MartinBangkok

1 hour ago, Yom said:

 

Good idea. - We'll be going West.

That's not very smart Yom. Are you Thai?

Jesus, why do we live in Thailand? This right now from: https://firms2.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#t:adv;d:2021-01-20..2021-01-21;l:countries;@100.9,14.6,7z

I'm moving out of here as soon as covid-situation permits

10 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Anutin?

Only if he showers first

Every Thai earning less than 15-20.000 Baht a month is poor. That means about 50 million Thais. At least.

On 1/15/2021 at 8:28 AM, Peterw42 said:

Yes, but free is a mattress in a disused army barracks, hardly a comparison.

Not correct. A Thai wife of a friend of mine stayed in the same 4-star ASQ-hotel as Foreigners. For free.

6 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I have lent money to my wife's sister - and brother in law - on about 6 occsaions. It was always paid back within a week. 

 

I am happy lend small amounts , I can see come back, but I'd think it foolish to lend a large amount at first go

You're happy to lend small amounts of money to Thai people? What are you? A freaking bank? 

Tell them to go to a f... bank if they need a loan. Or ask them if you can borrow money from them!

To Anutin: - Is it ok if I tell Thais that are not wearing masks that they are dirty virus spreading people and should be kicked out of the country?

.. just asking

This is getting worrying for us farangs in Thailand. Anyone who interacts with Farangs (trust me, Thais do not distinguish between tourists and expats) are not given free tests. So the message to Thai people is: You better stay away from those dirty, filthy, farangs who dress in rags and never shower and who are responsible for spreading the virus. I can hear the cry from the health minister growing in strenght: - They should all be kicked out

Geeez - what a country...

Better together all us Thais. No filthy, dirty, despicable foreigners who also dress like tramps and never shower. Kick them out so we Thais can be better together. (sarcasm-alert!)

On 2/15/2020 at 9:15 PM, Susco said:

Yes your right, I often use the highways in Thailand, and very rarely see any Thais using them. ( sarcasm )

 

By the way his savings are much higher,  because 130 Baht is the price for the whole trajectory, and before the highway opens he has to pay from road #36 to Bangkok anyway.

 

Not sure how much that is but I think easily half of that 130 Baht

No. It's 100 Baht. So only an extra 30 Baht.

She is ripping you off. Her "loan shark" is her Thai husband/boyfriend/lover/family member. Take your pick.

I play golf. Luckily you have a golf club in your hand most of the time. I will remember to always be prepared...

Never play hcp-competitions with Thais. Cheat is their middle name

5 hours ago, mogandave said:

 

Yes, that always works out perfectly

 

Great sarcasm. Totally agree. 

Try getting help in a hotel in Thailand by complaining. 555555!

Best thing you can do is check your room out thoroughly before you pay. Or stay somewhere you know.

My balcony is a 100 yards away from the incident. I heard the crackers go off. I went out of my condo (SS Condo) to check what had happened. It really was no big deal. A few crazy youngsters probably just misplaced their minibombs. There were no police check points on the soi (Sukhumvit 101/1). There never is.

The Irony here is that Thailand is bringing happiness to its neighbors - Vietnam.

Hehehe :-)

Bangkok

I got utterly drunk in Patpong and did not eat until afternoon next day. Too hungover to remember..

Bus from Ekamai bus station leaves every 30 minutes to Pattaya. Ok buses with reclining seats and aircon. 124 baht one way.

Letter from two accused of Koh Tao murders to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar Democracy icon

BANGKOK: -- Yesterday the Lawyers for Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo the defendants in the Koh Tao murder case authorized the public release of the defendants personal letter to Myanmar Democracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Below is the English translation

“To: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,

We pay obedience to the Buddha, Dharma, Sangha, our parents and our teachers.

The truth is we are not really involved in this case. We want you to help us. So we write this letter to you from our imprisonment. We were not involved in this crime. We do not want to be in jail anymore. We think the killer went to another country already. We think it is injustice that we are in the jail. We want justice and equality.

When you are reading this letter, we do not know really how you will think about us, but if possible we want you to help us, and we are also asking the help from you.

We are poor, so we came to Thailand to work and save money. My friend, Zaw Lin, he does not have father, he has to support his widow mother.

I (Wai Phyo) also have to support my grandmother and parents. In the beginning when we arrived in Thailand we suffered many difficulties, we do not want to be suffering like poor people and we tried to work hard and sent money back to our parents regularly, we were happy so much for that.

But now our hopes are broken. We are worried about our parents, who will support them, and we miss our parents every day, when we miss them we are crying. When we go to bed we pray for all people and creatures in the world to have safety, peace, good health and happiness. Please also pray for us to be released from this case.

A May Suu, please have pity on us.

Wai Phyo and Zaw Lin”

The defense team has been given just sixteen days to prepare their case, which has been brought forward from February 25th 2015 to December 26th, Boxing Day in the UK and the anniversary of the Asian Tsunami.

The prosecution has made no disclosure of their witness statements while the defense has been asked to produce a full witness list, according to lead defense lawyer Nakhon Chompuchat. Reports suggest that the prosecution have only provided a six page document for the defense team to go on giving the defense team no time to prepare challenges to prosecution witnesses.

-- Samui Times 2014-12-10

Thailand is looking more and more like a bad joke, sorry I mean disgusting, joke of a country.

Whenever i was on holiday i often went to the go go bars with my male and female friends. It's a good night out, nothing shocks me. The music was good, the dancing was ok and none of the girls seemed to resent me. Like i would take a prospective husband away from them!!!

I also love the ladyboy shows.

Do you expect Western women to be in their rooms by 10 pm watching CNN. We can have a good time out too, if you feel sleezy going to go go's - don't blame it on the fact that Western women are present. Blame it on your own pea brain.

Patsycat, please stay away. This place is made for farang men like me. Men who enjoy spending quality time with superslim, superyoung, supersexy and beautiful asian ladies. Have you nowhere else to spend your time in Bangkok? Escaping from overweight western ladies is a part of the reason I am here.

Regards

Martin

Unbelievable. This country is just freaking amazing. So lucky to be a Farang and not a Thai who has do deal with this for his/her lifetime..