BradinAsia

Got super drunk before christmas and bought ex falang gf bussiness class to come see me here in thai Obv massive regret next day when i woke up.

Had the best holidays ever with her and thai gf sleeping same bed.

So stop beeing a cheap <deleted> and buy your gf a plane ticket. Can prob find offers for like 500€ or so 2 way if you know where to look.

Oh and stop listening to old rusty expats on tv lol. YOLO bro.

My suggestion to the OP, don't listen to anyone who advises throwing money at women.

In Japan, they have a term of derision for such guys -- it roughly translates as "The space under their nose

is too long." Such blokes are seen as naive and gullible and they attract all the wrong kind of ladies.

Sensible guys take a more calm and conservative approach and in the long run the best type of ladies will

appreciate their good sense and practical judgment. Of course, if you have money to burn and just need a

bed warmer for the night, that's an option too, but don't ever look at such a lady as a "keeper."

I guess it all depends on how serious you are with the girl.

**********************

I think this way ...she is not serious about you but you are probably yes.

To be honest I already tasted similar scenarios by myself in past.

100% same like yours scenario mate until I did found one who actually is not willing to come to Aus at all.......

1.She said she can not afford it even if I pay half....

2.She said that she is affraid of being in different culture even on vacation because that much she knows from media and how farangs are behaving in Thailand

she must know me better.

Now when she finaly know me better and madly in love with me ...she would like to save some money for herself to feel independent on trip like that but she still say "I am not ready"

As you see there is a lot of different ladies in los.

You are still young and have huge potential in your life.

Don't waste you feelings on such ladies who don't have decency to understand others.

They are purely after easy life .

Beside...woman wants to be on same level as a man hence ok treat it 50/50

If not then look fir another one

There is tons of it.

+1

Oh come on guys, who pays is realistically going to be what kind of a budget someone is on. Everybody here isn't a old codger living with a guaranteed pension every month, a student living on a loan isn't going to be able to pay for everything. The girl has a job, so she can pay also. Who said the trip was for him, are you really going to imply that she wouldn't enjoy a trip to Europe? You gotta be kidding me. My vote says she pays her own way in this situation .

I wouldnt pay hard earned money to visit europe, especially if I was making a thai wage.

I agree. What is there worth seeing in Europe if you've already seen it once?

Why not invite your family and european friends to visit you in Thailand --

for them a lower cost than traveling in Europe and more fun here.

Failure? I didn't "fail" as an expat in Thailand. I just decided after a 1 year's retirement extension that I preferred the first world amenities in the US. I don't care for bars, bar girls, or an excess of alcohol and Thailand is a craphole compared to "most parts" of the US.

Thailand turned into a nice place to visit about once a year for a max of 180 days but usually more like 90. Then I get on a plane and return to everything that makes a first world country comfortable, and to weather that doesn't melt me with heat and humidity.

I'm not skint. I can do what I want to do so "cost of living" isn't an issue even though living well in Thailand doesn't seem that cheap to me.

"...Thailand is a craphole compared to "most parts" of the U.S."

If that's your opinion you're welcome to it, but I find it very odd that you have been able to find only "craphole"

areas in Thailand. The area where I live is so much nicer than anywhere I ever lived in the U.S. -- I could write

a book about how much better life is here.

A very recent example -- my wife just gave birth to our baby here on 30 Dec. We were 3 days in the hospital

and back home today. In my whole life, I have never experienced a more genuinely friendly, caring and totally

professional medical staff anywhere. Not in Japan (16 yrs), not in the U.S. (30 yrs) nor anywhere else.

Not only was the medical care much better, but the cost was about 90% less than in the U.S. According to

WebMd.com, "The charge for an uncomplicated cesarean section was about $15,800 in 2008." Our total cost here

​was less than $1,500 including the c/section surgery and all the hospital costs including 3-day stay.

Yet you say Thailand doesn't seem that cheap to you...

Good luck to you. I sincerely hope you enjoy your life in the U.S. As for me, I escaped from there over 20 yrs

ago and I never plan to go back to that police state craphole that you call "first-world"...

Dept is not an abbreviation for Deputy, but for Department. Who writes this stuff?

You give them gold or money.

They give you nothing.

But, we need to ask ourselves -- Who is the dummy in this equation?

Nobody puts a gun to our head and says we must get into a relationship.

Can we have sympathy for dumb-axx blokes who whine endlessly about

their own bad choices in life.

By being untrained, stupid, and lacking in a single iota of common sense.

OH! and Thai...

You left out "being human."

I can assure you that accidents like this happen all too often in your home country and mine.

