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    Why choose Chinese tourists over the traditional western tourists?

    in Pattaya

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    20 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

    Data from TAT, the most reliable source ever. I'm guessing this comes from some sort of poll, peppered with the traditional mountain of BS by TAT, skewed by face wanting Asians and Arabs wanting to bolster their actual spending? Take with a ton of salt.

     

     

     

    Every forum in the world you go to there is going to be a reply just like yours. The numbers are padded....it's all BS.... the economy is crashing. Been reading the same thing about realtors in Toronto where I bought a condo saying they always pad the numbers. How can salaries support such high prices. People called me an idiot buying 8 years ago at the "top of the bubble". 

     

    The fact is Chinese are coming and they are spending money. This is happening now and it is a fact. What happens tomorrow, no one knows... you can only take an educated guess.

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    Thai personal trainer or expert for stubborn Thai wife

    in Pattaya

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    1 hour ago, canuckamuck said:

    It will be a wonder if she still has the same interest a month down the road.

     

    When I met my wife she was 48 kilos. 6-7 years before we met she was close to 80. I would have never believed it if I hadn't seen the pictures. Needless to say, she was serious about her workouts and she did it all at home with dumbbells and a really old exercise bike. She didn't need a Farang motivator to lose weight, heh.

     

    I stopped going to the gym, but when I did, I could easily spot girls like the OP's wife who were there just dicking around on a cell phone and pretending to use the machines and literally wasting everyone's time and girls who were serious. Needless to say, they go to gym for whatever reason and barely last 4 weeks.

     

    But hey.... it's Pattaya, so anything is possible. 

     

     

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    krispy kreme

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    There are very few sugary treats I will avoid, but krispy kreme is one of them. It literally shuts my lungs from the amount of sugar they put in. 

    Herbal Blood Pressure Cure Readily Available in Northern Markets...

    in Chiang Rai

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    2 hours ago, Hardie said:

    Roselle is common or 'nam krachiap' is common? 'You're conflating two different issues. 'Nam krachiap' is common, yes. That's why I was inspired to look for the dried flower. But dried roselle? I don't know. They aren't the same thing. One is a drink; the other is a flower, usually dried. I would hope that the drink is made from the dried flower, but I don't honestly know that, as it's a profession I'm not intimate with. Is every orange drink made with real oranges? Even if it is, that doesn't mean that the dried flower is available everywhere, nor that I could readily find it. It might be, but I doubt it: trade secrets.

     

    If you were drinking 'nam krachiap', then I'm not surprised it didn't lower your blood pressure, though that's a question I had, might've even tried that if beets weren't readily available at Big C. I bought all they had. Hibiscus tea, or even 'red zinger', made from dried roselle will definitely lower blood pressure, assuming it's high in the first place. It's well-proven scientifically, tested head to head with pharmaceutical meds. Sounds like your wife knows her 'yah samoonprai', ยาสมุนไพร, that's a good skill to have...

     

     

    Yes. The dried flower is very, very common.

     

    I can find it in every herbal store here in Bangkok. Also, every royal store (the stuff from royal garden) carries it. My cupboard is full of them from 4 years ago when I was buying them thinking it was magic.

     

     

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    Why choose Chinese tourists over the traditional western tourists?

    in Pattaya

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    8 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

    I can show you evidence that its actually the opposite, Chinese have the highest daily spend but tend not to stay a long time. Its one of those barstool myths that Chinese dont spend

     

     

    That's right. 

     

    Even the so-called zero dollar Chinese spend more than the average sexpat. I see hotels like Centara and Avani full of Chinese tour buses. Let's say they paid 50% (unlikely, but let's say) of the posted price to have those rooms filled, well..... they still spent money and the hotel in return got paying guests, so the hotel will continue to remain operational and pay taxes.

     

    Also, the 2 week Chinese tourist will buy "Thai" presents for 200 members of his family, not to mention  friends. You see Big C and other "souvenir" establishments always packed with Chinese especially in the last day. On the other hand, barstool Farang has no friends, so will just buy another beer and drown in sorrow.

     

    It is just ridiculous to think that Chinese don't spend money. Heck, I joined a certain Pattaya facebook group just for fun and noticed that they even spend more money on women (and get played).

