AntDee

She's not attractive at all. I'd say most of us encounter prettier at many random 7-Elevens or at our local somtam stalls. She's also far too old. 

That said, there is nothing wrong with making a living. I wish her well. 

On 6/29/2018 at 1:27 PM, Dick Crank said:

Does not say how they made it out. Trial and error? Always turning the same direction and marking chosen tunnel with a rock?

Dick Cramps has a point. Totally agree. 

Dick Cramp has a great point. Unless you have a compelling reason to buy, it's generally safer to rent. Buying condos here is a questionable investment decision. 

One thing nobody has mentioned is the crime. I've read the crime in these Bangkok suburbs (Nonthaburi, Pathumthani) can be worse than in Bangkok. 

Anyone have any info? 

7 hours ago, JAZZDOG said:

I live in Bahia and there are incredible malls there where the women rate right up there with NYC which many consider has the highest concentration of hot girls anywhere. Go to the beach where I live on a weekend and you will see more hotties in one afternoon than you will see in Pattaya in a year. So many girls prostitution does'nt work because of the over supply.

I guess it really depends on what we consider attractive. I don't really like the gargantuan butts and oversized thighs. I also don't like the hyper emotionality. I want a woman to be physically weaker than I am and calm. 

To me Thai girls are nice because they are so small. So even if they are indeed a bit ugly, because they are small, ugly features are easily overlooked. They are like prepubescent girls. When people are normal size, their flaws are easier to see. And Brazilians are massive jungle sized people. 

3 hours ago, Jip99 said:

 

 

 

Get a grip!

Well it's true isn't it? That's what most farangs really think. A mouth is a mouth is a mouth. Anyway the ladyboys often look better than the women anyway. Any farang who denies this is probably just not comfortable being honest 

9 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

 

Thank you. I think "Ladyboy lovers who think they're straight" would make for a good topic. 

 

There are not many farangs in Thailand who've been here longer than a few months who haven't enjoyed a ladyboy. Nothing about getting serviced by one makes a man not straight. The Romans and Greeks did it. 

4 hours ago, JAZZDOG said:

BRAZIL?

Brazilians are great if you get them between 17 and 23. After that, all that unwieldy meat begins to go bad . Not pleasant 

Well, we can anticipate that the only thing that may motivate them is if a story in a foreign news media reports on it and it affects the Thai export markets. 

Otherwise, we can consider the cancer and other risks as we are all eating the stuff... 

So funny. Just in time for the launch of the new International Little Monk show that the directors say has ambitions to export Thai Buddhism lessons to the world. As usual, how people see themselves and how others see them is comokely out of step. LLP

28 minutes ago, Expatthailover said:

Tragic event pounced on by the unhappy brigade.

Amazing how many on here are using every opportunity to either criticise the thai rescue efforts, thai politicians for being there and thai people for being..well thai. 

 

One wonders if the media backlash has anything to do with the farangs now watching and the recent uncovering of the electricity leaks. We know, the moat important thing here is protecting face. Just a thought. 

2 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Almost a week since the alert was sounded and I am still wondering who and which Organisation is in charge. It’s the governor or the Interior Minister Anupong. Who is coordinating all the foreign teams who seem to be doing their own thing. By far the military should be in charge as they are better trained and not the governor. I can imagine the chaos there with various uncoordinated teams and equipments and not forgetting the crowd, families and those there for the optic. Who is controlling the crowd? Why the government not stepping up and take control of the situation. Pray for the kids. 

I love this country. However, someone the other day on one of the far-too-many threads going on this story commented that he's always impressed that Thais always seem to band together to help each other. And, while that's true, emergencies like this also expose their predisposition to disorganization and chaos and poor coordination.

I can imagine that when a society is largely organized by and preoccupied with power hierarchy, it becomes difficult to discern, based on merit, who should be doing what in an emergency situation. 

Really hope they find these people! 

At least 4 were born as Somchai. Like the one on the left below. Too easy to spot. 

I am partial to actual women, not manufactured ones with fake noses, fake breasts, size 10 feet, elongated disproportionatte torsos with flat buttoks and deep voices. 

To each his own 

7 hours ago, KiwiKiwi said:

 

I have to agree that locals are image obsessed. And, I'm not sure how anyone could disagree. 

There are myriad examples of this. 

Skin whitening obsession. Makeup obsession. Giving and protecting FACE. Propensity for form over function. Among countries with highest number of duplicitous social media accounts. Lack of attention to detail in quality but overzealous use of bombastic design and language. Innumerable stories approximating "sorry for the damage to the image of tourism in Thailand". And, many, many others. 

There is a word in Thai สร้างภาพ (definition: http://www.thai-language.com/id/213691) that describes this foundational cultural principle of what can be described in English as "creating a picture or image". 

I would find it most unlikely that someone who has lived in Thailand for years has not noticed this. 

