Top 10 tips for successful lving in Thailand !

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Do you agree ? What would your tips be ?

[proton]

'Did not want to follow the beaten path'- moved to Pattaya ????

[3NUMBAS]

never expect the mail to arrive ,it will get stolen many times 

[sidjameson]

The bloggers brain and industriousness like his genetics is significantly above average. Those equally well equipped won't need this video.

Those less fortunate can't change that much to make a success of a professional life in Thailand.

[Kwasaki]

Oh no not another thinks he knows it all dip stick. ????

[worgeordie]

One thing he is right ,don't waste your time in bars , and dont head for Pattaya ,

at least that's what I did , when I arrived here 35 years ago , I had a small bag

with another pair trousers , 2 shirts ,couple underpants ,socks,couple of books

and a shortwave radio ,

 

I don't think I could have made it without a good woman , and that's what I have ,

I think many lads that come here get carried away with the woman and wine (chang),

the sunshine and the bars, and can  blow their savings very quickly , there are too

many temptations. you need to think with your big head not the small one .

 

Maybe I was just lucky and everything just worked out for me , but I could have

ended up like one of those guys that came here to retire and lost everything

because they picked the wrong woman ,or bought a bar bar and drank all

the profits ,or was talked into investing in a sure thing ........sure.

 

regards worgeordie

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

2 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Maybe I was just lucky and everything just worked out for me , but I could have

ended up like one of those guys that came here to retire and lost everything

because they picked the wrong woman

You got that right. We all married the right woman at the start, but some change to be the "wrong" woman in the end.

Just luck, IMO.

[spidermike007]

Never regard Thailand as a foreign country, and always regard it as a distant planet. You will never be confused, disappointed, or perplexed if you adopt that attitude

[LaosLover]

Get down on your knees and thank god that you live in Cheapskate Paradise with friendly locals.

[freedomnow]

6 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Never regard Thailand as a foreign country, and always regard it as a distant planet. You will never be confused, disappointed, or perplexed if you adopt that attitude

India is a distant universe if LoS is a distant planet.

[freedomnow]

10 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

never expect the mail to arrive ,it will get stolen many times 

Never had a single thing stolen in 10 years straight and I'm an electronics shopaholic.

[1FinickyOne]

6 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

You got that right. We all married the right woman at the start, but some change to be the "wrong" woman in the end.

Just luck, IMO.

you make it sound like you had nothing to do with it. 

[1FinickyOne]

some people I see here need 20 tips... 

[Shop mak]

Tips for successful living in Thailand?

 

● There is no guaranteed formula for happy life in Thailand. I made my plans for 2 years before moving here. This was the 90s, no internet forum to get advice ahead, only lonely planet books. I had them all.

Went directly from airport to isaan and lived there for years. Married a supposedly very good women. Few years later my notes had words like: not trustworthy, liar, deceive and similar. Never felt burned, only a lot wiser.

 

● Learn thai. A huge advantage in daily life. Able to tell store staff what you want exactly, compliment them, make friends you never would if you didn't speak thai. Get extra discount. Date ladies with no english at all. Know what they are saying about you, before you reveal that you speak thai. Learn thai early will be the smartest you did here.

 

● Learn thai culture and society, their class system. Learn how to behave to avoid problems. Never shout to a thai, never give the middle finger, bite your tonque if any confrontations. You avoid problems, hospital and death, this way.

 

● Learn who to greet first, general rule only older than yourself or one of higher social status than yourself. Example: you always greet parents first, also if you older than them. I greet a doctor first, regardless of age, due to his status. I don't greet younger people first. Observing many tourist greet store staff and waitress first, is fun but wrong. Sure thais love polite foreigners, but one must learn who to greet first, or not.

To a older person you hold your palm infront of your nose. 

To a younger person than yourself, your palm should be lower near your chin.

 

● Join expat clubs as a newbie, learn knowledge from older expats, not in the bars.

 

● Get health insurance, insure your motorcycle and get a proper quality alarm. Observe the fast paced traffic and frequent disrespect for all traffic rules - before you start driving here. Never be the first into a intersection when light change from red to green. Driving on red light is common here.

Road rage is daily event here. Before you give the middle finger or shout to another thai motorist, remember many of them wear guns or other weapons, and will use it within few seconds.

Even the other motorist was wrong, shut your mouth, bite your tonque and live another day.

 

● Make many foreigner friends, but don't trust anyone blindly. Never let anyone borrow money from you. One friend from 30+ years back borrowed tiny 500 baht, never paid back.

Don't invest in a new friends brilliant business plan. Seen many foreigners approach others this way. Beware.