Every time a Thai does something wrong -- Wham! All the Thaivisa hyper-judgmental freaks

start coming out of the woodwork.

Ok "the professional driver" reluctantly slowed, eventually stopped at a great distance and casually walked back to the toddler while one of his young passenger children jumped out of the vehicle and ran to assist the very young toddler which the professional driver just ran over with his van. This all happens in Thailand by a local professional d.u.m.b.ass.. Hows that?

Maybe you should get back on your meds...

Good god, what a monkey! How the fark do you hit a child that you have just dropped off???

By being untrained, stupid, and lacking in a single iota of common sense.

OH! and Thai...

You left out "being human."

I can assure you that accidents like this happen all too often in your home country and mine.

Every time a Thai does something wrong -- Wham! All the Thaivisa hyper-judgmental freaks

start coming out of the woodwork.

Not really a problem. I'm not an American. I'm from Texas.

How sad...I'm an American - from America (USA)

Such an admission could be damaging to your health and welfare, not to mention your reputation by implication...

The NewYork times has an interesting article on this topic

"White House and Republicans Clash Over C.I.A. Torture Report

By MARK LANDLER and PETER BAKER

DEC. 8, 2014

WASHINGTON — With the long-awaited Senate report on the use of torture by the United States government — a detailed account that will shed an unsparing light on the Central Intelligence Agency’s darkest practices after the September 2001 terrorist attacks — set to be released Tuesday, the Obama administration and its Republican critics clashed over the wisdom of making it public, and the risk that it will set off a backlash overseas."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/09/us/politics/white-house-and-gop-clash-over-torture-report.html

Yes, leave it to our wonderful liberal Democrats to scatter information that should be in-house (even if true) all over the world and put Americans in danger.

Those cobras would kill their own mothers to score a political point.

Based on my observations of the Dems and the Reps since 1952, whatever the Dems do

(or are even alleged to have done) the Reps will put a negative spin on it.

Such monotonous and boring behavior, just watching it could turn you to a pillar of salt.

Call Wichananart

Shop 053 271533

Mobile 0816656994

The shop in at the end of the road the Global is on, you turn left t at the end, and its 100mtrs on the LHS

My Thai next door neighbor used this goy, and I took my father in law, I was very impressed

The guy speaks excellent English, he would and liked in the USA for a few years

I'd like to resurrect this thread to ask a question.

HullyGully, you say the shop is on the road that Global is on. I'm very confused by that.

Global House is on Rt 3029 which is the second ring road, a loop around the city.

Exact where do you turn left at the end? On Hang Dong Road? On Rt 1317 at Promenada?

Please clarify. Thanks in advance.

You are obviously one of those folks who are disgruntled bcoz Thais don't think and act like folks in your home country.

Think about this big major issue of "running red lights." In my country and probably in yours, folks often squeak through

the light on yellow, and sometimes (God forbid) even stretch that just a bit into the red. In Thailand they simply stretch that

just a bit further -- and often 6 or 8 vehicles squeak thru even after the light has turned red.

Everybody but you and a few stiff-necked grouches understands this and accepts it as a very simple and practical way of

expediting traffic flow. Since everyone is accustomed to this and accepts it, it creates very little risk. The opposing traffic

simply waits a bit. Everybody is cool and there's no damage done to anyone.

It is merely the difference in mindset.

Obviously, you (and some other TVers) see traffic laws as something etched in stone -- if you violate these sacred decrees

you deserve to be arrested and hauled off to jail. "How can any society survive if they don't strictly enforce their traffic laws?"

Where in blue blazes did that idea come from anyway?

In the U.S., traffic enforcement involves just such a hard-line approach and the highway patrol in 50 states issues thousands

and thousand of speeding tickets every day.

Question 1: Is this actually intended to make roads safer? The answer: Absolutely not, it is intended as a cash cow to help the

local governments balance their (often bloated) budgets.

Question 2: Does this strict enforcement in fact make roads safer? Answer: No, U.S. traffic death rates are more than twice as

high as those of Germany and Japan where they do not resort to such draconian methods of traffic law enforcement.

During my 16 years living, working and driving in Japan I got 2 speeding tickets and 2 parking tickets. That's about my average

for one month driving in the U.S. In Japan, the police very seldom give speeding tickets except in specific areas which have had

a spate of accidents due to speeding -- a reasonable, practical and more effective approach to traffic safety.

In Thailand, a traffic light is sometimes placed at pedestrian crosswalks where there is no intersection. Chiang Mai has several

of these. I find it quite interesting that Thais take a very practical approach to these traffic lights. Invariably, a pedestrian pushes

the button, traffic stops, the pedestrian crosses and the vehicles promptly continue on their way not waiting for the green light.

