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Went to this yesterday. Basically the same show as they always have with lots of furniture and TVs, fridges. Not much in the way of dishes, cookware, and small appliances but ok if you are looking for a bed, couch.
Ended up buying a mattress, some bedding and that Ergorapido vacuum thingy from Electrolux.
Overall, its ok if you are looking for bigger items but if you want small stuff for the home, JJ market is much better.
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Green Eggs and Ham, tis the holiday season.
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Depends on the time of day!
should be between 50 and 60 baht
Assuming he means during the open hours of Fortune Town
and for argument sake let's say late morning on a saturday, a taxi will cost you exactly 78 baht, 50 satang. I have allowed an extra 8 baht for the invetable (sp) parking lot situation as one approached Emporium - if it is the last weekend of the month, add another 8 baht to compensate for all the girls going to get their hair done before eating Japanese food in the foodcourt. -
Thanks for all the info, The bus I am going to take goes to the Ekamai bus station, I don't know Bangkok well. so could I take the sky train from in front of the Ekamai bus station and get to the Fortune Tower Building ..? if not what's the best way to get to Fortune Tower ?
Thanks
TL
Can do, skytrain next to ekkamai bus station to Asoke. Change to the underground and take it to Rama 9 station, Fortune town is there.
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You can order your Christmas turkeys HERE
Or here Buy a turkey now, buy a turkey now, buy a turkey now !!
If you don't like it, then don't pay it any attention. We all know who are the sponsors of TV are and it's no big secret that they get to promote their services via this medium as well.
Regarding the particular post you mention, did you notice that it wasn't the advertiser that posted it?
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Don't for those lumpy lumps!
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Interesting, do you mean the ragheads that sit behind the United Bench? If not, which ones do you refer?
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BTW, interesting (if not funny) thread in the Pattaya news clipping section about two guys who got in a bust up over their tattoos.
Worth a quick read.
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wearing shades in da club? ....... how could i see the sun?
yes the sun in the club
and .... bkkjamie - pm me then if you wanna join the tonight pissup
I knew there was something about you besides your beautiful white teeth that caught my eye at the last one
No wonder your young gigs in tow got so jealous when I called you my little Thithi. -
If you managed to get to the point of marrying without having to have 'earned' the right, blah-blah-blah (mindless blathering deleted)
That statement is so indicative of the sheep-like mentality foreigners who are married to or otherwise involved with thai women. Sadly there is no such thing as an "earned right" to marry someone. Too many foreigners buy into any "fairy tale" pawned off as an alleged cultural phenomena regarding the support of their (in)significant other's extended family.
Of course, seeing as I don't believe there is such a thing as "thai culture", it is easy for me to discount this as an abberation. Generations of mindless brainwashing does not necessarily a cultural phenomena make, sorry, not in the 'real world' anyway. Anyone who says it is cultural is obviously a color coordinated shirt/bracelet wearing wanna-b-thai, plain and simple. About the only upside to the alleged myth of 'thai culture' is it has made thais myopic in their views, xenophobic to outside influences and predicable to a fault; which I have found can be turned against them easily and used to your advantage.
If a woman's parents were living a semi normal life in Nakhon Nowhere before you met her, I see no reason that they couldn't continue to exist without outside financial intervention afterwards. It truly boggles the mind that ANY first world educated person would give a satang for the support of someone outside the marriage.
With that being said, sadly; I can think of only a few foreign/thai marriages who don't subscribe to this practice (despite Maigo6's astute observation that going by the posts only, it would appear T/V Forum members marry only the uber-rich thai elite). Obviously the brainwashing is successful. In my experience contributing financially is more the norm than the exception to the rule.
I think it ranks right up there with foreigners paying sin-sod for a woman who already has children. In reality, if it were a thai/thai marriage there would be none, as the women is already "second-hand" or "gently used".
You obviously do not know the Thai culture so let me help you a wee bit... Yes, I am married to a Thai and I whole-heartily believe she didn't marry me for my money because I have none.
Now as far a sinsot, it's not just the farang who marries a Thai that pays sinsot because my sister-in-law just married a Thai and he paid sinsot to her parents. Actually I was never asked to pay 1 baht when I married my wife over 4 years ago whereas they stated to this Thai how much it would be for him to marry their daughter. So this blows any freakin theory of farangs always pay sinsot out of the water.
