DISCLAIMER: This is a readers submission and the Author remains anonymous Before moving to Thailand I was, among many other things, a Customer Service Manager at a couple of call centers. I started with a Class Action Administration company, and later, after studying for and passing the Series 7 & 63 licensing exams to become a registered Stock Broker, […]
Many times on this website I generalize, i’ll say Thai girl this and Thai people, that mostly because saying that bitch or naming some person would likely end me in trouble and more enemies than I care to have. Like I don’t have enough already. But mostly the reason I’ll do this is because that’s
It’s amazing how many people find themselves becoming victims in Thailand. In the west people live very sheltered lives from home in the car to work and back home again and often their childhoods were the same. For someone without any street smarts Thailand quickly turns into a minefield of scams, heartbreak, and even death.
I understand inflation, and I know that it’s not as easy to make money in the game anymore due to exploding property prices and higher rent prices, everything seems to be going up. But the extortionate fees some Go Go bars are asking for makes me wonder how much further can they go? If you’re
There isn’t one kind of person that comes to Thailand there are many. There’s the sex starved older English gent that finds paradise in the Neon lights of Pattaya to the American couple who have figured out that they don’t want to live there lives drowned in debt only to realize they’ve missed out on
Amazingly you’ll still find sites telling you that you can live in Thailand on $600 USD a month and while that’s possible there are many hidden costs that simply buying a plane ticket and without spending any of your own savings (if you even have any) and making the move to Thailand it’s simply not
It’s nothing new or even unique for people to give a little piece of what they earn to anything associated with the man upstairs. The act of “tithing” is mentioned in both the Old and New Testament; and many people give their church or synagogue 10% of their income. Thailand and different Buddhist temples have
Having lived in Thailand the past 5 years I honestly have no idea of the going on’s back in the USA and since it’s been 10+ years since I lived in my motherland Australia I have no idea how Social Media has changed things there but what I know is people here spend more time
The Year 2013 has been an amazing year not just for me but for many Expats in Thailand. Tourist numbers are up, and more people moving to Thailand I started to ask myself “what is so Amazing about Thailand” so much so that more and more people are coming to live here. Already Thailand has
Managing your money doesn’t matter where you live is important and especially if you’re living month to month. If you don’t manage your money well it can cause you to stress out. People don’t just stress out about money in Thailand either, there’s always the dreaded Visa reports and applications that cause unending drama and
As you know I’ve lived mostly in Chiang Mai, might not know that I spent a year in Nakhon Pathom a few hours out of Bangkok but nearly every year since I was a kid I’ve been coming to Pattaya. Some people say that Thailand is changing maybe it is or maybe I’m just seeing Thailand differently than I
Into my fifth year of living in Thailand I’m finding myself becoming more and more how could I say “Thai”? Things you do in Thailand that you find normal are not what normal is back in the west. I’ll do stuff now that would just seem bazaar to friends and family back home. Here’s a list of
Isn’t it amazing how many people lie in Thailand. First you might think that it’s the Thai’s that lie the most, mainly to save face. But I’ve found that it’s more often than not that the Farang are more likely to lie, and it may not have anything to do with saving face, or does
The good old days of regular sex tourism in Thailand is dying! After just checking the exchange rate for a few currencies no one can call Thailand a very cheap tourist destination let alone a place to buy cheap sex either. Sure it’s cheaper than back in the west but for those really trying to
There seems to be a lot of mixed feelings about the Russian holidaymakers in Pattaya. Some are not so happy about it while others are reeling in the Russian money flooding into the place. In March 2007 Thailand and Russia entered into a mutual visa waiver program between the two countries. This enables Russians to come here
Today I woke up like every other day and went to find something to eat. Not sure what or where as I’m still trying every place I can, my last adventure in Pattaya I didn’t do this. I happened across this chicken and rice stand which looked OK so thought I’d try it out. I ordered my