clarky cat

On 12/28/2019 at 10:50 AM, jackdd said:

It’s the opposite these days, in the west at least

2 hours ago, Jiggo said:

Holiday destinations come and go, and Phuket has gone, used to be full of Aussies, yet cant see many coming this year. 

Yep

The Russians can have it, change every sign post and menu from English to Russian 

3 minutes ago, shadowofacloud said:

Street food is typically made using lots of low quality oil, salt, sugar and MSG. 7/11 meals are ultra-processed, containing little nutritional value.

 

If you really want to develop a more healthy eating habit try renting a studio with a kitchenette and start cooking yourself.

 

Avoid refined sugar, white flour, salt and oil. Eat lots of fresh veggies, fruits and nuts. Do not fry, rather braise or steam. Use white rice (you can get a basic rice cooker for, I guess, 200-300 THB and a pretty decent one from 1000 THB) as a base for most of your meals. If you don't like rice in the mornings, switch to oatmeal. Try eating 5 smaller meals per day. Eat your last meal 3-4 hours before sleep, and make it smallish and light. Avoid anything processed, especially ready meals. Drink lot's of water, green tea, herbal teas. If you are a coffee person, drink black coffee, without milk or sugar. Soft drinks, snacks, crisps etc. are a big NO.

thanks - I have a rice cooker, i wonder if everything could be done with that?

how would something like this look: -

breakfast - rice with eggs and vegetables, black coffee

snack - fruit, nuts or seeds

lunch - rice with chicken and vegetables

snack - fruit, nuts or seeds

dinner - chicken soup

10 minutes ago, blackcab said:

If you want restaurant recommendations it might be helpful if we know your location.

 

Are you going to do a specific type of diet such as keto, or are you generally reducing calories?

i mean generally, e.g. avoid pad thai, eat som tum instead

I'm looking to start I diet in January and wondered what advice people could give when restricted to just food from food stands/restaurants or 7/11

I normally cook myself so am able to calorie count but this isn't an option

Does anyone else do this (with success)?

It's the sleeper buses I do once a month which bother me

My work aren't happy with me missing the following Monday morning to go to immigration each time

Hotels I assume are reported for me so not so bothered about these

4 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

Aren't the application times supposed to be 9am-11am?

 

But they were left serving people at 14:10?

 

3+ hours after they should have been.

 

 

Well, I wonder if they'll copy Vientiane and start doing appointment only, book in advance, limited number only.

 

 

yes they left it open until everyone finished, 1 counter open

I guess being number 250 in the queue they've made at least half a million baht in 1 day so would be stupid to close it. there was about another 50 that eventually started queuing behind me

This is from yesterday (Thursday 27th June), arrived at 9:20, left at 14:10 with ticket number 250, horrendous

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/expat-health/11571256/British-expats-from-outside-Europe-must-pay-for-NHS-hospital-care.html

5 minutes ago, smudger1951 said:

If you do not live in the uk for three years i think you lose your entitlement to nhs sevices.

i've heard similar 

pretty sure in his situation he won't be entitled it

11 hours ago, Nemises said:

What temperature is your A/C set to?
Does the compressor (located outside) turn off at all when the desired temperature is reached?

usually about 28 degrees 

yes the compressor does turn off, though it was faulty when first moved in and someone came to fix it

just looked inside the unit and had quite a lot of dust on the filters so have cleaned it since, not sure how much difference this will make though

1 hour ago, wgdanson said:

It's the 8 Bht unit price that's knackering you up. That's DOUBLE the legal price.

Thing is i've always paid 8 baht a unit where i've stayed (1 bed studio/hotel rooms)

But usually my electric is about 1000-1200 a month for 12-14 hours use, including very old AC units

Now i'm paying nearly 2000 for 6-8 hours use. The brand is TCL which i've never seen before and looks nearly new, also has a very noisy built-in fan which is constant and there is no option to turn this off.

Did a 1 day test yesterday - 6 hours of aircon (28c) used 9 units of electricity

So 9 x 30 (days) x 8 (unit price) = 2160 baht a month

Seems excessive for such low usage. Only other electric used is laptop, hot shower and 1 light

Think i'll buy a fan.

Currently paying 8 baht a unit, though agreed to pay this before moving in despite knowing the law change

But seem to be paying twice what I’ve paid at previous apartments (at the same 8 baht rate) and just using air con 6 hours a day compared to 12-24

What do you lot usually pay monthly? The meter readings are all correct but feel it’s down to a poor quality or faulty air conditioner 

where can I get an alcohol sales license?