callaway Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 This is all tongue in cheek. 3 parties started this morning. First kicked off for kid going to temple for 7 days to be a monk at 0530hrs. Then other 2 parties thought they had better have louder music than the other. So truck in bigger sound systems because lose face if your party is not the loudest. Now 10.30 pm and only have 2 trying to out do each other. Tempted to throw a length of wire over the top of power supply and short out. Of course we would nplot have power for 3 days until PEA got off their ass to fix. I guess its not that often so got to live with it. Normally ok. I guess we all get it in village hey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneyboy Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Yes inconsiderate neighbours in the eyes of western expats is all part of Thai culture I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerjo Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 My wife was telling me to turn the music down last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiesteve63 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 My wife goes to the local temple which is about 1200 meters away and they ask if we had a party last night, she said no that's my husband listening to his music and having a beer. My 19 yr old stepson asks me to turn it down sometimes but Aussie rock needs to be played loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew55 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Great attitude callaway. Many perfect previous and future nights to remember and enjoy. The good to come out of your tough night is that you now have a few more people laughing at it all with you. Hope it doesn't happen too often. Make note to self... Buy earplugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew55 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Lucky there wasn't a week long funeral to follow with the local monk karaoke team chanting a few old favourites between bell ringing rounds. Also tongue in cheek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew55 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 No Scorpions or Caribao? See? Could've been worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiKneeTim Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 A monk died at one of the three temples in our village, which also coincided with Songkran. As you can guess there followed several sleepless nights, but worse that that, the event overloaded the PEA network so, at around 8pm, we were graced with silence for two nights, sat in the dark. At least the telephone network was still working so we could surf the web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Do you live in out village Oh no, just see you have three parties. Here only one monk party. But the xxxx Watt speakers are exactly directed to our house. Yesterday until midnight walls and windows trembling. Closed windows and doors, still difficult to even watch television. This morning at 5:10h a short "wake up call". Thanks for that. Later I will drive my wife to the neighboring village. There is .... a party Such days remind me again how strange and mad this country is to me and will always be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimay1 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 It's the same all over. Around here they have parties for the dead (tamboon) and the deafening music goes on until around 6am. I go to a quiet bungalow and sleep. Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revgreen Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 i prefer to join the party instead of lamenting everyone else having fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwct Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Just pack up and go for a weekend away! Now the Aussie that blasts music, sounds like he's been converted to Thai Culture and is no better than his Thai neighbors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 (edited) Just did a short courtesy call at the neighboring village. Same "sound machine" as recently near our place. Turn the volume the max. If windows shaking then you have the real fun On the evening before until about midnight. (it's me shouting to the smartphone) Edited May 1, 2016 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zendo Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 (edited) So many funerals ceremonie here.. it nevers ends and playing loud music and chanting monks all night long almost, and start again early morning. And if not funerals then it's just every "long week end" (almost everyday) that locals "casinos" push the sound too far, I mean really crazy noise, being closed to speakers will indeed damage your ears. I watch movies on computer with earphones on, it works pretty good but when the weather comes in with tropical storm.. it works even better, only the sounds of wind and rain ^^ superb ! I sometimes think that we are still lucky, imagine how bad could it be if they were making same noise for each child birth or baby shower => hell of a place ! Edited May 2, 2016 by Zendo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Earplugs are essential to life here. Closed windows, a/c with the fan on maximum and an afditional large fan in the bedroom (to produce "white noise") plus really good pair of earplugs generally does the trick for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colabamumbai Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Apartments or houses in big cities are usually quieter than village life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 My wife goes to the local temple which is about 1200 meters away and they ask if we had a party last night, she said no that's my husband listening to his music and having a beer. My 19 yr old stepson asks me to turn it down sometimes but Aussie rock needs to be played loud. My late father was like that. Always had the TV turned up so f...n loud. Miserable git wouldn't buy a hearing aid until he turned 65 and got one on the pension. No more shouting, no more loud TV! Thank gawd he didn't like Triple J! Steve mate: have you had your hearing checked? If a 19yo says it's too loud - it's too loud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 (edited) Apartments or houses in big cities are usually quieter than village life. Usually yes, except you have the wrong neighbors. Edited May 2, 2016 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saan Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 The Thais aren't the only ones. I was at an Australian friend's wedding in a village at Burriram and the speakers were delivered on a large trailer. The noise was appalling. Eventually everyone left and I asked my friend if we could now turn the bloody music off. No, he says, I want everyone to think our party is still going. I think he had acquired Thainess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zendo Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Yes, in the city it's much quieter... lol !! just let's say it's not the same sound background, but how can someone tells that bangkok is comfortable in term of sound ? Also you don't have the privilege to be wake up some mornings with the "mayor greatings" on the loud speakers all around town, and How could people in the city know who give 450 baths for Nit brother funerals or 600 baths for temple donation if the mayor is not Shouting it on the mic for evening cessions ??.. lots