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Depending on the situation it could seem silly or even cause them embarrassment or discomfort. It could even be seen as mocking although Thais generally realize that farang are just unaware of the faux pas and are not trying to cause offence (similar to someone who is mentally handicapped).

"basic politeness" is determined by culture. It is not a universal set of cross cultural norms. Just because your culture deems a behavior as polite does not make it so for all. 

Try to behave when you are guest in another country. If somebody wai at you, you wai back. There are many more rules when and how to wai but the rule above is basic politeness.


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There is one ingredient pla ra or fermented fish sauce which smell can even pass through concrete walls. The stench is very similar to a very polluted black klong..Burned chilly IMO comes at second place.


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The RIVER Condominium 70 thb/m2 and the management will propose an increase soon.


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I think nothing more important than check if the heater is connected with ground. For ON/OFF I would never touch this, no water flow = off


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IMO a good idea to organize this contest and congratulations to NAAM. I am following TV for many years, even sometimes commented on some threads but I have the feeling this TV forum is ruled by a few who not always want to hear about "outsiders opinions". If you want more active members, the old club should open their doors for newbies and less active members. Not all of us are retired... When I was reading about this contest, I wanted to cast my vote but couldn't find any instructions where and how to vote. Maybe this is the reason for the low count?
I don't post much but I continue reading because I do enjoy some of the writings skills and knowledge of some members. Others I like for their short and often funny remarks. So TV has to offer a lot but please have some open door activities for people who want to join but are afraid to be rediculed.
Happy New Year!


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Looks an interesting idea "poster of the year" how can I vote?


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If you go to Central Embassy and than you take the connection corridor to Central ( I think 3rd floor) the moment you enter Central shop is right there on the left hand side


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I wonder if there's a lot of Tinnitus sufferer's in Thailand  because of the loud noises and music, loud night clubs .. 

 
Farangs don't understand that the average Thai wakes up at 6am and those announcements by the PYB is very important, specially to the elderly villagers.
 
When I am staying at the Dusit Thani things is so quiet I sleep with my Mrs and baby boy until 10 in the morning but when in Isaan I am used to it already that the monks start opening the speakers at 4am in the morning, the PYB announces at 6am on the speaker who passed away at night, the crazy school taxi pickup truck announces by blaring music that they will soon pass by to pick up the kids (not my one) but the little brother of my Mrs.
 
Then their are the loud firecrackers that got off at 3pm and we know someone bite the dusts. 
 
Tesco Lotus shouts on the speaker with a volume for me unbearable that a kilo pig now is only 109 Baht a kilo and Mrs says she going over and buys 2kg. She says fuxk that market that wants to charge 139 Baht a kilo and things great that Tesco announces it on the speaker. I told her why not just read the brochure when entering the store and she says no, they read the pricelist on the microphone.
 
Do I agree with it? Sometimes not but hey I am living here and after almost 29 years it's not really a problem for me and sometimes after a couple of drinks I am too taking the speakers out but I do keep the bass a bit down and at 9pm I stop.
 
I had a very quiet time when I stayed for 3 years at Nichada Thani renting a house at the lake for 180,000 Baht per month. I miss sometimes Nichada but prefer to just save up the money to put it in the future education of my boy and happy to have the sound around if it allows to save some good money for my kid.
 
If I don't like the sound of Thailand I can leave Thailand with my wife and baby boy, and possible ny a condo somewhere else such as Nichada Thani or at least rent a condo at Danicha Garden which goes for around 50000 Baht a month and a Villa Market at Nichada is included.
 
Any farangs that complain about loud sound? Have a look at Nichada Thani, great place to stay and ISB is next door for your kids (450,000 - 1.2 Million Baht per year) with Villa Market inside Nichada and very near to CW Immigration for 90 days reporting at only 60,000 (excluding Villa Market shopping and schooling) - 290,000 Baht per month.
 
I don't want to be sarcastic to the TV community but Thailand has great options for anyone that wants to feel like they are staying in the West.
 
As for me I had that HiSo life and happy with the speakers around the Tescos, BigC's and villages. As I understand the PYB's announcement on the speakers on Thai, I am the one that wakes up the Mrs and tell her who just popped off the night before.

You can buy Bayer blue pellets in Central. Very efficient

there is a side to the drug trade that many dont know about. if you are caught with drugs you can 'make bail' at the police station and never go to court. it is important if you are a druggie or a pusher that you have the 'bail money' so that you can get out if caught. 2 of my younger thai staff were caught with yabba at a motorbike police check point. i met them and their mothers at the police station and loaned them the bail money. i told them it was a one off and did not expect to see the money again. amazingly their mothers paid me back in full, i guess they were very great full to not having their sons go to jail for years. i doubt the police really want to get rid of the problem as it must be a good source of income for them.

second point is single mothers not having any way to get support from the father. choices have to be made. life working long hours on a farm or in a factory, or break the law selling drugs in the hope of giving your kid a better life.

Baking soda, harmless for humans but kills the roaches.

You are a lucky guy...She is a keeper...

he , not tell truth

Here's the bike. Would you like to see the car too.

