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An international tracking number in Thailand costs 65 baht, so that's what you paid for since your final cost was 100 baht and the base price was 35.

Always track in the receiving country, even if it does sometimes work from the sending country.  You often get more updates.

Some obscure countries don't have their own tracking system (or they don't have an English version) so for these you can use the all-in-one tracking websites which cover most of the world.  I've found the US Post tracking website (USPS) works well for packages sent all over the world, even if they never started or finished (or went anywhere near) the US.

can you delete this thread mods - Thaivisa website broke and I had to repost.

You know those little stalls in the middle of the walkway, crammed full with creams and lipsticks and powders.  Not in the actual Big C supermarket but in the same building, near the banks and Swensens etc.

A girl I know has just moved into a 14,000 a month condo.  She sends 5,000 home a month as well.  19,000 a month even before the rent of the stall and food and daily living expenses?  Is it possible selling make-up?

To avoid the usual posts, let's assume a couple of things:  1.) she's not a whore on the side.  2.) she's not trying to obtain money from me.  I know that goes against everything Thaivisa members stand for, but humour me.

You know those little stalls in the middle of the walkway, crammed full with creams and lipsticks and powders.  Not in the actual Big C supermarket but in the same building, near the banks and Swensens etc.

A girl I know has just moved into a 14,000 a month condo.  She sends 5,000 home a month as well.  I'm struggling to see how she can earn 19,000 a month even before food and daily living expenses and I think she might have been stupid and taken on a contract which she can't hope to see out.

To avoid the usual posts, let's assume a couple of things:  1.) she's not a whore on the side.  2.) she's not trying to obtain money from me.  I know that goes against everything Thaivisa members stand for, but humour me.

This is the most bizarre thread I've read in a long time and I can't understand why the OP isn't being more widely mocked.  Not that I applaud mocking, but relative to other less-dopey threads, this one has got off very lightly..

On 7/20/2017 at 1:25 PM, darren1971 said:

do (does - their typo not mine!)

I don't think that's a typo, it makes sense.  Information can be a plural.

I think there's a difference between driving over the limit and driving drunk.  How are we defining 'drunk'?

I barely drink anymore but I'm sure I've driven over the limit occasionally in the past.  But I wouldn't call myself drunk on those occasions.  Tipsy, maybe.

It depends if the person you buy the condo off registers you with immigration.  They'll almost certainly take a copy of your ID.  But they probably won't inform immigration because a.) they might not know they have to and b.) it's hassle for them.  But if you're buying from the developer or some other kind of professional agency, they probably will register your passport number with immigration, and then it's only a matter of time until they come knocking.

Motorbiked all the way from Doi Pha Hom Pok across to Nan and Phayao.  The road runs along the border and there's only 2-3 checkpoints along a 200 mile stretch.  At Doi Pha Hom Pok there is one ranger guarding the entire border in the park.  Stayed on Koh Tarutao and Langkawi in Malaysia which is a 4km swim between the two.  Been to Koh Chang in Ranong from where Myanmar is clearly visible across the water and fishing boats traverse between the two.  Been to Koh Kood where you can see Cambodia.

I've walked across from Thailand to Myanmar, I went about 5 steps where there was a gap in the barbed wire (just for a photo) then turned around.

If you go to the summit of Phu Chi Fa in Chiang Rai you are actually in Laos by 20 metres or so.

At the golden triangle you can go across the river (the idea is you cross temporarily not permanently) just by showing your passport, you don't need to get it stamped.

etc etc.  The borders are porous.

95% of Thai borders are totally unguarded.  I won't say anymore...

8 hours ago, tryasimight said:

 

A 21 year old (normal type of ) girl may be interested in someone say up to 24 or 25 but possibly not much older.  I know I'm generalising but please indulge me. Maternal instinct stuff kicking in maybe?

I think this is probably the crux of it.  Ages might vary a bit from girl to girl.

If you can wind the clock back a couple of years (i.e getting rid of grey hair), you stand a better chance I reckon.

11 hours ago, F4UCorsair said:

Follow up please.....are women now throwing themselves at you??

