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Hi,

Iam deepak from india.

Iam coming to thailand for a job purpose

Can anyone here help me in gettig a studio accomodation?

I just need a small room with a toilet attached and if its slightly outside city also theres no problem.

My budget is around 1500 to 2000 permonth

deepak.v

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Deepak,

There are many in Bkk, but you have to know that any

apartment price ranging from 1500-4000baht:

-isn't very clean, you have to clean up every day.

-comes totaly empty, means no any furniture at all.

-Lease/rent contract will not be given for less than 4 months at least.

There is part of bangkok where most people from subcontinet indian

countries stay, it's called phahuraat, you get every indian test there.

If you think you need some internet link for such places, let me

know, so i will post for you few

P.s. I think you should know some people before coming here,

considering your budget is very low, bangkok isn't realy that cheap

If your visa is ok I suppose they cant send you to the IDC(?) for deportation? Visa doesn't state you have to be alive, does it?

But seriously, can a Thai family bury you here, or are you sent 'home'.

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You are realy very dumb, why do you care about a dead meat with no

soul in it ?

I think you have to be more concerned where your alive body will end

up after death, "HELLL or HEAVEN"?

I'm still learning. I really don't want to live somewhere that I can't talk to anybody.

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Gentlemen, don't give up! It's been said before but it's worth repeating, learn to read Thai, you can't learn to pronounce Thai correctly using English letters, some sounds in Thai simply can't be found in English. If someone asked you to play Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix on the piano you'd rightly inquire as to how you're going to bend the notes and get the feedback.Moreover, Thai is by and large phonetic, once you can read it you know the tones and sounds, it gives your pronunciation a firm basis. It may look hard to read with its intricate letters but it's not really, you'll soon start to see the patterns. All it takes is time and motivation, believe me, I've been this route!

BambinA-ข้อยบ่เฃื่อเจ้าเว้าอีสานบ่เป็น

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I am learning to read right along with speaking. I don't see how anyone can think they know a language if they can't read it? That's all part of it.

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I also disagree with you. 80% the forigners who could speak thai very

fluent that i have met, they just learned by practicaly speaking with

thais.

Let say, my Iranian friends whom they live here from 10-25 years,

they say, the major mistake is going to thai school before learning

little thai, so you can compare grammtical thai with street spoken

thai, and say the differnence better, without getting confused.

I used to disagree with them, because i thought they were lying to me.

But i was stupid, and went to thai school from begining and wasted so

much time, without being able to say a single decent thai sentance.

Does it get your goat that you're not the only non-Thai to be able to speak the language?

Scouse.

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No, but i realy think figures are very high, i used to believe

10% of farangs even those who spend quite som time in los

could speak good enough

Now, this poll is going to be an eye-opener for me, i need to

work much harder.

This time when i come to thailand, i should remember this:

"Put phasa angrit mai dai" even at the airport

my pronunciation is so bad that no one, even the woman with whom I've lived for a couple of years, can figure out what I'm trying to say....

Don't beat yourself up over it mate, change the woman, see if that helps.

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That was what i tried to tell him, by trying other thai, to come to know

if his accent is realy that bad? Thais are not that dumb, and can figure

out what you are trying to say, 90% cases

My Thai is fantastic... I know exactly what I mean... not my fault if everybody else can't understand me... 

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you speak TH in Lao 's accent dont you?

Bambi ( wow lao boh pben der)

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Over 30% members can speak thai for 90% of times, i can't stand

this poll result anymore, i think most here, are over-rating their

Thai speaking capabilities

May i ask how old are you? and how did you said 5:30pm in thai?

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I'm 56. I tried to say, "Hah Mong Krueng", and I look like this:

My vocabulary is OK and I can even read some. But, my pronunciation is so bad that no one, even the woman with whom I've lived for a couple of years, can figure out what I'm trying to say....

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You had to say ^haa mohng yen krueng,

Haa shold be said with falling ton, if you say if with rising tone, means like

Phom pai vHaa khon peter= I am going to see/visit peter.

But i think they should have easily understood you, Thais can figure out

what you want to say. Either you accent is tribble or they must be trying

to stop you from learning thai.

Try the same thing with someone on the street, and see they can

understand you, i think 90% chances they will understand...

Waoo, i can't believe you are 56, you look like 40. where is that pic?

As noted before, I seem to be too stupid to learn Thai. I learned passable Japanese with a moderate amount of study. I've been coming to LOS for nearly 30 years and studied quite a bit over the past ten, but the results have been worse than dismal. The other day my girlfriend's daughter asked me what time it was, but my reply was so mangled (it was 5:30 PM) that she had to turn to her Mom for a translation. Even Mom didn't understand so I just replied in English. That little event made me feel awful for the rest of the day.

I'm determined to give up trying because of the confusion and embarrassment it inevitably causes.

Anyone else feel that way?

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All i know is that thai language is very sweet (makes me hornier) and

it's painfull not to able to speak.

May i ask how old are you? and how did you said 5:30pm in thai?

Remember, there is no one way of saying things in thai, like english.

