Aldebaran1981

italy! ah...

the country of Prada, Gucci, Armani

"I need new suits. I must look sharp in front of tv for my weekly speech"

mommy mommy, why are those men wearing long sleeve brown shirts?

mommy mommy, I didn't know there are pregnant men in Thailand..

mommy mommy, is that a policeman? why is he smiling and taking a photo of a dead man on the street?

they are running outta ideas aint they?

Maybe they should try "saving face" and hire a proper PR team, probably foreign, to come up with better ideas.

give them some money and ask them to bugger off

she should just learn to grow up and face the real world.

the has lost the plot

the great diversion before the great "news"

dear PM, please STFUp

and make some actions first

I remembered that you said that, being from a soldier background, you would make actions and then make reports.

Why has that changed to just making talks, talks and talks.

I used to like the fact that you are trying your best to help the country. (I still think so)

But please, don't end up as NATO (No Action Talk Only)

We want the truth!

Until then... BOYCOT KOH TAO!

highly unlikely though

there will be stupid goons that think "oh, I cannot be that unlucky to be murdered" or

"I know what I am doing" or "I can fend for myself"

So, KT will still continue to see visitors unless the tourists really fear for the safety of their lives

i truly still believe that the UK aint got no real power to MAKE the Thai govt do as they please.

I don't believe another country has the power to make another country do according to its demands... (with the exception of the US maybe)

This case has been dragged for wayyyy too long. Dogged with multiple loopholes as well...

I think this will just lead to a not so happy ending, so that our hosts, Thailand, will be able to save face, as usual

Possible scenarios:

1) the 2 burmese men suddenly "commit suicide" in their cells from the immense "guilt" and stress.

2) the UK police actually sends a team to KT island, and they too are brutally and silently murdered by the Mafia in charge of the island.

3) the RTP suddenly comes up with some magical witnesses and evidence to link to other Burmese killers, saying that the initial 2 burmese guys were threatened by them to the scapegoats.

rubbish laws in a rubbish country with rubbish leaders

Unfortunately the days of duty free imports are gone. I used to order a lot online now I'm getting shafted on every shipment.

I had an expensive item replaced under warranty and the Customs charged me full tax and wouldn't even look at my shipping and purchase receipts.

That's after they kept it in the system for two weeks.

Customs officers must be reeking in billions of baht per year into their own pockets.

It's absolutely retarded to pay ridiculous tax on used items

this country never fails to surprise me with its time and time again..

asked my parents to send me some of my used clothes and I was taxed half the declared "used" value.

What choice do I have but again to suck all this and pay to get my used stuff!

Corruption at its best in this Land of Scams

No disrespect to thai women, but I guess once u stopped giving, they start disdaining! Lol

Get rid of them corrupt coppers first my dear PM

This "new" govt is slowly degenerating into something much worse than the last

Alas... Corruption has now rocketed to a new and legit level...

Any school to teach you is only as good as the teacher in front of you.

And the amount of effort the student is willing to make.

The teaching system used is very important, not just the individual teaching ability of teachers.

As a current student I would fully agree that learning the alphabet was beneficial towards my learning and understanding of thai language and the tones.

However, the quality of some of the teachers are.... Crappy...

They teach like parrots and make us parrots...

Really also need to depend on oneself to pick up the language fast.

I went to demo lesson and I have a friend attending (sometimes).

Not teaching conversation.

Maybe not understand the question but can read the answer from the book.

The book is random boring vocabulary.

But efficient about processing paperwork for visas.

Yes they no longer have any teachers teaching real stuff outta the book.

Real pity...

I hate it when some groups of people always DEMAND from something as if they deserved all the perks

it will be the same old mall concept with the same old retailers and restaurants.

"best regional mall"?! I don't think so, but as the good old thai way, they can easily trick themselves into believing that anyways

Fantastic, you want the family to accept your culture and throw your toys out of the pram because they would rather go and eat than go into an Irish pub? So... your culture is the pub, full stop. Wow. You're in Thailand with a Buddhist wife and family, how about you go to the Wat, with the family? How about you accept not everybody's temple is the pub. The fact you got offended amazes me, not everybody is a pisshead, why didn't you take them to MK? The comment about the brother - a joke. You wanted him to be your friend but now he can't be because he stayed with his mother rather than go into a pub with you? Good job you're not too shallow then... Sounds to me like the family has had a narrow escape and they and your wife, would be better to jog on and leave you to your pub culture.

MK! Yes!

Why do they love eating at MK so much. The soup is bland and the variety is the same as any other steamboat joint.

Hard to teach Thais to accept new cultures.

Most have deep set thai cultures for generations

I would step away from the marriage as the family might cause you problems in the future.

Pierre, you not only marry the girl, but her whole family.

In some cases, you need to feed the whole family as well!

just ranting about my gf's super nosey mom, asking about every bloody thing everyday

where we were, what we were doing.. blah blah blah...

yesterday i just confirmed a short getaway trip with some buddies and she actually asked me why I did not bring my gf.

HEY, it's a buddies trip, not a lover's trip. AND, I pay for my own trips. She made it sound like she was paying for it, and I must bring the gf along wherever I went.

Your daughter is not my leech that I need to bring everywhere I go, you nosey old hag.

Until the day your daughter pays for my trips, <deleted>!

(oh that felt much better)

Any response yet? I believe you should try talking, in person, to the philipinno lady at the reception. She's pretty nice most of the time.

more than enough time. take a taxi from the airport to the marina bay shoppes.