sunnyboy2018

On 11/22/2019 at 1:26 AM, JaiLai said:

Can you speak french / portuguese?

 

i've been to several west african countries, found ghana about the most civilised but would still never consider living there.

Well I can get by in French and Portuguese for survival purposes but many people speak English and these days there are many good translation apps. Why Ghana?

Thais have been copying the Japanese for decades

8 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Yes I always keep bananas , mango, guava, apple etc in the fridge, the only fruit I keep out is oranges . 

Keep fruit out of the fridge,  especially bananas but use a gauze trap cover. Vinegar will not deter fruit flies. Fruit flies produce vinegar from fermenting alcohol.

That does not look like a fruit fly to me. They are tiny and flimsy

8 hours ago, kotsak said:

Right.. What does a city packed with hoes need?

*drum roll*

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More hoes..

Speak English.  This is not a Eubonics language thread. I welcome more working girls to the city.

7 hours ago, LALes said:

Who cares about a bunch of Indian bars.  They better keep Villa Market.

Who said anything about Indian Bars?

9 hours ago, KhunKenAP said:

Will they hand out free underarm deodorant at the door with mandatory use?

You are woefully ignorant of the role of Indians in Thailand.  They own land ans have massive business interests,  including Nana Plaza, Nana Hotel and hold tracts of land around Sukhumvit.

10 hours ago, Ron jeremy said:

Hahaha, what a laugh, the Indians are truly moving in!!!!

theyl be taking over soon. 2-3-4-5 guys splitting bar fines, sharing drinks, curry stalls out front. Pattaya- little calcutta????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Charter flights, walking 6- abreast down the streets. They can't fill the bars now, another 39 bars- gogos. Pattaya is turning into a circus.

Indians have historically been big landowners and entrepreneurs in Thailand. They own much of sukhumvit and the Nana hotel and Nana plaza.. both places that did not used to allow Indians in!

10 hours ago, ezzra said:

Oh how lovely, Pattaya needs more bars right? This kind of venue will definitely inforce Pattaya as a family oriented destination, i hope he will not forget to install some kiddy playground in the complex...

It needs to forget the family nonsense...

What are your talking about? You are aware that 'Nana' is an Indian family name, that Indians in Thailand are powerful entrepreneurs and landowners and THEY WILL NOT BE SUPPLYING INDIAN GIRLS TO DANCE in the new complex.

1 hour ago, Pedrogaz said:

This guy has too many names. Sean, Scott Griffiths, presumably an Indian name. I don't much like investing in people who have too many names.

You havent been invited to invest.

34 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Oh goody, group of bars with 1,000 baht bar fines and small Leo beer at 150 baht....another Rumpoo in the making

Nope. No comparison.

10 hours ago, darksidedog said:

The authorities are going to love this guy. They do everything they can to stamp out smut and he is going to stick a huge GoGo right in the middle of 2nd road, where every family tourist is going to be walking by.

They have NOT tried to stamp out what you call smut. Not at all. New Go Gos open all the time. There might be a plan to move go go bars and the entertainment scene away from Beach Rd and Walking St. This development therefore is in line with such plans as is the growth of the Soi Buakao area.

16 hours ago, NE1 said:

Make sure your house doesn't get robbed while you are away .

Cynical I know.  But if somebody I don't know invites me to be away from my house on a specific date , I become suspicious.

Good point

On 2/2/2019 at 3:34 AM, GeoMill said:

Thai kids, especially females are burdened with responsibilities from a very young age constantly helping out arouns the house and small businesses. Just because they have a happy care free attitude does not mean they do not carry burdens. It is because of filial duties and responsibilities that girls go to work in bars. The profile of the girls you describe I simply do not recognize.  I meet bright, hard working Thais, Male  and female, all of the time. I suspect certain foreign men unconsciously or otherwise end up in codependent relationships but usually it is the man infantalised in Thailand.

This is not a Thai issue. She is deeply manipulative.  You and your kid must get away from her. But beware, feminist solicitors will support her and break you. She will survive in the UK without you. She'll have a Thai community based around a temple to give her support. If shes attractive shell get by. You are in danger of losing your money, mind and kid. Be careful.

Photography is about post production in the darkroom, selection of chemicals, selection of papers, exposure times, to say nothing of dodging and burning.

