SiamOne

good for you too!

my humour is borrowed from my crazy english husband, he is mad, I promise you

I hope my husband can still have baby when he is 70, or 80 even

or at least have a try!        

Even if he can't have one then, it's still good fun practising SiamOne.

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hey, we already done the practising!! now we going for perfection

Hi All,

I am looking to get a good tailor made suit on my next trip to BKK, have you got any recommendations for a good tailor.

Regards,

DeDanan.

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I am told in Thailand that most of the cost of a suit (or dress even) is in the materials, not the labour. So it depends on what you want -- silk, mohair etc or wool or whatever

so you save only on labour costs in Thailand. the cloth is usually imported. Maybe in the west labour costs are a big part of the cost

so use a good tailor (as recommended here) and be careful

well done, but why

I gotta pat myself on the back, I still have it in me

are you so old??

and maybe it was in her....sorry so rude

I had to check all your posts before I responded to you SiamOne... I gather you are a Thai female married to a farang... and your post must reflect some of your humour?

I personally know tukyleith, and he's not so old (somewhere between 20 and 40), so I'm sure he won't be offended if I tell you that he's probably got a lot more in him.

Congratulations again mate.

good for you too!

my humour is borrowed from my crazy english husband, he is mad, I promise you

I hope my husband can still have baby when he is 70, or 80 even

or at least have a try!

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What I can't understand is all the guys who live in Thai villages. How on earth did they all meet their wives?

More importantly, why do they want to get married with this type of uneducated girl? Fair enough the guys who can speak Thai, but how many times have I seen a married couple speaking in sign language. Are these guys not embarassed to have been conned by such uneducated girls. How can they travel  in Thailand, don't they know that all other Thais are laughing at them? Especially the ones who marry Isarn girls who are 10 years younger than them.

I met  my wife when travelling in Italy.

Thai people can tell a mile off when a foreigner is with an ex-hooker. That is why us normal couples get such a bad time in Thailand, due to these idiots that get conned by farmers daughters.

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Does your breath smell?

Or are you just talking out of your A*se?

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yes, all that was very nasty

nothing wrong with ex-hookers (a pejorative word, maybe bar girl is nicer), and farmers daughters are not all uneducated!! I have a degree from Bangkok, and my father was a rice farmer in Isaan. My elder sister married an American (she met him while working on a cruise boat, not as a hooker) and she/he paid for our education.

and maybe some guys are not very educated themselves, in spite of being farang. I have met many guys like that, just site workers or plumbers etc, no education, and they fall in love with strong healthy farm girls....suits them fine.

so, stop being so superior and judgemental, it hurts people

Don't have. 

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NO HAVE EITHER

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I have a very nice friend.......

I have not been all that active lately in my posts, so it will be the older members that remember when my wife and I had our first child.

Thanks for all the support at that time.

I now have the pleasure to announce that we are now expecting again.

I wil do my best to keep you all up to date, but my wife and I are totally thrilled. My Familyin Aust are over the moon and my Thai family are thrilled too.

I gotta pat myself on the back, I still have it in me 

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well done, but why

I gotta pat myself on the back, I still have it in me

are you so old??

and maybe it was in her....sorry so rude

When it rains in these months is crap like here in the UK - constant and depressing? Or is it a big downpour for a few hours and then sunny again?

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it is tropical rain, pours down for an hour or two, and then stops and everything gets nice and dry again. And its warm too, so you can get soaked and laugh in it

Guys I need some help.  I post this earlier but somehow ended up in the wrong topic...well I guess you can let me off being a newbie here.

I want to send flowers to my lady friend in Bangkok, have any of you tried buying anything online before? I want something impressive but not too expensive, since I am assuming that flowers shouldn't cost so much in Thailand.  Or am I being naive?

Thanks in advance

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Flowers are very cheap in Thailand (comparatively), you can get a big bunch of nice orchids for 100baht for instance, which would cost 10x that in UK, or more!!

maybe better send her a nice card instead? with diamond inside

Have you noticed in your travels around Thailand how we are constantly winging about Thailand. We complain about:

The Visa situation

Various bar girl cons

Duel pricing

Sick buffalo’s

Demanding families

The inability to own land

Corruption

Insincerity

Etc etc…………….

Why do we stay or want to stay here?

I for one would rather put up with what I consider to be the small inconveniences of living in Thailand. There are usual ways around most of the problems.

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Oh dear, you forgot.......

Mosquitos

Dog noise

Motorbike noise

but remember

wonderful food

good people

cheap most things

I am trying to teach my girlfriend to read maps and navigate with them. It has been difficult. I don't know if they are not taught to do this or if the idea of driving to an unknown location using a map is a new concept that many Thai's have yet to master.

