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My ex-wife’s sister in BKK had a (for her) large credit-card debt, which was making her life alone with two kids miserable and she would never be able to pay off. As it was a small amount for me I helped her pay it all off, with the result that she later quit her job in BKK, moved back to the village and is now living off her son sending her money every month. Last I heard she has now somehow even managed to get into debt again. Unfortunately, can’t say helping her out changed her life to the better… Can’t fix lazy and stupid.

LOL, yes it is Thai-logic I guess ????

I guess they burn all the paper work on a weekly bases. Otherwise why would they need the same info again and again.

Damn, You can’t even trust some good old corruption anymore. Sounds like a “project” with too many involved.

You forgot to mention the extra “problems” you can also easily get once you show your wealth as a foreigner here. I once had a very successful company here in Thailand paying A LOT of tax and creating hi-paying local jobs. Moved the company abroad as soon as the boss at the local revenue department started harassing and trying to blackmail us, although we followed all laws and rules. Once they smell easy Farang-money, they have no moral or shame.

Great to hear that the deal is closed. That’s THB 4 Billion well spent! The need of military drones has never been higher and things like education and health for the general public can of course wait. The current waiting-list for an MRI-scan in Chiang Mai is e.g. only 9 months on government healthcare. And we all know how great public education is. You surely can’t blame the leaders for not loving their country and it’s people. Hope they enjoy their new mansions and super cars. What a F-upped world we live in!!!

I am pretty sure the immigration officers know exactly what is going on and don’t care… we can only guess why?… ????

Correct! And I doubt very much they will check the legitimacy… because that would most just mean more problems and block of certain revenue streams. Nobody… especially at immigration, has an interest in that. Last time I was at the immigration, the officer there actually suggested I used an agent. He could even recommend one, he said was really good. I wonder why? I always find it funny when people think that doing things “the correct way” will keep them out of risk or trouble in Thailand. All it takes is a conflict with the wrong person and you can be in deep trouble here… no matter if you do things “correctly” or not. That’s how corruption works. And it is everywhere.

Although it take nothing to pass a driving-test here, this will never change until the traffic-police gets on the road and start doing their actual job. People drive like crazy because they know there is no police and no fines.

I flew in using the Thai Pass yesterday. Took me 30 min. to get approved online and it was super smooth at the airport. I honestly think they should make something like the Thai Pass requiring travel insurance from all tourists. Get rid of all the tourists getting in trouble here. No more Go Fund Me pages… Thai Pass was the first ever Thai-made online registration that worked completely without hassle for me. I wouldn’t mind keeping it as I was so thrilled about something that worked.

Yes it can be very easy. But easy also makes it hard to justify the need of many immigration officers and its so much harder to extort money out of visitors when things are simple.

Sounds like my ex-wife…

Here in Chiang Mai we all (adults and kids) enjoy smoking 24/7 … 3-4 months per year.

2675 is the plan… so far…

Oh no!!!! Finally the expected rich Indians arrive and then this happens. Two rich Indians out looking for condos to invest in and…

Not good for this peaceful family destination…

It’s all about “Common sense”… “Common sense” would mean police doing their job to reduce the accidents. “Common sense” would require proper training before receiving a drivers license. “Common sense” would remind drivers to not drive too fast and too close to other. ”Common sense” would mean no need for lucky amulets and car-blessings. With “Common sense” drivers would blame themselves and not the brakes, when accidents happen. There is no “common sense” here and there will never be.

What happened to all the Saudis and the millions of super-rich Indians dying to go to Thailand and invest THB 32 mill. for a visa?

The demand, which the future wife’s family is non-negotiable is in the tens of millions of baht and is “deserved compensation” according to the elders (pooyai) involved. LOL! Now that’s A LOT of lady drinks and short-times. I for sure know what I would do.

WAKE UP! There will be ZERO Saudis coming! There will be ZERO Super-Rich Indians coming! There will be ZERO CBD-Oil fans coming! Time to face reality for once!

My soon is 8 years old and speaks perfect English. He also has the ability to quickly switch to Thai-English when needed. Pretty funny to be around when he does that.

This guy seems to be not following the news and needs to be replaced ASAP! Soon 200000 Saudis will arrive along with 10 million super-rich Indians…. All buying THB 32 mill. visas and spending Trillions of THB on Pad Thai at the local markets. Along with the medical, IT, sports-, financial etc. hubs also generating EXTREME amounts of income, it will not be long before Singapore is considered a 3rd. World country compared with Thailand. If you don’t already know how to speak Thai, I would highly recommend you start learning the new world-language.

So I guess we can conclude that it is not only Putin who has gone mad…

However, many Thais continue to overwhelm hotlines when they test positive on home Covid-19 tests or want to “push” to be given hospital treatment or further care, even when doctors say it isn’t needed. Just had a Covid case in our family… a 21 year old girl. Although she had very minor symptoms and I told her to just go and sleep it off, she of course wanted to go to hospital. (Drama) Luckily we are now at the point where the doctor told her to go back home. So all she did was waste his and her time.

This is getting more and more stupid! Learn to live with it!!! No matter what we will ALL get it at some point. Just look at Europe. In Ukraine nobody is concerned about Covid anymore. In Australia all attention is focused on floods. For God sake… we might all be blown up by Putin next month. Forget the stupid virus and get on with enjoying life!!!