somchai jones

Another nail in the coffin for Pattaya and the rest of Thailand!

yawn...

How many foreigners die in this country every year?

The stats must be shocking

given the number of people on this board who hold retirement visas, why would you be surprised when one of them dies?

Absolutely......same thing happens in Eastbourne, Cha-am or any other retirement home...

How many foreigners die in this country every year?

The stats must be shocking

Yawn...

This not only angers me, but fear grips my soul when I think of my son being in any school where there are a majority of Thai students around him.

This is what Thailand is. This is the opposite side of how the Thai mind resolves conflict (fight or flight in the physical or emotional state). Anyone care to comment on that?

I can surmise that this was a catastrophe already in the making before it reached this level. I can surmise that the contributing factors were, firstly, the parents, and secondly the teachers and directors. I can also surmise that opportunity to intervene came and went past the eyes and awareness of these adult &(*%*(&$ and they tossed it off with one of their quaint, apathetic Buddhist proverbs.

This is not the last we will hear of Thai children, teenagers and adults killing each other or attempting to kill each other over silly little things like chicken sauce.

This is what they are as a society, and only a few would dare to formulate the words to describe them. This is another black mark on the Thai education system, the Thai Family Model and their continuous follies and errors towards little human beings.

Forgive me, but breeding should not be a right. It should be a luxury.

Here we go........

The monks should be busy on Friday. Right then, I think I'll just go down to Pantip and browse porn DVDs.

Yes, you probably will......

Good that they kept that section open in Pantip on Friday. Glad you see the point!

I saw the point but you missed the irony......

Saving face in Thailand--When Thais see a farang guy with a totally skanked-out hooker and pretends like they are just a normal couple. Just so the farang guy won't lose face. That's pretty decent of them, don't you think?

Classic!

Jai yen dee gwaa folks.

You're lucky enough to be living in a country where you can get around the rules.......if you can't live without your alcohol for one day you'll still be able to find your fix without too much trouble.......

The monks should be busy on Friday. Right then, I think I'll just go down to Pantip and browse porn DVDs.

Yes, you probably will......

So how about Thailand refuse US pork

and how about US refuse to import Thai shrimp

If one country uses protectionism the other country will do so

Moscow does not permit the sale of US pork, despite Russia's high growth in pork consumption. Moscow's policy is based on the need to ensure food safety and people's health, Surachai said.

And that's the real point, corruption in the USA allows poisons to be fed to their people.

Shameful!!! Keep it out of here!!!

As much as I am opposed to factory farming, the quality of US pork is comparatively high. The USDA, consumer groups and commercial users regularly test US pork for contaminants and "poisons". What testing is done in Thailand? Is there a mechanism to control contaminants entering the feed system? Do you realize that Thailand still uses animal products in its feed? Are you aware of the local slaughtering practices. For example, a pig in Phuket can be sent to market and no one checks the carcass, and there is no tracking ability. So please, get off your soapbox and comment when you are competent to comment on the integrity of the food supply chain in Thailand.

Thanks for the insight, I guessed as much.

I don't trust any food here and you just confirm it for me.

Here we go again............

horrific accident , I guess this guy was not "used" to drive such powerful motorcycle ..Maybe the rental could ask the people some proper driving license ... shoking one more time .

Yes, and, maybe the stories of the of the motorcycle taxi rider and the driver of the Honda City arte a total fabrication. Wouldn't be the first time would it they lies would be more advantageous

that being honest.

And of course it must have been the Russians fault because had he not been in the country it would not (could not) have happened.

Here we go...........

Sad but predictable...........

Many Thais I know regard Chula and Kasetsart as the Thia equivalent of Oxbridge. This is more to do with the fact that they are not "private" univesties and therefore open to anyone with ability (in theory, the same as Oxbridge). They are more circumspect about the private universities which may be more inclined to focus on those with ability to pay only.

Actually, Chula and Thammasat have traditionally been regarded as the Thai equivalent of Oxbridge and are the oldest and second oldest universities in Thailand respectively.

Each case is separate with different historical facts to consider.

But you cannot dismiss the fact that the Falkland Islanders do not want to be part of Argentina.

They have always been British and want to remain so; that is an historical fact.

The first country to show any interest in sovereignty over the Falklands was France; so if basing your argument on history rather than democracy the islands should belong to France.

France doesn't want them, next in line is Spain.

Spain doesn't want them either; after Spain comes Britain.

Argentina didn't exist when the British first claimed the islands. After independence from Spain, what is now Argentina did claim sovereignty (in 1833) but that was 143 years after the first British settlers landed on the islands in 1690.

So whether you use the democratic argument or the historical one; the British claim outweighs the Argentinian one by a long way.

That just about sums it up 7by7.

The 'Each case is separate with different historical facts to consider' post let you down JT.....weak.

Things change. There were those that thought the Panama canal would never go back to Panama. But it happened.

Certainly won't be changing for quite some time yet.....the Falkland Islanders (the people that actually live on the islands) are still celebrating the result of their vote, ink on the ballat papers not even dry, most of them waving Union Jacks and brandishing banners proclaiming that 'The Falkland Islands are British to the Core'.

