it is what it is

if you were more widely travelled, instead of spending time thai bashing, you'd know that thailand is merely following many other countries in implementing an ETA

if it's exactly the same product...?

if only we were all as perfect as you, what a wonderful world it would be. but pretty boring as well.

at least we know who ate all the pies.

just cut it back. sorted.

he's got a brass neck

i can't remember

obsessed by his own glorification when he was well past being able to compete at the top level. used his position and influence to take plum slots, preventing the younger, next generation, upcoming talent getting invaluable experience. you also have to wonder why he was so keen to be away from his wife and children. it was all about himself. good riddance.

fight. fight. fight. fight!

maybe the beemer is on holiday

in all my years arriving i've pretty much always chosen a female IO and never had any problem or issue whatsoever, i think it says more about the guys having issues than female IOs.

your smartphone will tell you

well yea, if he wasn't a treat they wouldn't have banned him.

much ado about nothing

i always wondered what the members of his family and friends, in particular the females, thought and felt about his open condoning and participation in the sex industry. for better or worse, people openly partaking in the sex industry are generally looked down on and regarded with contempt in society as a whole.

i think many choose to be alone because, whether they are prepared to admit it or not, they intrinsically know they are in a pretty dire and humiliating situation when the only way they can get someone to give them any attention is to pay them. whatever way they dress it up they will have a friend or lover or, in their minds a gf, only as long as they keep paying. what must that do to someone's self esteem? some can rise above this feeling, many can't, so choose to be alone. it is very sad and i would guess many are not very happy.

yea, definitely, 100%, lend the money, though you should interpret the word 'lend' as 'give'. sounds like you have a lot to learn about thailand, when you've been here longer you'll be able to answer such basic questions yourself.

why do you engage? just ignore. problem solved.

all due respect, thailand is simply too politically unpredictable and unstable, what do financial markets hate? unpredictability and lack of political stability.

yea, i get that, you get that, but so many locals don;t seem to understand, they lend money and are surprised/upset when it's not repaid. bizarre.

if you feel so strongly why on earth are you watching them? don;t watch them. it's hardly rocket science.

not only in the countryside, you can get poisonous snakes in the city too

absolutely, it happens back home too, but to a much lesser extent.

and childishly call people names. it's, frankly, pathetic.

eventually reaping the rewards from the 'tablet for every child' initiative. and not before time.