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Yellow book might be fine in other places. E.g. Land and Transportation Office in Fang accepts it just fine. And most stuff in Fang immigration takes me anywhere between 10-30 minutes. Though not many foreigners are willing to live in "the sticks" I guess 🙂

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I use coconut oil, as I read it's not as unhealthy as many vegetable oils.

You should research alternative treatment options, such as using Ivermectin, Fenbendazole, Mebendazole, ... Various studies (e.g. lab studies on mice) have shown success when treating cancer with this medication. Also people have successfully treated themselves. These are just a couple of such studies, many more can be found online. - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7962607/#:~:text=Fenbendazole was also cytotoxic against,mebendazole (36–38). - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260343692_Effects_of_fenbendazole_and_vitamin_E_succinate_on_the_growth_and_survival_of_prostate_cancer_cells - https://www.worldwidecancerresearch.org/news-and-press/news-and-press/game-changing-treatment-for-prostate-cancer-could-become-available-to-patients/

I got a pool (2.5 x 12.5 meter) and it's pretty easy to maintain. I clean it about once every 2 weeks and it's about an hour of work - removing leaves, vacuuming in bottom of the pool & filtering the water. I kinda enjoy that hour, as it's a bit of physical exercise, a nice distraction of my daily work of software engineer. I also love swimming, try to swim every day. So make good use of it.

When acquiring Thai Citizenship I believe foreigners can own up to 1 rai (1600 m2) in land. Seems worth to pursue if young enough. Less worries at old age, no worrying about visa rule changes and the like. https://www.siam-legal.com/thailand-law/thai-citizenship-application-process/

There's plenty of corruption in the West. It's just less visible, perhaps more at higher levels of society.

I remember some research that I read quite some time ago, that suggested if people have very little in terms of property, really their honor is all they have. As such, poor people would feel more quickly aggravated if they feel their honor is under attack, as it’s pretty much the only thing they feel they can defend.

Living in Chiang Mai I find the air quality ok for most of the year, outside of burning season. During rain season, after a heavy rain, air is very clean for a little while.

Did you consider diapers?

Got a relationship with my GF for 7 years now. But at time she can be a pain in the backside, especially regarding financial matters. I think woman in general can never really be happy. My GF got a good life (50.000 THB a month to spend on mostly herself and our daughter, 2 houses including one with a swimming pool, her own 3 rai farm, a car, no loans). I also got a condo recently which will be inherited by our daughter if would be gone in the future. But still only 40 years old, so hopefully that is far away ... We do have a daughter together, so for the sake of our daughter it's better to stay together. But I wouldn't marry her (would have considered if she was as gentle as when we met, but people change). Since a person is responsible for his/her own happiness and woman can never truly be happy while men certainly can (just enjoying working ,hobbies, friends), it can be better to stay single. You can have the upsides of dealing with woman without much of the downsides. In a relationship this can be harder to separate.

Interesting to see so many Western/foreign companies leave in the last couple of years. MAKRO, Lotus, 7-Eleven, Carrefour, now Esso ... Wonder if at some time companies like Shell and Unilever follow suit. I'm suspecting these companies leave because Thailand makes it hard for them to do business here? But not sure. Will reduce competition though and that cannot be a good thing.

I’ve seen that kind of dancing at parties in wats in our village (northern Thailand, “the sticks”). No nudity, but scantily clad young ladies dancing on the podium as well. My girlfriend calls such ladies “coyotes”. And many young children present as well (cause there’s also children toys at the temple at such events, such as inflatable sliders.

Will he be able to get conjugal visits every now and then? And I don’t mean from fellow inmate Somchai.

You do know feeding your wife popcorn will not make where thinner, right?