skylar

There's so many monkeys at Prang Sam Yod. They're scary when they go for your bags. I hate Lopburi monkeys.

Well they do warn you about this:-

in Lop Buri

Kan Win

I am quite aware of this. I am also aware that the sign is not exactly translated - purse is not สิ่งของ. Are you insinuating that just because I hate the monkeys that I should not go? Or that I should leave upon seeing the sign? Although I hated the monkeys and their assertiveness, I did like Prang Sam Yod. There's also heaps of similar monkeys in Songkhla, near Samila Beach, but they are actually cute and playful.

Didn't know til recently tho, that prices in places like Homepro are also negotiable

Of course they are!

I even get discount from shops like Central - give the salesgirl a bit of sweet talk and get her to buy it using her staff discount, of course the wife can't be there.

Yeah, I've done this multiple times before when I have bought many things

Anyone been to any of the stores in the Black Canyon chain? My mother used to drag me there every time I went shopping with her. It was painful.

I would much rather have my child grow up here, with all the above than in the UK where this doesnt happen but actually my child would be in more danger.

It's been that way in the UK since the early 80s. I remember my mother always holding my hand tightly and telling me never to accept anything from strangers, not to talk to them, not to play too close to the front school fence or in the front garden and made me memorise our phone number at the age of 4 onwards. I still remember it now! So many children have been snatched in the UK it makes the papers on at least a weekly basis.

They're scary when they go for your bags. I hate Lopburi monkeys.

I hope your not talking about my wife.

I was definitely being literal in meaning there! Sierra, take a look at this thread. Buadhai's pics are pretty interesting, especially those of Sema, Ubon Rachathani, and Prasat Hin Phanom Wan.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=60455

There's so many monkeys at Prang Sam Yod. They're scary when they go for your bags. I hate Lopburi monkeys.

In my opinion, if you want Asian girls to break the Western music scene then I think you would need to do it with girls that have grown up in Europe or North America.

Hmmm... it doesn't even work that way yet. The way it works at the moment is that an Asian person who grew up in the States and returned to their country of ethnicity has a shot at a successful career... for example CoCo Lee grew up in the States and started singing in Hong Kong. Hikaru Utada is Japanese American and became a massive pop singer in Japan. Heaps of overseas Vietnamese whose parents took them to the States, Canada, France and Australia have recorded in Vietnamese in those countries to feed the Vietnamese markets.

Tata's been able to achieve success in Asia with her English language album but will not take on the Western markets precisely because it is way too risky even though she is very farang in thought and expression when working in an English language environment. Anyway, she's made pots of money on the East Asian circuit... so as long as there's work for her in Asia she's got no reason to want to go anywhere else.

It is not about where you came from, but where you are! It is not about what you were born as, but what you've become. It is not about how you die, but how you live.

Be happy with what you are. Find no fault in yourself or others, and live life one day at a time.

I think you're mostly right there. I don't totally agree with this statement, because my parents and the 10 years I spent in England have initially shaped the person I am. Although I have lived in Thailand and Australia for a significant part of my life, it hasn't changed me to the extent that I would call myself Australian. Yet I feel a part of Australian society and feel more comfortable in Australia than I do in England. I obtained my first Australian passport maybe 4 years ago and I felt overwhelmed looking at it because I suddenly realised that by taking Australian citizenship, it represented me moving away from the straight 'Englishness' of the first 18 years of my life. I took it home and put it away into a drawer so I wouldn't see it! However I can now carry the two passports quite comfortably.

At least I'm not like some English people I went to school with who never even lived in England until they went to university... that would be tough to deal with.

It's risky, given that Western audiences don't seem to be ready for even a solo Asian artist. And I don't mean even Asian-American, Asian-Australian etc. CoCo Lee tried back in 2000 and she flopped massively even though she has a great voice. Vanessa Carlton does okay, as does Michelle Branch. But give it a go anyway.

Nationality: British (1st) and Australian (2nd)

Ethnicity: English (62.5%), French (12.5%), Italian (25%). The mess comes from my mother's side.

What part of this do you consider "Mess" and why?

