Riley'sLife

Posted Yesterday, 12:25
"Hi. Me and my wife would like to go in a tribe near chiang rai. We would lile to exchange with them... Maybe teach them a little bit of english... We would, if possible, avoid touristics visits of tribes... It seems to be like Disneyland tours... Thank you really much for your advices in order to visit authentic tribes.

Same for monks btw. We d like to exchange with them. "

I'm weak in the type of way that I can't resist picking on this type of post, but if you want to teach anybody English, perhaps you should brush up on it.

I work part-time in journalism and it makes my skin crawl when people proclaim themselves to be English teachers but don't know that 'me' is not a subject pronoun, or use a word like 'touristics'. Does the word even exist? But more importantly it's serving as an adjective, and adjectives can never be plural. 'Advice' is a non-countable noun, but the OP has added an 's' to it. Finally, 'exchange' requires a direct object, but the OP hasn't bothered to include one.

I really don't feel I'm being pedantic here because in the OP's short post, he has made 4 basic mistakes as well as displaying some questionable style, yet he feels qualified to teach English. Cripes, it's no wonder that English teaches get such a bad reputation in Thailand.

How much orginal thinking are the students allowed during their growing up years? This may be the biggest reason behind the copycat mentality.

I see it in CM in internet game rooms, coffee shops noodle shops, resturants, etc. Its almost like they hate to see someone make a go of some new/unique idea, so they will build 10 exact copies around it, just to undermine the orginal business.

longball53098, on 2012-05-10 06:53:32, said:

If YOU want to be happy, get a girlfriend who isn't interested in such devices at all. A rare type I know, but still (just) possible. Never make the mistake of encouraging such pastimes as chatting, texting, surfing. It is a spiral to hell.

I think the only positive point out of this is that Thailand needs another location that isn't completely oriented around the sex industry, but provides all the foreigner-friendly services, so that corporate event planners could (maybe) book their conferences and meetings without everyone thinking it's just a mongering boondoggle.

Individual "family" tourists with very open minds may be able to overlook the seedy side to some extent, but large international corporate planners can't leave themselves open to scandal.

Unfortunately the reputation of the whole country is largely tarred with that same brush, so they're at least pushing against a headwind in the MICE market.

w11guy, on 2012-05-04 08:52:51, said:

I shop at a market and prices have increased. Everything is increasing, even the kindergarten fees went up 18% yesterday.

I find it breathtaking arrogance that Yingluck will stand there and say that the people are imagining things. When was the last time she got off her corrupt backside and went to the supermarket to do any shopping? When was the last time she went to a street vendor for a bag of curry and rice or bought a pig or some pork to take to the temple? The truth is she does not have a clue. It is her perception that is totally skewed.

As for yingluck's Ministers telling her everything is fine she would do well to read this little poem "The Plan", and carry the lessons forward!

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The biggest  ''misconception''  to date have been Thaksin and his puppet family. To think what we could have been spared had the timing been different.

To think that  the increased prices I and my wife like many others have  paid of late are according to Yingluck and her  band of dreamers nothing more than, ''figments of our imagination.''

Rather like her delusion that she is actually a Prime Minister and fit to lead the country.. ;

Agreed 1,000 baht a meter is good value even for unpainted. Within that, 250 baht an hour for family labour is also fine - possibly a little generous, but keeps things sweet.

Dont fall into the trap that everyone is ripping you off and you'll have a far healthier life here!

Ideally and most importantly; the "Foundation-Beam" should be integrated with the "up-rights" or "Posts" - and this entire affair should be poured 'in-situ'. A wall constructed in this way, should not 'settle' and hence no 'cracks' should appear over time. The price of anywhere between Bt. 1,000.- to Bt. 1,200.- per lineal meter (this is rendered both sides & painted !) is very reasonable.
Make sure they put the correct thickness of Steel Rebar into Foundation & Posts !
Also; if you ever want any Lights or Power-Outlets on or in that wall (now or in future) - better to put some piping in place before they pour the posts.

taking notice of a probably, sour faced, divorced, overweight English woman is probably what you are doing wrong

I really am worried that there is something wrong with me ,i've been married now for 18 years or so and my wife has never asked me for money for the sick buffalo ,or to pay medical bills for any of the familly ,when i go out with the her familly its always a fight to pay for anything and no one in the familly has ever ripped me off ,I know that all of these things should be happening and only the other day when i replied to a newspaper comments page i was reliably informed by a woman in England that i was just a walking atm and that no Thai woman EVER marries a foreigner for love and only want us for our money,so please tell me what i did wrong
Ps does her wanting shoes all the time count ,and my son always wanting the latest mobile?

