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    Rain........

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

    Posted

    Raindrops are falling on my head

    and just like the guy who's feet are too big for his bed,

    nothing seems to fit

    those,

    raindrops are falling on my head,they keep falling

    so I just did me some talking to the sun,

    and I said I didn't like the way he got things done,

    sleeping on the job

    those,

    raindrops are falling on my head they keep falling

    But there's one thing, I know

    the blues they sent to meet me won't defeat me.

    It won't be long 'till happiness steps up to greet me

    Raindrops keep falling on my head

    but that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red.

    Crying's not for me, cause

    I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining

    because I'm free

    nothing's worrying me

    It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me

    Raindrops keep falling on my head

    but that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red

    crying 's not for me

    Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining

    because I'm free

    Nothing's worrying me

    26 Hours

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

    Posted

    I know you think this is a very bad thing to do and that i should get the neadle, but realy why should i pay for an extension on my visa for the sake of 24 hours?

    on my current visa i have stayed here for over 5000 hours so lets not get anal about it.

    Why? It's very simple. It's the Law in Thailand. It does not matter if you have been in thailand for 5000 hours or 5 years an overstay is an overstay be it 24 hours or 2 years. If you don't like Thai law then maybe it's time to go the rout of Thai Citezenship and work to change it once you can vote, although I think that 24 hour overstay would put you out of the running.

    The big problem is not your overstay, per say, but the attitude to Thai law that some on this forum have. No wonder they are making it harder and harder for Farang to stay.

    If you were a Thai National and overstayed in England I really dobt if they would say "Give us 1 pound mate and we'll see ya next week"..

    Again i will ask you to read my original question, it asked "should i get an extension for the sake of one day?"

    Now if you think i should, then you should say, YES.

    I dont need a lesson in morality here, it was a simple and honest enough question.

    Why Is She Scared Of Me?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    :D True, we none of us know the mind of a Thai but we all know that no Thai girl would be with any of us if we didn't pay!

    <deleted>. None of my boyfriends have given me monthly income. I've worked my arse off to earn my own money. When we went out, I helped them pay. Always. Not that I've only dated skint bastards.

    :o Ian curtis, my girlfriend makes more money than i do, when i lost my job she paid my rent for 4 months and made sure i had food and could go for a beer now and then. I have been with her for over 3 years and we still dont live together, she lives with her folks who also have plenty of cash as do her two brothers, i know 100 percent she does not want money from me, like LC in her previouse relationships she has payed her share.

    Dont judge every Thai girl by the experience of your relationships with maybe not to good girls. Many Farang come to Thailand and date Bargirls and have to pay for everything, yes in these cases i agree they are after only one thing and that is security of the finacial kind but to many people here think Thai girl = Bar girl, well it doesent.

    I would suggest that you go and find a nice girl with a job and independence etc but i think you would feel intimidated to say the least.

    Jog on, Noodles.

    One Kiss Was All It Took

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

    Posted

    Yes, I do have a Missus!  (Er well, I have a 'real' wife in England, and I have my Thai 'wife' who lives with me, and there is that Mia Lap whose university fees I pay, and then there is this SomTam girl....)

    OK, I admit it.  I'm just a sad git suffering from a mid-life crisis!!!!  Are you happy now??  :o

    So now we know what the short time hotel room with pool is all about, as for your wife not wishing to be mistaken for a bar girl this is often the case with ex bar girls, they think they are so much better now there ATM has given them a coffee shop.

    Noodles.

    My 500th Post

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Well i shall call you a Troll, the only reason i do this is the fact that you called me one on my first post.

    Noodles.

    PS. Enjoy your beer in Koh San Road as this seems to be the only place in Thailand that you mention in your posts.

    26 Hours

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

    Posted

    400THB fine as your scheduled flight departure puts you on a 2 day overstay.

    Pity it is not more severe as you are obviously deliberately overstaying.

    The overwhelming majority of those with visas respect the Thai immigration rules.

    Yes you are right, overstay penalties should be more severe. The only reason i may deliberately overstay is because it is only by 24 hours if i go before midnight.

