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When you buy, you owned that product. I would say that marriages are also rentals because you do not own the product but instead had a social contract with the other party. A divorce is a broken social contract .

Thais would treat it as karma. It is what it is.

Women are always looking for a better life to upgrade to ,be it by marriage or social arrangement. Having a legal marriage is just more ironclad . There are always a trade off of benefits both ways. To each their preferences so long as nobody is hurt in the relationship. Win win is the way to go.

My missus also lamented that when she drive an suv, drivers tend to give way for her but when driving a Honda city, she got bullied frequently even by taxi drivers. It is what it is in Thailand road culture. You just gotta go with the flow.

You are not mistaken in your observation. The unspoken truth in Thailand is that if you drive a luxury car be it a coupe, suv or sedan, traffic give way more often than not with the underlying belief that the driver is an influential person with powerful friends who may create problem for you if anything untoward were to happen. moreover the maximum insurance payout of only a million baht may be insufficient if the accident involved luxury vehicles.

If I am not misinformed, the sin sot is similar to the Chinese wedding whereby the dowry paid to the bride is firstly for the financial safety net if the girl should ever be left behind by the absconding husband , can go back to her parents. secondly, for the appreciation of the parents for bringing up the bride. Bride being a virgin is just a bonus. It just happened that more brides from yesteryears were virgins than nowadays.

His law abiding home country is even less tolerant of those who broke the law and dealt those law breakers with a heavy hand.

Not only belief in reincarnation but also all current actions are due to previous actions( karma) . A ‘what will be will be’ affirmation.

This is a good opportunity for Thai authority to set a precedent for blocking emergency services. Time drivers know the consequences of such actions.

Thailand do have an influence not for the better for those foreigners staying. It is a place whereby if your mental control is not strong enough ,you go down the tube. It is like a kid’s paradise where if you got the means, you can make your fantasy come true. Moreover, you can make all your problems go away with the right connections.

Another accident due to Thailand’s low balcony railing ? Malaysian balcony railing is higher than Thais as we build according to British standard .

Correct. These are shady fellows in shady business whose business contacts saw an opportunity to extort more money from them under the radar of the authorities. they just use the real police to make it ‘official’.

Driving at excessive speed is a killer in Thailand so I noticed . Drivers had no notion of road safety or self preservation as well as situational awareness. You read of accidents by pickup trucks on wet roads often and I don’t think their trucks are equipped with good brake system like Brembo brakes or ABS . I travelled quite a bit in vietnam and their road speed limit of 60 Kms is a life saver especially when you see vehicles comply with the law. Thailand ? It is like a wild Wild West of road traffic here. No change in driving habits today, and no change tomorrow too. There is no inclination of discipline here.

I travel a lot each month and my missus would lament that she misses my comfortable presence when I am not around her especially during bedtime. Why ? I enquire . You missed my snoring sound? No ,was her reply. I missed your farting sound indeed.

Drug dealing in asean to finance insurrections …see myanmar for example.

There are still living angels on earth …even in Thailand .

From 20 to 30 years old, there is a ten year gap for experience and lifestyle. I wonder what her mileage has been . Those jugs ain’t what they are by staying idle. Like a Thai lady once said, the worse sin in thailand is being poor.

Extra consists not only her own transport but also her time to travel there. You only pay for her actual massage time at your place. I have a regular masseuse that come to our house for a 6 hours massage ( 3 hrs for missus and I each) . Price is tb200 @ hour with a 100tb tip. She ride a motorbike as transport. Sometimes her work straddle the lunch or dinner hour so we also provide her with food. The maid cook a simple meal for her. So far this arrangement work for us for more than 10 years . We have had 4 persons during these times. Some left for overseas, some for other reason.

Thais treat safety belts like their health insurance. They reckon that when they use them, nothing happens and it is a waste of time and effort. And if accident happens, well, it is their karma. When it is time for you gotta to go, you got to go. missus also dislike wearing safety belt unless I was the driver because she said it deforms her jugs and make her felt uncomfortable. 🙄

When staying at hotels in Thailand, be mindful that the electrical power supply may not be ‘clean energy’ per se. I prefer to use the power from my powerbank so the power is isolated from the AC power supply and recharged the powerbank when asleep.

Brought missus recently to Singapore and visited a branded sunglasses store. Asked for the price and was told it was around US$ 400. I asked them if the plastic frames could deformed if left too long under the sun in the car. “Isn’t it made of plastic?” was the reply. I would have thought for the price it could be made from some engineered plastics that could withstand high temperature under the sun as car interior can go up to 70 degree Celsius . Finally missus got a couple of premium ‘branded ‘ sunglasses made in China when we visited Ho chi Minh , paid a tenth of the price and couldn’t felt better.

Maybe certain models only were made or value added in Thailand. Same as in other industries.

Laos immigration accept kips or US$ . Can’t see why Thailand cannot accept thai baht and US$.

Get a couple of bank staff to oversee the payment . I believe no bank is unwilling to putout for such a huge customer .

A simple procedure to collect the tb300 is to just install a large collection box at the end of the queue that every visitors need to pass thru .they already had those personnel assistance standing to guide the queue so just an additional step for them. US$10 or tb300.