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You chat for a while and then meet up for coffee dates. Actually, I like small ones.
How do you find the good ones, WhamBam?Date in Asia is free 100%
Weed out the trash and there are some good ones on there.
Choose the one with the bigger tits?Stop joking. It's not funny.
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Priceless.
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"It's sad because people are afraid to make eye contact these days and nobody dare speak to a stranger or start a conversation."
What what what? Just on the BTS?
In Thailand, strangers are more friendly to other strangers than most countries.
And are you blaming the advertisements for people not talking on the BTS? I think this doesn't logically follow, buddy.
As others have mentioned, The BTS and MRT here are wonderful compared to western transport.
However, i will agree with you that it should be free. I think everything should be free. I am a socialist at heart and don't believe there should be a price tag on everything on this planet.
But to answer your question: Why Isn't the Skytrain Free?
Because virtually nothing is free....OK???
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Marriage is a funny thing. I am not sure if i should do it. Though, i probably have nothing to lose. Everything is in her name already and i am not entitled to a pension. I don't even have any savings and by the time i do, she will probably be over 60.
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You drink 3 in 1 coffee?
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Kids are different.
We literally have done nothing special for our daughter. We haven't attempted to make her dress herself, use the toilet etc. etc.
She demands to do this stuff on her own. If we try to help her or interfere she gets angry and tells us to go away (so she can do it alone). There's not much we have to do for her anymore. She will be 3 in a few months.
She is already drawing things she sees and trying to write the alphabet. She can actually write a few letters.
She's got well over 10 word sentences in 3 languages. Everyone (Thai and farang) says she's way ahead (even compared to my cousin's kids in the west who are older).
Last night, i was successfully able to negotiate with her (in English) that if she turned the water hose on for me (over the other side of the garden)i would give her back her bubbles, otherwise not. It took a couple of minutes where she acted like a baby, but then went over and did it.
Now, like i said before we haven't attempted to educate or teach her. We just speak to her like she's an adult and let her curiosity about things teach her. Yes, we buy books for her and occasionally read them to her, but that's it.
I would also like to note: she has no toys and we don't baby her. Any toys her grandparents have given her have been discarded after she "figured them out".
So, back to my main point. We haven't tried to teach her. I don't think we can blame Thais or whatever. Some kids are just more curious to figure things out than others and i don't think its much to do with parenting.
Likewise, you can observe kids of the same family. One really smart and socially well adjusted and the other sibling the complete opposite.
Me and her mother aren't anything special: I am a poor excuse for an ESL teacher (former construction worker) and her mother was a barmaid in Sukhumvit who left school at age 15.
Yet, we have a bright kid. Go figure.
They have their own personalities and attributes, I don't think it's necessarily much to do with race or even what the parents did.
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Would it not be a good idea to have a pinned thread where folks can post bank interest rates/products as they find them, a thread without the debate of course, Mods?
2nd that!
Here here! That be a good idea chiang mai!
3rd that!
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Jimmy White is a regular tourist. BTW, according to my GF (and all the other bar girls) he is.....
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Wouldn't look into it too much. They do weird stuff like that. They are creatures living in the moment and don't think before they do.
Let's make up a name for it. RWSTA (Random Weird Spontaneous Thai Action)
What I may start a thread on his how Thai women, when walking, will suddenly burst into a pathetic armless jog, and then walk, and then jog again, and then walk again. I often wonder if they are conscious of it. My GF doesn't do it and equally enjoys observing this phenomenon. I only noticed it in BKK though. Maybe they are late?
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Yep, they all lie about how much they and their friends earn (or given by men).
It's a way of trying to extract more money from you.
What she is really saying is,
"all my friends get more money from their man, than I do, so give me more"
There is a very simple answer to this challenge, call her bluff!
"If you think you can find a guy who will provide you with more, I will be sorry to see you leave"
Works every time with my gf, who is in her 30s and too old to find a new guy (that will pay more).
I'm happy with my gf, but reality for her is, I can find a girl in her 20s for not much more money.
You wife/gf is instantly replaceable in Thailand for a younger one, no need to hang on to the old one.
What's the obsession with age?
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So you're wife is comiing up for 40, but how old are you?
Times to two...
OP's wife now age 37.
OP should be around 74 years old.
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Case closed.
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Jeez it must be a bloody big wall around the property?
I built a whole f'''kin 4 bedroomed, 3 bath house up t'North for Bht3M.
