feetandmouth

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Sorry if the question sounded frivolous. I do have an idea of what I'd like to get into. I'm in the health supplement business in Singapore but I certainly don't mind venturing into something different in BKK, maybe even something radically different, like a restaurant. Just wanted to know what kind of suggestions I'd receive.

yup , a restaurant would be radically different. new concept to thailand.

oh! you mean new to you. either way restauarnt is no good. get a girl and do laundry, massage, or hair saloon!

Like the previous poster, this thread is too big to read every page, but very interesting for me, as I'm intending to live in my GF's village near Lamphun. I am going to grow vegetables to reduce the budget, which will qualify as a "hobby", I hope.

If I might, I have a couple of questions about village life.

As I'm a very private person, I'm not intending to become "involved" in village life, and I certainly can't afford to provide anything for anyone other than my GF and myself. Is this a recipie for disaster?

Unfortunately, the previous suggestions of splitting time between village and elsewhere are not financially possible for me.

yes it is! why dont you have money? wo it the village people wont want to dealw you just as much you dont want to deal with them

went to the zoo. my gfs daughter,100 kilos and very athletic, took an orange and threw it at the monkie and hit him square in the forehead. the monkie wobbled a bit and fell dead. the zoo had the girl arrested and she was placed in detention.

the zoo want $5,000 to replace monkie and drop charges. it was a special tibetan monkie, very expensive.

only way i come up with $5000 is to borrow it. should i just run away as i had nothing to do with it but am the one expected to fix everything