    I know you think this is a very bad thing to do and that i should get the neadle, but realy why should i pay for an extension on my visa for the sake of 24 hours?

    on my current visa i have stayed here for over 5000 hours so lets not get anal about it.

    Also FYI if you read and understood my original post you would know that i asked for advise if i should get an extension on my visa or not.

    Thanks muenway2 for your constructive input, it was much appreciated.

    Noodles. :o

    Is Thailand Safe?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    I agree, if you keep away from Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani and exercise caution you should have no problems. Always be aware of what is going on around you and keep up to date with recent events.

    One thing that is worth realising, these people in the deep south do not have a beef with western people, there beef is with the govenment and people who work for the government i.e. police, army etc.

    having said that though they are bombing beer bars neer the border.

    Noodles.

    26 Hours

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

    Posted

    Here we go again, :D So now i have decided to fly to England to get my non imm B visa and do a few other things and return here 10 days later.

    My present visa (multi entry tourist 4 blocks of 59) expires on 15th Nov my flight is 2.30am 17th Nov.

    Should i get a 10 day extention on my visa? or just turn up to the airport with my out of date visa? will be 26hours out of date. :o

    Noodles.

    Chiangmai Guesthouse Murder Case--

    in Thailand News Headlines

    Posted

    Buying sperm from area taxi drivers? Presuming Thai police have reasons to consider this (is this a reasonable presumption?), it points towards aspects to this case which haven't been revealed in the media. Would an 'ordinary' murderer or rapist buy sperm from someone else beforehand?

    Stroll, the reason that the Thai police are throwing around this idea is because it is believed by the British police that in fact it was a Thai policeman who is guilty.

    The British police gave the evidence to the Thai police a few years ago and were confident it would point to a certain Thai policeman but these lines of enquiry were never followed up.

    If you read the artical i have printed below this helps explain it.

    KIRSTY JONES CASE: Police officer is suspect (The Nation)

    British detectives investigating the brutal rape and murder of Kirsty Jones have been given information that her killer was a Thai policeman.

    The detectives from DyfedPowys in Wales were last night considering evidence linking a group of Thai policemen to the Aree Guest House in Chiang Mai, where the 23yearold Welsh backpacker was found brutally strangled and raped on August 10, 2000.

    The information points to a Thai tourist policeman with fluent English who has a reputation for prowling local bars looking for foreign women and was seen outside the guest house on the night in question.

    The detectives have asked the Royal Thai Police in Bangkok to take over the enquiry. It is possible the Thai police may ask that a group of officers in Chiang Mai undergo DNA tests.

    If Jones’ killer turns out to be the police suspect, it may explain why police in Chiang Mai put a lid on the enquiry.

    Superintendent Steve Wilkins of DyfedPowys police and Detective Inspector Steve Hughson were due to return to London today after presenting what they described as “several lines of enquiry” to General Charnchit Phianlert, deputy commissioner of the Royal Thai Police in Bangkok.

    Also present at the meeting was Britain’s ambassador to Thailand, Barny Smith.

    Regional police from Chiang Mai were not at the meeting.

    To encourage the enquiry the British detectives also gave Thai police separate DNA evidence which they believe will convict a man who killed a Thai motorcycle policeman last year.

    Thai police have agreed to form a completely new unit to take the enquiry further. Welsh police have provided a complete DNA profile of Jones’ killer. They believe if Thai police now follow their guidelines they will find the murderer.

    DNA tests carried out at the Regional Crime Laboratory in Chepstow and the National Forensic Science Laboratory in London confirmed tests made in Chiang Mai by Dr Thanin Bhoopat, and show that within eight days of the murder the Thai police knew that the killer was not Asian. Nevertheless, they ignored the work done by the forensic scientists and charged the guest house owner, Andrew Gill, who The Welsh detectives may also wish to interview Gill, who is currently in Scotland.

    But they have completely denied reports emanating from Chiang Mai police that they believe Gill could have been the killer.It is believed that the “group of five” – one Thai army officer and four tourist policemen – were friends with both Gill and Surin Janpamet, the guesthouse manager. Surin is a former Buddhist monk who was forced to leave his temple after being accused of having sex with a foreign tourist on the temple grounds.

