Sharp

Christ 20 seems a bit young to be a retired bar girl.

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Flmaoooooooo

ahhh who cares?

it doesn't matter to people on here what golden boy abhisit has ever done.

it makes no difference, he's still the shining example of honesty and integrity and all that's right with thai politics... amirite guys, who's with me?

high five.

Spot on

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Here's a better idea... why not boot out all foreigners from Thailand entirely. Let's be rid of them for good!! Come on, who's with me? Let them take their 100's of billions of baht out our economy, let them close all their farrang stores and shops (KFC, Tesco-Lotus, 7-11, RedBull (oh wait, that's a Thai guy), which none of us ever use because we all go to the "thai"

markets anyway) whose needs all that tax revenue anyway? Let those farrang sell all their assets such that the glut of supply dramatically lowers the value of all our assets, we don't care if our assets fall 20% to 30% in value. Let them take their billions of baht more of spending out of our shops, restaurants, bars, and hotels because Thailand does need their money! Let them leave us all alone as were were 600 years ago. We were much better off living in the dirt and the jungle. Long live King Naresuan!!

Spot on

One of the boys in brown pulls me over, at the police box just before the southern Beach Road ends, in front of the Sigma Hotel.

Not my bike, it was rented, but I had the paperwork and also had a helmet on; when he asked for my license I handed him my New York one as I don't have an international drivers license. I live on Phangan and they never ask for that, they rarely even stop people for helmet violations, so I have never gotten one.

The guy starts telling me 500 baht for not having a license. I tell him "song loi" to make him go away but he says no and shows me some half-ass list in his small police box office which has the rates for various offenses. OK, it does say 500, so I hand him the 500B; which he promptly stuffs in his pocket and hands me my license back.

Now I say "receipt?" and he looks all flustered and points to my license and waves his hand - as if, you've gotten that back, now go - and I say again; "receipt"? Once again - "receipt", now making the sign of a pen across paper. Nope, he can't produce one.

Now he's pissed off.....and his equally-shady partner, who has pulled over another falang and is worried they might lose another bribe with me bitching and moaning about receipts, wants me out of there asap; he has stopped talking to his pullover by now and both of them are motioning for me to get lost, but I'm going nowhere without my receipt.

Now he takes out a ticket book, fills it out and essentially throws it at me, grabs back my license and gives me my 500 baht back. Now his english, which was a total of NONE before that, suddenly gets a little better; "You go police station, pay fine, come back you get this back" and he gives me some convoluted half-ass directions to the station. Figuring I would now just surely pay the 500 and let it all drop, he figured wrong; I went to the police station, which was not easy to find and took me about 20 minutes.

Nice people there, and they have a sign right out front which says "We take complaints 24 hours a day". Cool. So I get my ticket processed and pay the 300, not 500, baht fine, and I get what I wanted in the first place; a signed RECEIPT. And, at least some minor satisfaction knowing the money is now going to the town of Jomtien and not to some little creep robbing people on Beach road.

I ask for their Boss, telling them I have a complaint. Some detective-looking guy now comes around, and 2 other cops, all of whom speak decent English. I describe exactly what happened, motioning again and again that the corrupt little nobody on beach road took my 500B and put in in his pocket and I got no receipt for it - that, basically, he was robbing tourists on Beach road and the money was going to him and not to the town. The detective guy and his 2 buddies seemed to take me at least a little bit seriously and he took out his phone and made a couple calls, and I thanked them all and left. Went back to the police box, retrieved my license, and showed that guy the receipt; I pointed right at the 300, said "Sam loi" and drove off. Man, was he ever agitated. Good.

Now, I figure 3 possible outcomes can come from this waste of 30 minutes of my life;

1} Nothing. But at the very least that little man lost some massive face to me, and we all know how important that is to Thai people.

2} The 3 coppers all chatting about my complaint; at least one told the corrupt midget, maybe even all 3, and he has now lost face with them as well, and maybe word even got around the station and some people had a laugh at his expense. Awesome!

