Posted 2008-07-28 07:55:53
 vegas, on 2008-07-27 18:58:32, said:
JiveTalker, on 2008-07-25 23:10:17, said: vegas, on 2008-07-25 15:50:14, said: Married, kid, house, car, ipod, PC, leather sofa, LCD TV, 2 fridges, 2nd car coming, nanny, driver....
TWO fridges?
Wow. What can you do with 2 fridges. Store 8 bottles of Leo instead of 4? The mind boggles.
One for the kitchen, and one for the bedroom. Isn't it obvious?
I'm amazed you're rich enough to have an ipod! Wow!
Also, I've seen many with 2 full-size refrigerators in the U.S. One in the kitchen, one in the garage.
Posted 2008-07-28 08:30:39
vegas, on 2008-07-25 15:41:35, said: I find it difficult to spend my wacking great salary every month and always have a surplus. Luckily the bank holds it for me for a rainy day.
Sorry to hear...you hadn't married a Thai lady.... Obviously if you had, you wouldn't have this problem!!! 
Posted 2008-07-28 12:26:28
wintermute, on 2008-07-27 10:05:45, said: TAWP, on 2008-07-26 20:06:09, said: wintermute, on 2008-07-26 17:38:47, said: I guess i'm lucky. This is why I whine a lot less than the other expats living in Thailand. It's still a great place if you make a western salary.
Bingo.
Am I supposed to sympathize with those expats trying to shuffle by teaching english for a few baht? Well, I don't. Foreign expats have the luxury of choice. You can either choose to live here and make crap wages for relatively unskilled labor or you can go back home and get a real job.
I'm not sure what your malfunction is but most expats here have real jobs(sic).
The point is only that the article is more for those that have the salary from abroad than payed in local salary, since a decline in an economy might help those payed from abroad than those payed locally...
Posted 2008-07-28 15:33:54
TAWP, on 2008-07-28 12:26:28, said: wintermute, on 2008-07-27 10:05:45, said: TAWP, on 2008-07-26 20:06:09, said: wintermute, on 2008-07-26 17:38:47, said: I guess i'm lucky. This is why I whine a lot less than the other expats living in Thailand. It's still a great place if you make a western salary.
Bingo.
Am I supposed to sympathize with those expats trying to shuffle by teaching english for a few baht? Well, I don't. Foreign expats have the luxury of choice. You can either choose to live here and make crap wages for relatively unskilled labor or you can go back home and get a real job.
I'm not sure what your malfunction is but most expats here have real jobs(sic).
The point is only that the article is more for those that have the salary from abroad than payed in local salary, since a decline in an economy might help those payed from abroad than those payed locally...
I've heard a few Thai's that I know also refer to "real jobs" for foreigners as those not using the skill they were born with (English). Comments such as those who "only" teach English are too lazy to learn a skill and strive in their own company. Of course, those who teach other subjects in Universities, GRE/GMAT specializations are typically not lumped together with the english language teachers.
From my side, I can see my foreign salary has been affected by the relative strength of the Thai baht vs other currencies. Housing is cheaper than HK, which is why I moved. Food/Clubbing is cheap here as well. People seem to complain when the exchange rate slips and basically ask how will they live. If one didn't plan for corrections in markets or currencies then the option of moving home is always there right. If it rises too high here, i'll move somewhere else. Great place to party here though. Loving RCA/Thong Lor/Ekkamai! Still dam_n cheap at 1800 baht a bottle for black label 
Posted 2008-07-29 12:05:37
jfchandler, on 2008-07-28 08:30:39, said: vegas, on 2008-07-25 15:41:35, said: I find it difficult to spend my wacking great salary every month and always have a surplus. Luckily the bank holds it for me for a rainy day.
Sorry to hear...you hadn't married a Thai lady.... Obviously if you had, you wouldn't have this problem!!!
She is Thai on a wacking great salary also.
Posted 2008-07-30 10:48:29
guess this topic totally died. too bad
Posted 2008-07-30 11:04:26
Yes it's still cheap for beer in a bar, medium price restaurants, travel, groceries, car insurance, gasoline. Not for cable TV.