    The group trawled Chiang Mai’s Night Bazaar cadging drinks from foreign barowners and attempting to chat up local tourists. They also drank frequently from the fridge at the guest house, and “helped out” Gill whenever he got into trouble, usually after a drunken brawl.

    Two witnesses have identified one of the group of policemen wearing civilian clothes in the area of the guest house on the night Jones was murdered. One claimed to have seen him smoking a cigarette under a tree in the Aree courtyard as if he were waiting for someone.

    A second witness, a schoolteacher, claimed to have seen the same man coming out of the lobby, off which was Jones’ room. But the second witness then claimed to have seen Andy Gill go into the room and then heard the screams.

    The DNA evidence from the UK suggests that Gill was set up on the murder charge.

    The Chiang Mai police claimed that they had DNA evidence against Gill from a hair found in Jones’ room, and the superintendent in charge of the case, SutepSuthep?? Dechrugsa, explained away the sperm on the body by saying quite that Gill or his partner in crime had probably gone out on the streets of Chiang Mai and bought the sperm from a labourer or a prostitute, “who would be quite willing to sell it for money”.

    What has not been revealed before is that Jones went to the Bubbles discotheque in Chiang Mai on August 8, the night before her murder. With her was Nathan Foley, an Australian backpacker and the first suspect to be picked up, and two girls, Sai and Nang, from the Aree Guest House.

    It is in this area that the tourist police used to hang around and attempt to chat up lone girl tourists, witnesses say.

    A source close to the investigation said: “The general in charge of the investigation wants this matter closed. When he arrested Andrew Gill for the murder he thought he would be able to shut down the enquiry and give MajGeneral Aram Jampen [the former head of Region 5, which covers eight provinces in northern Thailand] a retirement present.

    “British Embassy officials have come to Chiang Mai several times to try to revive the investigation. Every time they come there is a lot of jumping around, and officers go off in all directions to make enquiries. As soon as the embassy officials go everything stops.

    “If the murderer is a policeman they would not want to make this public.

    “They refused to DNA the officers. They claimed they could not because they could not get permission from Tourist Police Headquarters in Bangkok.”

    There was also reluctance to help from Region 5 police. A senior Chiang Mai police general tried to block the DNA being sent to England, saying it had all been lost, and the British officers were reminded that they had no jurisdiction in Thailand. If they attempted to interview witnesses, they were told, they would be deported immediately.

    Welsh detectives have since been given details of the sexual attacks on four other women – two from London – in the Chiang Mai area.

    Had the British detectives been able to interview Dr Thanin they would have known immediately that the killer had Asian or Thai DNA and that the killer was also the rapist.

    At Chiang Mai’s Samitivej University, Dr Thanin said: “Yes, I knew from my experience of DNA testing that the rapist was Asian. I also knew that there was no DNA evidence to link Andrew Gill to the crime. I gave this information to police. I cannot, however, interfere with how they run their investigation. In the end the case was thrown out because of the lack of DNA evidence.”

    In fact the closest match to the DNA was a trekking guide from the Karen hill tribe called Narong Pojanathamrongpong, 36. The similarity was so close to the murderer that British police have also asked for testing of all his relatives.

    Narong, who claims to have been beaten by Thai police in an attempt to extract a confession, has three brothers – Luger, 42, Charlie, 28, and Ni Yom., 42.

    Luger is also a trekking guide, and the two younger brothers are farmers, but all are believed to have been over 150 kilometres away in the village of Pha Dtung when Jones was killed.

    Narong said: “I trust the British police. But I know it was not me and cannot believe it could be any of my brothers. I am willing to undergo DNA testing again, but I would prefer British police to be present.”

    Superintendent Wilkins said: “Despite the setbacks I want to make the point that there are some very good policeman in Thailand who want to pursue the case properly and seem very willing to do so. They have been given new lines of enquiry and we hope they pursue the case fully, whatever result they may get. The work carried out by the forensic scientist Dr Bhoopat was excellent.”

    Andrew Drummond

    The Nation, Chiang Mai

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