3} Most unlikely, of course, since surely someone up the line is getting part of these thefts from the beach road police box; his superiors let him know someone complained, and that he had better watch his arse in the future when stealing from tourists because some may complain. And he then lost face with someone up the food chain; which would make the 10 dollar/30 minute loss totally worth it.

Just another day in the Kingdom!

Well done man I've done this before although it took more than and hour but I went away with a smile so for me it was all worth it ..

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I am looking for a mobile provider in Thailand, considering TrueMove but have been googling them and seems many people not happy.

I've found Neg TM posts 3 and 4 years old all saying the same things, I am amazed that after all this time TM has not improved, seems everyone mainly complains about poor customer service and administration.

Does anyone know any foreigners working for TrueMove, whats going on down there? Seems its being run by Morons,

Can anyone stick up for them?

PS: Ive found some Negs on Dtac & Hutch as well but about services not CustomerService, I guess we should just say tit or may pen rye? or who gives a sh_t lol

Cancelled my true service the worst I have ever experienced ,,,,

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Well, I will get straight to it. I will be discreet to avoid breaking any house rule's - which I understand should be in place.

I am not a young man who goes out to all those bar's and club's but i am having quite an episode right now that is straight out of one of those cheap Bangkok tales book's one see's at the local bookstore's

My story concern's a local.

A,quite well to do lady of Chinese descent who I met through friend's.

She and I got on quite well and we shared many common interest's.

We were friend's for nearly a year before our relationship stepped up and we went on holiday together- this turned out to be one of the biggest mistake of my life.

Instantly she changed into what I can only describe as a real bitch.

She became unbearable to be around because she made no sense at all and was very rude to staff for no good reason.

The very first thing she said to after our first night was " now we have slept together, my family are powerful ( I would be told that every day) they will want us to get married and not be happy if you do not ask me quickly"

Soon afterwards I was told that I would not be safe if I did not do " the right thing".

When we arrived back to town she had arranged a sort of low key party with her family in which she said to everyone,although she was very drunk that we had been talking about getting married!

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I played along for a short time until I put my foot down and tried to make a joke of it.

Suggesting she had drank too much and I was far too much of a old man to be doing that at my age.

It ended so badly with her screaming at me and saying she would accuse me of sexual misconduct unless I quickly did the "right thing"

I went home and cut off all contact with her. To cut a long story short I changed everything to get away from her constant attempt's to contact me.

Thank fully I also had to leave Thailand due to other commitment's .

Now,, she has once again managed to find a way to contact me by way of a social network.

I have been informed that I face arrest and possibly the death sentence for being part of an international drug gang! Utter crap!

She sent me this from her normal email account in her real name that am keeping for evidence

My question is this- this accusation is quite absurd I have nothing remotely connected to any of this and hope it is all hot air.

But one thing that does bug me is that the security staff at my old place said "bad looking men" had been in asking after me.

One of these men became quite friendly to me because I assisted one of his children in their educational need's.

He sent a message to me via a friend that he had been offered a "large sum of money" ( which only turned out to be 20'000 baht) to call one of these men when I return ( he left a phone number on a card which now have-surely more evidence)

However it is at this point I really ask if I am not just over-reacting-am I? Please tell me straight.

I have now kept nearly all of her most nasty email's and sms.

All these can be traced back to her.

And I have the name card of that man and his handwriting, although the man who gave said he could not make a statement attesting to this and now always asks me to destroy the card.

Should I forget it and just carry on? What on earth would she stand to really gain?

Some have suggested I contact a lawyer to contact her to warn her of possible police action This I am told can actually be very helpful although others say this would only make matters worse.

advice please

Well she surely is a crazy bitch ,I have the contact details of a Lawyer he is based in Phuket but I am sure he will draft something for you and help with the reports to police so as to keep it all up front and above bored ,please take this seriously as they can cause you major problems if you let it fester .

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Just thought will make a small thread and give people some advice on how to deal with those loud street parties where no one seems to care about people living near by

There has been a few threads asking for advice, but no one could really come up with a sure proof answer.