Because it's not easy to explain to people why my mother's family are so Italian as well as White African in culture (attitudes, cooking, etc) but look nothing like Italians although they have an Italian surname. They were born in Africa to parents who were married simply because they were Catholic, and for no other reason. This was also the reason why my great grandparents were married. Moreover, I was the brownest person in my classes at primary school when I lived in the West Midlands, and I only have olive skin! And then I was teased about my skin after I told my classmates that my mother is from Africa. I don't have sharp English features, for example close set eyes, a pointy nose etc. Even English people no longer classify me as English because I have been out of the country for so long, and it is more convenient for them to see me as an Australian. I don't agree with this; but there's sod all I can do but be proud of my quasi-complicated heritage. You've got it easy.

“Microsoft Word” is: Tools > Language > Set Language > Select English (UK)

Spot on Mr. Bytes...that worked a treat. Thank you.

Doesn't always last forever... my applications frequently change between US and Australian English with no input from me... and a work colleague's apps are always German for some reason!

Is your computer networked with other(s)?

What version of Microsoft Office are you using?

I think skylar may have been taking the piss...

No, I'm serious actually!! I have a work laptop (hooked up to a network) and everything on there is 2003.

Bargaining has everything to do with me learning Thai in the first place, for which I am grateful. I enjoy it because I do know the real price of things and I like to see how close I can get. Most of the time I'm pretty darn close.

That's another point: a "factory outlet" in Pattaya, on the Sukhumvit, next to Lotus, has a Quiksilver shop. In that "discounted" store, things are more expensive than in Australia.

Quiksilver manufactures many of their wares in Thailand and the factory outlet should reflect that.

I was in Central Chidlom last year and I was gobsmacked by the high prices of the Quiksilver and Mambo stuff there. The situation reminds me of Carabao's "Made In Thailand" song.

how depressing..

Trust the English to find it depressing. I think it's meant to say that no one is perfect.

I can't stop giggling about it, particularly with the comments that everyone has made.

I was at a train station this morning when I saw a man run down the train stairs and fall over, dropping some personal items. He got up and started running straight down the platform with his eyes towards the roof of the platform and banged into a passenger (you could tell he was acting abnormally). Some of us screamed and I ran for help. The man was unable to get up, and was bleeding from wounds to the head and seemed to be having some sort of minor fit. A lot of first aid people were holding his hand and consoling him as the train arrived and left the platform.

It made me think and want to ask about how the mentally ill or those who are mute, deaf or blind in Thailand are treated in public in everyday life, in the event of an accident, in family situations and so on. I've never had much contact with these people in Thai society (only with a Japanese Down's Syndrome student at school and maybe seen a few blind and mute people in the street using Thai sign language), so I am wondering if you have any knowledge to share.

Generally women don't retire to Thailand unless they are married, insane or a missionaries.

Be scared of the evangelicals... I know more than one person who has learnt Thai for the specific purpose of becoming a missionary in Thailand

It might be more practical to sell the tractor in the UK and use the funds to buy a tractor in Thailand. On the plus side, it will save you time dealing with paperwork and the shipping company. On the negative side, you might not be able to buy exactly what you want, or the tractor may be cheaper to ship in... just weigh up the odds and you'll have your answer. Also, are there spares and a mechanic who knows his tractors?

claimed to have caused massive hair loss, will come out within two days.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 21 Febuary 2006

No, if you take a look at this sentence, the results have not yet been released. That is speculation. It is not yet confirmed.

The TV board doesn't reflect the farang population in Thailand.

They also serve a variety of teas, fresh juices, smoothies, shakes and lassies.

I thought Lassie was a dog?

If they want to serve up a variety of LASSIES...whos objecting?........but suppose we really are talking Koffi Shops

Lassis are Indian drinks.. fruit mixed with yog and milk mainly but also with a bit of other stuff. Yum.

This is speculation.

“Microsoft Word” is: Tools > Language > Set Language > Select English (UK)

Spot on Mr. Bytes...that worked a treat. Thank you.

Doesn't always last forever... my applications frequently change between US and Australian English with no input from me... and a work colleague's apps are always German for some reason!

he doesn't need anything from her, so i wonder if she needs to worry?

I think you know the answer already.

One hub wants to join another hub. How sweet.

undrinkable tap water we had when my gran was a kid.

It wasn't so long ago that the Australian states of Queensland and South Australia had undrinkable tap water... in the last couple of years.