 

● Control your alcohol intake, many expats end up alcoholics and broke. Before you buy any narcotics, be aware that many sellers inform police minute after your purchase.

 

● Control limit how many ladies you sleep with. So much eye candy here but some come with a surprice. Can be a ladyboy but you would bet $1000 that this was a real girl. Even old hand expats has done same mistakes.

Std and Aids are a actual problem here, more among freelancers and street walkers. Coconut bar pattaya freelancers on beach road as example. Some with herpes, some with hiv. Last year a hot spinner near Mike shopping mall died of Aids. She was known for going for 500 only. Many customers daily.

If a lady say ok no condom, she said same to her 3 customers earlier today. Now add up weeks, months, years, and estimate the possibility that she maybe has a nasty STD. If you still continue to be a unprotected butterfly, at least get tested yearly.

 

● Don't fell in love too fast, more so if she work bar or FL. Most have a thai bf that pick her up at 2 am. Most also have many sponsors sending money frequently. You noticed the many women in front of western union, you are seldom/never her only one.

Finding true love that last isn't easy. A few succeed, many fails.

Western love and asian love are very different. Here it means you support her, and also help her parents. Not all women are like this, but as a tourist or newbie expat, you are likely to meet the wrong sort.

 

 

Edited January 10, 2023 by Shop mak
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[Andycoops]

The guy in the video is a complete knob as far as I am concerned.

1st came to Thailand 31 years ago and have lived here for 14.

No regrets.

So superior to the miserable UK.

[Bangkok Barry]

On 1/10/2023 at 1:32 AM, spidermike007 said:

Never regard Thailand as a foreign country, and always regard it as a distant planet. You will never be confused, disappointed, or perplexed if you adopt that attitude

And be aware of and accept that you have moved to a lunatic asylum.

[BananaStrong]

I will NOT watch this clownshoes again...

 

I'm here for the comments.

 

[Antiparovian]

The guy is a "chieftan  tanker", just seeking "likes" and "subscribes".

[Stevemercer]

Accept that you will need to help your wife/girlfriend's family if you want to be accepted into the family, and allow your wife/girlfriend to keep some face. It's a balancing act for us foreigners, but that's just the way it is.

[jumbo]

learn to love your mother in law, for most of you easy as she will be younger, but necessary.....

[CH1961]

If you need a YouTube video for living in Thailand you should stay in your home country. 

[KhunLA]

#1 ... bring enough money

#2 thru 10 ... see above.

[KhunLA]

3 hours ago, Stevemercer said:

Accept that you will need to help your wife/girlfriend's family if you want to be accepted into the family, and allow your wife/girlfriend to keep some face. It's a balancing act for us foreigners, but that's just the way it is.

Don't think so, not in my world ... Buddha helps those who help themselves.

 

Why would I do in TH, what I wouldn't do if in USA/motherland.  Don't care if they accept me ... win win if they don't, and shun me, considering some families.

Edited January 13, 2023 by KhunLA

[Hummin]

25 minutes ago, CH1961 said:

If you need a YouTube video for living in Thailand you should stay in your home country. 

No matter what you think, you will manage to to every mistake you shouldnt have done, knowing facts or not on beforehand. It is just the nature of growing as a person. 

[SoilSpoil]

Stay calm, always and life is great.

[Freddy42OZ]

2 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Why would I do in TH, what I wouldn't do if in USA/motherland.  Don't care if they accept me ... win win if they don't, and shun me, considering some families.

And yet guys come here and get involved with girls (and their families) who are so far below them socially and economically that it makes me wonder if the guys might have come from a trailer park themselves. 
 

[BritManToo]

12 minutes ago, Freddy42OZ said:

And yet guys come here and get involved with girls (and their families) who are so far below them socially and economically that it makes me wonder if the guys might have come from a trailer park themselves. 
 

Not seen that, all the foreigners I've encountered appear to be on the same social level as Thai farm girls. 

 

Me too! 

Edited January 13, 2023 by BritManToo

[couchpotato]

5 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Not seen that, all the foreigners I've encountered appear to be on the same social level as Thai farm girls. 

You obviously don't get out much...broaden your horizons.

[LaosLover]

22 minutes ago, Freddy42OZ said:

And yet guys come here and get involved with girls (and their families) who are so far below them socially and economically that it makes me wonder if the guys might have come from a trailer park themselves. 
 

I've done the math and living in Nutbush, Mississippi costs about the same as Chiang Mai.

 

It would def help if you like 'em fat and Jesus-loving. At least your box wine would be cheap.

[GammaGlobulin]

Read more Conrad, maybe...TIP ELEVEN....

 

 

Edited January 13, 2023 by GammaGlobulin