I only met two girls since I made the thread.  These are both from apps by the way.  First one went for coffee, she was nice, girlfriend material kind of girl, but then I've never met a girl from Buriram that I didn't have fun/good conversation with.  I don't know for sure what she thought of me but she seemed happy enough.

Second one I thought wasn't gonna be interested because she looked at least a point above me on the /10 scale, maybe two points.  But she asked me to her place so we can put that down as a win.

Not enough data to draw any proper conclusions.

14 hours ago, wildewillie89 said:

Other possibilities:

1. Modern technology creates massive male populations for girls to choose from (as many conventional holidays guys use the apps too). It is great for the girls, as in one night they can find many better looking possibilities than what they used to be restricted to in the same age bracket. Not so great for many guys.   

 

2. If talking guys in their 20s, many 'attractive' Thai women I know now seek guys who live overseas (in their 20s). They 'generalise' from their limited experiences the ones living in Thai as having something wrong with them. They are of the belief the only reason other than family, high paying job etc to move to a 3rd world country from a 1st is they cant find 'fun' back home (so to them added health risks, maybe not as good looking as they previously thought they were before widening their search, odd personalities, why aren't farang girls wanting them?).

 

3. Prolonged unrealistic expectations. Easy for a young guy in Thailand, everything is handed to them. So they become lazy, girls pick up on this and know what it is all about and really couldn't be bothered with those guys anymore. 

Not too sure about 2. but 1. I was already aware of and agree with totally and 3. is some seriously deep outside the box stuff.

I was also thinking what was different then compared to now and I considered that my Thai is a lot better, and I probably act and behave more like a Thai; not consciously but when you're surrounded by the same mannerisms every day I think you start to mirror them automatically.  For those girls who are only interested in dating white guys (or other foreigners), maybe those unique traits that we have, are part of the attraction, and when you start to assimilate to your new environment you are of less interest to those girls.  E.g. maybe they like the experience of having to speak English, it's more out of their comfort zone, and when they're speaking Thai it's just a bit more mundane for them...

5 hours ago, grollies said:

Sounds like you've reached your top rung.

Yes maybe.

I adapted this theory and renamed it the snakes and ladders theory.  Because you can just as easily let yourself go and slide down a snake.

5 hours ago, seajae said:

problem is mens ego's & those that cant accept the truth about themselves. Much easier when you are comfortable with who you are, not having to put on a fake front every time you go out or meet people is much less stressful, the ones with the problems are the ones with big ego's. Any relationship based on looks is bound to fail, its who people are and what your personality is that will attract genuine women, the only ones chasing ego driven men are the ones after what they can get, being genuine/faithful is not in their make up. 

I'm not necessarily looking for a relationship.  If you're aware of the ladder theory (where people keep climbing to the highest rung that they can), I think that applies to the majority of the population, before you get to that age when you want to 'settle down'.  There are very few people who are solely interested in your personality i.e. how you look is of little to no importance.  I would guess that 80%+ of relationships are based on looks (at least initially) because if the other person doesn't like how you look, likely they will never bother to get to know you/your personality.  It's shallow but I'm exactly the same and I think most people are, especially in the age of Tinder.

4 hours ago, TunnelRat69 said:

does his friend own or rent the place.........if an owner then she should be paying common fees to help maintain the Gym.  If the enter, check the contract to see what it says about the Gym maintenance.

Renting.  Perhaps I shouldn't have said own in the OP but I meant it in the sense that I was not the owner.

5 hours ago, torrzent said:

So to summarize, we have a free rider sponging off the facilities at another condo, and posting a hypothetical complaint from the perspective of an owner, which he isn't.  This is for a 14000 baht per month condo to boot! Is that correct?

Yes, spot on.

I live in an apartment.  No gym or pool.  Nearest public pool is Ekkamai or Phrom Phong which is 20 minutes from me after I've walked to the BTS and gone 2-4 stops.

Her condo is a 2-minute walk away so it's perfect for me.  I'd still have bought the card even if there was no gym, just for the pool.