     

    Thailand will be sailing through thanks to Chinese. Only an environmental disaster or a civil war will stop this.

     

    From another thread... expect 10 baht to Aussie dollar in 10 years. 

     

     

     

     

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    Does My Partner Understand Me?

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

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    14 minutes ago, xylophone said:
    Well anything outside of themselves and their close family, because nothing else seems to matter in their lives and they are not really interested in finding out what's outside of their self-imposed perimeters.
     
    My GF asked me why I was still very white and didn't go out in the sun, so I tried to explain to her that I had tried to get brown whilst working in the Sahara desert – – blank look.
     
    Dropped the "Sahara" and tried to explain what a desert was, another blank look and so on.
     
    I come from New Zealand and trying to explain exactly where that is by drawing a rough map of the world, is tantamount to trying to teach a goldfish how to ride a bike. And the amusing thing about this is that just about any Thai I have spoken to who asks where I come from and I say, "New Zealand" will nod knowingly. But asking location is a different story and if I say Finland (or any other "land") they will nod again.....
     
    I appreciate that the level of education for many everyday Thai people can be very minimal, however none that I have ever known have bothered to find out about anything which falls outside of their everyday events/life. And that was quite an eye-opener for me because my ex-girlfriend was university educated and had a degree, but that did not stop the blank looks from appearing whenever I tried to explain something.
     
    The best I could try to do, and something which seems to have worked here, is that I ask if they have seen the "Lord of the Rings" movies and tell them that this country is New Zealand (sorry, CGIs apart).
     
    Also pointless trying to discuss anything else happening outside of Thailand...……...

     

    You are doing it wrong.

     

    Try to make a Facebook connection somehow. Let's visit New Zealand teerak and make pretty instagram, photos. Also, mention that Steve jobs is from New Zealand and you will be shopping for an iPhone. Tell her that the best somtam you can buy outside Thailand is in Auckland. After trip she'll be able to at least point it on the map.

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    When will Thai Baht get back to reality

    in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments

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    On 5/9/2018 at 3:25 PM, Franko666 said:

    The real rate is the rate you can get on the day, no more no less.

     

     

    This. I bash bitcoin a lot, but the fact is it trades at $8000++ today. What I think it should trade at is completely irrelevant. 30 baht for 1 Australian dollar? For what? How does Australia compete with Thailand these days? What does it export? What does it produce? How many Australian prostitutes comparing to Thailand and at what price? Everything matters. You're lucky it's over 20 baht.

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    Mushroom farm, easy to make money, why Thai think that this is the solution to become millionaire ?

    in Farming in Thailand Forum

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    My wife's family in the south grows mushrooms among many other fruits including rubber trees. They have been doing it for decades and no one ever expects to become a millionaire raising mushrooms only.

     

    Thing is, even today where they have tens of millions in land and bank account, they still choose to live relatively poor.

     

    Personally I don't understand, but to each their own, I guess.

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    Does My Partner Understand Me?

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

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    My wife only understands me when we talk through messenger. Often she will send me a complete messed up sentence in English and ask me to correct it for her work. I am appalled that after 4 years with me she doesn't bother to improve her English. I would love to speak Thai, but she simply doesn't want to teach me anything. Someone in her family told me that's on purpose as she wants me to remain stupid and not be able to talk with Thai girls.

     

    After she's back from work she's always on her iPad watching Thai crap.

     

    Feel for me bros.....I'm just about to buy a plane ticket back to Canada and run away. 

     

    If anyone is from Alberta, please let me know if any unskilled labor is still available in oil fields. 

     

    Regards

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    Six arrested, 500 websites blocked in child porn crackdown

    in Thailand News Headlines

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    4 minutes ago, samsensam said:

     

    haha exactly... a clampdown 'quite a few years ago'...  and yet child pornography is still openly on sale - the authorities have done nothing to stop it.

     

    when you understand more about thailand you'll realise that just because the authorities say they will do something does not actually mean they will do anything.

     

    i dont need to report anyone as everyone knows it is on sale, and, sorry to repeat myself; the authorities do nothing.

     

    I have never, ever seen it on sale. I remember a lot of regular porn being sold at Pantip plaza years ago, but now I don't even see that.

     

     

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