thaifkrlim

I watched Uriah Heep concerto in bangkok last year, i am looking forward to seeing PinkFloyd live gig soon

I see this comment a lot on Internet forums and it doesn't make any sense to me. If you look at new cars on the road in the UK that are privately owned I'd be willing to bet that the majority of them were purchased on finance. Or are you suggesting that Thai people only do it at unattractive interest rates whereas Westerners always get a good deal?

I'd think that the proliferation of pay day loan sites with APRs in the thousands would suggest that there are plenty of stupid people in the UK who cannot plan.

Indeed

OP. 10 AM on channel 7.

But not live.

The Op asked for sunday morning.

10am our time is live.

Thanks guys

My 1000 baht on pacquiao

I have to agree with the last post. We lived in Penang (after Thailand) and it drove me crazy that I couldn't go anywhere on my own without being followed, having to listen to sexual remarks. It restricts your freedom (as a woman) and you have the feeling that you always have to watch your back. They don't think much of women, local or foreign.

People in Thailand stare, but they stare because I'm a foreigner. In Penang they stare for different reasons.

We enjoyed Penang in the beginning but I would advise everyone to spend some time there before moving permanently. We were both fed up with Thailand and the place made us appreciate Thailand again Go figure.

And don't underestimate the heat, there is no cool season.

We didn't live in Georgetown b.t.w. but on the other side of the island (before Batu Ferringhi). And I definitely agree: Georgetown feels like a ghost town!

The place has its own problems: the races don't get along, pollution (and yes, you can tell when they're burning in Indonesia), noise, I hated the traffic. In a nutshell: looking back I'd say it is similar to Thailand (with some differences of course) but without the sanook. We found it a rather stale place. I'll go back to Thailand on holidays but I don't think I'll ever go back to Malaysia.

But everyone has their own agenda, likes and dislikes.

I'll agree with most of this post! I've lived in Malaysia and spent quite a bit of time in Penang. At first,, it seems like a decent place, but you have to get on the inside of it all to know what Malaysia is all about. I had a lot of problems with racism and discrimination. Most places will not rent to foreigners because they are Muslim Malays who are extremely xenophobic and intolerant. They do not let people rent their homes who are not Muslims! If they do rent their homes to you, you have to be careful of many things. For example, if they promise to do something, you can't count on it, especially if you pay them upfront! And don't expect to get your deposit back as they will find ways to eat that up. Promises are usually broken!

Malaysians still have a serious hangover from the British colonization. They are ANGRY and they will find ways to take it out of you just because you are of the same race. I've never seen such a racist attitude anywhere in my life. For example, I walk into a bank where I have an account and the security stops me and yells, 'hey, you can't just walk in here! You have to go to information first! You can't just come in as you please, we have rules here that you have to follow.' Me: 'I need to talk to customer service. I have an account here. There's nobody at the information desk!' Him: 'so you have to wait in line.' A girl comes to the counter and asks me what I need and I tell her. She gives me 'special permission' to go see customer service. While I'm in there, the security did NOT stop anyone else from going in to see customer service! It's like this all the time in Malaysia. It's worth mentioning that it's usually the Indian males who have this ego trip and they have no respect whatsoever for women.

As an end note, I was attacked by an Indian man who nearly killed me. There were witnesses everywhere. We knew where he worked. When I called the police, they flatly refused to make any notes or ask my witnesses their names or information. The police would NOT help me, but demanded that I go to the police station to make a report! Penang does not have any safety measures in place and it's thee most dangerous place I have ever visited in my entire life.

Thailand, Malaysia, there is no comparison! Anywhere but Malaysia! The good Malays understand my point of view and they support me because they know what I'm saying is true as they've experienced much of the same as I have. The country is about to self destruct within my lifetime on account of their racist, sexist, xenophobic attitudes.

Thai muslims wont let their houses to foreigners too............you are right, in no particular region, usually indian males who are egoistic do not have respect for women. Attacking another indian is a reflex by the ego trip

hi comrades, where to find commissioner of oath in bkk, i need some documents certified true copy, and how to say "commissioner of oath" in thai?

thanks in avance

this programme is design to exploit thai workforce on the pretext of learning america, language and culture shock exchange, american couples cant afford the cost of qualified babysitters

dont get conned by the promising brochures. she will not improve much of her language skill because of the home working environment

What is the cost of hiring a bodyguard on daily basis??

How can I get a permanent ban from entering Thailand, so that i have an excuse that i cannot visit Thailand anymore

Is there any way to get a "banned" stamp from the authorities upon exit,

pls do not suggest that I can do a petty crime that prevent me from entering thailand again, or i may end up in prison instead

Air Asia throws another creative punch at rival Tiger Airways

The rivalry between two budget airlines: Malaysia-based AirAsia and Singapore-based Tiger Airways is getting more and more intense. AirAsia recently launched straightforward attacks to its rival in full-page advertisements, published in Singapore newspapers: Straits Times and Business Times.

