Chou Anou

The OP should do some studying about Thai culture before he gets involved with another Thai woman. Saying that "she wants to be with him in the next life" is a very common expression related to a love that "just cannot be" and has NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with suicide. Sounds like he just might be as much a drama queen as she is.

Everyone who is xenophobic is by definition insecure. Also, I believe that this thread is in the wrong forum. Moderators?

On 7/14/2018 at 8:35 AM, Shoeless Joe said:

I don't know, but the OP's original post and subsequent negative responses; rejecting a plethora of well-meaning, sound advice leads me to question why he seems so determined to try and find a solution to an (as yet) non-existent problem.

 

There is of course a stunningly simple answer (which has already been suggested and rejected). It is to forget about holidaying in Thailand and write off the cost. Then take a nice non-stressful restful holiday in another part of the world. OK, so you lose some money but hey, what's that when set against peace of mind?

 

Regards,

 

Joe

EXACTLY. This is starting to sound more and more like a "wind-up" thread.

In general, in Southeast Asian countries the car horn is used for its original intended purpose, to let someone know you're coming. They take this to the extreme in Cambodia and Vietnam by beeping it constantly when traveling on national (inter-provincial) roads.

The way the car horn is typically used in the US is nothing like this; instead, it's used to "punish" people you deem to have done something stupid. Fits in with the general American attitude of trying to push our morality on others, sadly.

But I digress. Your wife was right to warn you: while it certainly may be true that Thais may sometimes use the horn in the "American" way (to punish someone they're angry at), if you're a farang you're always judged by a different set of rules...so if it's perceived that you're expressing angry at someone, you could very well be setting yourself up for getting shot, stabbed, kicked (by, say, the driver you offended and several other Thais nearby who might decide to join in), beaten with the iron rod the Thai motorist keeps in his car for just such occasions, etc. So you should exercise restraint with your expressions of anger (this goes for the entire time you're in Thailand).

The other nice thing about Transferwise (one of the many) is that you can hold baht in your account (you can hold many different currencies in the same time in your account) if, say, the exchange rate is very favorable today, even if you don't need to transfer the money to Thailand until next week (or whenever)...in other words, exchange it now, send it later. And the fact that they give you the actual mid-market rate is just amazing. Can't say enough good things about it. Oh yes, and the ACH transfers of your local currency to their system are lightning-fast too--at least in the US.

The OP is clearly a drama queen and someone who walks around "looking for trouble."

The only times I have felt (however mildly--I'm 2 meters tall, 108 kg, and not, shall we say, the average person a Thai would think to start trouble with) threatened with physical violence in Thailand is from drunken farangs, usually falling in that group of "our friends from the British Isles"...you get the idea.

Well, I can tell you this, once you do get her out, you should definitely avoid the specific nightlife area where you first met her from then on.

On 10/27/2014 at 9:30 PM, carmine said:

You really don't like farangs do you.

In conclusion to you post, you are either a thai with a massive chip on the shoulder or a foreigner who is strangely ashamed of his own race. Quite sad either way.

Maybe you should go read another thread if you can't handle this one. The purpose of the thread is to state things Thais don't like about Farangs, and that poster did. If you can't handle it, go read something else.

6 hours ago, Neeranam said:

I only know 4 of the posters here!

 

It might be a good idea to post some of the nominees great posts, you get an idea of their worth.

 

Rather depressing when someone who does 1 sentence replies, complaining about everything gets a mention, and votes.

 

So nominees please give us an example of one of your posts!

Excellent suggestion.

On 11/15/2017 at 4:32 PM, MrPatrickThai said:

 

 

 

You are mixing up two totally different things. 

 

Khon dtang dao v khon dtang chaat -  the first is used for aliens in neighboring countries like Myanmar, the latter for Westerners.

Also, you're trying to be clever with the humanoid thing -  that is manut dtang dtao.

 

Oh, will you stop it already...he is correct, and at this point you are making a fool of yourself. See attached.

I love how he recommends using a smart phone app to find cheap places to eat, yet the monthly cost of data for a smart phone is somehow absent from his budget.

17 minutes ago, catman20 said:

HOW MUCH IS THE FEE NOW ?

Something trivial like 100-200 baht.  I talked my way out of it by speaking Thai to the collector a few years back, not sure if that was a fluke or not...I've paid it other times.

Koh Samet is not the place to go for nightlife.  There are a few backpacker-ish beachside bars with those annoying fire dancers on the beaches closest to the pier, but that's about it.  The farther down you get (away from the pier), the nicer (IMO) and quieter it gets, and also the more Thai it gets (lots of groups of Uni friends, a fair amount of groups of gay Thai friends).  I always stay at Vongdeuan Resort, which has their own boat to get you there (right to their beach, bypassing the pier where the ferry docks) from Rayong.  I would say that none of the relatively easy accessible beach destinations near(-ish) Bangkok, Samet, Chang, Hua Hin, are where you would really want to go for nightlife...you'll need to head much further south (and in general, pay a lot more) for that.

Others probably have much more experience than I do, but I would say that all other things being equal, a [well-paying] job is more important than having land and money.  My personal experience with this is that my girlfriend, age 50 and primary caregiver for her young grandson, who owns her own apartment, was quickly rejected for a visa (no job, supported by me).

In the US, we have a MUCH bigger problem with "white nationalist" (Nazi) terrorism (since 9/11/2001, we have suffered an average of 300 attacks per year by homegrown white terrorists), but we're starting to really step up our resistance to them.  They currently have an enabler in the White House, and a big part of our strategy is removing him...I'm hoping by the end of this year or early next year.

1 hour ago, Oxx said:

Is the site still working? Haven't been able to connect for a day or two.

 

Really wanted to find out how the drama ended.

It "ended" very predictably...which is to say, it didn't end at all.  And now he's gotten himself a free pass to not write an "opening piece" since, as he states every week now, "negotiations are ongoing"...so he fills each week's post with the minimum amount of rumors passed on to him from people he knows in Thailand that he can get away with, sticks an old photo or two in there (and the rest of the photos are "courtesy of Nana Plaza management"), and still gets to rake in his ad revenue (which is what it's all about in the end, anyway).

On 8/7/2017 at 7:16 AM, Gary A said:

I always liked Stickman until  he decided to go HiSo. Nothing he ever wrote or did entitled him to be HiSo. Bye Bye Stickman. No loss for me. He was no better or worse than the normal whore mongers. He eventually thought himself to be better than his regular readers.

Judging from Stinkman's grammar and spelling, a "HiSo" who never studied past the 7th grade!  

OP, what you want to look for is "gai baan," which is the Thai term for "free range chicken."  It's all over the place, you just have to look a little.