Thai tourism in trouble: And competitor Vietnam is "scary" for Pattaya
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3 ways to make TV/AN a more pleasant and more useful experience
1) don’t let what you read be a bother 2) don’t be reactionary 3) compartmentalization and take it easy. -
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Strange and annoying things here in land of smiles
Every country and culture has its own peculiarities and idiosyncrasies. That's what makes being an expat fun. If one has lived in a variety of places, one just learns to go with the flow. Expect everywhere to be 'like home' or 'make sense' according to what you think makes sense, maybe means you should have stayed home. Once when living in Japan, I had this encounter at an electronic store.... I needed to replace an ink cartridge on a printer I had shipped from home. Cartridges have software, and at the time the only cartridges I could buy in Japan only worked with Japanese operating systems. The saleswoman suggested I just buy a Japanese printer. I wondered if my computer could communicate with a Japanese printer. She thought maybe not. So I took the ball and ran with it..... I said I guess I have to buy a Japanese operating system computer. She thought probably so. I asked her if the interface was in Japanese or English. Just Japanese, she said. I told her that as yet I could not read Kanji, though my hiragana and katakana were good. She said much is in Kanji. She thought maybe I could take a language course to learn Kanji. So I summed it up as a question: So I need to go take a Japanese language course, so that I can read the interface on a new computer I must buy, so I can link it to a Japanese printer I also must buy, so the Japanese ink cartridge will work, so I can print the document I need today? "Hai", she said. The Japanese are wont to be agreeable and not cause confusion. That is their style and their culture. -
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3 ways to make TV/AN a more pleasant and more useful experience
Perspective creates reality? I think I remember you being around 75 but seems you have many more serious medical issues than most. If I survived your issues, I'm sure I would have a different opinion in regards to the medical profession. Happy for you! I've always been healthy, minus a few terrible accidents, and have found most my doctor visits worthless. Someday it is highly probable that a doctor will extend my life or ease the pain at the end. I do respect the profession but rely on my own diagnosis much more than a doctor. -
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What on earth is going on!
I live in a tourist spot, sounds similar to the one you have visited.... Its the reason why I wont move somewhere else. -
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Latest developments and discussion of recent events in the Ukraine War
hello fro Kiev soon polland then thailand.. 2 weeks rest. then come back again.- 1
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What on earth is going on!
I've probably gone far enough without getting banned myself.- 1
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