Get a life buddy.

. Ur first post was a Boast, I can take a pic of a Lambo and say it's mine, too, u admitted it a Boast, so why would I believe anything u posted, get a Life, I don't need anybody to buy me anything, more than enuf for anywhere in the World

Can you post a picture of yourself with a Lambo and say it's yours because I can post a photo of me with my bike.

. I have experience with your type, my brother is a Parasite, also, he just cleared 3 mil usd off his exwife, so a lil motorbike, I think you can do Better...I 'd rather a post of ur gal.

You can have that too. I took this pic just for you.

Can you ask her to buy you a pair of shoes for your next birthday.

And a ring for the middle finger

This is NEVER going to be a political hot button issue here as it is in the USA.

The reasons are simple:

-- no power to Christian fundamentalists here

-- ancient culturally specific tradition of "ladyboys" here that has a very different cultural meaning than transgender in the USA

-- men are used to women in the toilets, cleaning right next to them while they pee; if they happen to have a look (they must be so bored seeing dicks all day) NOBODY cares

-- Thais are not CRAY CRAY in this particular bathroom mania American way, and yes, that's a good thing!

I care.

When I use the gents toilet to pee here I always go into the cubicle and close the door because (call me old fashioned) I object to exposing myself while a woman is mopping the floor behind me.

When I used to tour France, many of the camping sites had unisex toilets and showers. I hated it. I don't know how the ladies must have felt.

Maybe it's just because I'm old, I don't know, but I do get a bit browned off with the minorities pushing for more and more privileges. Sometimes I wish I'd been born fifty years earlier.

Not privileges, just equality. Important difference.

Well..I have my own business in Thailand, it is indeed challenging but if you can set up a succesful business in Europe or elsewhere, you can be equally succesful here in Thailand. I know many foreigners having their own business here and while my business is ok, most of them did better and some became very rich.

Could this be a fishing expedition from Immigration trolls to see how TV members would react or advise?

I guess if you used an agent, the agent is the one who has committed an offence, you acted in good faith.

If there is an issue, refer Immigration to the issuing/(acting on your behalf) agent. Covers your ass and puts a corrupt agent out of business.

I think it is quite suspicious when you loose your passport when on overstay. I would go to my embassy and explain them about my worry the stamp is fake. If it is fake, I think embassy wiil be willing to produce a new passport. Better than having your old passport registered as stolen or "lost".

I agree with you 100%, but I don't like it the way they bring it, (sorry for caps)

Because you are a FARANG you need to PAY MORE.

I was OK with it all once I viewed it as being "standard pricing" for Farangs with a discount applied for Thais.

I cannot argue with Thais getting into the Royal Palace for free, I have no issue, as a foreigner, of having to pay an entry fee.

I was pleasantly surprised that my driving licence got me the Thai 50 Baht discount on the big wheel at Asiatique.

Forgot about that. Is it a state run ferris wheel? If not, that's ridiculous.

I am totally surprised by the answers so far..most of the expats don't care? I follow the news daily, I follow the economical and political situation in Thailand more than in my home country. My wife (not Thai) knows the history of Thailand better than most of the Thais. How can you live somewhere and not be interested about what happens around you? I hope more expats share my opinion, maybe the fact that I work here makes the difference?

My business is in aquaculture. In Asia there are opportunities. Shrimp/fish farming. Learning is not necessarily going back to school. Through internet you can become a specialist in many fields. It doesn't really matter what you choose, go for something you really like and make sure you become the best. Every "best" makes money anywhere..

It's always sad to hear of people getting into this sort of trouble. I think it's human nature to help in whatever way you can. HOWEVER

About 15 years ago when in Thailand I recieved a desperate call from a Kiwi farang who was incarcerated in the Immigration Detention Centre.He had been arrested for overstay, or rather he hadn't done his 90 day report on his one year visa. He had no money either for the airfare back to NZ or his overstay fine. The fine wasn't 20K as it is nowadays but was calculated on the number of days overstayed. I hardly knew the guy, I'd only met him two or three times in a pub in Perth W.A.

I thought long and hard about it, 'there but for the grace go I' In the end I sent 22K baht to the New Zealand Consulate to spring him. I got a 'phone call thanking me profusely and saying he would repay me ten times over, I said that wasn't necesssary but don't let me down. 22K was a lot of money then and severely restricted my activities for my stay in Thailand.

Needless to say I never heard from him again, not a phone call or a thank you note.

They say that farangs are more likelyto be ripped off by other farangs than Thais in Thailand. This was surely a prime example of this.

NEVER AGAIN

So you helped they guy in a desperate situation (verified by paying the embassy), he thanked you profusely and your bitter because he did not stick around to kiss arse?

or, are you bitter because you did not get paid 10 times over, or repaid?

Thailand has many farang chancers , with limited finances , living here on false hope.

They rely on the kindness / stupidity of other farangs ,such as borrowing money , whist playing their sad, bad luck song.

If you do not have the financial back up , needed for health issues etc ,

you should stay in your home country .

I don' get it, I offered him help but no reply at all.