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    Have you been burgled? How safe do you feel?

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    Posted · Edited by somchaismith

    Whilst the discussion about dogs is fascinating and useful to many, can I just point out that the subject of the thread is burglary and a female poster in post 49 went to great lengths to post her personal experiences which include her being raped by the intruder!

    I think it took a lot of courage and thought for that poster to recall those things into print and that your banal diatribe about dogs obscures that effort,

    without recognizing its value or humanity.

    Just saying, in case you were ever worried about being caught in the trap of being self centered and uncaring!

    Yes unfortunately, I think that many posters missed that contribution to the thread. Quite an amazing story, really.

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    Have you been burgled? How safe do you feel?

    in General Topics

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    The first time they entered through the roof while I was not there in the evening. Only stole a phone from a brand that did not even exist in Thailand in that time and they left the charger (the phone was on the charger in the livingroom).

    The second time I was gone for one night (visarun to Ranong), they broke the steel that protect a window. They took a laptop (very expensive one). Very strong people. I noticed that the two workers on the other side of the road that always came to work on one bicycle, had both a new bike the following week.

    The third time they emptied my car but as nothing was interesting they throw everything in the garden.

    And a few days later, I was attacked in my livingroom by a masked man with a knife. I told him immediately where the money was (there was not much any way). He kept me under threat during 3 hours and raped me. I think I am alive because I remained calm (almost) and I spoke with him all the time, saying that I could be his mother (I was 55 years old) or even his grandmother and that he would not like that this happened to his mother. I believe he understood it because I kept repeating that....At the end I felt that he did not know how to get away without me seeing him. So, I proposed that he left me in the bedroom with the door closed and that I would wait there that he was gone. I promised not to go to the police (I went immediately after that of course).

    Three weeks later there was a man in my kitchen, hiding behind the door (a sunday morning). I kept calm again and walked very slow out of the house through the backdoor and came back through the frontdoor to take the keys of my car (my house is about 100 m. from the road) and I drove to the road where I asked for help. One neighbor ran to the house with a stick and his wife and me saw 4 men running away from the house. Half of the village started to chase them. They found one (he burried himself in the ground) and this man was saved from the angry villagers by the police that arrived. I thought they were going to kill him. I suppose that they were so angry because they knew about what happened to me 3 weeks before.

    After that I got the visit of all the police heads of Phuket, Patong and Kamala. They all told me they were going to find my rapist and they asked me to keep this story quiet. And I got special control from the police at my house during 6 months.

    They never found the man of course and I know personally two women that have been attacked around that time : one on the land next to my house while she was walking the dogs and one a little further in her house on the same road. There has also been a tourist young girl that was attacked on the land near to her house (she saved the girl).

    But the police never found who it was . Even some thai women told me that they know who it was but they did not go to the police because in their culture they cannot go and tell the police something like that....(?).

    After that I had a high fence built around the house and I installed a security system with cameras and everything and I never had problems afterwards. It is ten years ago now and I start to feel safe again sometimes....So, I really do not agree with the people here that say that it is better to leave everything open. That is what I did before, because I know Phuket since 1979 and in that time it was safe. I came to live here in 1998 and I still thought it was safe...But now I know it is NOT.

    Sorry for the poor english....

    Crikeys! This deserves a thread of its own.

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    Top Gear in Burma and Thailand

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

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    I'm watching it now, first episode. They are intentionally driving 3 trucks down a narrow soi, purposely hitting overhead cables, parked cars and plastic chairs, I assume, to add to the drama?? Is this what normally happens on Top Gear?

    yes.

    i thought it was brilliant but i must say, i was very confused when they kept talking about the river Kwai (which passes through Kanchanaburi and is actually called the river Khwae) when on their map they were in far north of Thailand.

    its a shame they didn't spend more time here.

    i think a great top gear special would be for them to tour Thailand in local transport, like a tuk tuk, one of those farming tractor things with the handle bars and a motorbike loaded with dogs and chickens or something.

    anyhow, when they drove their tucks across the bridge at the end, i though it was one of the craziest things i've ever seen. especially Clarkson and Hammond who followed May across and May's truck looked like it totally destroyed the deck.

    In the end, it seem that, the bridge was actually built in Thailand, over the river Kok. Probably couldn't obtain government permits to build a new border crossing - Top Gear would've also had to make two new immigration booths, courtesy of the BBC.

    Police rescue 31 girls in 'sting' operation

    in Thailand News

    Posted

    I cannot take onboard all the comments on this topic,but just to add my tuppence worth about morals etc.My wife has a step sister married to a Swedish biochemist professor working in Singapore,they have 2 kids.From first hand knowledge I know she was having carnal knowledge with at least 3 Thai men,1 in her condo in Bangkok,1 no hoper from the village and 1 guy who she met in my house who was hanging wallpaper.She never visits and she is afraid to let me talk to her husband,need I say more.

    So, the carnal knowledge took place whilst he was hanging the paper or after he'd finished hanging the paper?

    bkk 200b a night in bang su

    in General Topics

    Posted · Edited by somchaismith

    It is if you want nearby trasportation wo having to butt Rubba dubba dub a thai motosai guy all day..............lol.

    No big deal is right--if it were rooms would be full of thais.

    Choochoo, the cheap hotels which I know of, 200 baht and under are right next to a bus stop on main roads. They're everywhere in the burbs. You just got to pluck up the courage, walk in and ask, 'how much for a room per night?'

    Though. it's the same old story which loads of foreigners have a problem recognizing, coming to terms with and ultimately admitting - If you can't speak the local language, you're going to pay a premium in many daily situations in Thailand, as English speaking employees cost more for employers to hire. Also, even if you were to have a translator, that is, a female partner, she's not going to want to take you to an unairconditioned, basic, hotel room. Firstly, because she like to sleep in a hotel with more creature comforts and secondly, if she were on the make, there would be a commission in it for her.

    Annual Tax Declaration Form In English & Some Good News...

    in Teaching in Thailand Forum

    Posted

    "As Sly had already mentioned, life insurance of all family members, car insurance, bills when you got your car fixed, hospital bills, dentist's bills etc..."

    OP, are you saying that they gave you deductions for all those items, or did you just give them extra paperwork hoping to get something?

    Lol, It's no wonder that some people leave Thai government departments in tears.

    Like leaving Immigration in Phiboon unsuccessfully?

    Yes, trying to fit squares into triangles.

    Police rescue 31 girls in 'sting' operation

    in Thailand News

    Posted

    Thankfully, or I hope, 99% of you won't ever see the type of place these miserable ladies will end up in. These places aren't lit up in Neon with booming music playing. They are the type of place, down some dark soi where if a foreigner even wanders too close some bozo security guard comes and chases you away sharpish.
    This is organised crime which runs deep and ANY dent in their vile activities should be greeted with applause and thanks. One hopes these victims are treated with compassion and care by the authorities in this case.

    You're not wrong - I know a couple of English teachers out at Chachoengsao. They are miserable low life scum! One carries a knife and the other can't even afford one.

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