Posted 2008-07-31 18:41:00
JetsetBkk, on 2008-07-27 00:13:09, said: Gravelrash, on 2008-07-25 18:47:16, said: vegas, on 2008-07-25 15:50:14, said: Married, kid, house, car, ipod, PC, leather sofa, LCD TV, 2 fridges, 2nd car coming, nanny, driver....
Not that I like to brag of course... 
 Leather sofa!! (Probably plastic  )
plastic people
Posted 2008-08-01 10:20:00
vegas, on 2008-07-30 11:04:26, said: Yes it's still cheap for beer in a bar, medium price restaurants, travel, groceries, car insurance, gasoline. Not for cable TV.
Actually, a few friends were talking about this the other day. Going to a club and buying a bottle is cheap at 1200-2000 (depending upon location). Note: A club, not from 7-eleven. The mixers is where they get ya. Either way, back home i'd spend $100 alone on drinks easily and that's not including shots etc (at $8 a drink) or so. So I think club prices are not bad if you are buying a bottle of vodka/whiskey.
For the price of beer. At 120 baht for a import beer (or higher) this equates to almost $4 USD. This is the price I can pay at any pub back home. Beer is not cheap here at the clubs. Maybe in a beer garden for draft beer is reasonable at 45-60 baht, but I don't normally hang out in places like that so i'm not sure.
Car Insurance is fairly cheap. My 2008 Toyoto Vigo (3.0 Diesel) 1st class insurance costs me 20,000 baht a year. Reasonable I guess. It would be much more expensive in the west, especially for a brand new driver.
Groceries are cheap, but I've found buying food on the street pre-maid is even cheaper. Some vegetables are expensive, as is cereals, cheese and other specialized "farang" products. Meats, certain dairies, rice, noodles, canned goods are usually reasonable.
I run Diesel fuel and don't drive much, so I don't really notice the price of fuel much. I filled up my truck last week for 2700 baht. That was before the latest price reduction.
Internet Service is not cheap at 1200 baht for 2.5M. It's average I guess but the quality is pure crap as they do localized caching, rate-limiting, and have no QOS at all.
Posted 2008-08-01 11:08:54
The quality of life for me is about the same as uk but i dont get up at 6.00am,get the ice off my brand new company car,drive 3 hours for a meeting with a jumped up posh company director and have to grovel for some business.Makes my life here sound brilliant and very content,as i can do what i want and relaxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
By the way i live in Pattaya,this is for the haters who can only see in front of their faces.
Posted 2008-08-03 19:24:29
..and my plastic sofa was only 60k
Posted 2008-08-03 19:49:59
This whole planet is cheap.
Top that.
Posted 2008-08-03 19:51:37
vegas, on 2008-07-27 19:58:32, said: JiveTalker, on 2008-07-25 23:10:17, said: vegas, on 2008-07-25 15:50:14, said: Married, kid, house, car, ipod, PC, leather sofa, LCD TV, 2 fridges, 2nd car coming, nanny, driver....
TWO fridges?
Wow. What can you do with 2 fridges. Store 8 bottles of Leo instead of 4? The mind boggles.
One for the kitchen, and one for the bedroom. Isn't it obvious?
I'm disappointed, I was going to guess the reason for having two was so that you could have one at the correct temperature to store food and one at the correct temperature to store beer.
Posted 2008-08-04 18:03:37
Bottom line is, Bangkok still remains a great value for money city, which will continue to attract people with any kind of budget from around world......I simply love it here and wouldn't want to be anywhere else...
Posted 2008-08-04 18:28:54
OriginalPoster, on 2008-08-03 19:51:37, said: vegas, on 2008-07-27 19:58:32, said: JiveTalker, on 2008-07-25 23:10:17, said: vegas, on 2008-07-25 15:50:14, said: Married, kid, house, car, ipod, PC, leather sofa, LCD TV, 2 fridges, 2nd car coming, nanny, driver....
TWO fridges?
Wow. What can you do with 2 fridges. Store 8 bottles of Leo instead of 4? The mind boggles.
One for the kitchen, and one for the bedroom. Isn't it obvious?
I'm disappointed, I was going to guess the reason for having two was so that you could have one at the correct temperature to store food and one at the correct temperature to store beer.
dam_n i was going to do a new thread
what is the second fridge for or
is the op a snob or not
Posted 2008-08-04 21:23:54
vegas, on 2008-07-25 09:41:35, said: I find it difficult to spend my wacking great salary every month and always have a surplus. Luckily the bank holds it for me for a rainy day.
