Torv

The pricing is just getting ridiculous.

Lots of rich people out there.

You're going to have to give us an example, op. I'm drawing a blank too.

The only time that "r" or "ร" sounds differently is when it combines with other letters.

Happy

"I don't want to keep moving every summer but if I don't play in Liverpool, I won't play for another club in England. Not even Chelsea, Arsenal or Manchester United. It would be impossible to play against Liverpool for another English team."

AWWWWWWWWW

The great thing about that game was that we weren't even playing that well, and we still won.

I somewhat agre, and though the US dollars is still considered to be the more stable currency the world looks to, it seems to be on a downfall. With competition from Europe and this staring game with China, I doubt the US dollars would totally stabilize/appreciates for a couple of years yet.

However, Thailand can't really fix dollars, but they can do something to do with Thai Baht. The more it appreciates, the more foreign business Thailand will lose.

Something must be done further. aka. I'm also hoping for a 36+ Baht.

I'd be happy if we dont' get those four.

So take in to account of our sales, we haven't spent that much huh?

I think you'd be okay at a more established park. Chiang Mai, Surin are all elephants haven.

That sounds about right.

You're pretty much guaranteed to be okay with CA driver license, but like rito said, it depends on the the mood of the police. So I guess it's not a gurantee after all.

AAA's route is very cheap, so I'd get that too.

The temp license lasts for a year.

I'd be interested too, but I thought this was normal?

Anybody predicting when the baht will weaken again, or better yet when the US dollars will be strong again.

Don't want to get a condo on a 33 baht per dollar to find out in six months, it jumps back up to 35,36.

So you work in a circus then?

Did someone say something?

Estimated 80% of the time, statistics are made up on the spot

I'm not very well versed in this political stuff, but if this is true, then a drastic readjustment in Thai politics seems inevitable.

Ha!

She's doing a show here...a reality TV show about how she's coming to LA and doing a search for a new house. Something like that. Our popular radio station is giving away tickets to this weekend's Galaxy game, which they said that "Beckham might or might not play".

Pshhh...Posh on American TV.

...I'll probably watch it.

Thanks Jim.

I've been using this crazy language (English) for 14 years and I'm still making a bunch of mistakes.

Thank the lord, I don't use much of it for work.

Good night all.

Thanks for making Thailand your home.

I'm Thai, and honestly sometimes those threads do rub me the wrong way.

However, I know full well what and who they're talking about.

Take the selfish Thai girls for example. What part of Thai girls attract "farang" in the first place? If they turn out to be selfish or whatever, then hel_l live with it. If you can't stand her, then go ahead and break up with her. The truth of the matter is I've seen many farangs complaing about how Thai girls are gold digger, then they just went ahead and forgot that it's them that lure those Thai girls with money.

Those Thai girls mostly come from impoverish parts of Thailand, and have never been "comfortable" before. If you spoil them at the beginning, then you'd have to keeping doing it.

Seriously guys.

Go after Thai girls who are well off, then you might see a change in personality.

Careful your generalising ha ha My wifes comes from one of those poor areas has never gold dug and I dont think this is an excuse for gold digging, maybe insert the word "lazy" or of lower moral standards for some of the girls. Im sure some of the richer ones are equally bad at times.

What Torv said rings true in many cases though. Some guys look for a poor girl whom they can attract with the lure of financial stability then they wonder why the woman's main concern is money.

Thanks!

I'm going to go hide under a rock till the morning.

I'm Thai, and honestly sometimes those threads do rub me the wrong way.

However, I know full well what and who they're talking about.

Take the selfish Thai girls for example. What part of Thai girls attract "farang" in the first place? If they turn out to be selfish or whatever, then hel_l live with it. If you can't stand her, then go ahead and break up with her. The truth of the matter is I've seen many farangs complaing about how Thai girls are gold digger, then they just went ahead and forgot that it's them that lure those Thai girls with money.

Those Thai girls mostly come from impoverish parts of Thailand, and have never been "comfortable" before. If you spoil them at the beginning, then you'd have to keeping doing it.

Seriously guys.