If this were the U.S. the cops would have a hay day -- "You're breaking the law!" -- and they'd be making a ton of money for the

local governments. The Thai approach is much more reasonable and practical. I just imagine that the average intelligent Thai sees

traffic laws not actually as laws, but as a basic set of rules that need to be applied with common sense.

To many westerners, common sense has no place in law. If you violate the law for whatever reason and in whatever situation,

you are a law-breaker and deserve no mercy.

CMFarang, you say, "There is no way that you could live in Thailand and say these things."

A total of 29 years driving in the U.S. and 28 years in Asia. During 6 years in the Philippines I encountered a lot of wild drivers

and some discourteous ones. During 16 years in Japan I encountered very few wild and discourteous drivers other than a few

motorcyclists.

I don't know where you live, but I drive 1,200-1,500 km per month in and around Chiang Mai. The number of wild or discourteous

drivers I have encountered here is very similar to that of driving in Japan. Also, I see few ​traffic accidents in Chiang Mai -- maybe

on average no more than one per week.

All I can say is -- you see things very differently -- maybe it's your outlook...

For every ticket I issued, I gave three or four warnings on average. Good policing is educating the driving public and not just writing tickets. Such generalize statements about the highway patrol are inaccurate and baseless IMO.

Progress is inevitable and having been coming to Thailand for 20+ years, I can see improvements in driving habits. What seems not to change are the generalizations made by some posters.

Benmart, I agree with you that we cannot make generalized statements about highway patrol officers.

I neglected to mention that the experiences I related about driving in the U.S. were from 1966-1992. Have been gone from there since.

Also, police behavior tended to vary from region to region. While serving in the U.S. Air Force, I had very good experiences with police

in Syracuse, NY and was treated very deplorably by police in San Antonio, Tx.

Ohio was half-way between those extremes. The highway patrol and local police in western Ohio were heavily focused on ticketing

millions of travelers on I-75 to make tons of money for the local governments. They were almost always very polite and professional.

It was not their fault that they were tasked by their superiors to perpetrate a total farce not related to highway safety.

For this, we of course, cannot really fault the individual police officer, the fault lies the system of local government that we allow to

perpetrate this hoax on the public -- the abuse of power in traffic law enforcement for fraudulent purposes.

The average 10-yr-old can see thru this hoax.

What absolute insanity it is to take a perfectly good building and tear it down. It wasn't the owners that were at fault, though they should be punished. All they were doing is what EVERYONE has done in Thailand for years and years; bribe government officials to get pass a law so they could build something they otherwise would not have been able to build.

The destruction of this building is a godawful waste of money, resources and material. It's the reaction of a child, rather than a mature adult. More to the point, the courts should have found someway to keep the building, levy heavy fines on the owners and put the corrupt officials in jail because THEY are the ones that allowed this to happen.

What shear stupidity.

Sheer stupidity could also include the idea that the owners are "not to blame" because they bribed officials...

What would be the purpose, or sense, of partly demolishing the building?

As I read the article, it's not about partially demolishing the building, it's about the timetable

for getting it done. By a certain date it must be at least partly demolished.

Also, keep in mind that clarity of meaning is often blurred in translation.

You must live in a different Chiang Mai than the one I live in.

In all my encounters with the police in Chiang Mai, they have always been polite and professional.

Every place I've lived in my 28 yrs in Asia has its own "traffic culture." In my experience, Chiang Mai's traffic

culture (including driver courtesy) is much better than the U.S., India, Pakistan and the Philippines and very

similar to that of Japan. I've encountered very few discourteous drivers here.

You talk about running red lights as if you just arrived last week. The only "running of red lights" that I've ever

seen here is nothing more than the local habit of half dozen drivers squeaking thru the light after it has turned

red. This actually involves very little risk and is a very different thing from flagrantly running thru a red light.

The local folks including long term expats understand & accept this local habit. Don't know why you don't.

There may be drunk drivers here (do you know any country with no drunk drivers?), but I've never seen one,

so it's surely not such a widespread problem as in the U.S., for example.

In Bangkok, I did experience police accepting bribes to "forgive" traffic violations. In Chiang Mai, I've never

experienced this, never seen it or ever heard of anyone else experiencing it. Maybe you learned this on TV.

Chiang Mai -- including the local drivers and the police -- is the nicest place I've ever lived in my 73 yrs. It

seems to me that you brought your negative attitude with you so I doubt you will ever find relief.

Good luck to you in your arduous life.

Hmmm.....unbelievable post. It's O.K. to run red lights and it "involves very little risk". Better to drive here than in the USA..... Very few discourteous drivers...Never seen a drunk driver here and on and on. There is no way that you could live in Thailand and say these things.