Bully for you!
Posted 2008-08-04 21:29:19
Cant wait to retire, cant afford to live there yet.
Posted 2008-08-05 06:15:10
Jimjim, on 2008-07-28 00:55:53, said: vegas, on 2008-07-27 18:58:32, said: JiveTalker, on 2008-07-25 23:10:17, said: vegas, on 2008-07-25 15:50:14, said: Married, kid, house, car, ipod, PC, leather sofa, LCD TV, 2 fridges, 2nd car coming, nanny, driver....
TWO fridges?
Wow. What can you do with 2 fridges. Store 8 bottles of Leo instead of 4? The mind boggles.
One for the kitchen, and one for the bedroom. Isn't it obvious?
I'm amazed you're rich enough to have an ipod! Wow!
Also, I've seen many with 2 full-size refrigerators in the U.S. One in the kitchen, one in the garage.
If you have a thai wife filling the second fridge is NO problem. Most I dont even recognise as food....
Ok, is partly a joke but considering the many leaves on what she stuff in it...
Posted 2008-08-05 06:25:25
[quote name='eeze' post='2111933' date='2008-07-28 08:33:54'][quote name='TAWP' post='2111550' date='2008-07-28 12:26:28'][quote name='wintermute' post='2109381' date='2008-07-27 10:05:45'][quote name='TAWP' post='2108591' date='2008-07-26 20:06:09'][quote name='wintermute' post='2108356' date='2008-07-26 17:38:47']I guess i'm lucky. This is why I whine a lot less than the other expats living in Thailand. It's still a great place if you make a western salary.[/quote]
Bingo.
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Am I supposed to sympathize with those expats trying to shuffle by teaching english for a few baht? Well, I don't. Foreign expats have the luxury of choice. You can either choose to live here and make crap wages for relatively unskilled labor or you can go back home and get a real job.
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I'm not sure what your malfunction is but most expats here have real jobs(sic).
The point is only that the article is more for those that have the salary from abroad than payed in local salary, since a decline in an economy might help those payed from abroad than those payed locally...
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I've heard a few Thai's that I know also refer to "real jobs" for foreigners as those not using the skill they were born with (English). Comments such as those who "only" teach English are too lazy to learn a skill and strive in their own company. Of course, those who teach other subjects in Universities, GRE/GMAT specializations are typically not lumped together with the english language teachers.
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You are lucky, would you like to teach English language.... (anyway NOT my job and no, I wasnt born in USA or UK!) Whats GRE/GMAT??
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From my side, I can see my foreign salary has been affected by the relative strength of the Thai baht vs other currencies. Housing is cheaper than HK, which is why I moved. Food/Clubbing is cheap here as well. People seem to complain when the exchange rate slips and basically ask how will they live. If one didn't plan for corrections in markets or currencies then the option of moving home is always there right. If it rises too high here, i'll move somewhere else. Great place to party here though. Loving RCA/Thong Lor/Ekkamai! Still dam_n cheap at 1800 baht a bottle for black label
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I absolutely donot like black label. gives me a bad headache...
Posted 2008-08-09 07:11:59
I am 28, work for a British/Thai company and get paid in pounds. 60,000 pounds/yr plus bonus goes pretty far in LOS. I am saving a ridiculous amount of money as company pays for apartment, maid, car and driver, its ridiculous. I would be just an average wage earner in london. Here I live like a KING!!!!
Posted 2008-08-09 08:12:18
JiveTalker, on 2008-07-25 23:10:17, said: vegas, on 2008-07-25 15:50:14, said: Married, kid, house, car, ipod, PC, leather sofa, LCD TV, 2 fridges, 2nd car coming, nanny, driver....
TWO fridges?
Wow. What can you do with 2 fridges. Store 8 bottles of Leo instead of 4? The mind boggles.
having only two fridges is indeed strange  we couldn't manage without our four. two of them are huge (location kitchen) the other two are just "regular" size.
Posted 2008-08-09 08:23:15
But but but , Naam you keep on telling us that your whole house is airconditioned, still need 4 fridges too?
Or do you play hide and seek in them? 
Posted 2008-08-10 00:55:23
I only can drink beer from one freg. at a time , mine cools fast
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