What's One Thing You Wish You Knew Before Moving to Thailand?

[Conan The Barbarian]

I wish I had learned to speak Thai before coming here.

[JBChiangRai]

That I am a handsome man.

 

It must be true, because all the girls in the bars in pattaya used to shout it at me as I walked past when I lived there.

[MalcolmB]

That you really feel the extra 1.5 degrees caused by climate change. 

I like the warmth but sometimes it is a bit too much.

 

Back in Blighty I enjoyed the extra 1.5.

[CharlieH]

Talking of Moving.........and all things related to Property.....

 

 

 

 

[brianthainess]

I would have liked to have known what a lying, cheating, thieving, gamboling bunch, the women were, it was a long time ago about 20yrs, before that kind of information was on the internet, or general knowledge, had to find out for ourselves then, the hard way, but I learnt very quickly never to trust any of them, the sad thing the good ones also suffer with my mistrust, and still do 20 yrs later.

[brianthainess]

1 hour ago, JBChiangRai said:

That I am a handsome man.

 

It must be true, because all the girls in the bars in pattaya used to shout it at me as I walked past when I lived there.

I'm only a sexy hansom man, in low season now.   ......

[Will B Good]

 

 

My post was taken down...so I'll rephrase it....

 

I wish I had known that Isaan isn't the most exciting place in the world to live.........to the extent I might feel compelled to rectify the situation.

[OneMoreFarang]

40 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

I would have liked to have known what a lying, cheating, thieving, gamboling bunch, the women were, it was a long time ago about 20yrs, before that kind of information was on the internet, or general knowledge, had to find out for ourselves then, the hard way, but I learnt very quickly never to trust any of them, the sad thing the good ones also suffer with my mistrust, and still do 20 yrs later.

 

And I thought most men want to hear that they are handsome man and tell great jokes and they make love like nobody else and all that.

And when the girls tell the guys what they want to hear then some guys think: Wow, this is the perfect girl for me, I should marry her.

Yeah, sure, what a great idea. 

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

That getting married was a very bad idea.

[brianthainess]

3 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

And I thought most men want to hear that they are handsome man and tell great jokes and they make love like nobody else and all that.

And when the girls tell the guys what they want to hear then some guys think: Wow, this is the perfect girl for me, I should marry her.

Yeah, sure, what a great idea. 

 

 

Luckily I never married one like I described, as I said I learnt very quickly.

[proton]

I wish I had known how unprofessional, unreliable, unskilled and untruthful most of the builders here are, including the clown company who built the house we bought. 

[jaideedave]

26 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

My post was taken down...so I'll rephrase it....

 

I wish I had known that Isaan isn't the most exciting place in the world to live.........to the extent I might feel compelled to rectify the situation.

I lasted 8 months. I spotted one farang near the village once and wanted to approach him to say Hi and maybe have a conversation. He saw me and made a beeline  in the opposite direction.

After reflecting I came to the conclusion that he was "on the lam" or hiding from someone or something.

I had the best True Visions dish at the time, there were no 7-11 and I could access zero farang food items.This meant a 1.5 hour drive to Khon Kaen Lotus. At 1st it was okay but eventually I got to hate the place. Back to Pattaya for me and that was 18 years ago and still here.

[Bert got kinky]

1 hour ago, brianthainess said:

I would have liked to have known what a lying, cheating, thieving, gamboling bunch, the women were, it was a long time ago about 20yrs, before that kind of information was on the internet, or general knowledge, had to find out for ourselves then, the hard way, but I learnt very quickly never to trust any of them, the sad thing the good ones also suffer with my mistrust, and still do 20 yrs later.

 

before that kind of information was on the internet, or general knowledge, had to find out for ourselves then, the hard way

Didn't you read Trink's Night Owl column on Fridays for your bar related research?

Nuff said.

 

 

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

When I arrived in Thailand, I thought I could use logical thinking to understand Thailand.

And then, after a while, I realized that it does not make any sense to try to find something which isn't there.

Maybe it would have been better if I would have known this before I arrived. But not sure I would have believed it. 

[OneMoreFarang]

4 minutes ago, jaideedave said:

I lasted 8 months. I spotted one farang near the village once and wanted to approach him to say Hi and maybe have a conversation. He saw me and made a beeline  in the opposite direction.

After reflecting I came to the conclusion that he was "on the lam" or hiding from someone or something.

I had the best True Visions dish at the time, there were no 7-11 and I could access zero farang food items.This meant a 1.5 hour drive to Khon Kaen Lotus. At 1st it was okay but eventually I got to hate the place. Back to Pattaya for me and that was 18 years ago and still here.

Why did you go there at all?

[mokwit]

That Thai buffalo do not have a robust constitution and require expensive medication monthly and if the Buffalo dies the girlfriends parents won't be able to farm their land and will lose it to the money lender and we know who's fault that will be,

[Will B Good]

5 minutes ago, jaideedave said:

I lasted 8 months. I spotted one farang near the village once and wanted to approach him to say Hi and maybe have a conversation. He saw me and made a beeline  in the opposite direction.

After reflecting I came to the conclusion that he was "on the lam" or hiding from someone or something.

I had the best True Visions dish at the time, there were no 7-11 and I could access zero farang food items.This meant a 1.5 hour drive to Khon Kaen Lotus. At 1st it was okay but eventually I got to hate the place. Back to Pattaya for me and that was 18 years ago and still here.

 

 

You're killing me.

 

I need to get back to civilisation........ but.......I am living here for free, I have a wonderful, loving, young and attractive wife who pays for everything, bar food and drink....life couldn't be better......but I have to get away......Bangkok for me.

[Ralf001]

If I'd known how cheeap beer and flange is I would come earlier !

[brianthainess]

24 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

before that kind of information was on the internet, or general knowledge, had to find out for ourselves then, the hard way

Didn't you read Trink's Night Owl column on Fridays for your bar related research?

Nuff said.

 

 

 

 

No where was his Column  ?

[jaywalker2]

How much the country was going to change over the next 15 to 20  years

[Gottfrid]

That such a beautiful country can have so many moaning, unhappy and unsatisfied foreigners, and that they still continue stay, moan and apparently enjoying self-inflicted mental pain.

[KannikaP]

16 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

If I'd known how cheeap beer and flange is I would come earlier !

You know, FLANGE was a word on Countdown on Monday. Rachel smiled as she put it up.

[jaideedave]

37 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Why did you go there at all?

I didn't know any better. It was 20 years ago and the info wasn't as freely available . The only thing I found at the time was an Aussie fellow wrote the novel ("Money Number One") by Neil Hutchinson? I think.

[Ralf001]

8 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

You know, FLANGE was a word on Countdown on Monday. Rachel smiled as she put it up.

What is Countdown and who is Rachel ?

[phetphet]

I wish I had known how far Bitcoin was going to rise.

[KannikaP]

4 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

What is Countdown and who is Rachel ?

A daily spelling/numbers show on Channel 4 in UK. Been going for years. You Tube it and you will learn who Rachel Riley is. Enjoy

Or even better, look for 8 Out of Ten Cats does Countdown. She wears much sexier clothing.

[1FinickyOne]

3 hours ago, Conan The Barbarian said:

I wish I had learned to speak Thai before coming here.

much easier to learn after coming here as there is immersion. 

[1FinickyOne]

3 minutes ago, phetphet said:

I wish I had known how far Bitcoin was going to rise.

As the price of pet rocks fall? 

[jvs]

When my brother came here for the first time around 20 years ago i told him,"In twenty years i am only going to regret not buying more land"

I think i was right.

[Crazy Noobie]

I wish I learned the Thai language and invested in crypto before I came over.