kolasaab

Thanks to everyone for your advice

Seems many of TV members have live-in Issan GFs - judging by the large number of posts mentioning 'falang'.

Whilst this might be how Issan girls say the word in Issan/Lao, it's not a correct transliteration of the Thai word ฝรั่ง. It's pronounced 'farang' because that's a ror reua in the middle (basically a letter R). (If it were 'falang' then it would be spelt ฝลั่ง

This is not a post about Thai language. It's just a rant about people using the wrong English spelling because they can't read Thai !

Rant over....

Simon

LOL.......funny you bring this up. My fiance, from Lumduan, and I had a discussion about this last night. I asked her what the correct was the correct way to say it and she said "farang". I asked why do so many say "falang" and her reply was that not to many Thai's can pronounce the "r" properly so it sounds like "falang".

BTW, her native tongue is Cambodian, that's all they speak in the village.

I was having breakfast with a thai lady in chaweng last year and jenifer lopez was singing on tv. The thai lady said i like this song to which i replied (its cra_p). She says, what does that mean?? to which i reply, if something is rubbish then we say cra_p. The next day we were doing the same thing and u2 were on tv and i said Oh! i like this track, to which she replied (its cla_p)

A few questions:

Have you got a private of company pension coming your way at 60/65?

Do you own any property in the UK?

Are you in a relationship in Thailand or the UK?

Are you planning to continue paying UK State Pension contributions from Thailand?

Have you any qualifications that can be used to find work in Thailand.

My view is that while 100K would probably keep you for a few years in Thailand (provided you don't get into a relationship, start a family, make any capital purchases - car/condo/house) the big question is going forward into retirement - meeting the minimum retirement income requirements and having enough to keep yourself in old age. Hence quesitons about pension.

Another significant factor is what happens if you need to go back? Hence quesiton about property in the UK.

As I have said, I think 100K will keep you for a while, but if you have to go back to the UK in your 50s you may find it difficult if not impossible to find work.

My advice would be if you don't have a property and if you don't have a private/company pension then you ought to consider working a while longer to build more savings (and reduce the time you need to live off what you have).

Hello, i dont have a company pension, the 100,000 will be from the sale of my property, i cant rent that out because i still pay a mortgage and the rent money would just cover the mortgage with a little left over. I am working in uk at the moment as a alcohol n drug counsellor

Hello all, in the next year or so i will be leaving the uk and moving to thailand. I have been holidaying there for the last few years and i have decided that i want to live there. I am 51 years old and i will have about £100,000. I am a reasonably sensible person and i dont drink (booze ) I would like to settle in the south (not pattaya). I think that i would probably have to make some money because i dont think that £100,000 is enough to retire on. I am asking you guys and ladies who live in thailand, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE ME??? I would be very grateful for any advice.