11 minutes ago, Yinn said:

This rule just for Farangs? 

or is for all foreigner? 

Most foreigner are not farang.

And any foreigner who self identifies as a 'farang' needs help. I think when I go to bus stations to buy a ticket I usually take my passport.

51 minutes ago, lensta said:

Have to agree with you there, he is just a sanctimonious knob end.

The same sanctimonious posters often delight in the prosecution and punishment of people such as foreigners being imprisoned for minor infringements such as a few days overstay. Such sanctimony is shame linked too, ...early childhood issues.

7 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

Can you explain what you just tried to post in a way that is possible to understand, please?

He suggests that a poster has shame issues. Pretty clear to me.

10 hours ago, Matzzon said:

What a total douchebag. Appearently he have no clue about that that he is dancing to music played at a burial ceremony, or he is just one of those despicable persons that just do not care about his behaviour.

When I see this bad behaviour and disrespect to Thai culture, tradition and people I truly feel ashamed being a person of the caucasian race.

Dancing to Thai music is not disrespectful.  Its the opposite. Thais love it when you join in with their music. You are falling into the PC view of being offended on somebody else's behalf.

23 hours ago, nickt092 said:

Sure and agreed.  But I view the thai elite visa as a bribe and while i could swallow my bride and just pay.  It still puts you on the hook for tm30 and 90 reports.  So with that in mind for people that live in thailand, does the 90 day reports just become habit or do you hate/regret entertaining this concept?

The 90 day report is a breeze. Simply not an issue. Its just a few minutes 3 or 4 times a year

I hope its a shopping mall!

4 hours ago, hydraides said:

Absolutely ridiculos, why is this even news? 

 

That sort of length of bridge is built to serve a proper purpose (Like connect two countries) , or vastly reduce travel time between two points like an estuary

 

Millions of new tourists aren't going to specifically visit Thailand/Koh samui because they've now built a bridge (Which would only reduce travel time by an hour

 

+ Taking the ferry is across the water is a nice trip. Not too long and can be nice around sunset.

 

Doesn't make any sense....

You have never driven between Saudi and Bahrain. The causeway led to a MASSIVE increase in traffic and trade.

On 12/11/2019 at 2:34 AM, spidermike007 said:

Wow. Quite an ambitious project that would be. Anything to deflect, take responsibility, and avoid talking about the real issues. Tourism on Samui, Phangan and Dark Tao are suffering for a dozen major reasons. Many are the same reasons why tourism (the important kind of tourism, Western tourism, and tourists from China and India with deep pockets) is way down nationwide, have to do with the incessant ranting of fools like Little Oud, The Big Joke, Prayuth, and others, who possess a profound degree of ignorance, and arrogance, hatred of foreigners, and are cursed with extreme racism. In addition truly deplorable policies of focusing all of their energy on attracting lower and lower middle class tourists from only India and China, an unwillingness to address the many problems plaguing the nation, such as traffic safety, public safety, erratic immigration policy, police harassment, the air and other environmental issues that ARE NOT being addressed, and more. When you add in the inane luxury taxes, the inane taxes on fine wine, the lack of english skills, and the relatively poor service at higher end hotels and restaurants, and you can see why wealthy tourists are shunning Thailand, as if the nation had a contagious plague. They are willing to travel and pay first world prices for hotels and food and wine, if the service is comparably good. That it is not. 

 

Samui and the southern islands have another set of issues, that are all their own making. Samui in particular feels like a 20 year old dishrag, that has never been properly cleaned. It is overbuilt, like Phuket, and the Ring Road is a horrific blight. Once you get onto the beaches, or up into the hills it is a stunning island. But, the rest of the island suffers from a tremendous lack of pride, on the part of the locals, the vast majority of whom are not from Samui, as most of the natives left long ago with their land fortunes. Plus you have local police there, who are perhaps the most corrupt, and least helpful and competent, of any within the nation of Thailand. Dark Tao has a serial killer. Killing is his hobby. And he comes from a family that is above the law. Any and all laws. So local Burmese end up getting framed for his killings. Plus, the island is way overpriced, and the diving is horrendously poor. So, why on earth would anyone go there? Phangan is the only decent area in the Southern Islands, and it is relatively under developed. Which is a nice thing for those who want peace and quiet, once you get away from Had Rin, and the full moon party kids. 

Great observation!