Thread: Experience with other Thais in the West

Originally Posted by panama hat

A tough decision, plus at roughly NZD30k a po per annum it is not a cheap option

Not that expensive.My niece is one of the better Girls schools in Auckland. NZD20k tops..18K plus expenses .

^ Is she a boarder, LC?

Care to join this discussion? I'd like to hear your views

Originally Posted by panama hat

https://teakdoor.com/the-family-room/...ml#post1488514

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

A good mate of mine married a Catholic girl.

So did my brother . . . but he survived

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

as long as the "Brothers" don't get too brotherly if you know what I mean.

Indeed, indeed . . . I spent several years in a Bendictine Abbey boarding school with monks wearing habits and the like . . .no funny stuff went on there, though

My wife went to Rangi Ruru from 9 to 13 and then another one I can't remember . . . our eldest boards at Kincoppal, Sacred Heart in Sydney.

Ah, tough choices

A good question, Holly. I guess it depends on the individual child's approach to life and then the ensuing maturity to understand why a boarding school was necessary.

I my case it was because my parents were diplomats and were posted to a communist country where there were no international schools. Initially I resented them for 'abandoning' me but then they could have placed me in boarding school nearer to home instead of Germany where we could see one another every month due to the proximity.

My wife was sent to NZ by her father when she was eight due to a spate of kidnappings in her country at the time. She never returned until a few years ago with me. Her relationship with her parents is very good, I'd say exceptional. She was able to rationalise the decision at a young age.

Our eldest prefers living in Sydney . . . I don't blame her, and she comes up every three months or so.

I don't know where you are from, but in the UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ etc.... it is quite common . . . to the extent that some people place their children into boarding school in the same city . . . not that I agree with that.

I'm from the north east of England. I suppose I wouldn't really know anyone that boarded anyway as I'd probably never meet them

Did you enjoy boarding school? I didn't have such a great time at school.

Where do you live now PH?

Originally Posted by HollyGoodhead

I'm from the north east of England. I suppose I wouldn't really know anyone that boarded anyway as I'd probably never meet them

Something about NE England . . . why is it so bad, aside from the accent. LOved York, very pretty

Originally Posted by HollyGoodhead

Did you enjoy boarding school?

I did, actually. Very character-building. The actual school was in the town and the Abbey was the boarding 'house' and the monks made a very nice Schnapps

Originally Posted by HollyGoodhead

I didn't have such a great time at school.

And what do you do now, Holly?

Originally Posted by HollyGoodhead

Where do you live now PH?

Kuala Lumpur, and you?

I'm not knocking the north east, I like being from here. It's not so bad at all... I agree some accents aren't the nicest but proper Geordie accents are lush.

Just realised I know a couple of people that boarded (aren't from NE) both confident (verging on arrogant) but friendly.

I work in an office still in NE but going to Thailand for a few months next week! woohoo

Must be very difficult for a Thai to enter the "real world." Can't imagine subjecting myself to the misery...... no benefits over a 3 month tour de farangland

From my experience the majority of thais here (a few thousands in town) are a strange bunch. If you meet them you will understand why Isaan women get looked down on them, Njdesi.

Why would Thais overseas suddenly change the beliefs that have been instilled in them since birth. Foreigners in Thailand still hold the same beliefs you find in their home countries.


I'd bet the majority of Thais abroad are Chinese-Thais. They came to Thailand to make money and made it. They have the money and so the opportunity. That's probably the same about other colonized nations. (Yes, Thailand was colonized.Err) To bad when people meet Thai people they meet Chinese people.

Originally Posted by PaulBunyon

To bad when people meet Thai people they meet Chinese people.

What an absolutely stupid thing to say. Do you have any idea of the origins of Thai 'ethnicity'?

Originally Posted by HollyGoodhead

I agree some accents aren't the nicest but proper Geordie accents are lush.

So how is that new hearing aid working out for you?

going to Thailand for a few months next week! woohoo

Have fun sweetheart, I recommend a three-way

Originally Posted by HollyGoodhead

going to Thailand for a few months next week!

Enjoy that HGH!

Originally Posted by Sdigit

So how is that new hearing aid working out for you?

Geordie accents were voted the sexiest in the UK not that long ago

Originally Posted by HollyGoodhead

Originally Posted by Sdigit

So how is that new hearing aid working out for you?

Geordie accents were voted the sexiest in the UK not that long ago

And in a recent poll Germans voted Adolf Hitler to be Germanys greatest ever German.
Although they made no mention of how sexy he was

Originally Posted by Sdigit

Originally Posted by HollyGoodhead

Originally Posted by Sdigit

So how is that new hearing aid working out for you?

Geordie accents were voted the sexiest in the UK not that long ago

And in a recent poll Germans voted Adolf Hitler to be Germanys greatest ever German.
Although they made no mention of how sexy he was

( Cute, except for the fact that Hitler wasn't German, had a funny accent when he spoke German and his real name was Schickelgruber . . . all true!)

Originally Posted by Sdigit

Do you have any idea of the origins of Thai 'ethnicity'?

Good point. My Missus is 'Yong', ethnic group from Yunnan that settled in Lamphun a few hundred years ago. I've read about Thai being mostly from Chinese ethnicity, and have found very little about the Thailand 'aboriginals', but apparently there's still a few around today on the fringes of society.

And in a recent poll Germans voted Adolf Hitler to be Germanys greatest ever German.

Goodwin's Law after only 40 posts. Is this a new record?

Originally Posted by panama hat

Originally Posted by PaulBunyon

To bad when people meet Thai people they meet Chinese people.

What an absolutely stupid thing to say. Do you have any idea of the origins of Thai 'ethnicity'?

Paul? Care to comment?

Originally Posted by Sdigit

And in a recent poll Germans voted Adolf Hitler to be Germanys greatest ever German.

Originally Posted by njdesi

Goodwin's Law after only 40 posts. Is this a new record?

Geez, I haven't heard that in a long time. Anyway, no such poll and even if so, definitely no such result

"Up to 14% of Thailand's population are of Chinese descent, but the Sino-Thai community is the best integrated in Southeast Asia. Malay and Yawi-speaking Muslims of the south comprise another significant minority group (2.3%). Other groups include the Khmer; the Mon, who are substantially assimilated with the Thai; and the Vietnamese. Smaller mountain-dwelling tribes, such as the Hmong and Mein, as well as the Karen, number about 788,024. Some 300,000 Hmong, who ironically have lived this area for more generations than the Thais themselves, are to receive citizenship by 2010."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Thailand