of FUN ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Yes, in the city it's much quieter... lol !! just let's say it's not the same sound background, but how can someone tells that bangkok is comfortable in term of sound ? Also you don't have the privilege to be wake up some mornings with the "mayor greatings" on the loud speakers all around town, and How could people in the city know who give 450 baths for Nit brother funerals or 600 baths for temple donation if the mayor is not Shouting it on the mic for evening cessions ??.. lots of FUN ! I've been in worse noisier places. Having a mosque very close by, reminding the village it's time to get up and pray. 0500 every day. There are four more calls during the day, but I'm usually awake by then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zendo Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Yes, in the city it's much quieter... lol !! just let's say it's not the same sound background, but how can someone tells that bangkok is comfortable in term of sound ? Also you don't have the privilege to be wake up some mornings with the "mayor greatings" on the loud speakers all around town, and How could people in the city know who give 450 baths for Nit brother funerals or 600 baths for temple donation if the mayor is not Shouting it on the mic for evening cessions ??.. lots of FUN ! I've been in worse noisier places. Having a mosque very close by, reminding the village it's time to get up and pray. 0500 every day. There are four more calls during the day, but I'm usually awake by then! YES, that migh be the worst in this world : living closed by a mosque ^^ But at night time they won't put the volume up while drinking lao lao, Shiangsun, Hong tong or Singha, that's a plus ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Yes, in the city it's much quieter... lol !! just let's say it's not the same sound background, but how can someone tells that bangkok is comfortable in term of sound ? Also you don't have the privilege to be wake up some mornings with the "mayor greatings" on the loud speakers all around town, and How could people in the city know who give 450 baths for Nit brother funerals or 600 baths for temple donation if the mayor is not Shouting it on the mic for evening cessions ??.. lots of FUN ! I've been in worse noisier places. Having a mosque very close by, reminding the village it's time to get up and pray. 0500 every day. There are four more calls during the day, but I'm usually awake by then! YES, that migh be the worst in this world : living closed by a mosque ^^ But at night time they won't put the volume up while drinking lao lao, Shiangsun, Hong tong or Singha, that's a plus ! You reminded me that in 8 years in Indonesia, I only ever saw a local person who was drunk, on one occasion. But they also have very noisy wedding parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Well, nobody ever told me that village life was going to be quiet w/o parties, it was just not in the handbook that they gave me on arrival... and no, I am not crazy about the noise either, but I have always noticed that city people go to the country craving quiet and country people like noise... too much quiet I guess... but Thailand does tend to be noisy... so it goes... I was in a local carwash and they tend to blast the music - a car came in with a massive sound system and left the doors open. Nobody even seemed to notice the competition of sounds... for me, I had to go sit further away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesimps Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Apartments or houses in big cities are usually quieter than village life. I agree. If you enjoy peace and quiet and dislike bass-heavy music live in the middle of nowhere or in a city. Avoid villages, temples and beaches like the plague. I speak from experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zendo Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 The other day I travelled to laos and make a stop in khao kho, in the early morning we could hear the buses on the other hotel closed by... there was this BUS with engine on, waiting hours for we don't know what, that played Morlam so loud that we could feel the bass moving our stomach in our room at 6 in the morning !! the worst wake up ever ^^ so if you go for this natural park.. avoid the area where yellow buses parks inside and stay away at least 1km or you'll hear it like if you were in a RAVE PARTY ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak2002003 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Temple is next door to our house... have some loud speakers pointing at out house and when they turn them on the walls and windows shake. No ear plugs or TV on max volume can drown the noise out... have to get on my pushbike and get my morning exercise as no way can stay in the house!!! Last week the temple had something going on to collect money for a new building... every day for 10 days we had 5.30 wake up till 9 am with the loud music and money asking for money. Then again in the evening with 3 big parties (which only about 10 people went to) which went on till midnight!!! It was torture. I think we have it worse than most people. Typical day... 5.30am - 8.30am Temple music (very bad old Thai pop music). 10.30am - 6.30pm Loud base music, screaming children and teenagers noisy motorbikes... from kids public swimming pool across the street (kids on school holiday for what seems like forever). 6.30 pm Village speakers to give us all the news.. with more annoying bad old Thai country song. 7.00pm 9pm Neighbours dog collection (now up to 12 dogs) howling, screaming and barking manically for food). Then at night in the dry season (now) there are usually several parties going on with more loud base music till about 12.30 at night. This week had a funeral with drums and fireworks. Then blessed silence till the next morning it starts all over again. We have our house up for sale now.. moving to the city for peace and quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zendo Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 (edited) We have our house up for sale now.. moving to the city for peace and quiet. Whaoo.. i feel lucky compared to your situation, I hope you'll sell it quick and at a good price.. the sound disturbance will not bother thai buyers in fact.. they might enjoy it and think it might save money on karaoke systems.. no need to buy one ! The solution is also to move to countryside for real.. not in a village and far away from speakers downtown.. I mean avoiding any soi or moo at all, just your land outside civilisation and a pick up 4x4, solar panels, and water pump, that's the price of Silence Edited May 2, 2016 by Zendo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTH001 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 It's the same all over. Around here they have parties for the dead (tamboon) and the deafening music goes on until around 6am. I go to a quiet bungalow and sleep. Problem solved. I am in the center of three Wat, I often think that the area around Lumphini in Bangkok is more quiet than living in my village. Yes, I am now using earplugs too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffkp Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Apartments or houses in big cities are usually quieter than village life. My condo in CM certainly is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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