outsider

Head in sand, as usual.

 

Mainlanders on Samui... there goes the island. Hope the pests stay there and don't spread to the mainland. Goodbye Samui.

I don't get it.
Are you mainlander or islander?

 

'Mainlander' is a slang/nickname for people from Mainland China. You may/may not have heard of it, but it exists. Don't worry, there's no ethnic slur to it whatsoever, so it's safe to use here in TVF.
 

Mainlanders on Samui... there goes the island. Hope the pests stay there and don't spread to the mainland. Goodbye Samui.

Seriously? WORLD security? This coming from them, who can't even ensure the security of their own people in the deep south? Like one poster here wrote, they have got no more face to lose. How can these people be so detached from reality?

This practice of posing for a group photo and pointing is getting really, really unecessary and silly.

The hub of all crackdowns.

Get your commuincation skills - especially in English - in order first, will you? Getting your panties in a knot to celebrate ASEAN day should be the least of your worries. So typically superficial.

More crackdowns. I am all for protecting women and children. I am also for protecting the innocent in the Southern provinces. But when will this crackdown-happy administration start to do something that would also save the innocent lives of those living in the South? When will something be done, beyond just moving the lips about and repeating the same babble over and over?

Start a protest at Yaowarat. It's a really stupid predilection - shark fins have zero nutritional value and taste. You can have the broth, withouth the shark fins, and it will taste the same. I believe it's the food of chinese emperors, and when it became available to the masses, it probably is a status symbol to be seen as being able to afford eating shark fins soup. It's all to do with 'looking good'... not that different to the Thai's obsession with 'saving face'. Yup, again it's the Chinese. More specifically the Mainlanders. This stupid, prehistoric and damaging practice has to stop.

Cooler weather welcome, although this will make it difficult to swim at dawn... brrrr...

Religion of peace eh...

Hey, get in there and kick some butts before more people get killed? I think there's enough honeymooning already. Good job so far. Now on to tackling some real issues please?

They can start buy unearthing their faces from their smartphones and tablets first.

Can we have some crackdown in the south as well please? Enough people have suffered and died already? Time to address some real issues ya.

Dammit... the Indonesians and their Malaysian plantation owners are at it again. I really wish they, especially the owners, will get all they have spewed throughout the years jammed into their lungs.

To all armchair aviation experts and cyber bull-crappers who have nothing better to do, try getting your facts right first, before you start a bitch-fest/bash-fest on almost everything that comes into your attention. MH17 was flying in an established corridor, way above minimum altitude and I think various reports have confirmed that many flights were also in the area at the time of the incident, and that this was an established corridor used by many airlines and a popular one bridging Europe and Asia. Following the incident, airlines like Lufthansa, Thai and other major international carriers issued a statement to say they will re-route all their flights that would otherwise have flown over the same area. So unless you have facts to prove that MH17 was off-course or deliberately endangering the lives of its passengers, I suggest you stick to playing with your soft toys in your own little corner.

Might as well torpedo and sink the island.

No smoke without fire... just saying

When AEC was mooted, the 'experts' said Thais needed better language and work skills. Years later, and one year from implementation, the 'experts' are still saying the same thing. I suspect they will still be saying the same thing in 2010. 'Experts'...

Interesting to see how they're going to manage traffic in that area. It's the 'older' part of BKK, if I'm not mistaken?

Hand gesture-based operation isn't new technology. However, selfies being classified as a disorder by doctors is new. And I don't disagree, if I'm honest. It's just a matter of time before it becomes pathological.

The relevant 'organ'... the fatty, you mean? Seriously, it's a wonder why tourists bother to visit NK to start with,

Business as usual then, eh TAT? Busting 'records' and setting imaginary yardsticks.

There are some hotspots in Malaysia and Thailand but the bulk of it are from Indonesia. This is the annual crap from the Indons, still slashing and burning their plantations. Thank you for being great neighbours, y'all. And I hope the plantation owners - some apparently owned by Malaysians, get a good dose of their own crap soon.