FG over to you!

You are obviously one of those folks who are disgruntled bcoz Thais don't think and act like folks in your home country.

Think about this big major issue of "running red lights." In my country and probably in yours, folks often squeak through

the light on yellow, and sometimes (God forbid) even stretch that just a bit into the red. In Thailand they simply stretch that

just a bit further -- and often 6 or 8 vehicles squeak thru even after the light has turned red.

Everybody but you and a few stiff-necked grouches understands this and accepts it as a very simple and practical way of

expediting traffic flow. Since everyone is accustomed to this and accepts it, it creates very little risk. The opposing traffic

simply waits a bit. Everybody is cool and there's no damage done to anyone.

It is merely the difference in mindset.

Obviously, you (and some other TVers) see traffic laws as something etched in stone -- if you violate these sacred decrees

you deserve to be arrested and hauled off to jail. "How can any society survive if they don't strictly enforce their traffic laws?"

Where in blue blazes did that idea come from anyway?

In the U.S., traffic enforcement involves just such a hard-line approach and the highway patrol in 50 states issues thousands

and thousand of speeding tickets every day.

Question 1: Is this actually intended to make roads safer? The answer: Absolutely not, it is intended as a cash cow to help the

local governments balance their (often bloated) budgets.

Question 2: Does this strict enforcement in fact make roads safer? Answer: No, U.S. traffic death rates are more than twice as

high as those of Germany and Japan where they do not resort to such draconian methods of traffic law enforcement.

During my 16 years living, working and driving in Japan I got 2 speeding tickets and 2 parking tickets. That's about my average

for one month driving in the U.S. In Japan, the police very seldom give speeding tickets except in specific areas which have had

a spate of accidents due to speeding -- a reasonable, practical and more effective approach to traffic safety.

In Thailand, a traffic light is sometimes placed at pedestrian crosswalks where there is no intersection. Chiang Mai has several

of these. I find it quite interesting that Thais take a very practical approach to these traffic lights. Invariably, a pedestrian pushes

the button, traffic stops, the pedestrian crosses and the vehicles promptly continue on their way not waiting for the green light.

If this were the U.S. the cops would have a hay day -- "You're breaking the law!" -- and they'd be making a ton of money for the

local governments. The Thai approach is much more reasonable and practical. I just imagine that the average intelligent Thai sees

traffic laws not actually as laws, but as a basic set of rules that need to be applied with common sense.

To many westerners, common sense has no place in law. If you violate the law for whatever reason and in whatever situation,

you are a law-breaker and deserve no mercy.

CMFarang, you say, "There is no way that you could live in Thailand and say these things."

A total of 29 years driving in the U.S. and 28 years in Asia. During 6 years in the Philippines I encountered a lot of wild drivers

and some discourteous ones. During 16 years in Japan I encountered very few wild and discourteous drivers other than a few

motorcyclists.

I don't know where you live, but I drive 1,200-1,500 km per month in and around Chiang Mai. The number of wild or discourteous

drivers I have encountered here is very similar to that of driving in Japan. Also, I see few ​traffic accidents in Chiang Mai -- maybe

on average no more than one per week.

All I can say is -- you see things very differently -- maybe it's your outlook...

Now I live in Chiang Mai and this should be interesting, but I expect it is just going to be another 2 week blitz at the month end for more New Years Booze at the Police Party.

The Mentality here is :

- Do not stop vehicles that run Red Lights, we make more $$ from the accidents they cause sooner or later

- Drunk driving , NO PROBLEM, carry on, and maybe you will cause an accident ( More $$ )

- Road rules , again , more Money the worse they drive.

- 6 PM , we all go somewhere, so no helmets are OK, Along with everything else.

- Traffic police, we sit in one spot, and wait for the traffic to come to us. Stagnant Police work.

The traffic here was bad 20 years ago, but today it is incredibly stupid. I view it as a comedy, and refuse to drive at all at certain times and days, due to my experience with the drivers. The POLICE are NOT TO BLAME, they are always at the accidents with their hand out.

You must live in a different Chiang Mai than the one I live in.

In all my encounters with the police in Chiang Mai, they have always been polite and professional.

Every place I've lived in my 28 yrs in Asia has its own "traffic culture." In my experience, Chiang Mai's traffic

culture (including driver courtesy) is much better than the U.S., India, Pakistan and the Philippines and very

similar to that of Japan. I've encountered very few discourteous drivers here.

You talk about running red lights as if you just arrived last week. The only "running of red lights" that I've ever

seen here is nothing more than the local habit of half dozen drivers squeaking thru the light after it has turned

red. This actually involves very little risk and is a very different thing from flagrantly running thru a red light.