I have now been a victim of such and found a solution which worked very well, so here it is

Little background

I live in a small soi, village alike with about 15 houses. Everyone is friendly and knows each other well.

Few months ago we had farm fresh Isaan family rent one house. Mother and father do absolutely nothng but lie around the house while the sexy daughter is a bar girl

Anyhow, i noticed there was alot of movement in their house and appeared as more Isaan was moving into the same house, though all looked busy with something.

The other day, one of them approached me and asked if i could move my car away from MY driveway, as they wanted to put something there for 3 days.

Note, they did not ask if they could put something there, they asked for me to move the car.

Naturally i refused.

The next day more movement all around and from what i gathered, either the mother or the father or the bar girl daughter was going to be a monk so the preparation for the ceremony began

Cut the story short, in the morning at 6am i was woken up by MASSIVE speakers right outside my house, when i looked out, they had blocked the entire street, put up the tents and so on

Basically no one could drive in or out, no one could even get to or from their house, including myself.

I work 7 days, so my home and sleep is my sanctuary and by now i had enough. It took me 15 mins to try to get out of MY house on the bike to get to work. already with a massive headache from the sound system

I was not going to be living this for 3 days.

The action

I contacted city hall but not to lodge a complaint but to ask what was legal and what was illegal, This is what i was told

1. It is illegal to block the entire street, unless have permission from Police or City Hall and it does cost

2. It is illegal to block people from accessing their homes, even if have permit as per point 1

3,It is illegal to play loud music before 8am and after 22pm

The result

The nice lady on the phone, asked for my address, after asking a few questions as i explained earlier and said she would send someone over to check it out.

I made the call at 14.30pm

I returned home from work at 17:00pm, to find not only the whole thing is gone, but there is not even an evidence of anything being there.

I mean they spent all night making the tents and everything else, and all was gone in less than 3 hours.

From what i over heard from relieved neighbors, city hall official arrived and asked for the permit, which naturally they did not have. He offered them to either pay t a huge fin(50 000 baht) or clear out the street.

From what i know, when locals want to make such a party, the tradition is to visit every neighbor in advance to ask for permission and also offer a gift for inconvenience.

Anyhow, hope it helps, though i doubt it will work somewhere in Isaan village, but sure worked in the city

Well done pal all this watch ya back ,be careful ,loss of face sorry f...kum if they don't respect u don't respect them when r expats gonna grow balls and say enough and yes I have done it and had problems and would do it again...

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After living in Thailand for more than 5 years, it is now time for me to go back home and rebuilding my life.

If anyone have a dream about moving to Thailand at a young age, i will now share my experiences, hoping that others can avoid doing my mistakes.

I came to Thailand, haven't even passed 25 years of age, following a dream of a better life. After i had lost more or less all my family back home i went to see the only family i had left, my father who had been living in Thailand for several years at the time.

Stupid as i was, i started up a bar, hoping it would provide some income for me to stay here.

Had countless fo people told me this was a stupid thing, and that i wouldn't even last 6 months here in Thailand. Stubborn as i always had been, i though i had to make my own experience about this. True as said, the bar didn't last a full year, and i had to find some other way of income, and at that time i did manage to do so.

Never been very demanding about having a rich life, and i'm happy living a simple life "as the locals"

Allthough i have made it for 5 years here now, with various internet-jobs, i now have to give up and pack my bag. It have had it's ups and downs, but i do have to say, in the end, i do not regret coming here. I have learned a lot about a beautiful country with a lot of amazing people, but most importantly i have learned a lot about myself.

Always tried to take care of myself, but i always hoped to have some failsafe-security about my father living here. But as he had a tough time with the bottle, he ran off to Cambodia a year ago, and now im left alone here. My job is more or less stranded now in the summer-holidays, but i scraped up enough for a ticket back home, departure in a few months time. The best i could do.

So for anyone want to seek out the good life in Thailand without any pension or anything, i would say go for it, but DO have a backup-plan, lot of (can never be enough) backup money and not just hope for the best as i did.

