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Time to look again Thaifan2!

Angket is currently being renovated/upgraded.

A new two-tone paint scheme is being applied to the exterior. Lobby, elevators(lifts), and pool area are getting a face-lift. Stop by now to look or wait about 2 months to see it completed.

No longer the ugly duckling of Jomtien, it's morphing into a swan.

I hope they have some sense of taste in the colour scheme. Pattaya Sombat Condotel (on Pratumnak Soi 4) was in bad need of a coat of paint, so a while back they got the brushes out and it's now a truly awesome snot-green colour. I assume there must have been a special offer on paint colours that resemble unpleasant body fluids...

Angket's gone for a darkish beige as the main colour with brown as an accent on the balcony exterior walls. It's too dark a colour for my taste but is a tremendous improvement nevertheless.

Thaifan2

Angket was in bad shape due to being a holdover from the problems of the late '90's. The Bank owned a very large block of rooms which they were unwilling to parcel out. They paid no maintenance fees on that large block hence funds were short.

Recently, BlissTel, the Thai mobile retailer, bought that block and is fronting up the money for the building re-fit.

The derelict building was not part of the deal and, aside from proximity, no longer has an association with Angket.

That said, it is on the market and someone will snap up that big corner lot. But maybe not for a while.

The price seems about right .Yours is a double unit ( two studios connected ,and so around 60 sqm ) . JBC is a good complex.I live there myself .

>>Condos (45 sqm I think) in Angket are being advertised at 5K Baht/month. You'd need transport, but it's not too far from the beach (just off Soi Wat Boon)<<

Angket has got to be one of the most run down looking Condos in Pattaya .An absolute eye sore .

Time to look again Thaifan2!

Angket is currently being renovated/upgraded.

A new two-tone paint scheme is being applied to the exterior. Lobby, elevators(lifts), and pool area are getting a face-lift. Stop by now to look or wait about 2 months to see it completed.

No longer the ugly duckling of Jomtien, it's morphing into a swan.

Simon

I was about to make a sarcastic reply to your question when I noticed you are a venerable member. Number 174!

In almost all of your recent posts, you bemoan your fate in having ended up in Pattaya. The fact that you've posted in the Pattaya forum seems to have escaped you.

I wish you a speedy return to Phuket.

What do I have to do to get a decent Aussie burger.

Head over to Cafe Uno in soi Khao Noi, I get them to make me up a burger with the lot (i pre purchase my own beetroot) and its as fookin lush as can be.

What is this hamburger/beetroot connection?

You Aussies don't really put beetroot on your burgers do you?

Wasn't Wolfgang Ulrich the German criminal busted for tax evasion in connection with importing his yacht into Gulf of Siam (among other things)?

Regards, LN

At the time he was arrested for that, the import tax was 100-200%(can't remember exactly). The tax was reduced to 0% about 3 years ago.

Oh Joy!

Could it be that a TV'er that read our thread regarding finding a decent American(Canadian) burger has decided that he shall be the Burger Messiah?

The name seems promising....

Awaiting jingthing's critique.

Once the OP had decoded the system, he played it to his advantage.

I would have done the same.

All's fair in love and shopping.

I saw the Scoopyi up close for the first time yesterday.

If it is Honda's answer to the Fino, they have failed miserably. I actually thought it was a Malaysian copy bike until I got closer. It's lines are nowhere near as nice as the Fino. Bulky and unattractive.

^^

Yeah. What he said.

Huh?

What a travesty.

I give it about even odds that Obama will end up bringing about civil war in America by the end of 2010.

Indo-Siam

Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot .........

oooeeeeoooo.

I thought the full moon was over?

Tea drinker?

classy sig. btw

They are coming out of the woodwork!!

Do you think if we sat back we could get lovelomsak ( sure glad he won't be here too long as his nic is a pain to type) and abcF to engage in a little back-and-forth?

Oughta be good for a laugh.

It does seem a tad ....premature.

Go Obama!

If there is video of the attack on the German (or others) this should be all that's necessary for prosecution.

Assuming the victim is identified and wishes to prosecute.

Failing this, money talks, and should this ever occur to myself or a friend (highly unlikely) 10,000 Baht would buy a lot of justice. And I want video. Mobile-phone video acceptable.

Perhaps the people who make an effort to video these events should make the video available to the victims in the future.

Simplistic drivel.

"Bad" habits do not equate to low class or most of us on this planet would be members of the lumpen-proletariat.

You need to do more of your own research.

Obviously, two rooms eat into the 49% quota twice as much as one room. This is common logic.

2. Yes

3. Yes

6. Foreign currency from offshore

She was the "nominee owner".

Which is the correct way to do it if you want to keep a firearm.

Wow!

I would not want to experience any one of those horror stories!

Oops!

But the penthouse condos on the oceanfront will also retain value........but there are only a few of them.

Good news for me then, as that is what I bought!

Apparently some Retirement Extension holders have obtained Work Permits.

I personally know one person who fit the above description although that was 3-4 years ago. I did read recently that this practice, "officially" not allowed, is being curtailed.

That report stated that their Work Permits are not being renewed. Chonburi was one area where the practice was more widespread than in other provinces.

What happened to the Irish Pub?

Wanted to have a beer there last Saturday night and was shocked to see it closed!

Renovation or what?

Cheers

Gone.

Reported on Stickman.

. I will break this down for the people wading in the shallow end of the gene pool. It is a play on the thai word "ไม่ โกหก" (mai-go-hok) which means "to not lie".

Nicely spotted!

BTW, i wasn't wading in the shallow end. I was sunning myself on the deck-chair! Honest!

The original book on Thai women is "A Woman of Bangkok" by Jack Reynolds first published in 1956.

My copy was a third printing in 1968, If you can find this book grab it.

I have a copy of this book in good condition and inside the cover it says.....

"printed in Thailand 1985-1992" No mention of a Publisher though.

Agree that it's worth looking for, though hard to find.

It's very amusing to see how little has changed since the 1950's!

It's a stich-up and has been reported on before.

Not illegal to possess ED medication.

The OP's friend had a guilty conscience about what use he had in mind for the medication and paid because of it.

Baby.

Should have said "Let's go to Police Station"