The local folks including long term expats understand & accept this local habit. Don't know why you don't.

There may be drunk drivers here (do you know any country with no drunk drivers?), but I've never seen one,

so it's surely not such a widespread problem as in the U.S., for example.

In Bangkok, I did experience police accepting bribes to "forgive" traffic violations. In Chiang Mai, I've never

experienced this, never seen it or ever heard of anyone else experiencing it. Maybe you learned this on TV.

Chiang Mai -- including the local drivers and the police -- is the nicest place I've ever lived in my 73 yrs. It

seems to me that you brought your negative attitude with you so I doubt you will ever find relief.

Good luck to you in your arduous life.

Yep, it'll most likely be white pearl - I don't think Mitsu do a standard white. In any case, white is always a hard color to make 'pop'.

As for the orange peel, that actually settles with a little time.

Orange peel effect will never "settle", it's an imperfection in the painting process and to remove it requires wet sanding.

I believe this is not entirely correct. Here is some information from a painting expert --

http://www.detailedimage.com/Ask-a-Pro/ask-a-pro-orange-peel-part-two-of-two-how-to-rid-your-paint-of-it/

Yep, it'll most likely be white pearl - I don't think Mitsu do a standard white. In any case, white is always a hard color to make 'pop'.

As for the orange peel, that actually settles with a little time.

"As for the orange peel, that actually settles with a little time."

+1

With the exception of Rolls Royces with their 26 coats of hand-rubbed lacquer, most new cars come off the line with orange peel.

In the showroom, the ones without orange peel have usually been on display for some time, giving the paint time to "lay down."

I did not invent this information, a Japanese friend who works for Honda company told me this.

I'm new to this thread, but since I'm the happy owner of a Triton I'd like to pass on my experience.

In April this year, I bought a 2010 Triton Plus 4-door, 2.5 VGS turbo-diesel, with 70,000 km on odo.

The original owner was a middle-aged Thai lady who didn't drive it that much. I'm very happy with

my Triton, it looks and feels like a new car. It handles very well and has plenty of power (181 hp).

Recently, I went with 18" wheels and 265/60R18 Falken ZE912 tires. A marked improvement, much

smoother and quieter and cornering is more precise. This is the second car I've owned with Falken

tires. In my opinion they are superior to both Bridgestone and Dunlop.

In 7 months, I've put 14,000 km on the Triton and it is one superb machine. Recently, I met another

farang with a 2004 Triton 4-dr diesel and he said he loves it and has had to do nothing in 10 years

except regular maintenance, oil changes and tires.

I would also like to mention for those who are not aware. Total 4X2 pickup sales in Thailand for the

first 8 months of 2014 (Source: 4Wheels Magazine, Dec 2014 Issue):

1. Toyota

2. Isuzu

3. Mitsubishi

4. Ford

5. Chevrolet

6. Mazda

7. Nissan

Also, the news from Australia -- 4X4s comprise 90% of pickup sales and in 4X4 sales Triton vies with

Toyota Hilux for top spot. In June 2014, Mitsubishi sold a bit over 3700 4x4 Tritons, edging out the 4x4

HiLux with 3150 sales to finish runner-up. (Source: http://www.caradvice.com.au/category/statistics)

In my experience, I'd say Triton is very competitive in the market because of the superior quality and

value for the price.

Also, I agree that the diesel Triton is such a satisfying machine, why go to CNG?

Love my Triton.

To the OP:

You obviously brought all your problems with you. You would surely have the same stresses living in Japan or

the Philippines, for example. I'd suggest you should make a habit to smile and bow slightly when folks jump in

front of you. In my experience, Thai people often let me go in front of them, just for kindness.

You create your own reality. I'd say your battle is within yourself. Good luck with that.

Will probably live to regret that decision but makes a great story to tell

What a strange comment. Do you think everybody in the world is primarily motivated by money?

It seems the "taggers" are having no trouble finding spray cans. I see more and more of their nasty scribblings all over the city. They are a cancer.

You obviously have no appreciation for free-lance artists... (just joking)

" A spokesman for the Russian embassy ....... "Nobody wants the conflict." ".

The conflict?

A translation thing, or is he referring to something else?

Russian is one of many languages that have no articles (such as a, an, the). English would be crippled without articles.

So when translating/interpreting from Russian to English the translator has to decide when to use articles. In many cases,

it's very difficult (maybe even impossible) to determine whether to use the definite article (the), an indefinite article (a/an) or

no article at all. And the English meaning (as we all know) is quite different if an article is mistakenly included (or omitted).