BOBBYTIN, on 2012-04-25 19:05:35, said:

Yep, the cops are right. Thailand has changed. In the UK, you need to pass CBT (Compulsory Basic Training) before you can even get on a bike. When that has been passed, you can ride with L plates on - which of course means you cannot take your wife as a passenger. Once you pass your full test, you can take the L plates off and carry a passenger.
i really don't see what your point is. You can't act like this in Europe and then complain, so why come here and expect to be treated significantly different.
I have no idea what your level of experience is for riding a motorcycle, but the number of unlicencsed and untrained 'tourist' riders killed in Thailand is significant.

I have a full UK car, motorcycle and heavy goods license. I also have a Thai licence.
Get some training in your home country, pass the test, then convert that to an international licence for your visits here. It will make going through the checkpoints a pleasant experience as the cops will probably click their heels together and salute you. You can then smile sweetly as you overtake the 'cool' no-shirt & no helmet (and no 500 baht) tourists.

hellodolly, on 2012-04-24 13:30:17, said:

Red rag to Bull!!

Where have I ever said all waitresses are whores? I have never ever discussed, whores, bar girls or waitresses  on TV as I have never frequented a farang bar and have never been with a whore? At what point have I married in to a corrupt family?Did you know all 300 members of your wifes family before you married her? Why would I know of a guy living in BKK when we live 700 miles away?  I have not painted everyone with the same colour, I gave specific examples of specific people, and apart from an Uncle whom I have never met, NON are in my family. And read my post, I said they are taking bribes because of their low wages. People like you deserve to sh*t hedghogs! Where have I said I am 'hanging around with easily bought Thai's' you cheeky sod.


Louse 1953

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My wife is 40 what exactly is your point? Are you implying she was incontinent aged 20? She was at Uni in BKK and had to clean her Uncles house in order for him to give her free lodgings while she studied. Happy with the detail now? We are not all married to 19 year olds you know. Sorry to disappoint you but there is no point coming down, afraid I don't know the crooks. I don't know the election officials concerned, I dont know the Uncle who lives 700 miles away, I know of but do not socialise with, speak to or any other action that would make me familiar with the police or prison officer concerned, and the only one I do know well is the old lady who took 5000 baht off the crooked politician for her vote and then voted for the other guy. She isnt a crook she's a bloody hero.

The corruption issue is simply endemic in Thailand. It is the resin that glues together the fabric of Thai society. Every single person in a Government job is always on the make. Some examples just from our local area.

We had elections this weekend for 20 people to be elected to decide how to spend the annual town 'projects' budget which is normally in the order of 700 million to 1 billion baht a year !!!!!! It is an acknowledged fact that if you win a seat on this committee you are made, as EVERYONE gets a large slice of the pie, All contracts for work are also given to the companies owned by the senior committee members. The 'democratic' elections were welcomed by the local poor as they knew they would get bribes for votes, and they did! Our next door neighbor ' a poor but  senior lady in the village was given 5000 baht by the most senior corrupt official and told to give 200 baht to others and that they all vote for him. She pocketed the money, and voted for the other guy . Incidentally, the most corrupt guy who has been chairman for 16 years, started with nothing and now has a personal fortune of 500 million plus! was voted out...  

My wife's Uncle was an Army Officer who now has several very valuable properties in BKK and a nice merc. How has he achieved that on an Army Officers wage? Many years ago he was taking massive bribes to 'look over' the requirement for young wealthy kids to do their national service commitment. When my wife was young she had to 'clean' his house and she would see him bring in holdall bags full of blocks of 1000 baht notes, the bags full to the brim. He had a senior position in recruiting. Tens of millions a year!

We know local police and prison officials who all supplement their poor Government wage by taking bribes in return for any privilege they can bestow on the unfortunate.

A guy I know got a gun license the other day and avoided all the red tape by 'donating' 5000 baht to the senior official in the licensing office, and with the caveat that he must by a gun from a particular gun shop....owned by the same senior official in the gun licensing office!!!!! All 5 staff in the office get a share of the bribes, so they are all implicated so they must all remain silent!

There is simply no way to stamp this out in the next 25 years. I have no doubt that the 800 inspection officials who went into the prisons will be on a different 'bribary' tier. Thais in Government do nothing without money being paid, and then will do anything for money. And the poor remain poor. I still haven't worked out how it is possible for this country to work in terms of economics.

That a member of the government should actively condone, and in fact propose, that anyone should commit the act of suicide is totally innappropriate, and I feel that the person concerned should be disciplined.

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Looking at photo on cell phone during parliament session = should hang himself

Multi-billion dollar tax fraud = should get a constitutional amendment to pardon the criminal and all the confiscated billions returned