2009

Mate, 1. This is a country of adolescents. You are gonna have to look hard to find anyone with a higher mental age, especially in the villages. 2. Lured? Something tells me this bird - like many - is going to be very good at choosing blokes for their assets (her reason for choosing him), marrying for the dowry, then leaving them broke before doing the same thing over and over again as many times as possible. You don't think she is doing this for love, do you? There's not a lot of innocence around these parts. You see all the 18 year olds on dating websites looking for guys and their ages range is like 40-60, lol. Are they being taken advantage of? Gimme a break.

Interesting, they've never done any harm to me. I prefer to avoid most Thais, haha

Technically, our anus is connected to our mouth, but we don't really need to be reminded.

It wasn't that long ago On Nut was the end of the BTS line and there was nothing there but Tesco, the market across the road, and plenty of cheap little fan rooms where all the Sukhumvit workers lived. What's it like now? Surely, must be better?

I find Isaan to be "real" As much as I like Bangkok, most of it is just commercial artificial <deleted>, downtown anyway. Sure it's fun, for a while. But it's like living in an amusement park - it doesn't feel like real life. And the dreggs of society have flocked here especially to cause mischief with us. Again, fun for a while. But there's more to life. Gimme a 60 baht large bottle of beer overlooking a lake in Isaan, over Soi Cowboy any day of the week. But everything on moderation, I suppose. Isaan has more than it's fair share of socioeconomic problems, particularly outside the cities.

Yeah, I agree. This beats the beach, easy. It's great if you don't have children. Cos they don't have much of a future growing up there. I could see myself going back to live there one day though.

The women are THE most overrated thing in this country.

Yeah, but in most places the ego allows oneself to use the break pedal.

Swap the tomato for black pudding.

British food kicks Thai foods ass: Fish n chips Pie n mash Stew Sunday roast Any variation of meat n two veg Soup with bread butter And don't get me started on quality, fresh, affordable ingredients. British is best.

"Den woke up and reportedly saw a group of four teenagers brutally hitting and slapping the boy, threatening him to return the stolen gold. Den then approached them and tried to stop the attack, saying that he would report them to the police. The group then reportedly took the boy away on a motorcycle, saying that they were taking him to the place he hid the gold." He basically did nothing. A weak half assed attempt and then he didn't call the police like he said he would. Basically, is saw the attack and didn't really do anything. Just told the press he tried to stop it. Yeah, right. How exactly? He should have called the police, but it seems like he just went back to his own business or went back to sleep or something.

Indeed. This man understands. The only place you find professionalism in a tourist area is on the red light street. Forget it in pubs, restaurants, traditional massage, taxi etc. etc.

Love how you managed to cherry-pick one negative thing I wrote out of the numerous positive things I wrote. ???? Are you one of these, "You gotta love everything about Thailand" guys? ????

Which kind of specialist do you want to see? Very often around hospitals you'll see lots little after hours clinics nearby. They are generally doctors from the nearby hospital who have their own out-of-hours clinic/business. Their speciality will be written on the window or on a sign (in Thai, of course). If you have a look around you'll be able to find the specialist most likely. If there is anything their clinic can't handle, they will set up an appointment to see them at their day job in the hospital for further tests or whatever.

"Mai pen rai" "Who cares?" "None of my business" Sums Thailand up perfectly. Nobody cares about anyone, but themselves. Where are his parents? He was probably raised by some senile great auntie, abandoned by the biological woman who bore him. Even she probably doesn't know who the father is. So sad and so common.

I've lived in: the big city, a country town, and a rural village. I do love Bangkok living. Well, I did in my younger years. Waking up, hoping on motorcycle taxi then BTS down to Sukhumvit for some English breakie, a few cold ones,and then spend hours wandering, exploring, and roaming......while trying to avoid the insufferably annoying waitresses and irritating hawkers and scammers, of course. I've live in a rural village. Waking up with the roasters, cup of coffee in the garden, eat some random Isaan breakfast of bamboo shoot and who knows what else and wash it down with a shot of lao kao. Enjoy the fields and buffaloes and the glorious rainy season.........minus the power cuts, bugs and mosquitos, of course. I've lived in a big country town with (almost) everything you need, plenty of variety and choice, yet in close proximity to the countryside (though without much of the socioeconomic problems there), and a quick flight to The Big Mango too! I think big country town living overall provides the best quality of life, a nice mix of urban and rural. You have enough choice and (almost) all the modern and cosmopolitan things you need and want. There's usually enough foreigners around for sensible conversation, yet you can escape the town within minutes in a car. Only problem is no great education or work opportunities for yourself and your children. I am sure some love the beachy places or the mountains, but I haven't experienced those. Anyway, what's your "best place" to live in Thailand?

Correct. His choices are: 1. Get married 2. Wait til the kid is about 7 years old then go through child legitimization process with mother's participation and witnesses at registry office (amphur) 3. Go to court to prove you are father and get a court order so that the registry office will issue the child legitimization document without mother's participation or before child is 7 years old.

If you are not married, the child is not legally yours (as the father). Therefore, unless he is willing to marry (which would be the easiest way to become legal father) then other legal avenues must be used The birth certificate - in Thailand - is useless for the unmarried biological father.

Why wouldn't he be?

Explains why they don't wear helmets or look around corners before driving onto the road.

But then Thais don't understand Buddhism. Buddha ain't some kind of decision making god.

Well, up to them. None of my business.

I don't think I would ever do this.

Yeah, maybe so. I am just wondering where we CAN teach without a waiver? International schools? Technical colleges? Or is it just universities and language schools?

Yeah, and here they seem to have zero concerns about being judged because of their choice of partner. In the West, they are super picky just cos of social judgement