Nautilus05

I don't buy the BS climate thing, Canadians thrive on the cold, they deal with it from a young age. Heck they are ice skating as soon as they can stand.

No-one move here because of politics.

Go poll a bunch of Canadians on Facebook or somewhere. Ask them, "If you could be relocated to Thailand, and still earn the same monthly wage you do now, would you go?". I bet at least 60%+ would ask you when does their flight leave.

If you do not feel like schlepping to Singapore, or shipping liquid from there to here, try the powdered 'Caesar Pleaser' pouches from www.canadianfavourites.com. Mix with Malee tomato juice rather than the recommended water, add worstershire, tobasco, horseradish and celery and you have a rockin' Caesar in Thailand!

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OMG, I never knew about that website before. Thank you! That's definitely going to come in handy.

Look at all those goodies I completely forgot about. Can get me some Caesar Pleasers, Hawkins Cheesies, Canadian Salmon, and more.

I got charged 30 baht when my dog killed an old ladies chicken once. I was a nice guy, and gave her 100 baht to help say sorry about my dog.

Having worked in Canada for 7 years, I have absolutely no idea why on earth a Canadian would choose to live in Thailand.

I can only speak for myself, but the only places worth living in Canada are way out of my price range. If I moved back, it would be Vancouver or Toronto, or somewhere like Canmore in the Rockies, maybe somewhere up by the Shushwap Lake, etc. However, I just don't have like $4 million to drop on getting myself a house and setup. For example:

Or just go through this site to see how absurd some of the prices are: http://thethirtiesgrind.com/category/are-you-fing-kidding-me/vancouver-real-estate-are-you-fing-kidding-me/

Sure, I could go buy a $250k 1bdrm condo in say Calgary or Edmonton, and go through 8 months a year of winter, and spend $5000/month for a mediocre life, but why would I do that? Here, I have gorgeous weather all year round, I feel far safer walking the streets than in Canada, the people are more friendly (on the outside), I'm not surrounded by a bunch of people stuck in the rat race and stressed out / worried because they overstretched their budget, plus for like $1500/month I can have a huge 4 bdrm house with a large yard and my own swimming pool. In Vancouver, $1500/month will get me a tiny studio apartment.

It just doesn't make sense to move back to Canada until if / when I'm a millionaire. Why pay three times as much for a quarter of the standard of living? Plus have to endure the winters, etc.

One of the things I've learned about living here is you end up making your own stuff from scratch quite often -- pita bread, buns, various spices / sauces, etc. Lots of things simply aren't available.

Do a Google for "how to make tonic water", and a bunch of recipes pop up. Maybe give one of those a try?

If you've ever been to George Street in St. John's we'll tell you we don't have cod anymore - be prepared it's a very long story so we've adjusted and use lobster often, hell after a bottle of screech we may even make you kiss the back end of a dog.

Loved St George Street. Gotta admit though, liked Corner Brook even better. Beautiful city. The Holiday Inn there was like our salvation for a while. We went on a motorbike trip through the rock for a few weeks, started SW corner, went up to NW corner, then over to St. Johns. While going up and down the western shore, and realizing it's basically just one huge fishing village, Corner Brook became our salvation -- would stop in for a couple nights at a time.

Nicest B&B I've ever stayed at was in St. Johns though. Pulled in, tired, cold, wet, wearing these cheap dorky rain suits that got ripped to hell in the wind, and seen this small B&B that looked like a bit of a dump from the front. On the ocean though, and 5 min walk to St George Street. Lady tells us $99/night, and we kind of sigh at that, thinking it's just going to be crappy little cramped room, but we take it for a couple days.

She tells us to follow her around back with the bike, and shows us to the room. We find ourselves in this huge two storey place, with a separate bedroom, living room, kitchen, washer & dryer, balcony, the whole nine yards. It was gorgeous! Couple hours later we cancelled our ferry ticket, and stayed two weeks. The place was way too nice to only stay a couple days.

Canadian here. Raised out west, but lived everywhere coast to coast.

Miss me some Rocky Mountains, gorgeous shoreline, a double-double in the morning, Sleeman's in the evening, skiing twice a week, camping, my poutine, and people who swear like donkeys!

Yes folks, us Canadians swear like donkeys. Just listen to us... "fuuuuooook oooffff".... "bullllllsheeeet".

