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mark have to pray hard that his the amulets he is wearing can protect him this time round

Hun Sen calls down curse on Thai PM over land row

Supalak Ganjanakhundee

09-02-2010

Is the planet hollywood still there?

Am surprised to find that Abba actually outsold Bee Gees

Hi, I know the norm is you got to have at least 6 months validity on your passport before you can enter any country.

My question is - Does Thai immigration enforce this strictly, any difference if I fly in or come by overland? Has anyone tried to enter with less that 6 months and if yes, what is most likely to happen? Anyway around this rule. I hold a Singapore passport (Asean/ APEC partner), will this help in any ways?

I have tried going to other countries with less than 6 months and got different types of reception. Ever entered Indonesia with less than 2 weeks left on my passport and got thru with a 100K bribe.

Nothing like a nice civil war to pave the way for democracy - half the population on one side and half on the other. Is that what you mean? In what way is that a solution to Thailand's woes?

Glad to see someone is taking a principled stand and standing up to the Military that are bullying the democracy of Thailand and its people.

But id hate to see this as another excuse for the military to prove what a bunch of mass murderous power thirsty scoundrels they.

IMHO civil war is the only chance for the oppressed Thais to be freed. Let's hope Thaksin succeed in his revolution

Why isnt Surayad in the Hilton?

For what reason?

Surayud commanded troops during Bloody May, the violent 1992 crackdown on anti-government protestors. Surayud's men were seen shooting protesters and dragging them through the streets

Mark is just a puppet, the one that really deserve the bags of shit is Prem.

Found some info here

Thai people tell me the croc is good for money as its jaws bite down and never release easily....

Choo-chok tattoo’s print

An old man with a money’s bag on his shoulder, His name is Choo-chok, he is a beggar at first and a millionaire at last. This tattoo’s print is good for your business and everyone who want to get richer.

Hanuman Soong-Rith tattoo’s print (White Magic’s Monkey)

There were many Hanumans’ tattoo-prints from No.1 to No. 10 (Most popular and very special are No.8, No.9 and No.10) In Ramayana Indian tale, Hanuman is immortal, lucky in game and lucky in love. If you want to success for life, protect you from any weapons and luckiest in love, choose it!

Kao-Yod tattoo’s print ( Nava-Horakoon tattoo’s print)

This is a major tattoo’s print and may be a 1st tattoo for a new comer. The meaning of Kao-Yod is explained by 9 magic abilities of The Lord Buddha that show you in 9 lines of tattoo’s print. This tattoo’s print is good for protect you from any weapons.

Rahoo-Om-Jan tattoo’s print (Giant and the moon)

From the phenomenon that silhouette on the moon we call Rahoo-Om-Jan. We believe that Rahoo is a giant’s master and command all of devil. This tattoo’s print will help you live up or change your destiny and against all harmful.

Matchanu (Semi God’s monkey and fish)

Matchanu is a son of Hanuman and Suwan-madcha. (Mermaid) This tattoo’s print is look like Hanuman but you will see his tail like a mermaid. This tattoo’s print is good for fishermen and in every property is same as Hanuman.

Ganesha (Pra-Pikanesha)

Ganesha is a god of wealthy and successes, you can remember him easily with his elephant’s head on god body. He is the god that cleverest and he can bless you to pass all suffixes. This tattoo’s print is good for artists, actors, singers and technicians or who want wealthy.

Erawan Elephant

Erawan Elephant is a god elephant with three faces. He is more powerful and larger than another elephant in heaven. This tattoo’s print is good for the governors who work with workers and good for travelers because it prevent from harmful.

Alligator (Jorakae Tain Kwad)

The symbolic of great Thai Buddhism culture is alligator’s flag (Gatint) If you want to be a conquer and receive a mercy from social, This tattoo’s print is good for achieve, mercy and lucky.

Also Guan Yu who from what I gather is also revered in China and I guess is related in some way to Kwan Eim.

Guan Yu was a historical character, and one of the three heroes of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He later became a kind of deity symbolizing justice. Apparently, Hong Kong police stations all have a statue of him. I've seen a few in Thailand too, where he is known as Guan Oo. So no relation to Guan-im/Kwan Yin.

Guan Gong as he is more commonly known symbolizes loyalty. People on both sides of the law worships him.

The chinese deity that symbolizes justice would be Bao Gong aka Bao Ching Tian (literally translated as clear sky). He is another historical figure as well

The Regin looks very good, thanks for that tip.

Be forwarned the Regin is situated in Geylang THE red light district, there are streetwalkers at the hotel's entrance.

Best value for money besides the 81 or Frangrance chain, there is the Value hotels and Aqueen hotels. Best value for money and location in town

From what I saw, it looked like the Chinese were fighting Muay Thai, not kungfu, style. It looked like some of the decisions could have been hometown bias as well.

From what I could find out on other websites, these were not Shaolin monks, who were prohibited from accepting the Thai challenge and the circus atmosphere, but supposed practitioners of of Shaolin-style kungfu.

Methinks the whole thing is a bit fishy, actually.