2 hours ago, timkeen08 said:

In my village many say either "rohn", "hohn", or "lohn".   Wherever I am in Thailand, I always respond with "crabp, rohn maak maak" like I was taught in Thai class at our Temple in Atlanta, a very strict teacher when it comes to pronunciation and tone.  It seems to always work well.  I usually get a thumbs up and a smile or "dee maak" regardless of which way they said it to me.  It makes no difference here.  They are just happy that I'm responding in their language.  Some do say to me "hot, wery wery hot".  I never correct them and they never ask.  I always respond to them back in Thai.  However, I have developed my own transliteration method that is simple and works well for me when trying to read, remember, or sound out Thai words.  It will make no sense to anyone else because they are stuck in one of the many transliteration methods already in use that seem inadequate to me.  I hope I will eventually read and speak Thai without the need of transliteration.  Most transliteration methods are phonetically insufficient and confusing since everyone uses a different one.  I just made my own and I don't have to remember it, no confusion.

Agree, and it's obvious you've studied thoroughly. 

Thai does need a functioning transliteration system. And then everyone needs to use it. At present, we get 3 or 4 English spellings for Thai words sometimes. 

Chidlom Chitlom 

Asok Asoke

Morchit Mochit 

Saladaeng Saladang

Somtum Somtom Somtam

It's not easy to be positive about these sorts of pronouncements. 

You have these old luddite dinosaurs prescribing long-term national policy. It's similar in many countries around the world, but, what makes it doubly bad here is that the there are strong indicators that the top tier of Thai society are generally not at all interested in growing the economic pie. They seem happy instead to focus on how to protect their relative wealth and power leaving the other 90+% to "appreciate what they have" which is nil. 

I wish the county luck. It would be a remarkable sight to see a Thailand educated, modern but with the best of its culture retained and a thriving middle income or upper middle income economy. 

12 hours ago, Eligius said:

And don't forget the golden rule: NEVER ask a Thai shop assistant for information about anything.  They know nothing about any of the goods they sell. They are worse than useless. They will blithely tell you that they do not have a particular product in stock ('mai mee') - when there is a whole stash of that product piled up to the ceiling, right behind them!

They also lurk around you while you attempt to shop. They have an impressive ability to always be in your way, announcing the most basic and obvious info each time you touch or look at something. 

"Microwave kha. Have red color na kha. Discount 30%"

Like, no sh|t, I can see all that information. I've found the best way to handle them is to bombard several of them with a question you know they can't answer. They'll then scuttle away so you can shop. 

1 hour ago, ross163103 said:

I've been here for around 25 years and have been in one fight with Thais a long time ago. It started out one on one but quickly evolved into multiple Thais against me. One Thai guy started it and I was trying to be reasonable but that went by the wayside when one of his friends hit me from behind and the rest of the pack joined in. I learned my lesson from that incident and haven't had an issue since. I avoid drunk Thai men whenever I can, it will just end up in some kind of competition, fight or both eventually.

Drunk men are bad almost everywhere in the world, but drunk men here are REALLY to be avoided. It takes but 5 minutes around them to realize their typically fragile egos and repressive social expression rules don't mix well with inhibition of alcohol. 

I would NEVER EVER in 100 years drink around them. Same with Central and most South Americans 

9 hours ago, Rarebear said:

Perhaps you should read how many different languages are spoken in Thailand and how many different cuisines and styles of architecture are considered native.  

Recent article for you. Enjoy. 

"Our state-constructed identity required one to speak Thai in public institutions, such as schools, municipalities, government offices, and so on. The idea is to reinforce “Thainess”, or “kwam pen Thai”. 

Let us admit that many of those who grow up in the central region, where standard Thai is spoken, are condescending towards fellow citizens who speak Lao, Khmer, Malay or one of the hilltribe languages. "

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/opinion/30339627 

4 hours ago, The manic said:

Rubbish. Spend a few months in Issan or the deep South...I''ll grant you it not western Marxist artificial diversity....it's genuine. Ask for living in a boring place...try the suburbs of Britain, the Australian out back, Midwest America,  the eastern provinces of Saudi, anywhere in Libya..Have you ever been anywhere? Pray do tell. And the big question: Have you ever been to Thailand...or Stockport or Wythenshaw?..So mich diversity people dont go out at night.

I encourage you to do some reading.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai fiction 

"Thaification, or "Thai-ization" is the process by which people of different cultural and ethnic origins living in Thailand become assimilated to the dominant culture of Thailand, that of central Thailand.

Thaification was a step in the creation in the 20th century of the Thai nation state in which Thai peopleoccupy a dominant position, as opposed to the historically multicultural kingdom of Siam. "

Ethnic Malays in the south forced to be Thai. Ethnic Lao in the northeast forced to be Thai. Ethnic Khmers on the east, same. Same for ethnic Burmese in the west. Ethnic Chinese, usually can't speak Chinese because of the forced assimilation policies and Cultural Mandates (read about it). 

This has also had an effect on architecture and food and language and music. 

Read more, please.