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    Look fukos,

    Being a long term expat is like having a bank full of money. Ya know what ya got and what may fuk you over.

    Being a fookin newbee fooko means ya hangin very low in da tree and will be fooked over.

    Love it eh Bitches.

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    Saying that about the bong, i took the wife to this little out of the way Thai shithole restaurant the other night.

    She was a bit tipsy by the time we got there and specifically ordered this one meal. It arrives,I look in her soup and there are what look just like cannabis leaves, then she picks a leaf up and sucks it and all of her loudness and cuntishness suddenly abates and she goes into stoner mode.

    Has anyone else experienced this soup? i'll find out the name

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    Gaeng lan juan

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dillinger View Post
    home made coopers beer.
    Home made...what?

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    Quote Originally Posted by terry57 View Post
    Look fukos,

    Being a long term expat is like having a bank full of money. Ya know what ya got and what may fuk you over.

    Being a fookin newbee fooko means ya hangin very low in da tree and will be fooked over.
    Nailed it

    That's what I've been trying to say all thread but lacked the eloquence.

    Onya Tel. You da man

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Home made...what?
    Piss?

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    Where's Taxi, Smeg and seeking assylum?

    Like them or not, their views are well put together

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    Fookin oath eh Dill.

    Im orderin that mull soup soon as i get back to shitterville.

    My Handbag loves it when im on da mull eh.

    Makes me Horny as fook.

    Just sayin .

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    The thing is, Thailand is still a fine destination for retirement with a Thai wingman,, and her assorted auxiliaries, provided one has sufficient headroom to absorb the stupidity/caprice/whimsy of the local chicken heads.

    As an employment venue on a package funded by a significant player on a defined tour of duty it's a great playground.

    As a foreign skivvy on a self sufficiency deal within a set income and no expenses it can be what one needs, if the venue is critical and the job is merely a means to get to it.

    As a place to live, Bangkok is pretty much a desert with no cultural worth other than the folkloric. It is truly dreadful in terms of international repute: there are no art galleries, no theatre, no dramatic arts, no synergy binding creativity expression and certainly no intellectualism. It is profoundly dull in its incessant infantilism, the malls are homage to capitalist dreariness and social interaction is oiled by hypocrisy, sycophancy and base greed. However, whereas HK and Singapore have an infrastructure acceptable within the expectations of anyone recently arrived in the 21st Century, Thailand is still very much mired in filth, vermin and squalor.

    Certainly, of all the countries I have explored, Thailand is perhaps the least interesting.

    As Butterfly has already said, the charm of Thailand was its engaging innocence as it bumbled its way through the chaos of a transition from medieval servitude to a capitalist wonderland financed by opportunism and serendipity but like a virgin with a split hymen sundered by exploitation those days are gone and all we are left with is a society suckling on the teat of consumerism and a hope only greed can foster.

    If I were not involved with the wingman and her family, I'd have upped stumps some time ago.

    Everyone needs to be somewhere and there it is.

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    Thanks for all the input.

    As I said before I'm going to give it a good go.
    It's not an expat package but the salary (similar to my Singapore salary, where I am also on a local, not expat package) seems quite reasonable for the cost of living.
    If it all goes wrong, as a Singapore PR I can still go back there and get a job relatively easily. These kind of jobs in Thailand are few and far between.

    I will no doubt be asking specific questions on where to live etc in the Bangkok section of the forum.

    Mission for tomorrow is to resign from my current job.

    Cheers.

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    Go for it SBF you have nothing to lose and everything to gain family wise. Ignore the naysayers and those like Sausages who have spend 15 years moaning on here about a country he's been and locked himself into, that in itself tells you everything you need to know about the self professed cultured socialist.... har har har as he likes to say.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slimboyfat View Post

    I will no doubt be asking specific questions on where to live etc in the Bangkok section of the forum.

    I would recommend Thonglor.

    It's a little more expensive, but it has less of the 3rd world factor and has everything you need in terms of supermarkets, cafes, doctors, dentists, etc.

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    When was the last time you were there?

    We stayed there for a couple of nights two years ago.

    Choked with traffic and pollution now.

    You need to be near a BTS or MRT stop these days, so if you're near the Sukhumvit end you're OK.

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    Of course, where you go is dependent on budget and preference for either a condo or landed house, and where your office will be. The landscape has changed somewhat, and with the proliferation of MRT/BTS stations one's net can be cast that much wider. You have not made it clear but I have assumed your family is to remain in the boonies.

    If one wants all the benefits but away from the excesses of Thai lumpen stupidity and the tourist hordes the best spot is around Aree within walking distance of the BTS. This area has all the amenities one needs, is the domestic hub for the media/creative/young professional classes and is mercifully free of tourist dross and peasant Thai. Walking further into the sois west of the BTS, the roads are tree lined and relatively traffic free compared to the main drag. There are a good choice of restaurants to suit most tastes, and it benefits from a relatively new Villa supermarket from where all European foods can be bought. The farang that fetch up here tend to be a better class of folk with many employed in the UN affiliated agencies choosing it as their favoured neighbourhood. Certainly, you will not encounter trashy chancers, ditch digging blue collar oiks on mongering fests and young, backpacking dreadlocked numpties, Chinese tour groups or gaggles of Indians.