You are right, the chinese were using a fighting technique known as Sanda or San Shou, literally meaning freehand. It is a form of chinese full contact kickboxing

Hi,

I am not currently with the prices of cars in Thailand. So see if anyone can offer some advice.

A friend who is 5 months overdue on a 2 year old Toyota Fortuner/Fortuna wants me to take over the car. He paid 1.2 m for it and now there is an outstanding of 700k in instalments. How much of takeover money should i pay him (reasonable to be fair to both sides).

Also the 700k is his loan including interests. Could anyone jsut take over a car loan like that? Or would i (or rather the gf) have to take a new loan? Would there be a revaluation in this case and be peg to prevailing interests rates?

Look forward to hearing your views and many thanks in advance

Some months back picked up a coin, did not looked like anything I have seen b4....took it home showed to the gf. She told me it was a 5 baht coin minted in 1977 for the King's 50 years birthday. Did some research and found out it was a limited edition piece. Some thai guy offered me 5k for it but i am not selling still

I like tattoos on girls. The more the better. Especially the really wild religious ones, all over a hot girl's back.. Awesome. So they'd need to be the standard Thai traditional 'just black' ones. But elaborate designs are welcomed. Plus you got something to read and admire.

( I most likely woudn't marry such a person, but that wasn't the question. )

By "really weird religious ones" do you mean the Khmer protective tattoos (i.e. sak yant in Thai)?

The only Thai people I have ever seen with those tattoos were men. Of course Angelina Jolie has some too, but she is not Thai. Another poster mentioned that some "hi-so" Thai women have been getting them from Ajarn Noo. I have not seen this. Is it a recent trend?

see this for the hottest women with ink.....Thai Tera Patrick is on the list

http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/hottest101_women_tattoos.htm

Below is the pic of another....believe her name is Aom

If you are moving alot of it, perhaps you can watch the James Bond movie GOLDFINGER for some inspiration

I had the chance to conduct military live firing exercises in Thailand years ago (tanks/motars/arty howitzers). Many a times the designated live firing areas were very close to villages or even right next to them. There were also a few instances of mis-firing that caused some damage to buildings (was told no injuries). Once we were in a remote village up in Kanchanaburi and a monk pulled me aside to show me the damage to his temple entrance that were apparently caused by our M2 machine guns!

Just to add that many hi-so ladies and celebrities have been getting religious Buddhist tattoos by Ajarn Noo.

Move to Southern Thailand, convert to Islam, marry both ladies. Get the 1st wife (the one with the respectable job) to work and support the whole family. Live happily ever after.

Girl tattoos induces thoughts of Angelina Jolie in me.....red hot sexy!

I am a Muay Thai fan and I think on most days they can floor just about anyone except for K1 MAX fighers who I see as the ultimate but we are talking about Shaolin monks here which is a different kettle of fish. Besides normal kungfu these monks practise Qi Gong, and I have seen a 70 year old Qi Gong master repel a dozen young man with just a flick of his arms, and the superman feats of letting a truck run over their torso, breaking bricks over their heads etc...Qi Gong is not martial arts per se so there is no comaprison

Thanks for all the comments. Malaysian airlines is indeed do-able and much cheaper than 15K but downside there's a transit of around 2 hrs (will try that next time there is time on my hands). But its a blessing in disguise....looked around and managed to get Cathay Pacific business class at 16K! Apparently there is a promo going on now. I cannot reconcile with the fact Tiger ticket is still going at 15K and rising. There must be some scam going on indeed!

I will let on more since reading the more measured replies.

I have been caught with my hands in the cookie jar more than a few times, so to speak. I am partly responsible for my current gf's paranoid behaviour as I have betray her trust many times. And the ex wife is not making things easy for me so in a way I am between a rock and a hard place.

Desperate times calls for desperate measures that is why I have concoct up such a plan. I am also doing this mainly because I need/want to see my kids so please do not judge me. The topic at hand is how can I try to pull this off and not why I am doing it.

This is looking to be more difficult than it sounds, I will do a dry run soon. I am flying in reaching BKK around 11pm at night, I plan to hang around until after midnight (smoking area? duty free shopping? toilets?) before crossing customs (do the thai immigration change the passport date stamp exactly at 12midnight?) Then I will have around around 20 hours on my hands before i return to the airport to do the switcheroo the same evening. Wish me luck!

The exact details are too complicated and personal for me to share. Would it be better if I said the premise that I am doing this is to get away some away time from the gf and meet up with a new hot chick that i have just met? Please dun judge me, I am just trying to find out if my idea can work.

Firstly gotta agree with the previous posters. If a GF told me I could not see my kid she'd be straight out the door, but fotunately I'm not in that position so only you can decide that.

Secondly the practical issue of what you propose. You'd have to go all the way through to the dedparture gate to be able to get airside to come back in through arrivals, IF they would escort you in that way, they might just send you out through departures the way you came in.

And then there's the security question as well and the suspicion that you may have put a b**b on the 'plane and that's why you don't want to board.

AND you'll have a departure stamp and 2 arrival stamps dated the same day so unless you're luck yand they're on separate pages or your GF is stupid then in short I personally think your idea won't work.

Noted on the other comments regarding the gf. Thanks