Thai language is more like computer scripting language, it doesn't

have any proper grammer like other languages.

Usualy more educated Thais can understand you better, this is my experiance.

In the begining i was very surprised why i couldn't learn Thai, because i

could speak persian, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, English.

Later i came to know that Thai language is different than all above

languages, and it needs different method to learn it.

1-You just can't learn thai by going to thai school and learn it.

2-You just can't go out on the street and talk with Thais, because

you can't keep on talking and talking unless, you know close to

at least 1000 words.

3-There are more than 250 thai words which has similar sounds

but different meanings that has its place when to be used in sentance,

this is also where some farang fail.

4-You have to talk and sound like a "GAY" when speaking, and

farang feel abnormal to make those kind of voice coming out

of them.

I know few things that leads to my success in learning thai ( i

think others who can speak thai already know them), but i don't

need to reveal them here, ofcourse some guys have natural

talent for learning things, but i didn't have it but still made it.

who is "Mr. Andrew"?

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Andrew Bigg , an Aussie ,TV presenter

"Talk of the Town" is shown on Thai TV Channel 3

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I think those ears are not his

Btw, i think 90% of Isaan bargirls can speak worse than andrew biggs

do you agree?

I would'nt know. I have'nt met any where near 90% of them

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I meant to say 90% of thai BGs that i have listened to

From the result shown in this poll, seems at least 50% have

no problem speaking thai.

Then why i very rarely (5% maximum) come across any foreigners

who can speak little decent thai

Believe me, i have meet nearly hundred foreigners since my last

6 years, who stayed above 4-10 years in Los on average, and just

5% seem could handle themself when talking to thais for more

than 5 minutes conversation.

5% speak as good as Thais and Khun Andrew, hum?

I THINK THIS POLL IS over exaggerated

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I first thought that as well, but if you think about it a bit. There a quite a few Thai people who are members of this board, which I would assume speak thai as well as Andrew Biggs, mabye one or two falangs.

I speak thai good (I can converse in phone for hours)

7 replied yes to that well probaby people like meadish, sabaijai, snowleaperd and a few others probably can

I speak not bad (I don't need to speak english 90% of times)

I think I put myself in this catagory probably along with quite a few others, probably as the next cat down was "speaking below average". I've been out here for a while and to be quite honest have'nt actually met anyone (falang) who could speak better thai than me (I cant read or write it though).I'm obviously not saying there are'nt just I have'nt met them ( I know I should get out more).I would by no means class myself as an expert although I probably can get by 90% of the time in thai albeit a bit stilted.

The other thing is the poll was conducted in the "thai language" section of a Thai expat forum, Hmmmmm you think that may affect the results somewhat?

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Why thai members have to vote, are they stupid or what?

I do speak thai, and can say anything in thai, but speak very slow

and my sentence and grammer not proper, but they understand.

I think my case is more unique, because i don't live in thailand for

more than half a year.

Btw, i think 90% of Isaan bargirls can speak worse than andrew biggs

do you agree?

An intellectual 

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Can you believe me and officers at dongmuang incharge of

colloecting fines, start joking and having fun.

They told me, "Maa fii" (don't have "money"), and i said

"fii" (means "I have" money) and goes on and on.....

Even at jail, if you smile, they will smile back at you,

LOS with every reason

Hello,

Can i go to the immigration bureau in bkk in sathorn if i have an overstay of 1 day and pay 1900 baths to have 10 days more? Is it dangerous to go there?

Thanks so much!

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It's called bang-ur-cock them anytime. I over stayed 6 days then went

to Immigration, and paid the fine, and got another extra 7 days for 1900,

and i finished all and over stayed another 7 days and paid that fine upon

departure at dongmuang airport.

Don't forget to bang at Immigration if you get any chance, bangkok my

dream ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

From the result shown in this poll, seems at least 50% have

no problem speaking thai.

Then why i very rarely (5% maximum) come across any foreigners

who can speak little decent thai

Believe me, i have meet nearly hundred foreigners since my last

6 years, who stayed above 4-10 years in Los on average, and just

5% seem could handle themself when talking to thais for more

than 5 minutes conversation.

5% speak as good as Thais and Khun Andrew, hum?

I THINK THIS POLL IS over exaggerated

I hope he pulls through ok.

Serious condition often means some likelihood of death within 24 hours although actual meanings can vary by hospital.  Hitting someone over the head with a 2x4 is attempted murder.  The coward that did that needs to spend some time in jail and even more time doing community service like cleaning up after people in a hospital so he can understand the gravity of what he did over 1,000 baht.  It was a criminal act and most Thais would not do something like that.

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I remember when a nice friend of mine said, her pissed girlfriend throw

knives at him once, when he stayed in her resident

I think she could throw some softer kitchenware items like dishes,...

But again maybe dishes had more value to her than my poor friend

Don't tear it, you can sell it for at least $3000 in Italy and thailand

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Why should Italians want to "buy" OZ passports when, like all the other EU citizens, they are already free to practically come and go as they please??

