. You can find detailed accounts of this trip if you search in this forum.

At any rate, the replies saying that he was asking for too much for spending too little were totally justified. You're lucky to even get wifi spending 5-600 a night. I stay at a four star hotel for 2,200 a night and the wifi often sucks. Welcome to Thailand.

Well at least he's moving up in the world:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/691055-need-help-homless-today-in-bangkok-want-to-go-to-ban-in-jai-shelter

Oh...THAT guy! Hahahaha, jeezus, he hasn't left Thailand yet?!

Haha...the OP is obviously a troll, but here goes anyway: what a waste of $5000 (and $3000 a month). I know a working woman who got 1 MILLION baht ($23,000 USD at the time) from her farang boyfriend...who wasn't living in Thailand. Of course, she just kept on working the bars anyway. The money was whittled away quickly, "borrowed" by family members. Sigh.

No social skills in comparison to what cultures? Ever been to south-east Chicago? Some of the rudest, non-stop swearing, ghetto trash in the entire world.

I find Thai social skills are closely related to their place in society. The poor, dirty Thais working in a local market (many times from Isaan) have a loud, harsh, angry voice and swear often while the higher class, Mercedes driving people are soft spoken, polite and clean.

Same in many other countries. The wealthy are the clean, well spoken and well mannered set while the poor are the angry, dirty and prone to violence.

So, poor people are dark, dirty and loud, eh? People who live in "ghettos" are "trash"? Lao people (as opposed to Thais) are "loud, harsh and angry?"

The resident Super Racist of TV strikes again. Why don't you just go back to your isolated mountain shack with your sister/wife and shotgun and leave the rest of us to have semi-civilized discussions?

Some people like to point out that Suthep isn't a nice man, that he is corrupt. They may well be right, I don't like him, but think of this. If such a distasteful, nasty little man can bring out millions of people to protest, risking life and limb, against Thaksin and the rest of the clan. What does that say about Thaksin? and what could a very well respected person, willing to speak out, accomplish. Pointing out Sutheps shortcomings is fair, but all it does is point out how bad Thaksin is. Expecting people that love their country to sit down and accept that their country will be drained of it's resources and will be run by an exile, or one of his proxies, is to much to ask.

Millions?! You need to learn to count...

aint nothing wrong with the confederate flag

If you're a brainless, racist, inbred asshol_e, then...no, nothing wrong with it at all.