    Thonglor is useless unless you are within easy walking distance of the BTS but the main road, Soi 55 is a nightmare of traffic at peak times and one is reliant on motorcy taxis to gain progress.

    If you want to be in the belly of the beast that is lower Sukhumvit but in a tranquil oasis then Soi 10 is a diamond alternative where there are no commercial outlets and unlike most sois in the area has in addition to good condo development landed houses owned by rich families - it's quiet yet only a five minute walk to Sukhumvit and pretty much all you might need.

    Silom is for gays, Japanese and Antipodeans of confused orientation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seekingasylum View Post
    The thing is, Thailand is still a fine destination for retirement with a Thai wingman,, and her assorted auxiliaries, provided one has sufficient headroom to absorb the stupidity/caprice/whimsy of the local chicken heads.

    As an employment venue on a package funded by a significant player on a defined tour of duty it's a great playground.

    As a foreign skivvy on a self sufficiency deal within a set income and no expenses it can be what one needs, if the venue is critical and the job is merely a means to get to it.

    As a place to live, Bangkok is pretty much a desert with no cultural worth other than the folkloric. It is truly dreadful in terms of international repute: there are no art galleries, no theatre, no dramatic arts, no synergy binding creativity expression and certainly no intellectualism. It is profoundly dull in its incessant infantilism, the malls are homage to capitalist dreariness and social interaction is oiled by hypocrisy, sycophancy and base greed. However, whereas HK and Singapore have an infrastructure acceptable within the expectations of anyone recently arrived in the 21st Century, Thailand is still very much mired in filth, vermin and squalor.

    Certainly, of all the countries I have explored, Thailand is perhaps the least interesting.

    As Butterfly has already said, the charm of Thailand was its engaging innocence as it bumbled its way through the chaos of a transition from medieval servitude to a capitalist wonderland financed by opportunism and serendipity but like a virgin with a split hymen sundered by exploitation those days are gone and all we are left with is a society suckling on the teat of consumerism and a hope only greed can foster.

    If I were not involved with the wingman and her family, I'd have upped stumps some time ago.

    Everyone needs to be somewhere and there it is.
    Can you say that again, but in English this time.
    Not white collar toff speak, alluding to some sort of higher intellect.
    I did'nt understand a fucking word you said.

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    That is because you are a fucking idiot.

    Sorry, I don't speak "stupid".

    Try Thaivisa, dumbo.

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    Good morning Bitches.

    I've just reread my comments from last night.

    Lucky for Fatboy that i'm here to help him out eh.

    You lot fuk around too much and rarely come up with the good oil.

    Have a lovely day wont cha's.

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    But anyway, the very best bit of info Fatty needs to act on is to be close to his work.

    If ya need to commute everyday in that mad arsed traffic you will end up hating Bangkok so it's fookin pointless even coming here.

    Fuk working in Thailand actually, it's a brilliant place to be cashed up and free, not fookin workin in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by terry57 View Post
    Look fukos,

    Being a long term expat is like having a bank full of money. Ya know what ya got and what may fuk you over.

    Being a fookin newbee fooko means ya hangin very low in da tree and will be fooked over.

    Love it eh Bitches.
    Easy for Boomer cvnts who got in at the bottom of the biggest longest financial ponzi scheme of all time

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    Where's a good place to stay in Bangkok?

    That depends where you work and where you wanna go?

    For example, if you work in Silom and wanna spend time in Kanchanaburi then you could live around the river in Thonburi close to the railway station that takes you to the family at weekends easily (I've always enjoyed the train journey, must've done in 10 times.), and the river boat to work - the river or klong is always a better option than the roads or bts/mrt (these can be good on the right trip at the right time...).

    Also, if you live very close to work that can be great, but do you have to travel around often or based in an office?

    If you can ascertain the flow in and out of Bkk for workers, and you're going against that flow, then life is soooo much easier; i.e. if you're heading to Onnut from Thonglor in the morning when everybody else is going the other way then you'll have a comfortable and relaxing seat while the folks going the other way and standing are crammed in like sardines.

    To make your work/stay in Bkk as good as possible, take great care where you live - many good places to live in Bkk. A good choice could make or break you time in Bkk.
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    Cycling should be banned!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo View Post
    Where's a good place to stay in Bangkok?

    That depends where you work and where you wanna go

    To make your work/stay in Bkk as good as possible, take great care where you live - many good places to live in Bkk. A good choice could make or break you time in Bkk.
    No shit, Sherlock.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seekingasylum View Post
    That is because you are a fucking idiot.

    Sorry, I don't speak "stupid".

    Try Thaivisa, dumbo.
    Respectfully, you speak "stupid" better than anyone else on this board, Mr Sausage...

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    Well, you do seem a bit s-l-o-w.

    Your ‘No that’s you that is’ posts just confirm it.

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    Agree on the home/work thing. I can take a gentle stroll and be in work in 15 minutes. Blissful. No traffic cares, no commute, no need to keep an eye on the clock. Make life so, so so much less stressful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo View Post
    Respectfully, you speak "stupid" better than anyone else on this board, Mr Sausage...

    So says the board's authority on incoherent, neurotic gibberish.

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