As for supporting her family, I choose to help them not support them. I loan them money (have done so on many occasions in which I was repaid and sometimes with interest) to help them out just like I have done so with my family back in the USA. Likewise I have a few times given them a few k baht when visiting because they 'put me up and fed me when I stayed at their home. But then again with my aging mother (before she died), I used to send her a few hundred $$ here and there as well as providing airfare for her to travel because I loved her and knew she couldn't afford it otherwise. Just because I did these things for my Mother does that mean that it's a culture thing? Of course, loving or caring for your parents (or family) is a culture thing. Of course unless you were born under a rock and being blatantly stupid.
By the way, why is it some think that only the farangs provide money to the parents. My wife's brother and sister live and work in BKK but they send money almost monthly home to mom and dad......
Hey Rob, pay no attention to the long winded one, if you haven't noticed he only pops his head up on here mid-afternoon on Fridays after teaching 8 year olds English. I only wonder the real reason for his being here with his pent up utter hate of everything Thai.
Perhaps, a victim of sinsot gone sour?
(who actually feels compelled or egotestical enough to use a full name on TV
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www.ethaimusic.com
can`t you be bothered to find songs you like yourself???
mai kow jai kap!
I can find as many Thai songs as I like.
But I have no clue if they are actually any good.
Generally speaking, if you like them, they are good.
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If you managed to get to the point of marrying without having to have 'earned' the right, blah-blah-blah (mindless blathering deleted)
That statement is so indicative of the sheep-like mentality foreigners who are married to or otherwise involved with thai women. Sadly there is no such thing as an "earned right" to marry someone. Too many foreigners buy into any "fairy tale" pawned off as an alleged cultural phenomena regarding the support of their (in)significant other's extended family.
Of course, seeing as I don't believe there is such a thing as "thai culture", it is easy for me to discount this as an abberation. Generations of mindless brainwashing does not necessarily a cultural phenomena make, sorry, not in the 'real world' anyway. Anyone who says it is cultural is obviously a color coordinated shirt/bracelet wearing wanna-b-thai, plain and simple. About the only upside to the alleged myth of 'thai culture' is it has made thais myopic in their views, xenophobic to outside influences and predicable to a fault; which I have found can be turned against them easily and used to your advantage.
If a woman's parents were living a semi normal life in Nakhon Nowhere before you met her, I see no reason that they couldn't continue to exist without outside financial intervention afterwards. It truly boggles the mind that ANY first world educated person would give a satang for the support of someone outside the marriage.
With that being said, sadly; I can think of only a few foreign/thai marriages who don't subscribe to this practice (despite Maigo6's astute observation that going by the posts only, it would appear T/V Forum members marry only the uber-rich thai elite). Obviously the brainwashing is successful. In my experience contributing financially is more the norm than the exception to the rule.
I think it ranks right up there with foreigners paying sin-sod for a woman who already has children. In reality, if it were a thai/thai marriage there would be none, as the women is already "second-hand" or "gently used".
Glad to see TD recognises sarcasm. For such an obviously educated person, I thought for a minute there he might have missed it. Can someone bullet point any important details in the rest of the above. NO, ok thanks.
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Ok Ok
Next Saturday - 22nd November
Black Swan @ 7:30pm, departing to ....another good joint .... at 8:30pm
Black swan is a very central meeting place, below BTS and above MRT
Well I will be there and if no one comes, more room for me
I can't go tonight (have to work...sort of)
Next Saturday or this Saturday?
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if one takes "the observer is the observed" under close consideration... not much else needs to be said about this specific ever and ever reoccurring topic!
And this my friend is what you get for a PHD in philosophy.
On topic, Why defend Thailand? Simple, we love it.
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I meant take your wife so these assuming people will realise you are married and just by chance the girl is your daughter. Some people need it spelled out ya know in black and white, in the sand they require.
Yeah but his latest wife is 18, 3 years younger than his daughter !!
M.R. Go6, leave the comedy to me mate, it doesn't suit you.
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or as James would say "If clues were shoes you'd be walking on the cheeks of your as*s."
LOL.....
Good one.
Stop the TV presses, Mr GO6orhalfofabaker'sdozen actually laughed. In defense of him, it is Friday and he is in Thailand (poor attempt at staying on-topic I know)
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After reading countless threads on here about guys who marry thai girls then start supporting her family? why do you guys do it? its culture(not) right? to support the family but do they give you support back?