My dream is of course be to come back one day, but better prepared, and this time i would know what i'm getting in to. I will not come back until all this is taken care of, so it might be a long time... But my dream will keep me going... and the hope that i can take care of my son that i had here in Thailand. As of now, i can not, and that is probably my biggest regret.

So all in all, Thailand is a amazing place to stay, but watch your step. There are all kinds of trouple waiting out there, which could be more costly than you would like. Take advice from more experienced people, but don't listen to everything, as there are many "experts" who think they know more than they actually do.

If all you have to say is "i told you so", or "my own fault" or stuff like that, i already know, so please keep it for your self. I know i took a big and stupid risk,

it made me happy for a long time, but the adventure is now ending. If i had a chance to go back and choose again, i would make more or less the same choice.

I'll be back!

Well I admire your honesty ..... Good luck to you and if you come back please post ....

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Its ok here welcome

40 baht

You would be lucky. My guests tell me it's more like 60 baht. the days of 40 baht are long gone for Farangs.

Oh maybe i was dreaming yesterday and the day before and the week before

40 baht

She is totally mad !!!!

How does the limited Thai language skills of Farangs in Thailand cause floods, unbearable heat, traffic jams in Bangkok, institutional corruption, regular political crises, low health & safety standards and a sub-standard education system?

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Pretty much my thoughts ...

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I'd choose Krabi Town....but not sure about language schools or Teaching there. Cheap and much easier to pick up the language in a mostly Thai environment whilst being close to the beaches etc....

+1

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bang um both....

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Really i worked in Sing for 10 yrs never experienced this.

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I'll try to be very specific to avoid a repeat of the endless discussion in other threads.

I agree that 200K+ a month is a minimum if you are an international executive living and working in Bangkok. And if you have kids negotiate that their education is taken care of by your company. But here we are talking about retirement in Isan.

Our houses, both in Isan and Bangkok are fully paid. We plan to live in Isan but expect to spend every other week end in Bangkok for a bit of shopping and a good meal. And make an oversea trip at least one or two time a year. Based on that, we estimate that 60K per month is reasonable for a couple.

We will have no pension, just a lump sum to retire. We expect to live 40 years after retirement but plan for 10 extra years. Based on our estimation we should retire with around 50M Bahts (excluding the houses). What do you guys think ? Is it too little or too much ? And how to invest this sum to maximize the return with very little tolerance for risk ?

Additional question : what kind of insurance you will recommend ?

Happy days ,,,,,enjoy ,,,,,,

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No no u mean you want to protest against Democracy don't u...

Hello Friends,

I'm from Mumbai, India.I'm at a huge loss.

Please listen to my problem, from 23rd June-30th June(till morning), I was in Thailand.

On 29th June i was in Bangkok, and between 3:20-3:25pm my SAMSUNG GALAXY S III was robbed ((.. I think it was robbed in or around the outside area of GEMS gallery near MBK Centre Bangkok.We requested the Gems Gallery authorities to view the CCTV but they were not willing.They were denying and then we lodged Police Complaint in bangkok but of no use.The 2 police came with us and they spoke with the gems gallery authorities in thai and then they went in 5mins without even telling.Very disappointed with this behaviour of the Police ( the lady Police said that Samsung Thailand can trace it.We even called Samsung Mobile Thailand.But they were not understanding english so no use. And yes I had bought this Galaxy S III from Mumbai,India and It had indian aircel network microsim in it not any thai sim.I''ve the IMEI no. and original BILL too. Please tell me what i will have to do.And please can you guys try if Samsung Mobile thai can do anything to Trace it back.It was hardly 2 weeks old. Please see that you can do to trace it back!!!can you guys speak with Samsung Thailand please I need the Galaxy S III Guys need your help.This is the biggest Thai forum.Hope you guys help me.!!!

Sorry my friend not a hope in hell of ever seeing it again ......

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Odd's on the rich kids being exempt?

My thoughts exactly ......

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The next day

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