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can't see how that will be successful when there are plenty of 100% farang tarts doing the same thing back home.

She is more successful than any Thai singer before her, so she must be doing something right.

I'm not too sure people outside Thailand are interested by the 100% Thai girl thing, whatever it means...

She has the entire marketing package going for her sing, dance, and sex appeal.

In no particular order...

To come back to the original question, teachers are generally underpaid in most countries and especially in developping countries.

Education is not the priority as it should be.

Recently in Taiwan, in order to get the best teachers, they increased their salary to the level of the private sector, and it works, you get more knowledgeable teachers.

But as far as Thailand is concerned, the main problem is how do they judge teachers and what do they expect from them?

Not much as far as I can see and hence the pay is not going to change soon...

Unknown: rule started from 1st Oct. therefore no need to do it before 1st Jan 2007.

Cheers!

You're right, I missed that point, it does not mean they won't do it later...

They still do not do it if you go via the airport.

Not sure if you do a visa run through Cambodia, Laos or Myanmar by land.

Canadian, married to a Thai man with 2 children , live in Thailand.

I teach at the university.

Quite a few Canadians in Thailand actually, especially Canadian girls...

Royal Cliff Pattaya

Is it the one where there is a lot of Russians?

Yeah my gf handles all our money (most of its hers) I get an allowance and she saves the rest for my trips to thailand and she pays for food, booze, eating out and groceries.

LaoPo

whats wrong with that?

The allowance part...

it actually works out in my favour believe it or not.

Was not a critic, Donz, not at all...

Mate everybody judges everybody on appearance. All this Thais do this, Thais do that is nonsense.

It is not only the Thais who are different, all countries have different customs and ways of seeing things.

And for sure, the Thais are no exception...

Yeah my gf handles all our money (most of its hers) I get an allowance and she saves the rest for my trips to thailand and she pays for food, booze, eating out and groceries.

LaoPo

whats wrong with that?

The allowance part...

The Marriot next to the river in Bangkok (not the one on Sukhumvit) is pretty nice also.

Will he come back, stay in GB / US or another country.

What is your opinion?

He'll come back Thailand.

Probably already negotiating a deal with the new rulers...

- Sofitel Central Hua Hin

I vote for this one.

Some of them like big butts, some of them like bubble butts.

What is a bubble butt?

There are 3 types of butts, the wide one, the round one and a combination of both.

For girls, I'm more into round ones as compared to wide flat ones.

But well, a wide round one is nice.

But wide for girls means they can have babies easily, and this is probably why we like it.

But for men with men, this has no reproduction goals, so I guess you're right, it does not really matter...

As some other said, most wives handle the day to day payment of stuff here.

Shall we say all?

Just for the farangs who are not prepared...

Are there any other 'normal' circumstances where a Thai lady just wants a Farang to meet her family?

What do you mean by 'normal'?

If she wants you to meet her family, it means she thinks she'll get married with you.

If you're not interested, do not meet the family.

Pretty simple actually...

Hi...

is it ok for men to wear shorts + tank top (sleevless t-shirts) when walking in the city/going to the shops? How about when entering tempels + palaces?

Thais judge people on appearance, so the better you dress, the better you'll be considered.

Wherever you are.

When many of us first came here, there were no gyms, shopping centers, decent foreign food, Go-Go bars, McDonalds, sushi joints.

Not sure about the Go-Go bars.

And we survived...

Anybody else know the one i had in mind?

I guess the one you have in mind was too animated for comfort...

My girl is a university student. We have gone out to eat numberous times with a variety of her friends, who are all 20-30 years old. Often it will be us and another couple. I would estimate it at around 20 double dates. Of these, there was only one time when the female did not pay for her boyfriend.

Today, I was sitting in BBQ Plaza and I decided to sit right by the cashier so I could observe. I watched 5 couples come and go under 30, and in every scenerio, the girl took the check and took all of the money out of her purse.

So, do Thai men ever pay for dinner for their girl friends?

You missed part of the story, the girl is 'controlling' the money of the boyfriend, he gives her everything and she manages it...

I'll try to post it again as the avatar, so you'll probably have to be fast...

Right, it seems somebody removed my avatar.

There must be a good reason for it.

I guess...

I have just read on another web site that to get married in Thailand you have to be resident for 4 days, is this correct?

What do you mean by resident for 4 days?

You can come to Thailand in the morning, get your papers early afternoon in your Embassy (well depends of the Embassy... ), marry in late afternoon and leave in the evening, no questions asked...

Okay I'm writing this out of curiosity. I have a friend who is a big butt man. He's not gay. He just likes women who have big butts. He married a Thai girl who is plentifully plump in the rump. My question is do gay men go for big butts in guys. I know it sounds silly but there are quite lot of straight guys who like a girl with a nice tush. To me it would seem that gay guys might not like a guy with a big booty. What do you think?

Actually it is not only men who like a nice round butt in women (big but not too big ), women like men with 'strong' butts also.

So I guess it applies to gay people also...

It happens from time to time with True and other Thai service providers.

Their bandwith with the external world is still limited and well, sometimes, it means some people won't have access to foreign sites.

I had this a few times but did not happen to me lately, not sure why...