Go after Thai girls who are well off, then you might see a change in personality.

Careful your generalising ha ha My wifes comes from one of those poor areas has never gold dug and I dont think this is an excuse for gold digging, maybe insert the word "lazy" or of lower moral standards for some of the girls. Im sure some of the richer ones are equally bad at times.

Apologies. Please read my post below. I'm glad you're one of the lucky ones who actually found love.

It's very hard to write this type of posts and not offend anyone or even both side of the coins!

Well I ended up explaining myself again anyway.

Seriously guys.

Go after Thai girls who are well off, then you might see a change in personality.

Ok ,

I'll take the bait

That could be seen as being a little racist in itself .

I am sure that i am not alone in saying that some of us could be offended by that statement .

I'll take it on the chin , but I have experienced tension from waitresses who believe they are above catering for an impoverished thai girl . Simple solution , smaller tip if any , and never return .

Everything can be taken the wrong way if one chooses to, I reckon.

And it's not really racism, but I am stereotyping between two types of Thai women. There are exceptions to everything is the golden rule here.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that those Farang who comes to Thailand looking for wives. They have expectations of how Thai girls are already in their mind. Common stereotypes are "exotic", "subservient"...etc. And why not? That's what they've heard, that's what they've seen in movies, and you know...it's not far from the truth. I admit it that I am a very objective person, I say things as they are, and in turn pisses off both parties. So let me try to do that again here because you guys know I just love controversy. Pretty vocal for a newbie huh?

Back to the point. Farang's tourist spots such as Patpong, Pattaya, or whereever there are Thai girls holding up 3 fingers going "Hi you big white men, 300 baht all night long yeah?". This is the typical stuff. If Thai women are known to be "hard to get" to Farang, do you think there'd be more Farangs here than now in order to win the heart of Thai women? I can positively assume that to be a hel_l no answer (seriously whis is the word hel_l censored?).

That of course, is another generalization I am making in order to be well within the context of this thread. I say, if Farang comes here looking for a subservient, typical exotic Thai girls, and the girls end up becoming a gold digger. Wouldn't you say that it's a fair trade? Farangs go to Thailand and aside from charms, and personality, they also have the almighty first world currency hitting on a girl who makes about a 10 dollars a day then we know where that's going.

An OP from another thread gave an example of selfish Thai girls. The first example was about his girlfriend asking/telling him to turn the music down. The second one being a girl always eating before he does. Ok...does this seem to anyone that it could happen to any race in any relationship? It's so common that I think including the word "Thai" in there is categorically accusing Thai girls who are with Farang of being selfish. Even if it were true, it doesn't discount the fact that there are other women who do that too or better yet MEN of other races!

If you think of this logically...and you can. For example, Farangs come to Thailand to find girls. He has all the tools to succeed in that. His tools are...he's farang, he's charming, he has personality, he speaks English, he's from the first world country, he has money that makes him seemingly wealthy. Guys, these are tools we all use in real life. For those of us who go after girls, we tend to use something to get a leverage, and money is one of them. Why not? Girls like stable guys who are homeowners. Then a lot of Farangs go after the girls who don't have white skinned charming men with foreign currency chasing after her everyday. What is she gonna do? Of course she's going to take it. Farangs looking for a place to retire with Thai women who have all the qualities they want, and Thai girls want to get out of her poverty strickened life. Like I said, a fair trade.

However, there are those who make it. My realtor here in the US who is Thai is married to a veteran that stationed in Thailand. He's about 20 years older than her. Typical eh? She was brought over to the US with virtually no education, but strived to be better. She got an MBA, working as a loan officer/realtor with 2 houses and her life is pretty much set. She makes more money than her husband now, and they're still in love with one gorgeous daughter (I mean it). Mind you, it probably starts out the same way as any other farang male, Thai female couples but they're also clearly in love. They both knew what one another was after, but they could also accept that it's life. At this day and age, living on love alone is long gone my friends. This can be tracked back to the exception to every rule deal I mentioned earlier.

