chrisll

has anyone been to secrets hotel in pattaya and can u please tell me what its like,thanks.

I've never been to a Thai TV station but I reckon there'll be a statue of Benny Hill in the foyer

benny hill would go down a storm here i reckon.

spot on i think.the guys who replied are just pissed cause its them your talking about.

Private Dancer is not intened to be high brow literature; just entertaining reading, which I thought it was. The way it is written in the first person from each character's point of view is different and interesting.

A few expat writers are good, a few are OK and many, many suck, but Private Dancer is one of the better expat books for what it is. The Big Mango, Touch the Dragon and Memoirs of a Bangkok Warrior are all OK to pretty good.

escape by david mcmillian is a good book.

Well there u go people.no matter you have nothing to offer this country no money in your pocket and no prospects and be a complete loser,u cant still come here have 2 kids and a wife.O h dear.

Not everywhere. Phuket has been over run with farangs for a long time (and some other places too) Far too much farang money thrown around. Far too many of the wrong kind of farangs. After spending time in a few of these places---Phuket, Huahin, Pattaya etc....I was not surprised that many Thais don't like us....many of us don't like us!!

I know lots of guys who live quiet respectable lives and have made friends in the Thai communities they live in. (myself included) They are well accepted and respected because they have earned it. You don't earn respect by showing off how rich you are, treating the locals like village idiots, or loud boorish behavior etc. Certainly some Thai's do not like some of us but I don't think this kind of sweeping generalization is helpful or accurate. I can think of one guy who is extremely well liked by the locals because he has learned to speak Thai quite well, takes good care of his family and is always polite and respectful to everyone.....but he does not have much money...in fact he lives a very frugal life because he is on some kind of disability pension. He has virtually no farang friends because he does not drink, or play golf...so in the ex-pat world that makes you an outcast I guess. The notion that all Thai's just like you for your money is just BS....and it may be part of the problem because that's how we seem to judge people, so many of us seem to assume it's the same for them. The most despised farang I have met drives a BMW and lives in a ridiculous house that he built for the sole purpose of "impressing" everybody...2 people living in a massive ugly, pretentious house....I think the novelty has worn off because now he is trying to sell it and move somewhere else to impress another local population...probably with an even bigger, even uglier house. The locals won't like him any more next time around because he is an arrogant, ignorant asshol_e and people don't like that regardless of where you come from or how much money you spread around. Thailand is not for everyone, and everyone is not suited to life in Thailand---obviously.

This is one of the best, more objective and level-headed comments I've read on these threads. You seem to have a pretty good bead on things.

To the other whining, miserable, malcontents populating these boards--you need to do your job better. What I mean to say is that there are so many unhappy farangs living in Thailand, threatening to leave, predicting this country is going down the toilet, the Titanic analogy and all that--YET, more farangs keep coming. More are coming than leaving. That's the freakin problem! We need more to leave than come. Because there are simply too many farangs in Thailand, and it's getting worse every year. I think the Thai's need to toughen the visa laws, make it more restrictive to own any sort of property, more dual-pricing, yea, that's the ticket. Because all you get with more farangs...is more whining! So please, if you are going to complain, at least do so effectively. At the moment, it's simply not working. No one is listening!

Please note heavy sarcasm.

nothing to do with the political crisis,its to do with the pan head farangs i meet out here and the thais aswell.looking at farangs who have been here a long time i just dont want to turn out like them ,thats why i want leave,

why the hel_l would you clain to be thai.

why are people having a go at this guy,he got ripped off he was stupid for that but could happen to everyone,why are farangs in thailand so quick to put other farangs down,worst expat community ive come across in the world.

I still love Takson son and what he did for the poor. He gave to the poor and they love him.

If my bar girl says fight, then fight it is!

Go reds go!!

lol

o reilys in silom

but give it a while!

gullivers soi 5

It seems to me that the British Government are overstating the warnings. I can't believe they are phoning people and asking them not to go, no other country is doing this.

]the fact that you are saying this makes me belive u have been in thailand too long.

Lots of people played football throuhout the years but the game u see today was invemted by the english as they put the rules to it.

And thats a fact,look it up anywhere.

The turban should simply be viewed as part of the immigration officers' uniform, just like the headscarfs worn at KL Airport. It shows that you are a native. It is important for UK immigration officers to be as rude as possible to all non-EU nationals and contradict everything they say. If they say they don't speak English, it is vital for the immigration officer to ask further complicated questions in the Shakespearian language. If they can't answer, the immigration officials' questions, they should be arrested and charged for having an attitude and subesequently deported at the taxpayers' expense. To be sure of getting into the country, it is best to say that you are an asylum seeker giving the grounds that welfare benefits are not sufficiently high in your native land and it doesn't rain often enough there. This strategy always works. You should not admit be having a job as this is immediate grounds for entry refusal. It is best to say you don't like working and have heard that Britain is well geared up to your cause. Have a wonderful life in the "Perfide Albion".

great stuff

is your student indian? if so he should have no problems "velcome to vingland"

lol

I gets lots of email saying that he is dead.

And his family waiting for permission to bring his body home.

There is even a link to a Nation blog.

Is this is true? best news if it is true.

... and do you still believe in the Tooth Fairy ?

I am not joking.

The link is here:

http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/mahwattha...0/04/25/entry-2

wow thanks for that what a realible source.

its true

Malayan pit viper, very poisonous !! http://www.siam-info.de/english/snakes_cro...ml#Calloselasma rhodostoma

ring the snake rescue serivce where ever you are,

Comments from the poster who uses Clockwork Orange as his avatar and pseudonym...should be taken lightly, it is after all the the title of a film about "the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven" (Not that there is anything wrong with Beethoven)

Wow look who is talkiing! Your avatar shows two sci-fi warlords fighting to the death over a destroyed landscape. Is that your vision of the future?

In any case, I think that you completely missed the point of the film Clockwork Orange - it was a dark commentary of an imaginary dystopian future, where the more society tried to analyse and control itself, the more bereft of morality it became.

And if we start analysing pseudonyms and avatars, then this whole forum becomes completely ridiculous and all the comments arbitrary anyway.

many people take clockwork orange the wrong way.but your account of the film is very well put.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVWA5avUIis it that one,if not enjoy the video anyway!

sorry thats the link

Good to see another Septic thinking the world is the US.

I'm not the one claiming that comedy in the US is any better than anywhere else - read what I said - but

it is certainly just as good. Ever hear of Seinfeld, Cheers or Mash?

Yeah I think I might of heard of them, nothing mega though, i did see the film Mash but couldn't get into the series,

the humor is different mate,

but if each to his own

alan patridge,great stuff!!!!!!!!

dont like much american stuff but simpsons is genius!

oh go on,who then?

I forgot to mention that I much prefer the British sense of humour moreso than any other type (American for example, which is mostly witless).

I never knew the Brits had a sense of humor, only remember their stiff upper lip

yes they do have a sense of humour and from your crap joke i can see you dont!

I find women from other ethnicity's than my own more attractive; whether they're from the far east, south east asia, south asia, south/central america or africa.

And I haven't had a caucasian girlfriend since I was 17.

i haven't had a girlfriend in 31 years. my wife won't approve that i have one

Shame, you could have some good fun with someone on the side; although I can't help but admire your restraint

would you be kind enough, talk to my wife and convince her she is wrong? perhaps for a small fee like... a bottle of Chang?

the reason you are with one is because its easy for you to get one.simple as that.