Oh, I was kinda screeched in once. Except they didn't have any fresh cod, so we ended up with a frozen cod fillet.

I would say....

... it sounds as though you've already made up your mind, and whatever we say isn't going to make a lick of difference.

Just get your bank to raise your daily / weekly ATM limit, and withdraw 30,000 at a time from the ATMs. The 180 baht fee doesn't seem too large then. The yellow Bangkok Bank ATMs allow you to withdraw 30k a time.

Geez, who pooped in your corn flakes today?

Oh right, the guys who had the audacity to take lunch during their work day...

"When it comes to various practices ... things that maybe are not normally associated with the Thai Culture"

Getting a shave with a haircut is very common in Thailand. Walk past any barber shop to see.

I've never had one, because, well... I'm in my early 30s and still don't really have any facial hair. Only have to quickly shave my moustache area about once a week. Not my fault, but I'm not complaining.

Local police station I imagine would be a good start.

Would be interested to know what the OP considers (in his own words) to be "genuine gripes " ?

For example, if a Thai and farang end up in a car accident, there's a good chance the farang is going to end up paying, regardless of who's at fault. For another example, say someone steals your car, and the police are unwilling to assist because they know the mafia took it, and are going to be getting a cut of the action once it's sold.

Things that like that are legitimate gripes, because they shouldn't happen, plus they don't happen in our home countries. I just meant when people are being hypocritical -- when they complain about issues that are just as bad if not worse in their home country. When foreigners do that, they're also somewhat implying their home country handles that issue better, when many times it's just not true. All it does is make the foreigner look like a smug a*hole and hypocrite.

For example, you even have one guy in another thread here blaming Thailand for him getting fat.

Including the absolute idiot, "Nautilus05" - who tries to name themselves after exercise equipment & while jerking off to thyself in the mirror, still fantasying about "nothing wrong with it", "but wrong forum" muscles.

Ohhh, "Nautilus" is an exercise equipment? I didn't even know that. Seen the name somewhere else, and thought it sounded good.

Anyway, if anything, I would say it's more difficult to get fat in Thailand versus the West. This isn't exactly a climate where you want to eat steak & potatoes every night -- many times just a salad and some fruit will do. Otherwise, your colon and arteries will get all clogged up, and you'll sweat like crazy.

Not to mention, restaurants serve normal sized portions here, and don't super-size everything. Plus I guess depending on where you live, there isn't a McDonalds and Burger King every block -- you actually have to go out of your way to find them in most areas of Thailand.

PS: I spent two months in LA about 10 years ago, and the pollution was NOTHING like Bangkok. lived in London and New York for many years, and again nothing like Bangkok. Of course there's occasional peaks, but they're very little to the constant pollution here. Comparing measles to the plague.

CM smog. Nothing like it in the UK.

What? Go live up around the Teeside area. There's literally ash falling onto your windshield while you're driving, to the point you need to turn the wiper blades on.

Quit visiting cancer sites? Go spend some time at ThaiLoveLinks, and the ads will change to gorgeous Thai women for you.

Decent chance not Photoshopped, and just an honest mistake. R and L are somewhat interchangeable in Thai language.

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Really? Did not get the sarcasm. >>> Well aware of fashion industry *sickness*, Western-style. But a far cry from essentially telling small-town Thai kids they are inferior due to darker skin and broad facial features. A form of self-hate. >>> Let's agree to disagree. This string, gonna bail.

Really? How so, exactly? How is that any different than what some girl growing up in a small town in Tennessee feels, while she watches all the media and magazines coming out of LA and New York?

Essentially, the media is projecting: *If you have dark skin and broad facial features, you are of a lesser class and unattractive*.

Empathy is not exactly big, round these parts.

Yes, because out West in our home countries, mediocre looking woman with stretch marks from pregnancy and bags under their eyes are featured in the fashion makings.

You know, because we're so empathetic unlike SE Asia.

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Uhhh, yeah, man. The Thai media shaming and invalidating young Thai girls because they have darker skin and broader facial features is just like (wait for it) you said: "stretch marks from pregnancy and bags under their eyes are featured in the fashion makings" (sic). How's that booze thing working out for you?

Ummm, I was being sarcastic.

Go watch some TV, and look at some fashion magazines in the West. Glamorizing gorgeous models, while patronizing those unlike them is hardly a Thailand problem.