Deserted

So as the title suggests, my question is 'Is there a term for a sponger in Thai? By this I mean someone who just wants to get things for free all the time or get money given to them all the time, with no intention of ever returning the good deeds done to them. I'm thinking more in the context of 'friendship&acquaintances' more than anything else.

I'm guessing there's quite a few,

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Are you sure they have the model in stock? I went through the same thing with them last year and took to going in the shop. They had what I wanted but the price they originally quoted was different to what was in the store, and about 2000 baht higher than the other bike shops in that part of town. You could try let's bike on chaeng wattana 33, not too far away. They speak good English and you usually get a prompt reply. What is it you plan to buy?

I can't really say but I noticed a few times it was very quiet when I walked past late at the weekends about two years ago and the same was true of bed, and I remember queing up outside both 10 years ago. RCA seems to have lost much of its popularity if you compare it to those days. I'm sure there are other posters that are more qualified to speak on the matter, but if it is electro/trance that you are looking for, there are fewer options than before (not that there ever were that many) but again I stand to be corrected.

Exciting stuff, looks great.

Where is it exactly? Was that Saphan Puut bridge I saw in the background on the video?

thank you for your information

Hi, I have been earning 27k for about a year now. Our child has a British passport. Regarding having a job to go into that might be difficult. I could get work over the summer but beyond that would be difficult to arrange before I arrive. I have some savings but not much. We are currently based outside Thailand at the moment.

My yearly income is about 27k but my job will end in the summer, does that matter? Probably not right, since the job will end so that I can return home.

Hello all, I was planning to return to the uk with my thai wife and our child. However, I wpoke to someone last night about this and he told me that his friend had done the same but he had to show he had savings of around 20,000 pounds to get the visa, can this really be true. I am well qualified and have worked all my life but savings aren't high at the moment, I don't even know if I could get to that level within the next year. I've looked on line about this but find much of the advice to be confusing. If someone could explain whether its necessary to have such a high amount I would be grateful.

Okay, thanks for the advice

It's a confusing one for sure and as mentioned, had the amount of times it happens not gone through the roof, I would ignore it. I am not concerned but it did start happening when I carried my child up several flights of stairs and my heart nearly burst. I had to sit down for some time with palpitations. I didn't feel quite right for a couple of days, then they started coming. That was a couple of months ago and all has been fine. Perhaps it was just a coincidence.

No, not at all.

I do use a computer a lot but I don't think that what I've mentioned is a symptom of an RSI, it is only in my left wrist as mentioned

Nothing to add except sometimes i feel hot all over (face especially) when it happens. If I an think of anything else I will add it. There's no injury to the hand or anything like that.

Look at your stress, diet, and lifestyle, and see if any of them could do with improving for a while.

Also look at any physical stress you body and hands have been subjugated to.

Any big lifestyle changes, badnews from home or anything like that going on?

Take a good look at yourself.

Then if nothing is improving, get a doctor and hospital to look at you.

Hi thanks, the only thing in that is more stress due to extra work load but its nothing I can't handle. I don't think its a factor.

Yeah, I've looked at people who have hot flushes in the hands, that's the closest I can get, and without sounding repetitive, it does feel like the blood is running hot suddenly, the sensation is strong enough for me to notice every time, whether I am at work or at home. I thought it might be something to do with high-blood pressure as I have been working a lot recently but I also don't know what to make of it. As also mentioned, if it were only occasional like in the beginning, I wouldn't have written the post but the fact that it happens almost every five minutes or so does make me a little concerned as well as curious. Thanks for the help, if anyone else can add then I am more than happy to listen. The closest thing I can match it to is a hot flush, but even they seem to appear out of nowhere for those who get them.

I drink a bit at the weekend but that's it. In terms of drugs, well paracetamol and Imodium are about as far as it goes. I don't exercise much but I work hard and am on my feet for most of the day. I would prefer to get a handle on the problem before I get a check up.

thanks for the reply btw

lol, not female. I should also add that sometimes it does go into one of the fingers. I also cannot get any info and I have spent much time looking. It feels like my blood is hot and feels like a hot flush, that's the closest I can get, but from what I understand, even they are difficult to understand.

It's in the wrist on the same side as the thumb and it heats up,. It feels like hot blood running through it but I don't get the same feeling in my hand, its only the wrist. I get it in my face sometimes as well. It only last half a second or so and then it goes. In the beginning it happened maybe once or twice a day at most, now its become so common, I don't know how many times it happens a day, it would be in the hundreds probably. The only things I can think that are connected is that I have put on weight in the last year, about 10 kgs and also, when carrying my child up the stairs around the time it started happening, I had palpitations, they lasted for a few days but went pretty quickly. After looking on the net for ages, I am at a loss, it does compare to what some people describe as hot flushes, but it is only in the left wrist, in the same place everytime, and in the face, just below the forehead, it feels like my blood is surging or hot or something, that's about all I an say.

Could anyone help with this, about two months ago my blood started running hot in my left wrist just above the thumb. It sometimes does this across my face but not so often. It's happening many times a day now and I am a little concerned. Is it just high blood pressure?

It's gradually got worse and is a hang out for a lot of motorcycle gangs these days. The section between Pattaya and Naklua beach has had a lot of development, that's a better bet, you can see on google earth which hotels have beach access.

Believe it or not I found it to be Pattaya. The Teddy Bear Museum, Nong Nooch Garden and the Aqua world on the third road are all very good, and there's a few other little things as well. I thought Phuket was pretty disappointing on the kids front.

It looks like we will be in that area. Close to Bangkok and plenty to do. It's amazing what you would do to make kids happy. I said I'd never visit pattaya again. Will stay in jomtien ang go to pats when needed

Jomtien's getting as bad as Pattaya, there are few nice hotels directly on the small beach between Pattaya and naklua now, around 1800 a night, nice rooms and swimming pool, that might be a better bet. Very quiet as there are no roads or nightlife nearby. Royal Garden plaza is okay and the old thhi/chinese market just on the way to nong nooch is interesting also.

hmm... 50 years ago we didn't know anything about kids' high chairs and many didn't have the money to buy a pram, let alone complain about pavements. For me, a kid friendly environment means not noisy at night, a clean beach to play on, a lack of 'strange' people roaming around the place, which cuts out Pattaya/Jomtien entirely. I know where I will be going in the school holidays but it probably wouldn't suit you as there is nothing to do that costs money. Sorry to be rude.

Not rude at all, this is why some people like places like Cha am, well the Thai's do anyway.