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Oh Thailand still has a long way to go in this regard... 

First of all, straws. Perfectly healthy adults drink bottled water using straws... as if they have no lips... It's a mindset thing. They need to change this whole "chugging from a bottle is un-ladylike" mentality. 

Second, for me personally, reusable travel cups or tumblers are a godsend. I admit I have some sort of "fetish" for them, every time I see rows of travel cups or bottles, I have to take a look. They are stylish and can definitely help reduce all those plastic disposable cups you get when you buy iced coffee. Also a big problem in the plastic waste department because so many people buy 2 or more cold drinks in a day. 

Thirdly, Seven needs to stop giving out plastic bags for one single bottle of water purchased or one piece of gum. 

On 6/23/2018 at 10:17 AM, whaleboneman said:

I don't eat at Sizzler but my gf wanted to try it. She ordered a chicken breast. You could cut it with a fork. She had a bite and insisted i try it as she didn't believe it was chicken. I tried a small bite - no idea what they did to that chicken but I'm pretty sure it wasn't natural. She's never asked to go back.

many cooked "chicken breast" that we eat every day are not pure chicken. I saw a short documentary where they compared chicken from 3 fast food joints. Subway had the lowest percentage of real chicken meat in their chicken products. McDonald's was even better. Also, I'm suspicious that the "chicken breast" from seven eleven for 40 Baht was not real chicken. It's so big, and only has 90 calories? Right.... And the consistency was... like you said, you could cut it with a fork. And it didn't have this stringy texture of real chicken meat. Everything was too uniformed.

I took the bus to work today. Surprisingly, there was less traffic on the road. Usually, Ekkamai-Thong Lor and then Phrom Pong-Asok are very badly jammed, barely moving forward. But today, I got through these areas quicker than usual and after BTS Phrom Pong, the road was actually empty. I thought many people would resort to taking road vehicles due to the BTS malfunctioning, but apparently not...

I have observed quite the opposite with the dark-skinned men. Seems like they always spot each other when out and about, and acknowledge each other with either a nod, a smile, a "hey!" or a "hey brother!". Doesn't matter whether they're from Nigeria, Kenya, Belgium, USA, or even Thai (when I walk with my half black-half white friend around ekamai, this half Thai-half black school boy always notices him and one day my friend nodded at the boy and he nodded back). Please excuse the terms that I used that may or may not be correct where you're from. I don't know what other word(s) would be appropriate. I just thought that this pattern of behavior is quite pleasant. A sort of "brotherhood" because they all share similar skin color and ethnicity, that it doesn't matter where they're from, they still acknowledge each other instead of ignore or run away from each other like OP's story. 

I was once led to a whole different direction when I asked some Thais how to get a certain street. (I asked in Thai, they answered in Thai too, and I understood simple directions like straight and turn left). After walking for 15 minutes and couldn't find it, I asked a white girl whether she lived around that area and could help me. She turned out to be a tourist and showed me her map (at that time Google maps wasn't as reliable as today). The place I was looking for was in the opposite direction of what the Thais told me and I had to walk all the way back to where I met them. 

This whole telling you lies just because they won't say "I don"t know" is really annoying. They would rather lead some poor lost girl to a whole other place than where she wanted to go... (those were Thai men I asked... middle-aged). 

I now never trust any information I get from Thais who I'm not familiar with. 

53 minutes ago, duanebigsby said:

As a Newbie poster I  have to assume you are new to Thailand.
 

First thing to ask yourself is are you absolutely long term here.

Many aren't.

 

I'd love a pet but I'm not sure I can make the commitment so don't have.

 

Sneaking the pet into the condo I don't like.

 

Don't get a pet if you think it will end up back in the shelter in a couple years.

 

I've known of Thaivisa, but have mostly just been a reader of the news... I will still be here for another 3 years, so there's that...

5 hours ago, swissbie said:

I don't know exactly as our daughter bought them. Chatuchak and Sanam Luang 2 have them for sure, but i think they are sold at many smaller places like zoo shops too.

Did you know how much she paid for them? 

3 hours ago, swissbie said:

OP, if you're working daytime, get a pair of sugar gliders, very lovely animals, but be aware, they can live up to 10 years, don't buy them just for a short period of time.

Yes I'm mostly out of the house during day time. I was worried the cat will be bored staying inside all those hours without company, especially since my place is not roomy. Sugar gliders sound like a good idea, any idea where I could get them from? In Bangkok?

3 hours ago, crankshaft said:

Parrots are extremely loud, messy and chew everything in sight....I've had a parrot and a cockatoo, very demanding pets to look after.

We had a parrot before, sometimes when the sun is setting, it used to make a clucking sound like a hen. Talk about identity crisis.... Our parrot, however was quite low maintenance, it even cleaned up its own cage. But it would need to get out of the house sometime, maybe stay in a balcony...

39 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

Actually a cat fits the bill best...unless you want fish but they aren't much company. A cat on the other hand provides  great companionship.

 

Bring her in after hours if you can. Or drape a sweater over the bag while walking past the office.

 

i'm sure there are plenty of people in the condo with cats.

 

Would be great if you adopted the injured kitty but first talk over clearly with the shelter what she requires especially regarding toileting as with a spine injury she might not have bladder and bowel control. Find out in detail and make sure it is something you can handle.

 

Also ask them if it is possible to make a sort of wheelchair device for her as she will be miserable if she can't move around at least a little.

 

 

I have stayed away from cats because of their habits of jumping everywhere and breaking stuff... But since this one cannot jump, I fell for her. She can pedal her way around with her hind legs, she just can't lift the back half of her body off the ground. You have helpful ideas! Unless I get some more input on other kinds of pets, I might contact the shelter lady again to ask if she's still there. Thank you. 

I live alone and it's been kind of lonely. I'm a female too, so it's not like I could (or would) just randomly get strangers into my apartment to keep me company. So I need pets. The problem, of course, is that my building doesn't allow pets. There's this cat at a shelter near me that has a damaged spine, so it can't jump. She stays on the floor, looking sweet as ever. I would have loved to adopt her, but I have no idea of how to sneak her in. I don't want to carry her in a bag and the office lady sees my bag moving.... 

So I need your help... what kind of pets would be easy to sneak into an apartment? Something that can stay inside all the time, doesn't make loud noises, but can still be touched and petted? (so no fish for me)

And where to get it? I would like to try to avoid chatuchak as best as I can... I would hate to support those kinds of businesses. If I could adopt instead of buy, that would be even better. 

P.S. I live in Bangkok