I am married to a thai girl and i would never send money to anyone in her family, if they want some money then come and cut my garden or something, earn it.
I guess some guys get blackmailed into it, if they dont give then the wife tells him he is no good!!
Im just curious to know why many guys do it?
If you managed to get to the point of marrying without having to have 'earned' the right, then you my friend are fast on your way to the hall of fame of the lifestyles of rich and shameless. Congrats.
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or as James would say "If clues were shoes you'd be walking on the cheeks of your as*s."
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When I'm very hungry I'd like to eat spicy food such as fried brasil leaves with sea food or spicy salad...something like that.. I love it very much.
When I get the Munchies Munchi, I like to eat fried banana leaves with cokonutts or baseballs. Not exactly fare of the Pharohs but fills me up.
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Maybe they are their sons or grandsons. It is presumptious to assume otherwise. This is stereotyiping to the extreme. Same goes for old fat farangs with a beauty on their arm. She may be his daughter or granddaughter. Where do people get off with assumptions and presumptions?
I have a good friend living in Hat Yai who has a 21 yo daughter. He's over 60. He is afraid to hold hands with his daughter or even be seen in public alone with her just because of these misconceptions. It's a sad world.
Went swimming with my 12 year old daughter the other day. Thais saw us, stared at us the whole time and spoke to each other "Farang chob dek..."...
Take your wife next time. or failing that jus tell them to shut the f*** up and mind their own business!
Exactly James. What would these people do if they were in their own country swimming with their daughter and a group of people were say that they like chikdren? Why do people make exeptions with Thailand? I'd go up to them and tell them to shut the f*** up or they'd get a punch on the nose. If you need your wife to do it for you then you're a woose.
As for the guy in Had Yai - he is very sad not wanting to be seen in public with his daughter. He must look like an old pervert.
I meant take your wife so these assuming people will realise you are married and just by chance the girl is your daughter. Some people need it spelled out ya know in black and white, in the sand they require.
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I just wish someone would start a protest called...
"The Whole World is Sick of All The Protests"
Unlike others that seem to led but the independantly wealthy, un-employed or retired, this one would be led by those in the country who actually contribute to its GDP, have families to support and are tired of everyone bit*hing about everything.
Non-politcal in nature, this protest would be open to all who have an interest in just getting things moving again.
BTW, this protest would take place on a weekend as to not inconvenience the millions of locals who actually get up in the morning and go to work.
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Dave
Hey Dave glad you found it. I found it too by searching on google "emirates office thailand" and on the first page got http://www.emirates.com/uk/english/help/of...es_offices.aspx
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As if Pattaya needed any more hassle or bad publicity. On local news this morning is a report that PAD are going to set up a permanent protest stage in front of Banglamung police station, so these witless jobless wonders can sit and do nothing all day here as well as in Bangkok. Do you think they will be allowed to remain, or will the powers that be 'encourage" them to disperse (and how)?
With such a high ratio of Isaan folk in the town, I think their protests will fall on def ears. Personally, I just think they want to get away from traffic jams they have created in Bangkok for a few days of sun and sand.
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Maybe they are their sons or grandsons. It is presumptious to assume otherwise. This is stereotyiping to the extreme. Same goes for old fat farangs with a beauty on their arm. She may be his daughter or granddaughter. Where do people get off with assumptions and presumptions?
I have a good friend living in Hat Yai who has a 21 yo daughter. He's over 60. He is afraid to hold hands with his daughter or even be seen in public alone with her just because of these misconceptions. It's a sad world.
Went swimming with my 12 year old daughter the other day. Thais saw us, stared at us the whole time and spoke to each other "Farang chob dek..."...
Take your wife next time. or failing that jus tell them to shut the f*** up and mind their own business!
and for argument sake let's say late morning on a saturday, a taxi will cost you exactly 78 baht, 50 satang. I have allowed an extra 8 baht for the invetable (sp) parking lot situation as one approached Emporium - if it is the last weekend of the month, add another 8 baht to compensate for all the girls going to get their hair done before eating Japanese food in the foodcourt.
Next Thaivisa Get Together/piss Up/party
in Bangkok
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I call you that when you are not looking dear.