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    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy View Post

    Most high-so Thai children these days want to look Korean as well.
    should be easy for them, all they have to do is make their eyes a bit more slitty and act & drive like the most ignorant cvnts in the world.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy
    It would be a great advantage for my children to be able to speak the language but they all want to speak Korean (my son can already as well as Japanese). Most high-so Thai children these days want to look Korean as well.
    I am so happy my kids did not buy into the Japanese style bit or the Korean song and skin and look bit. They have taken Mandarin for a couple of years and took it intensively over the summer at about 15 hours a week. Now they can speak at a full intermediate level and are going for one of their degree courses in Mandarin.

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    Gee AO! Are those two sweet girls that age already? Whatever happened to childhood?

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    Quote Originally Posted by grasshopper
    Gee AO! Are those two sweet girls that age already? Whatever happened to childhood?
    no shit grassy, they start their pgsce phase of education Aug 24 on scholarship at the Harrow School in Laksi.

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    Back on topic, I found that it's mostly expat farangs who were keen to know how my dad met my mum.

    Sometimes I told them the truth, sometimes I told them it was in Patpong, just to encourage their already mind-made-up stereotype.

    My dad was a translator at some Thai company and they met there. He is still 100% fluent in Thai and Lao (he worked in Vientiane before that). I think my mum was the cleaner or something like that. I don't go out of my way to pretend she was hi-so like some other luuk-kreungs I meet.

    My dad has told me the full story once or twice, but it gets rather harrowing for him. He knew quite early on that she had sickle cell anemia which is more prevalent in the tropics. This developed into cancer and she died in 1985.

    We grew up motherless from when I was 11. My sisters were 9 and 13. My dad always said he wouldn't bring another woman into the house. He did it well I suppose, although I think my real grieving didn't really arise until a couple of years later. I didn't need reassurance or anything like that, my mums sisters family (and english husband) lived close by and a family scenario was kept up as best as could be done.

    Have I posted something too personal here????
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    Quote Originally Posted by DJ Pat
    Have I posted something too personal here???
    No Pat you haven't, it couldnt have been easy for your Dad, I know.
    Sorry about your Mum.

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    Guess she died quite young. Very sad.

    You look a bit crook in your av Pat. Maybe need to cut down on the booze a bit.

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    Things have changed since that avatar pic, which was Xmas '09 in Muenster, Germany after a night at the Hot Jazz Club until late.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    Guess she died quite young. Very sad.

    You look a bit crook in your av Pat. Maybe need to cut down on the booze a bit.
    She was 33. Obviously when I was a kid that seemed old but looking back now that I'm 37, the seriousness sinks in.

    But she certainly wouldn't want me being negative and miserable about it, as I am already a negative and miserable c**t.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DJ Pat View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    Guess she died quite young. Very sad.

    You look a bit crook in your av Pat. Maybe need to cut down on the booze a bit.
    She was 33. Obviously when I was a kid that seemed old but looking back now that I'm 37, the seriousness sinks in.

    But she certainly wouldn't want me being negative and miserable about it, as I am already a negative and miserable c**t.
    You need to visit the temple more

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bung
    I always cringe when I hear taksin speak English, sounds like a market vendor. He's the prime minister of the country FFS.
    so, the prime minister is Taksin in drag

    I knew it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stinky
    The ability to speak the Queens is pretty much a prerequisite foe any high ranking politician who expects to be taken seriously, same same international businessman.
    not really, although many do

    businessmen also take in a translator when necessary

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    Quote Originally Posted by DJ Pat
    Have I posted something too personal here????
    up to you, but at least it was a rare post from you that made any sense

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    as for LK kids, mine is nearly two and quite tanned from being in Portugal for a couple of months

    she does look more Thai now than she did earlier, although she has a mass of curly blondish hair

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrAndy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Stinky
    The ability to speak the Queens is pretty much a prerequisite foe any high ranking politician who expects to be taken seriously, same same international businessman.
    not really, although many do

    businessmen also take in a translator when necessary
    Really? Helmut Kohl was quite widely ridiculed, even amongst his own people, for his very poor ability in speaking english, he was something of a running joke for a few years as I remember.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stinky
    Helmut Kohl was quite widely ridiculed, even amongst his own people, for his very poor ability in speaking english, he was something of a running joke for a few years as I remember.
    You can say you to me.

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    Helmut Kohl was a running joke. He couldn't speak proper German either. He was ridiculed much more by his own people than by anyone else. Happens when you're successful.

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    I have two boys growing up fast.

    The eldest is 13, big for his age, good rugby player and very very dark. He has a very laid back personality and is always polite and helpful, though I suspect that is changing.

    The smaller one is 11, has gained 4 kg in about 4 years very very skinny and quite fair skinned. He's quick witted and possesses a bizarre sense of humour. He has a quick temper and never takes a backward step until it is really necessary.

    I'd like to post a pic of them, but some of the people on this board make it wise to not do so.

    They are real opposites

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    What school did you put them in Bobcock?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobcock
    I'd like to post a pic of them, but some of the people on this board make it wise to not do so.
    Wise move.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blake7
    What school did you put them in Bobcock?
    They are in one of the better International Schools in Bangkok.

    You'll notice me out of an evening, I'm the guy missing an arm and a leg....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobcock
    They are real opposites
    They both take after you?

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    I've my little leukhrung in a Thai private school not far from Thonglor. Lack of an English program in the school is not an issue now with Daddy providing remedial work at home, but that won't suffice once he's out of kindergarten. There is only one other "double" (as some like to call leukhrung) at the school, and his mom says that sooner or later he'll experience prejudice unless he's at an international school, but so far I haven't seen any trouble. If anything he's the teacher's pet this year as he was last, and subjected to maybe too much attention because of his "specialness" (of course, he is a master at attracting attention to himself).

    It's only when he shows up at certain two-tier pricing/entry venues that his "Thai-ness" is questioned- a couple weeks ago his mom took him to the palace and it turned out only Thais were being allowed in that day (some high-ranking personage had showed up). It was only his mom's foresight- she brought along his birth cert- that got him in. Mommy was still not pleased, and Daddy wasn't there so my gaskets remained unblown.
    “You can lead a horticulture but you can’t make her think.” Dorothy Parker

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobcock
    You'll notice me out of an evening, I'm the guy missing an arm and a leg....
    I will be limping right beside you starting next week bro.

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    This is my 13 year old, taken when he was 12...my fave rugby shot of him, he's about 3 inches taller than this now and is solid in the arms.....I'm gonna have to stop calling him an idiot when he drops the ball now.....555

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