mstevens

I don't think the two New Zealand brothers were cage fighters. One brother had martial arts experience. They're both still locked up in Phuket awaiting trial.

Is this James Newman, the author and filmmaker who is based in Bangkok?

Get a full health checkup with a GP including all the standard labs. If that doesn't show anything, consider finding a functional medicine practitioner. They are doctors whose approach is a little different, and ask the all-important question of "Why is someone ill i.e. what is causing their symptoms?" They don't just treat patients using standard protocols as most doctors in the west do, but look for the root cause. So they may do a deeper dive than your typical GP, testing for vitamin and nutrient deficiencies, testing your gut microbiome and things like that.

Just to give some perspective on the other side of the equation, my wife owns and operates an online business with a store on each of Lazada and Shoppee. 90% of the problems she has are with foreigner customers (who make up less than a quarter of all her customers). Some of the complaints are ridiculous and not even petty but borderline spurious. Facebook groups for Lazada sellers show that this is a pattern that many have experienced. The complaints range from refusal to believe imported products are genuine to expecting to change a product after they have used it for a while for really daft complaints about product packaging where they could not open the package with their hands and had to use scissors!

This is a great deal. No doubt, it's very good value for money for Perth. Australia is a great country, in the top handful of desirable places to live in the world for sure. Good weather, good people, fantastic lifestyle. I have to say that this seems extraordinarily cheap. Is this the standard market rate?

I had ongoing gastro issues for a long time, saw a lot of doctors, specialists and they even sent me to an endocrinologist at one point because they could not work out what was going on and suspected hormones might be affecting my digestion. I had terrible gastro symptoms but all labs and all tests were fine (except for some hormones which they could not work out and the endo said he'd never seen labs like mine)! Eventually I would see a functional medicine practitioner in Australia and they conducted tests with the samples sent to the US. I had SIBO, Fungal overgrowth and a gut colonisation of mould. My hormones were off, and my nervous system was disregulated. Once I got a diagnosis I had a pathway to return to good health. Saying it was a long road is an understatement! You definitely need to see a gastro first as there are many things they can check for, and rule out. However, if by chance they don't find anything, you might like to consider a functional medical practitioner and do an OATS test (you can Google it for more more info).

It sounds like someone has set up a bot to grab all the available slots. If that is the case, it's a nightmare for everyday people.

Without seeing what is written in the contract you signed, no-one can say too much. What happened is unfortunate but this is Thailand. As for whether you backed out at the last minute, I presume the landlord would just keep the deposit you had lodged and claim he had missed out on other potential tenants and as such, that money was compensation for potential lost tenant / money.

No Thai drivers licence and worse still, you got behind the wheel after you'd had a few drinks. Funny how these things happen....

Sounds more like a meek man being told what to do than an air-con issue. Be a man and put your foot down.

Looks awfully like an Outlaws vest he's wearing, Barry. And if he is a member of the Outlaws gang, those guys are seriously bad news.

That's kind of like saying someone got murdered in Johannesburg and someone else got murdered in Frankfurt so Johannesburg and Frankfurt are equally dangerous when it's obvious that there is a big difference between the two.

When there are so many wonderful, relationship-minded women in Thailand, why would you even consider dating or, God forbid, marrying a hooker?

Bogan!

He needs more than luck.

You really are Mr Misery, aren't you? Why all the hateful comments?

No sweat, gives you a reason to get a divorce!

I'm not a Brit, but I have the utmost respect for Tommy Robinson. Strikes me as a proud patriot.

Suffered burglaries twice in Bangkok, each time in (different) condo buildings. Never been burgled in New Zealand. Had my car broken in to once in New Zealand, never in Thailand. Had my car damaged where someone ran a key over the bonnet of it in Thailand, nothing like that ever happened in New Zealand. For me, I personally suffered more crime in Thailand than New Zealand.

Yep, agree entirely. She really is a money-grubbing, attention-seeking, utterly shameful hussy. She was paid more than fairly but no, that's never enough. I guess this is a good lesson of what can happen if you play with hookers. Maybe some members of this forum should take note!

That sounds like double-entry and mot multiple-entry. Until now, multiple-entry has always meant "as many times as you like until the visa expires". I simply cannot see multiple-entry suddenly meaning only two entries. Makes no sense and goes against the convention they have always used.

What you say might turn out to be true. But why does it say the visa is multiple-entry then?!

I welcome an influx of immigrants. Thailand's birth rate is low and without allowing more immigrants, the population could go backwards. Thailand is doing what many Western countries are doing and opening the door to allow more people in.

Not at all!

I use Symbicort once in the morning and in the cooler months, once before bed.