I for one wish them well and salute them for coming out in such numbers to cast their votes. Good on ya guys, enjoy the party.

"Dimitrov was charged with entering the kingdom without a visa and Ritonov was charged with travelling in Thailand without a passport and visa."

As bad as the ATM crime is, how did these guys get into Thailand without passport and visas? That is scarier.

Not difficult. Look at the millions of people that enter UK and US illegally.

Keep taking the tablets girl!

'I am not complaining

I am responding to your "I have been here 30 years and nothing happened to me"

Things happens to me more because I am an easier prey for lunatics, that's all'

It pains me when I read about scum such as this coming to Thailand.

One of the things I don't miss about England (my home country) is the abundance of this type of aggresive yet cowardly no hoper.

You usually find that without their group of mates or the use of a weapon, they are nothing.

This waster is obviously pretty thick too for returning after a matter of weeks.

Seems like a fair sentence...

As for the damages to tourism, without condoning violence, 10 egyptians piling into a tuk-tuk refusing to pay 40bht each, no sure it's the kind of tourist Thailand needs in the first place.

Agreed.

You can catch some exotic stingray off the beach to about 15kg to 20kg just 15 minutes north of Cha Am, its beaitful place to spend a day too. The locals line up about 15 rods though to get one or two fish usually, the stingray are the type with the large spots on their back (or at least the ones Ive seen caught are. Locals also jig off the granite outcrops just south of Hua Hin places like Ko Takieb, but it looks hellishly dangerours to me and little in the way of reward from what i have seen. Ooops am I being helpful? I apologise! LOL

I also heard about this from a friend but I'm not sure of the exact location - do you have the name of the place or directions? Cheers

they should be bitching about being called "farung" since the correct word is "farang"

Depends what phonetics you use I guess, I've seen a couple of variants, but who cares as long everyone knows what's meant.

Thais would probably bother less about being called "Asians" than "Chings", the latter would mean "chinese", right?

Again good post. As there is no 'official' standard transliteration from Thai to Roman script, although 'farang' is the most widely used transliteration, 'farung' is not incorrect.

'Manufactured outrage to create stories and hype and website traffic. A handful of people made comments on twitter, oh noes! 99% of Thais don't give a $%#@ what she said. No one is boycotting. No one is protesting her like they did in other countries. No one cares. The only thing most Thais would think is that it is very strange for a rich celebrity to want to buy a fake watch, as that is something for poor people. Most Thais wouldn't understand how it could be a novelty item for a rich foreigner.'

Couldn't have put it better myself. It's actually quite amusing (if a little tirmsome) to watch all the usual suspects (the bitter twisted folk that hate living here but haven't got the balls to leave) react to the Thai Visa spin. Good for generating web traffic but making the site's content very predictable these days.

What I find quite amusing (if a little tiresome) are the the people who

1) often fail to admit that the country they live in has all manner of problems that they have no control over

2) make the infantile assumption that anyone who lives in Thailand and who doesn't like or levels criticism against certain aspects of Thailand is somehow unable to leave or wants to leave or is silly enough to actually believe that if they live in a place, they should be happy and/or accepting of everything that goes on around them

3) people who are predisposed to an (often quite self-serving) philosophy which encourages them to interpret negative things in a society (so long as they are not directly and negatively impacted) as positive or which encourages them to be indifferent at every opportunity because they know that being truly aware of what's going on around them is much more challenging to deal with. Some people call these kinds of people 'selfish cowards' -- although I don't, of course.

It's certainly much easier to sit back in a nice condo with a nice job or perhaps in healthy retirement and try to interpret crappy things in Thailand as being OK. While looking out of my 15th floor condo window, observing a row of street vendors baking in the sun slaving away for what, under proper circumstances of mental health, I would call meager, I think to myself --

"Look at those wonderful street vendors happily working away in their traditional ways earning a good living. They certainly do look happier than the people exploiting them. Yeah, now I feel better about the whole thing. Let me put some ice in my imported craft ale and relax a bit. Maybe later I'll go down and buy a meal for 30 baht. Not sure why they are always look at me funny when I walk over with my constant (if condescending) smile. I want them to feel that we are equals; that's why I do it."

Oh, in fact, it's not a whole lot different from the Hi-So Thais who spend so much energy convincing themselves that they live in the same Thailand as their Thai servants. Same same.

** If one looks around the web, one will find all manner of stories by different agencies covering this very story. I've seen several, and I find no significant spin in the TV one.

Well written reply and some points you make are certainly valid, however, your arguement is misplaced in response to my post because it needn't go as deep as that my friend.

I still (after reading this thread) stand fastly by my assertion that Thai visa these days has more than its fair share of bitter, twisted folk that really need to leave Thailand because they obviously aren't able to adapt.

I'm all in favour of having sensible discussions about the rights and wrongs of my adopted homeland (and often do). However, I don't consider the vast majority of the posts that I read from the 'moaners' that I'm referring to as sensible. I consider the majority of them infantile (to quote an adjective you used in your post)........