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Do you know what is human trafficking, it's done in both thailand and

Italy (italy is know for mafia business).

Sorry, i know this is off topic, but i had to reply

I would still choose here:

I am tired and bored of so many things in Australia. In some ways I am looking forward to the day I can tear up my Australian Passport.

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Don't tear it, you can sell it for at least $3000 in Italy and thailand

...just curiosity...why?

5) Thai people smile a lot (Land of smiles after all). A smile given and returned can't help but make you feel better.

In UK, try smiling at a stranger, normally they will look the other way or regard you with suspicion. Worse, you are also risking getting punched.

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Very intersting, i don't understand why middle eastern are crazy

about traveling to UK and Paris? They feel it makes them high class, and

thailand makes you a low class person

what quality? tell me what better qualities you get with other cities,

suckers, yes all of you suck

Don't forget it cost you between 30-80 baht for freshly cooked meal

here, while it costs 3000-8000baht in paris pagh paghi pagh paghi 

I THINK THAI GOVERNMENT SHOULD DEPORT ALL OF YOU BACK TO

WHERE YOU BELONG 

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Yes, I think they should as well and we'll take our good money to more deserving climes. Then you'll be crying, please come back, we need your money, we need your brains and we need you to teach us not to lie every 5 seconds.

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Your GOOD money can last decades here, without having to work

unlike elsehwere.

Second, i didn't know farang in thailand had brain too.

Third, I thing farangs that lie more often, and thais (not hookers) think

it's ok to lie. (let me know i can hook you up with right one, there are

hundred of thousands good girls in bkk) just avoid sukhumvit.

forth, Thais are hospitabel people, tourism revenue is 10% of Thai

GDP only.

what quality? tell me what better qualities you get with other cities,

suckers, yes all of you suck

Don't forget it cost you between 30-80 baht for freshly cooked meal

here, while it costs 3000-8000baht in paris pagh paghi pagh paghi

I THINK THAI GOVERNMENT SHOULD DEPORT ALL OF YOU BACK TO

WHERE YOU BELONG

BambinA: But as he does not want to get to the beach, it might get expensive to bring the beach to him.

:D

Hi,

That would be great if having your GF swiming in that beach too.

Hi,

I wanted to know if there is any diving outlet where

i can do both scuba diving and advance open water course

with them (and may be later Dive master and other courses)

, without having to go to pattaya for doing number of logged

dives

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baby,,, u can get any PADI here ..if u have money ..

no insult ok?..just fact

BB

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realy

FIFA world ranking: (thailand ranked 88 In the world)

1 Brazil

2 Czech Republic

3 Argentina

4 Netherlands

5 France

6 Mexico

7 England

8 Portugal

9 Spain

10 USA

11 Italy

12 Sweden

13 Greece

14 Turkey

15 Republic of Ireland

16 Denmark

17 Iran

18 Japan

18 Uruguay

20 Korea Republic

21 Germany

22 Croatia

23 Poland

24 Costa Rica

25 Colombia

26 Cameroon

27 Russia

28 Egypt

29 Nigeria

30 Paraguay

31 Saudi Arabia

32 Romania

33 Morocco

34 Ecuador

35 Norway

35 Ukraine

37 Senegal

38 Tunisia

39 South Africa

40 Finland

41 Jamaica

42 Switzerland

43 Slovakia

44 Slovenia

45 Bulgaria

46 Côte d'Ivoire

47 Belgium

47 Israel

49 Serbia and Montenegro

50 Honduras

51 Bahrain

52 Iraq

53 Zimbabwe

54 Jordan

54 Uzbekistan

56 Kuwait

57 Australia

58 Trinidad and Tobago

59 Guatemala

59 Mali

61 China

62 Belarus

63 Oman

64 Latvia

65 Hungary

66 Libya

67 Togo

68 Congo DR

69 Peru

70 Cuba

70 Venezuela

72 Angola

73 Zambia

74 Austria

74 Qatar

76 Ghana

77 Chile

78 Bosnia-Herzegovina

79 Wales

80 Algeria

80 Kenya

82 Estonia

83 Guinea

83 Scotland

85 Canada

86 Albania

86 United Arab Emirates

88 Haiti

88 Thailand

90 Iceland

91 Burkina Faso

91 Indonesia

93 Syria

94 Korea DPR

94 Lithuania

94 FYR Macedonia

97 Bolivia

98 Panama

99 Rwanda

99 Singapore

Thai football is nothing today and will never make to world cup if

it continues with this pace.

Japan

Iran

south korea

Saudi Arabia

Bahrain

China

Ozbakistan

-Above teams are much much stronger that can beat thailand even

in their worst day.

Oman

Kuwait

Iraq

Jordan

Qatar

-It takes many years for Thailand to bypass this teams

Thanks everyone for replies, but i haven't found solution to

my problem.

I don't understand why thailand banks don't offer this, as

there is no security issue, even with credit cards, where in

Dubai, they block some money against your card (they

pay you % interst) and give you a credit limit accordingly.

No wonder why thai banks don't have large asset, right