I first knew I was in trouble when I realized that my girlfriend, born and raised in Korat, had no idea of the compass directions when she was in town. She was determined to learn though, and after a few test runs she can now manage to figure out what direction is North based on time of day and sun position.

After that we practiced relative positiions: "Our house is what direction from your parents' shop?" She has now mastered this concept.

When we drove from Korat to Prachuap Khiri Khan last month, she, armed with a road atlas, was navigator. She did a credible job of figuring out the route, locating our position on the map and figuring out which way to turn go get to our various destinations. She even figured out an alternative route home designed to avoid Bangkok traffic.

it is all about education!! as you can see, after some tuition your wife can manage fine

I was the same, but now I navigate my husband all the way from London to Portugal!!

In school, I never knew much about how to read a map, it was a new concept

Next week we are doing a tour of northeast Isaan. She has done most of the map and route research herself and is looking forward to being navigator again.

I'm very happy that she's accomplished this in a relatively short period.

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Thank you for your post. I have a difficult time knowing what writing is yours and what writing is from buadhai. If you want to mix your writing with his it would be better if you did something to make it clear which is your writing. Some people make their writing a different color so it is easy to see. I have changed your post above to change your writing to blue. If you want to see how I did this you can pretend you want to reply to this post and in the editor you will see that "" is used to start the blue color and "" is used to end the blue color and change back to the previous color. You can add these pieces of text using the buttons above the text editing window to type this text in for you. Use the 'color' button to put in the text like "" and the 'Close all Tags' button to put in the text "" or you can type them in by hand yourself..no need to capitalize any of this text. Good luck. As you can see I haven't mastered the process yet myself!!!

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I know all that!! it was my mistake, so I posted a second attempt just afterwards....you can read that one instead OK?

I am trying to teach my girlfriend to read maps and navigate with them. It has been difficult. I don't know if they are not taught to do this or if the idea of driving to an unknown location using a map is a new concept that many Thai's have yet to master.

I first knew I was in trouble when I realized that my girlfriend, born and raised in Korat, had no idea of the compass directions when she was in town. She was determined to learn though, and after a few test runs she can now manage to figure out what direction is North based on time of day and sun position.

After that we practiced relative positiions: "Our house is what direction from your parents' shop?" She has now mastered this concept.

When we drove from Korat to Prachuap Khiri Khan last month, she, armed with a road atlas, was navigator. She did a credible job of figuring out the route, locating our position on the map and figuring out which way to turn go get to our various destinations. She even figured out an alternative route home designed to avoid Bangkok traffic.

Next week we are doing a tour of northeast Isaan. She has done most of the map and route research herself and is looking forward to being navigator again.

I'm very happy that she's accomplished this in a relatively short period.

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whoops sorry, here it is again

it is all about education!! as you can see, after some tuition your wife can manage fine

I was the same, but now I navigate my husband all the way from London to Portugal!!

In school, I never knew much about how to read a map, it was a new concept

I am trying to teach my girlfriend to read maps and navigate with them. It has been difficult. I don't know if they are not taught to do this or if the idea of driving to an unknown location using a map is a new concept that many Thai's have yet to master.

I first knew I was in trouble when I realized that my girlfriend, born and raised in Korat, had no idea of the compass directions when she was in town. She was determined to learn though, and after a few test runs she can now manage to figure out what direction is North based on time of day and sun position.

After that we practiced relative positiions: "Our house is what direction from your parents' shop?" She has now mastered this concept.

When we drove from Korat to Prachuap Khiri Khan last month, she, armed with a road atlas, was navigator. She did a credible job of figuring out the route, locating our position on the map and figuring out which way to turn go get to our various destinations. She even figured out an alternative route home designed to avoid Bangkok traffic.

it is all about education!! as you can see, after some tuition your wife can manage fine

I was the same, but now I navigate my husband all the way from London to Portugal!!

In school, I never knew much about how to read a map, it was a new concept

Next week we are doing a tour of northeast Isaan. She has done most of the map and route research herself and is looking forward to being navigator again.

I'm very happy that she's accomplished this in a relatively short period.

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I thought every Farang tipped!! my husband tips pretty girls too much, but never mind. I always tip for good service, but if bad I tell them that.

Stickman could be right about many girls leaving, but more likely, less farangs coming

More sex tourists are thinking that Thailand is not cheap any more, so many are going to Cambodia, Pnom Penh, where the girls are very cheap and no "bar fines" to pay either.