The advertisement depicts a cartoon of a crying tiger cub and features a large tag-line: ‘If Tigers were meant to fly, they would be born with wings.’ The ad is addressed to criticize Tiger’s flight cancellations in August and in the first week of October, which resulted in hundreds of stranded passengers.

To distinguish itself from Tiger, AirAsia also says in the ad that it is ‘guaranteed to fly every day’.

Tiger Airways, headed by British Tony Davis, had earlier expressed disappointment over AirAsia head Tony Fernandes with his allegedly racist “white guys” remarks.

In a recent Bangkok Post newspaper article, Fernandes expressed his scepticism over Westerners running any successful Asia-based business, “We’re Asians, not a bunch of white guys running the airlines.” This caused the eruption of the war between the two Tonys.

Tiger Airways and AirAsia in advertising war

Malaysia's low cost carrier Air Asia and Singapore-based Tiger Airways have been locked in a war of words, with heads of both the companies taking digs at each other in public over alleged racist remarks by the Malaysian carrier's ethnic Indian chief.

The rivalry between Tony Fernandes of Air Asia and Tony Davis, an Englishman, who heads Tiger Airways, continued with Air Asia taking out a full-page colour advertisement chiding the Singapore-based airlines.

Air Asia put out the advertisement after Tiger Airways had reportedly accused Fernandes, an ethnic Indian, of making a racial slur with his "white guys" remark.

Tiger Airways had earlier expressed disappointment over Air Asia head's alleged racist remarks.

In a recent Bangkok Post article, Fernandes had expressed his scepticism over Westerners running any successful Asia-based business.

"We're Asians, not a bunch of white guys running the airlines," Fernandes was quoted as saying in the article.

AirAsia’s latest print advertisement inside two Singaporean newspapers has been interpreted as a competitive swipe at rival airline.

Earlier in the month the air carrier publicly targeted Thai Tiger Airways for employing “a bunch of white guys” with little to no knowledge of the country.

AirAsia spokesperson said the ads were not created to offend or cause any tension between the two airlines.

AirAsia took out a full-page advertisement in today's Straits Times in Singapore, declaring "We've got the stripes - guaranteed to fly everyday" with "stripes" in big block letters coloured in with tiger stripes.

If you've heard about Tiger Airways' flight disruptions last weekend, you will see that the ad is a not-too-subtle jibe by AirAsia at its low-cost rival!

Makes me wonder if Tiger will be hitting back with an ad of its own anytime soon. Tiger's CEO Tony Davis has never held back when making known his opinions

about his competition.

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/10/20/nation/7261501&sec=nation

Richard Branson leaves Abu Dhabi with AirAsia uniform

From GMM

Sir Richard Branson left Abu Dhabi on Sunday with an AirAsia stewardess uniform in his luggage.

It was given to him by Tony Fernandes, the owner of the low-cost Malaysian airline and the F1 team currently known as Lotus.

At the beginning of the season, Tony Fernandes and fellow airline owner Richard Branson, figurehead the Virgin team, wagered that the worst of the F1 newcomers would host the other on a low-haul flight -- dressed as a stewardess.

"He'll have to work the whole flight. He'll have to serve, he'll have to clean, he'll have to clean the toilets," Tony Fernandes is quoted by Reuters, after Lotus Racing finished the 2010 season in the coveted tenth place.

Virgin finished last, behind HRT.

"Watch out London-KL," Tony Fernandes wrote on Twitter.

Smiled billionaire Richard Branson: "The only positive thing is we own 20 per cent of his company so I'll be able to get some promotion for a company I have a stake in."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/dec/09/tony-fernandes-targets-formula-one

Branson to serve as AirAsia 'stewardess' after losing bet

November 16, 2010 - 11:06AM

Lotus F1 boss Tony Fernandes said Monday he will auction off seats on an AirAsia flight where Virgin boss Richard Branson will dress up as a flight attendant after losing a cross-dressing bet.

The two airline bosses placed a bet at the beginning of the 2010 Formula One championship, agreeing that the one whose Formula One team lost would serve as a "stewardess" on the winner's airline.

Although both teams completed the season with zero points on Sunday, Lotus were placed ahead of Branson's Virgin Racing in the rankings by virtue of their better race finishing positions.

"We have had this great bet running all season and now it's time for Richard to start preparing himself for some hard work and the likely pain of a pair of high heels," Fernandes said in a statement.

Fernandes is the principal of the new Malaysian-backed Lotus team and group chief executive of AirAsia, Southeast Asia's biggest budget carrier.

He said he gave the British tycoon a red stewardess outfit when the duo met at the celebrations on track Sunday night and they agreed on how the bet would be settled.

They will run an online charity auction for the seats on a Kuala Lumpur-London flight, according to the AirAsia boss.

"The date of the flight will be announced very soon and the aim is to raise as much money as we can for a good cause so the discomfort Richard will go through is worth as much as it possibly can be," said Fernandes.

