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    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by hick
    'khallas,' as they say.
    In India.
    Given that hick works in Saudi Arabia, he's probably referring to the Arabic word خلاص .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by hick
    'khallas,' as they say.
    In India.
    Given that hick works in Saudi Arabia, he's probably referring to the Arabic word خلاص .
    Interesting. Similar meaning in Hindi: Finished or over and done with.

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    Given the hundreds of thousands of sub-continentals that have worked/are working in the Gulf, I wouldn't be surprised if the word had been incorporated into Hindi from Arabic...

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    That and mafi mushkila "no problem"

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    1 durian = 3,500 yen = 32 dollars = 1,058 baht

    Expensive here in Japan and smells awful.

    Thank Buddha the old lady doesn't waste the money on or eat the foil smelling fruit often.

    3-4 days in a row now of the stench.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Storekeeper
    Expensive here in Japan and smells awful.
    I can't get enough of it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna
    خلاص .
    Can you please delete that, as English, Thai and Jeff are the only acceptable languages on this forum.

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    Foخلاص

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    ^ Looks like Fcuk Off Jeff.

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    Internet is too unstable to book flights to BKK for the October holidays.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mandaloopy
    Internet is too unstable to book flights to BKK for the October holidays.
    That should be in the good news thread.

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    In the Indonesian backwater of a South Sumatran town. It has banks and ATMs but no facility to change my surplus THB and MYR.


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    ^ You must really be in a back water? Did the banks tell you where the nearest FX is?

    OK the MYR I can understand but the Thai baht should be OK.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrB0b View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Well that wasn't entirely predictable.
    It wasn't, was it? I have a feeling that's the last time the mad bitch will be allowed back here. How many times have we been through this cycle now?
    At least she didn't show us her udders again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VocalNeal
    You must really be in a back water? Did the banks tell you where the nearest FX is?

    OK the MYR I can understand but the Thai baht should be OK.
    I couldn't believe it either. It's a 40 minute flight over the mountains from the nearest city, Palembang. That is where I hoped to get my VOA. Sadly I hit a familiar wall. No hab.
    I can't even be sure that they will have a currency exchange there. Should have checked but was too knackered after an 11 hour layover in KL.

    It will have to wait until I return to civilization later this month.
    Heart of Gold and a Knob of butter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chassamui
    the nearest city, Palembang
    I've been there it is a fecking shit hole Well Ok not quite that bad but not exactly a tourist hub.

    Anyway go and have a wander around the Fort. Beer and palm trees!

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    Quote Originally Posted by VocalNeal
    've been there it is a fecking shit hole Well Ok not quite that bad but not exactly a tourist hub.

    Anyway go and have a wander around the Fort. Beer and palm trees!
    It took longer to get from the local airport to the town centre, than my domestic flight from Palembang did.
    Off beer hunting shortly.

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    Don't forget to buy a bag to tea?

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    Quote Originally Posted by VocalNeal
    Don't forget to buy a bag to tea?
    I am a coffee drinker so that's already sorted.

    A dozen large Bintang in the fridge now, quite cheap too, considering it is illegal in these parts. Courtesy of a Chinese merchant.

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    Beer illegal. Now that is a moan.

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    Moan: Pen pushing, bean counting admin types have got my hackles up again
    Non Moan: Flights to Bangkok booked for October- 5 days of happiness, good food, good company and a functioning city.

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    There's a luek rung boy lives up the road. His mother died of cancer within the last year. The boy's father never even came back to the village for his wife's funeral. Doesn't like it here and only goes to Pattaya.
    The boy has been dumped with with his grandparents, he's about 7-8. The father was sending 8-9,000 Baht per month for his maintenance via his SiL. She kept most of the money for gambling. Somehow he got wind of it and he started to send the money to a Thai friend in the village. Now this thieving cow is ripping the grandparents off by only giving them 3,000 of the 9,000 being sent. The grandparents don't have a bank account. My wife asks why don't they question the amount being given to them. They said they do but the friend just starts shouting at them and they give up.
    You can say 'not your problem' but I can't sit aside and see it happen. Unfortunately, my moan is that I can't get the fathers UK address etc to let him know what's happening.
    I really hate these people sometimes. Fcuk

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pragmatic View Post
    There's a luek rung boy lives up the road. His mother died of cancer within the last year. The boy's father never even came back to the village for his wife's funeral. Doesn't like it here and only goes to Pattaya.
    The boy has been dumped with with his grandparents, he's about 7-8. The father was sending 8-9,000 Baht per month for his maintenance via his SiL. She kept most of the money for gambling. Somehow he got wind of it and he started to send the money to a Thai friend in the village. Now this thieving cow is ripping the grandparents off by only giving them 3,000 of the 9,000 being sent. The grandparents don't have a bank account. My wife asks why don't they question the amount being given to them. They said they do but the friend just starts shouting at them and they give up.
    You can say 'not your problem' but I can't sit aside and see it happen. Unfortunately, my moan is that I can't get the fathers UK address etc to let him know what's happening.
    I really hate these people sometimes. Fcuk
    Outrageous. I wish we could adopt the poor kid.
    My wife works at a tessabaan school and the students are dirt poor. One little girl is quite smart and really wants to learn English so Mrs Naam took an interest in her.
    It turns out the girl is an orphan (parents not dead, just abandoned her to her grandma who couldn't cope) and lives in a Christian orphanage. Wife asked the orphanage people if the girl could come to our house on weekends for family atmosphere and English immersion. Not until you know God was the response. End of story.
    But not quite.
    One day of teachers checking in with care-givers, Mrs Naam had to go to the orphanage. She was with a colleague. The colleague mentioned in passing (quite unnecessarily) that one of the boys seems gay.
    Next day, the boy was not at school. Why? He's being punished for being gay, so can not attend school.

    GRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

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    ^^
    Quote Originally Posted by Pragmatic
    I really hate these people sometimes. Fcuk
    Yes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pragmatic
    I can't sit aside and see it happen
    Until such time as you can find the father's address, you might quietly donate a few thousand monthly to the grandparents for the child's upkeep...good karma...

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