Good for Thailand, bad for Cambodia, unless you are a bar owner in Patpong etc

On the next Thailand Today on Radio Bangkok,

-  Stickman reveals how he stopped a man from marrying a bargirl and saved a marriage …

-  Why getting a driver’s license in Thailand is no longer a joke.

-  A murder investigation update as the mother of the victim visits the crime scene in Chiang Mai five years after her daughter was raped and murdered.

All that and the latest on the runway crack story that won’t runaway…on the next Thailand Today…each weekday at five pm, midnight and five am

Listen in here: http://www.radiobangkok.net

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Hey, I got my licence recently. Mind you, I am good driver, usually. But on that day I made a little mistake, and bumped one of the cones, so they said I had to do it all again. They dont take money anymore, because they are scared of the TV exposure stories. Anyway, I called a friend who is well known, and they then said I did not have to do it again.

is that a joke still??

suppose so

Agreed, look at the last Songkran statistics, I believe a majority percentage of the fatality statistics were male. On our little island, most of the road accidents and murders involve males.

And Crossy, one thing to remember, is you Western guys aren't always fit and handsome either. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones ya know 

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People in wooden houses can though

Crossy - You still said it though. The thought must of been in your mind when you posted. Everybody has their own prefrence but I would disagree most women that are not thai are "dogs". I want to rant a bit more but I won't. Just next time think before you come out with comments like that. Maybe next time I won't be so forgiving.

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no, not dogs!!

my dad likes to say "western women are big and round"

"Thai women are cute to the ground"

it rhymes in English, so it must be true

The amount demanded--499,999-- is odd to say the least.

Why not 500,000 baht.

It sounds as if she's needling you

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tell them u r not the father and u only married her to help her out and therfore they should pay you for being a good man

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you are a bad man Uncle Paul, but it's worth a try!

yes you should have paid the sinsod at the ceremony. MIND YOU, THEY ASK A LOT!! you must be rich, or they think you are

now, you are having baby, so you need the money for that

you can offer your ma-in-law something though, to keep her quiet, 20K say

your wife should be on your side with this now, so ask her advice. If she still sides with her mum, you better tell her to remember she is married to you.

oh dear, things are so bad in the land of smiles.....never mind my friends, I have a little story for you

I went to the baker shop for my husband, and asked if they have any rolls. The girl did not know, so got the supervisor. "what rolls you want, hard or soft?" she demanded.

Oh, soft is fine, I said. "dont have" she replied.

oh, alright, I will have the hard. "dont have" she replied

good eh?

My girlfriend and I have been together for a few months. A couple of weeks ago, we found she was pregnant. We get on well, so I suggested we get married. It was what she wanted anyway, but she didn't tell her mother. I said she should, and after a time, she did. Her mother hot footed it from the village to my house.

I had met her before, she is ok. We arranged a date for the Buddha wedding, and the question arose as to how much money I would give. My answer was, nothing. I said I would pay for everything, Party food and drink, but that is all. Her mother blew. She wanted her daughter to go home with her the next day. Fortunately, her daugter said she loved me and was staying. I had always told my girl I was not into the dowery thing, it is totally against the grain with me. I told her mother, she was lucky her daughter has someone who can take care of her and her grandchild in comfort, never having to worry about money. I'm not a wealthy man, but have a comfortable company pension, and later a goverment pension. If married, she will be eligible for a percentage of it. I also have another house I rent out, providing another income.

                                      The family are not poor. Not rich, but by Thai standards, they are ok. Her mother has now accepted it, knowing she has no power over her daughter anymore.

                                      My gift is the security I am giving her daughter.

Think again. You are marrying in Thailand, in Thai culture, so be sensitive to Thai values. In your country, the woman used to give dowry, and it was important. In Thailand now, it is an important part of the wedding ceremony. When in Rome etc, so don't be rude or ignorant, try to be nice. As some say, you can always get the money back after, it is the show that counts.

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Yes, the Sinsod is important. My husband gave my mum the money, 60,000B

the village headman counted it out in front of everyone, to make sure it was correct!!

my mum did not have to give it back either, so she was happy

hey, I didn't know about that!! my husband would not be a happy man if I did that, or even thought about it!!

shouldn't need anyway

but fashion is fashion.......where to shop?

Topic Correction:

Here is an opportunity to brag and feel all special about yourself because you didn't meet your gf in a bar.

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Nasty & uncalled-for comment

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I agree, as most of the women I know who worked in bars are really nice, generous and good friends. You know, as do most people, that the bar girls in Thailand mostly come from Isaan, the poorest region. They want to support their families mostly.

mind you, if they stay in the business too long, their attitudes also change, for the worse. Blame their customers for that!!?

well, it depends on who the .01 is!!

she could be so cute