Lotus and Virgin Racing were among four teams making their Formula One debuts this season.

AFP http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-news/branson-to-serve-as-airasia-stewardess-after-losing-bet-20101116-17v0v.html

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8415008.stm

why many thai farang luk kruengs have thai surnames instead of farang surnames, father being a foreigner , e.g Palmy , Chuvit Kamolvisit, Ann Thonprasom, Sunny Suwanmethanon ..etc

Does this mean that their fathers deserted them while they were unborn, leaving no choice for the mother to adopt their own thai surnames?

Palmy and Ann yes (cute talented women, but you can clearly see the sadness that they pull from to promote their trade... especially with Ann, she can cry on a dime). No idea who Sunny is. Chuwit's household is a "normal" local household where the Chinese father chose to adopt a local surname in the ol' Thai Chinese modus operandi (along the same lines as the founders of the major Thai banks, steel mills, rice mills, etc.).

Palmy's father really left her when she was unborn? wiki said chuvit's father is a hongkong tourist

why many thai farang luk kruengs have thai surnames instead of farang surnames, father being a foreigner , e.g Palmy , Chuvit Kamolvisit, Ann Thonprasom, Sunny Suwanmethanon ..etc

Does this mean that their fathers deserted them while they were unborn, leaving no choice for the mother to adopt their own thai surnames?

7 hours is good enough for ST

Thank you for the responses.

No=one has enthused about KL.  So Bali, Penang or HK seem recommended destinations.

For a similar standard of accommodation (a bit below the best, moderate) and meals/restaurants how would they match up?

I tend towards Bali or Penang because I have not been there.  I suppose both would have direct flights from Bkk and not a big difference in travel cost.

In the case of HK, the girlfriend will get the inevitable shopping itch and I don't want to have too much temptation constantly before us than is affordable to me.  I assume there will be reasonable shops/shopping in Penang and Bali too.

Fly to KL, the most affordable' vibrant city among those in your list, easy immigration entry for thai girl, take a bus north to penang, south to singapore, 4 hours each, then penang - bkk

Long time no see - ungrammatical colloquial expression used for decades or century and has become a common expression by native speaker, sounds chinese effectively shortened.

didnt see you for some time, it's been a long time i didnt see you , all same same

indian /chinese words and expressions like ketchup, gung ho , kowtow , roti .........anymore? have been included in oxford and cambridge?

when will we see some thai words included in the english dictionary as a common expression?

you look suay i chop you

if thailand had cooperated with british malaya to stop the japanese from crossing the border, the initial attacks could have been failure, history would be different today without the fall of british empire, The fall of british power is the reason Japanese invasion succeeded

Seriously, answer the fuc_king question, why you gotta misrepresent yourself like this?

you ought to develop your own Q & A of Fu_cking to be on television interview with Ali G.

He is the best teacher if you are deprived of sex education, you will never masturbate to cute girls avatar again

Is it really any of your business what I use for a avatar. I think not.

It becomes my business when I land up composing a 10 page sonnet expressing my love and adoration for you only to realise you are not the exquisitely cute girl in your avatar.

Hmmm,if you are serious about those 10 page expressions for a girl in an avatar then I can only advice you to find a decent shrink.

Have you SEEN these avatars?! They are goddesses!

you can start composing your 1st page expression of love to one of millions of avatars on the world wide web

you can made an apparent arrangement counter offer her a house cleaning job in your venue

She has been out of the business for 15 years. Is it possible she has changed?

Are you hoping that she hasnt changed

There WAS already a huge sex industry in Thailand BEFORE farang and other tourists arrived and the present Thai/Thai sex industry is by far much larger than the Thai/Farang industry.

In thousands of villages and towns there are many obscure places where the Thai man can find his "Thai match" so to speak but there are no signs of Thai/Farang bars offering the same in the far neighborhood.

The Thai/Farang sex industry is very concentrated in a few places in Thailand and I don't think I have to mention them here; everybody knows where they are.

The Mia Noi phenomenon in Thailand (and other parts of Asia) is another part of the Thai/Thai "sex industry" and on a scale that will make farang men abroad blush and ashamed; having a Mia Noi is not only quite common in Thailand it's also considered to be some kind of prestige amongst men and business men in particular.

We don't know about such prestige in the west, showing off with a Mia Noi....or 2 or 3 or more*; not on the scale as it's known in Thailand.

* I know a Thai business man who's proud to have 5 Mia Nois....

LaoPo

Polygamy in Thailand, who cares, it's unrelated to Thai women's reputation

if the sex industry is or was just a domestic problem, it wouldnt be called "reputation", reputation to whom?

where is the most reputable farang graveyard in Thailand, are there any?

The surviving mongols swam across the pacific ocean to massachusetts bay during the late 1300's

chinese thai have thicker pubic hair, the latter have finer and lesser hair