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    Best Concert Ever?...

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

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    Although no one performer was the best I've seen, for overall atmosphere, Rock in Rio week last year was awesome. The night I went we saw Match box 20, Nickleback and Bonjovi. Bruce Springsteen and Metallica where staying at our hotel. I think in the seven days 600,000 attended the events! Rio knows how to party!

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    Mastering Thai Tones in CM

    in Chiang Mai

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    Don't think about tones at first. Build vocabulary and learn reading. Go out and speak as much as possible immediately and when you hear words you already know you will start to pick up on the tones naturally. Good luck and enjoy!

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    US GDP shrinks 2.9% in first quarter

    in World News

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    It was all weather related and the second, third and fourth quarters will come in around +3.5%. Hoping that finishing the taper and the strong second half kick off some inflationary pressures so we can get some bond yields!

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    Thai food the best in the world?

    in Thai Food

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    Following on with poster who mentioned Argentina. Chile is know to have the finest cold water fish as well if you are a fish lover. There is a lot of world class food to experience in South America if you can.

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    Prayuth says no to proposal to dig Kra Isthmus Canal in Prachuap Khiri Khan

    in Thailand News

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    The canal takes one-two days off of all shipping going from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific. That's hundreds of millions of dollars of savings in the container shipping business every year.

    Creating one of the worlds largest container ports in a Thailand will create 10,000s of jobs and several hundred million USD in private investment from container port operators.

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    Stop Tipping The Baht Bus Drivers........

    in Pattaya

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    Yermanee is absolutely right! I tip anytime I receive friendly, polite and better than expected service. That is my business alone. (Btw, I give the flight attendants on every flight I take a box of Chocolates too. You always get a lot more in return that what you give)!

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    Prayuth says no to proposal to dig Kra Isthmus Canal in Prachuap Khiri Khan

    in Thailand News

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    I have always felt this should have been done decades ago. It looked like they were going to pull the trigger on it in the nineties but it lost momentum ( probably because of the current crisis then). It is not even that difficult a project to do and will bring incredible wealth to Thailand and southern Myanmar.

    It would create one the worlds biggest shipping zones pulling nearly all the business out of the Straits of Malacca. Of course Singaporean business doesn't like this at all.

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    Expats and boredom.

    in General Topics

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    Lots of charity organizations you can volunteer with and intellectual organizations, for example 'Siam Society.' Many types of clubs to join where you can also create friends with expats and English speaking Thais. Nothing to do with bars and drinking if you don't like that type of thing. Bangkok also is the perfect home base for interesting trips around the region. Next week I'm going on a photography trip to Bagan in Myanmar. Great place to be retired, stay busy and have a fulfilling and interesting life. Good luck!

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