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I had good success at Bumrungrad with Dr. Yot Navalitloha..

Ford Raptor or Everest my choice; unless you want to spend a bit more and go for the Porsche or Benz.

Chuwit is the governor that Bangkok needs. With his binoculars and sledge hammer he got style.

Especially good for white color cars as they tend to yellow here.

Clean, good for short laps. Have to wear bathing suit not shorts and a cap. In the gym you have to wear long pants. But they have now started duel pricing for one year membership; 300bht for farangs, 40bht for Thais. I have been a member for years at 40bht. and refused to pay the increase so they gave in. I never use it as I am a member of RBSC and The Polo Club and only wanted to support the membership. I also refuse to enter any temples or parks where they have dual pricing. The real annoyance is that BTS will not give farangs the senior discount of 50 percent. In fact this rule changed after they had sold me my card. When they stopped me they confiscated my card and fined me from the amount on the card. My friend who is more fluent in Thai carries a  copy of the Thai constitution in English and Thai that states that it is against the constitution to racially discriminate against even farangs. He has has had several confrontations where he had to read out the constitution in the BTS station at which point they dropped this insulting demand rather that call more public attention. I have lived here for 50 years and paid more tax than most Thais. All the Thais that I know or have been in business with always found some way to avoid paying. Long wait for Thai citizenship. Several friends who have gotten it even though being here less time, did so through some political connection: my friend is a general.

Lam, saw you play many times in the 80s when I was windsurfing and hangin out in Pattaya. Wishing for your speedy recovery. Best of luck.

My favorite is Japanese macrobiotic brown rice. Found some in Gourmet Supermarket last week. Problem it is many times more expensive than any other rice including the Thai grown Japanese rice.

Forgot the brown envelop.

What about permanent residents, who are supposed to have the same rights as Thais except right to vote or own land?

For video/photography, the iPhone 12 Pro Max is way beyond the rest. There is just no comparison. With it you don't need a camera although I personally couple it with a Leica. 

Clean air at last.

What about the 14 days quarantine or are they just going to let  them loose in Paragon and all you can eat crab and shrimp buffets. I saw a Central ad going up one of it's escalators the other day — "Shopping is a cure for Covid".  

Don't give them your passport they will use this as leverage to gouge you for as much money as possible. Never use UPS or  DHL. The local agent here have a blanket deal with the customs not based on cost of your item and what the can get extra is theirs. They will send you a bill with cost of item, plus shipping plus tax storage fee and what ever else they can think up and then add their handling fee. All bogus. They want your passport as leverage that you will pay. You only need to give them a copy,  if anything. Years ago I took this up with UPS's international office and they finally admitted that they were aware of this and had had many complaints but that the local agent had to be a Thai owned company and that they needed a clearing company in every country and were therefore powerless to do anything about this. I also just went through this situation with DHL. In the end they won. I should have known better. Use local post or be prepared to be ripped off. Local businesses here who import a lot use their own agents. They all know about the rip off from these companies. Don't go renting any jet skis either. 

I they were serious they would issue an Interpol red notice. That is the only thing that he is afraid of.

I just went through the same experience with DHL ordering a camera case from Germany. The problem is the local agent. These international companies must have a representative in every country and here it must be a Thai owned company who gouge for as much as they can and the parent companies are powerless to do anything about it. Local businesses use their own agencies for clearing and avoid DHL and UPS like the plague. Everyone else should do the same.

Correct PRs can have a blue book.

You can own a house in your name but not the land.

The original Full Moon Parties were started in Goa in 68 -69 from there they spread to Ibiza and later to here. The lanterns came from Afghanistan. 

Too cheap to invest 5 to 10 thousand baht in an adequate safe — too heavy to carry, bought at Global or Home Pro when they keep that amount at home.

Is it possible to use Thai friend's blue ID?