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The owner of Furr Purr in Sukhumvit Soi 33/1 (Phom Phrong station) is a breeder of show cats. The shop currently has 3 x purebred Korat cat kittens, the dad is national champ. Saw them yesterday when we went in to pick our cat up from their cattery. The staff in the shop don't speak much English so take a Thai speaker with you. They are on Facebook as Furrpurr Shop.

Google 'Second Chance Bangkok' which is a project working in Klong Toey slum. If you are in the capital you can call them and they will come and collect from you, secondhand clothes, toys, household goods, furniture etc etc.

Colonnade at the Sukhothai in Sathorn Rd, especially their Sunday brunch buffet.

Rue I was thinking of you over Songkran when we were in the village and I was having a hard time just dealing with the laundry, cooking etc for our little family, even without a baby in tow! I was thinking how difficult it could potentially be for you to deal with those things with a little baby. The in-laws will be tromping through your little house wanting to be with baby 24/7 and thinking they're "helping". At least the first trip would only be for 2 weeks. Personally I'm not sure I could deal with mother-in-law's parenting style for any longer than that, and having hear about your MIL I suspect you'll be the same

Old ones? There's a good wood recycling place in Udon that we used for ours (we got really big old shop-house style doors). But I doubt they would be teak, most of hte ones we looked at were mai-daeng or mai-pradoo. Ours are mai-taakian.

Well you know I am biased.... Mr & Mrs GHS want you to stay right where you are, so that we know people when we get back to Oz in a few months And Mr GHS is already asking if you'll let us babysit, which hopefully might settle some of his cluckiness.

Uh, walked down that aisle of Villa in Sukhumvit Soi 11 today and ALL the regular Kraft is gone again. Plenty of 'lite' Kraft plus all the other brands were fully stocked.

For those in Bangkok, Villa at Sukhumvit Soi 11 was being stocked yesterday and their entire range of mayos (many different brands) were back in stock. I got the US Kraft mayo off the newly filled shelf.

Well, sounds as though you should consider yourself lucky you didn't end up with him. He seems to flit back and forth from one woman to another....not a good sign.

How would I write something like "bring back difficult memories"?

There is a lady in Bangkok that sells the hotel-quality cotton linen out of her apartment at m-u-c-h cheaper prices than in the department stores (I think she sources from a factory that makes them for export.) Since the OP is moving to CM it might not be an option, but she might mail or send stuff up to you. You need to measure your bed anyway when you arrive, as the mattresses are bizarre dimensions. PM me if you want the linen lady's details.

Furr Purr in Sukhumvit Soi 33/1 (walk up the soi next to the Robin Hood pub, it's towards the back on the right hand side). A Thai speaker can phone on 083 7700049. They have cat rooms and cages but I think the rooms are already booked out for Songkran, they may only have cages left. The only stress for the kitties is that they must be walked through the dog room to get upstairs to the cat space. But we use them all the time, most recently last weekend, and our wired, scatty cat always come back content and purring, so they must be doing something right.

Thanks! It certainly tasted like flounder, whatever it was. I ordered it from the food delivery service (google HH Fresh Food Delivery Bangkok).

Super-easy recipe too - mix together one third cup of finely grated parmesan, couple of tablespoons of flour, few shakes of salt, pepper, paprika (and for Isaan hubby a few shakes of dried chilli). Beat an egg and a splash of milk together. Drag the fish through the egg mixture & cover with the parmesan crusty stuff. Bake in a medium oven for about 25 mins until crispy & brown.

Middle of the Oz winter (July). Hubby thinks he's looking forward to it. He has no idea

Luckily hub's best mate is also married to a farang and they are moving to the same city at almost the same time as us. Also Mr & Mrs Ruefang just moved to our city too, so at least he will know a few people.

I've never been able to buy bras here! I am a very full C, and I've never found any bras designed to accommodate these puppies. I just stock up every time I'm back at home.

Even for a farang I'm 'chesty' and have no trouble finding my size at Marks & Spencer in Central Chidlom.

so we have been trying for the past two years to get a chanote on his land (his mom's land she 'gave' to us, and we started theprocedures but now are stuck in limbo along with lots of other thais in the area)...

Hehe Bina. Tell Anon we just got hubby's chanote (same deal, Mum & Dad gifted land to each child) after 2 and a half years, so it will happen eventually! Except they made a mistake and put my sister-in-law's name on the chanote for hubby's land (where we already built our house) and hubby's name on SIL's chanote. So Isaan hubby who hates dealing with authority will have to go back to the land office again....

We've paid some tax on the transfer of the land and got receipts but suspect these mightn't be useful for the Thai citizenship application because the Thai list of requirements clearly says 'income' tax. Since we have decided to move to Australia in a few months it's kind of a moot point for me now since I won't be applying anytime soon.

1. Non - imm o visa from your home country; reason: stay with Thai husband. this gives you 3 months

I just got my first non-O based on marriage issued in Phnom Penh last month, no questions asked. So perhaps there's no need to go back to your home country for the non-O. Maybe another 'difference' for us women married to Thai men?

Saw in a review yesterday that Oskar Bistro in Sukhumvit Soi 11 has Khmer loc-lac. Also a friend told me Ishq in Sathorn Rd has Khmer food too.

Was cooking some flounder tonight (in a nice parmesan crust, if you're interested :jap: ). Hubby has never seen this fish before - not surprising since he's from near the Lao border. What is it in Thai? I'm assuming it's fished locally as the fillets we bought came from Klong Toey market.

I was looking at studying the part-time course at Thammasat University (see post #138 for earlier info) but found I had missed the beginning of this semester already and next semester's dates don't suit. Anyway, if anyone is interested, their 2011 dates and course details are here www.tu-training.com/project/project_07.html

Maybe you are outside their delivery area? I know our local Tops has a map of their delivery area and won't venture outside it.

If you want fresh meat, seafood, fruit and vegies delivered, try searching for "Helping Hands fresh food delivery Bangkok" and you can order online. We use this service and they are fantastic, always arrive on time. The vegies and fruit are always really nice, I guess they handpick the best from the market stalls.

Try the new Scan Deli in Bangkok. Inside Sukhumvit Soi 18 on the left just past the Rembrandt Hotel.

Has anyone been and seen of they have it and if so how much is it ?

Just google "scandeli bangkok" and you will find a link to their Facebook and website with contact details listed. Maybe you can call them and ask about their products.

Try the new Scan Deli in Bangkok. Inside Sukhumvit Soi 18 on the left just past the Rembrandt Hotel.

LG thank you for sharing your story. While I can't add much at this point, it was very interesting to read, especially as Thai hubby and I are moving back to Australia in a few months.

I'm interested to hear of this experience, because the treatment for someone with an acute drug induced psychosis is usually a fast acting medicine that is widely used around the world. It is on the WHO essential drugs list, is not expensive, and usually shows results within a few hours to a day, resulting in the patient being much calmer and less threatening.

Hi TimA, yes sorry in fact they did give him something to calm him. I'm not sure if that is what you are referring to. It took a few doses and he very quickly went from raging to super-relaxed, almost comatose. For the remainder of the two weeks in hospital they spent time dosing him up with a couple of medications that require a gradual build-up in the system before they take effect. By all accounts before he became an addict he was a placid, lovely young man. Unfortunately it's easy to forget there is a person inside that needs help when he is raging and trying to harm others.