Easily done.
Our 3 bed, 2 bath cost 1.4m (in Isaan). Roughly about 120 sqr meters (bungalow) Just finished a few months ago. 1.8m if you include furnature, landscaping, car port, and fence for 1.5 rai land. Another 100k for small shop/restaurant at the bottom of garden for wifey. So all in, less than 2m.
I spend about 20k a month. That includes 7k for the car and 3k pocket money for wifey (she has her own income).
Not sure about the breakdown, but maybe:
car =7k
wifey = 3k
petrol = 2k
food = 5k
booze = 1k
junk food and 7/11 =2k
(wife pays bills)
(no rent expense)
I earn about 32k. Wifey earns about 10k. All in, we probably save 15-17k. Haven't calculated it properly yet as we have just moved up here and are settling in to new work and lifestyle.
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Sign of cocooning here and there. Reminds me of something... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma#Military_rule
I wouldn't worry to much about that.
Why would Thailand go to such extremes now? Thailand has (almost) always had a military government and yet never (to my knowledge) been anti-social like Burma used to be. By my count, 25 out of the total 29 prime ministers have been military (that's 86% of Thailand's prime minister history).
Have a count here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Thailand
I like the military government at the moment. They are doing better than any other government in about 20 years. They are tightening up on some aspects regarding foriegners, but relaxing on others. It seems fair enough.
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Eating oysters may help.
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So you're wife is comiing up for 40, but how old are you?
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Tax!
Are we still in the middle ages or something? It wasn't right back then when tax meant your wife and isn't right now when they take whatever percentage of your livelyhood they wish.
It is an act of aggression. They are thugs who will come to your home with guns if you don't give them what they want.
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This thread is a failure.
But i would say we are mostly winners here....What you we be doing "back home"?
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I am in my late 20s and my bird is in her late 30s (i also have more curves than her)
I earn 30k.
EPIC FAIL.
But, what would my life be like in the west? Hmmmmmm.....?
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Hello Thaivisa people,
I wonder hows this translates from west to east.
The video i have linked, "Do fathers do enough?" delves into the battle of gender at home.
So, i enjoyed watching this video. It gave me some perspective.
My missus takes care of me the old fashioned way, but i do feel as though i pull my weight. I am knackered at the end of the day and it feels like a days work has been done.
At the very least, this is an entertaining video and i am interested in hearing your opinion and how this translates into your lives in Thailand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDO6tv79ApI&index=38&list=PLSEZK5C7-vO9GxQKEoLslngb1qtQeF3bO
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I can hear them now, "Ooooh dear...let's go to Thailand this year so we can discover Thainess."
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I am a new teacher. So, i want to discuss how the relationship with the teacher affects learning.
When i first started at my school (teaching Prathom), the kids were very polite and interested, then they realized that my one month teaching certificate didn't really cover classroom management (LOL!). Of course, they took advantage of my weakness and my teaching and their learning suffered.
Can you blame them as you are not a real teacher at all from what you posted
To be fair, he's only been teaching a month.
I guess you think it is neccessary for teachers to have a teaching degree? And that would make them REAL teachers would it? I remember my teachers in the west. You wouldn't know they had teaching degrees. "Sit down, be quiet, and open you notebooks.....that was it! Anyone off the street could do that! And then the teachers who had zero classroom management would walk out crying. What did they learn at uni?
And Thailand needs English teachers too, you know! Or do you thnk we should come here from the west with B.Eds? Thailand wants that, but they aren't willing to pay for it.
They get what they pay for, i'm afraid. If they want real teachers, they are gonna have to pay for it. Otherwise it's TEFLers....but the rest of ASEAN hasn't had a problem learning from them.
He does make a good point about the lack of respect for foreign teachers though. Uphill battle straight away.
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Sorry...i really laughed out loud when i saw the title.
Merry Christmas!
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Don't tell them. Us parents don't have to ruin everything in our childrens' lives, you know.
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What a bittersweet story.
Do they know the presents are from you? I hope so.
I am sure when they are grown up they will come back to you and realize they were being manipulated by their mother. Just hang in there and have a Merry Christmas. 2015 may be a good one!
They will probably end up hating the family members causing all this trouble. I am sure this story will have a happy ending for you!
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Seriously Fascinating Article About Gut Bacteria Link To Obesity
in I'm Too Fat Forum
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I blame my wife.