Do I think Thai people are perfect little angels? Har har! In fact I think a lot are very shallow. It's the only culture I know that kids extensively make fun of their Muslim classmates about not being able to eat pork. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if the restive South is happening because they've had no respects from their Thai counterparts and have had enough. It's the only culture that still says the word "Negro" without flinching. In fact, as you might already know. Thai people prefer white folks over black folks. Why? I don't know, but I can honestly say, it's mostly the "color" of your skin. That's it. Of course I speak this in general sense as to once again keep in context with the thread.

I grew up in Thailand, and I know the goods and the bads of it. I also know what the foreigners come expect from Thai women. But hey, can you blame them? Prostituion is illegalized in Thailand...REALLY!?! I'm of course defending Thai women here because not all are like that. "What can you expect from Thai women?" Expect her to be a regular woman. "Why are Thai girls selfish" Same reason as other girls being selfish. I know that this forum is frequent by Farangs mostly, and most of the questions are pretty much asked from one Farang to another. I hope you do enjoy Thailand, it has a lot to offer. There're also bad sides. People will always be a mix of good and bad, educated and ignorant, but never ever forget why you chose Thailand in the first place.

I'm Thai, and honestly sometimes those threads do rub me the wrong way.

However, I know full well what and who they're talking about.

Take the selfish Thai girls for example. What part of Thai girls attract "farang" in the first place? If they turn out to be selfish or whatever, then hel_l live with it. If you can't stand her, then go ahead and break up with her. The truth of the matter is I've seen many farangs complaing about how Thai girls are gold digger, then they just went ahead and forgot that it's them that lure those Thai girls with money.

Those Thai girls mostly come from impoverish parts of Thailand, and have never been "comfortable" before. If you spoil them at the beginning, then you'd have to keeping doing it.

Seriously guys.

Go after Thai girls who are well off, then you might see a change in personality.

You just happened to find a selfish woman who are Thai OP.

There are many like that around the world.

There are also selfish guys...have you heard?

Remember why you're attracted to Thai girls in the first place.

I honestly don't know what to say.

Was trying to do a stepover. Stomp on the ground too hard, and tore my ACL in the process.

VORONIN OFF THE MARK AS REDS BEAT BREMEN

Andriy Voronin was a two-goal marksman as Liverpool maintained their unbeaten start to pre-season with a 3-2 victory over Werder Bremen in Grenchen, Switzerland.

John Arne Riise was also on the scoresheet in a game that saw Fernando Torres, Ryan Babel and Yossi Benayoun make their debuts for the Reds.

Ukraine striker Voronin netted his first goal for the club after just four minutes to open the scoring, capitalizing on a misplaced defensive pass and rounding the keeper before slotting into an empty net.

Bremen then drew level through Schindler two minutes later but Riise restored the lead when smashing the ball home from 30-yards out in the 14th minute.

The impressive Voronin was a constant threat up front and doubled his tally on the hour mark with well-taken finish after latching onto a defence-splitting through ball.

Torres, who twice went close to opening his account, Babel and Benayoun all appeared as second half substitutes as Rafael Benitez took the opportunity to give the majority of his squad a run-out.

Hugo Almeida managed to pull a goal back late in the game but Liverpool held on to claim a third successive summer win.

Teams

Liverpool: Carson, Riise, Hyypia, Paletta, Finnan, El Zhar, Gerrard MBE, Hobbs, Pennant, Crouch, Voronin (captain). Subs - Agger, Babel, Kuyt, Benayoun, Carragher, Darby, Arbeloa, Torres, Mihaylov, Alonso, Sissoko

Werder Bremen: Wiese, Baumann, Fritz, Rosenberg, Andreason, Alberto, Frings (captain), Borowski, Niemeyer, Schulz, Schindler. Subs - Bischoff, Vranjes, Loning, Pellatz, Almelda, Jensen, Wome

Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

Conditions: Humid

Attendance: 10,180

Liverpoolfc.tv Man-of-the-Match: Andriy Voronin

Whoohoo!!

There has got to be more Pool fans here.

If you're mad, make this face

Wow, I thought I had this under control a few pages back.

THAT'S IT...REVOLUCION!!!

*steals HH's tea bags and dump into the harbor*