Thread was just hypothetical really.  I don't want or need to complain, it's none of my business.  I was just curious what your rights would be as a renter/owner.  If I was paying 14,000 a month I'd be p****d off.

Pictures don't really show it that well because I had my hair quite short when I dyed it.  If I let my hair grow for a week or two the grey was really noticeable, which is one of the reasons why I usually kept it short.  Thai girls aren't really into short/shaved hair though, all my exes told me to grow it.  I should be able to grow it a bit more now.

2 hours ago, InMyShadow said:

Our condo requires floor specific lift passes as well as passing through sliding door scanners at the entrance and getting by reception who will pull you up if they don't know you and only then can you access the gym pool with another card.

Exactly the same procedure at this condo except they don't notice/care who is coming and going.  Too many rooms/people for them to be able to recognise everyone.

2 hours ago, torrzent said:

Isn't the gym only meant for residents?  The second card is for a second occupant which you are not? 

Not this one.  Non-residents can use it but have to pay 50 baht (and come with a resident).

The card is probably meant only for residents, so I'm cheating them out of 50 baht every day in that respect.

I'm confident, I have a fairly big ego.  And I was getting better results 3 or 4 years ago, when my confidence was exactly the same level.  And I'm in better shape than I was then.  So it's either I'm looking older (possibly where the grey comes into play) or because there's more competition, or maybe it's because I'm trying to punch more above my weight than I was then, but I don't think so.

Really I couldn't care less if I have grey hair, but my guess is (I could be wrong) that Thai girls do care.  Bear in mind I'm usually going for early twenties sort of age range.  Maybe they're more shallow than older women, or maybe when they see grey hair, they see their Dad, and it's more of a deal-breaker for them.

Anyway, we'll see if this makes any difference in the next couple of weeks.  I'll report back with the results.  I'll try and post some photos as well.

Hello.  I'm late twenties and have a lot of grey hair.  I got my first grey hair at about 17.  I'm not the sort of person to care about grey hair, I'm a confident guy, but over the last couple of years I've noticed I'm less able to pull the prettier girls.  I just put it down to getting older i.e. guys in early twenties will be more attractive to women than comparable guys approaching their early thirties (at least when your target age range is girls under 30).  I also considered that there might now be more competition from other younger farang guys in BKK (and Thailand as a whole) than ever before.  But I read some in-depth posts online about women really not finding premature grey hair attractive (it's probably less of an issue when you get to 40-50) and figured maybe this is the problem.

I find that you will rarely get Thai people to tell you honestly if you look bad, because they worry about making you feel bad.  Except if you get fat, they're quite comfortable as a society discussing fatness.  So it's good to get opinions from online, maybe post your picture on one of the reddit 'rate me' forums.

Anyway long story short I died my hair with the cheapest product in Big C.  I don't remember the name but it's 36 baht and comes in a small box.  I chose the brown colour.  I thought my hair is more of a dark brown but I'd read online to choose a shade lighter than your natural colour as the dyes sold here are aimed at the asian market where hair is naturally darker.  It says on the packet 5 minutes which is a lot quicker than some of the others like Just For Men that you're supposed to leave in for longer.  Just For Men costs about 250 baht here, for comparison.

I got a friend (female) to apply it, since I figured girls are good at this sort of thing.  You could do it yourself but you'd need 2 mirrors to be able to see the back.  Make sure to use vaseline or another type of cream to protect your skin around sideburns etc or you will dye your skin and it will take a bit of scrubbing to get the dye out.  She used a kind of brush to apply it (not included in the pack) but I guess you could probably just use your hands with the gloves (included).

It looks really scary in the mirror before you get in the shower to wash it.  And even after you've showered twice it still looks quite dark.  But a day later it fades to a more natural colour and I look like I did when I was 20.

Over time you don't notice your body aging because it's such a gradual process.  It's not like one morning you wake up and you have a load of grey hair, so you get used to it.  It's only when you make an immediate change that you realise just how much better you look.

Anyway hope this is useful to anybody, particularly younger guys who get grey hair early.  It really surprised me how cheap and easy it was, and how natural looking the end result is.

I'm not unhappy, read my post, I said I'm getting great value.