This is a reader's submission from the stickmanbangkok website. I found it interesting, so I'm sharing it.I got to know many younger guys who were permanent residents (or at least making regular visa runs) in Thailand. Many of these guys were working in the traditional jobs of bar owner or EFL teacher. What was common to them was that they were not paying any attention to planning for retirement. None of the Brits, for example, were paying into the UK state pension scheme or an offshore annui
Why? Why did I go out at about 7:15 earlier tonight to Loy the Kratong by myself? Well, Yesterday I called Sprinkle in the morning and they said they would deliver my three tanks of water before 5:00 pm. They didn't. I called them just before 5:00 pm and they said they would deliver before noon today. I called them back at about two pm. They called me back about an hour later and said they would deliver today before 5:00 pm. My water never came...... BASTARDS!! (They will give me something fre
To really understand what people prefer, you need to pair men and women randomly in an experimental dating service and document the decisions they make. And so for a couple of years at a local bar just off the Columbia campus, I ran a speed-dating experiment with two psychologists, Sheena Iyengar and Itamar Simonson, and fellow economist Emir Kamenica. Some of our findings confirm well-worn clichés. But others surprised us. Speed dating is matchmaking on, well, speed—each male-female pair (we st
The Truth About Women by Unknown I wasn't a sexist before I understood women. There was a time when I was blissfully ignorant. I grew up watching Disney cartoons, I believed in romance and "true love conquers all" etc. I wanted to find a woman who could be my equal, my partner. I believed in finding that one true love and being committed to each other forever. You know, like in the marriage vows, "for better or for worse, through sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer" etc. And
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I don't understand you anymore,cos i don't know what
you are talking about..If i say i live at London,does
that mean i can not travel to any other part of the
world?..I was calling you from SA...Go to google and
type TELKOM.. Thats where the main branch is and i am
gonna depart from
The package arrived today. I could make this entry quite long with quotes from all the emails between me and the African man, but I'll just share the essence. The checks were already in the mail when I sent this email to him on Saturday: Dear Henry,
Let me tell you something important.
Until I have rental cash in hand, I will not give you any refund of the "extra money" you have sent. That would just be too stupid of me.
I heard your voice. Clearly you have the voice of an African without
Some guy saw my ad on Craigslist and says he wants to rent a vacant room I have down on lower Sukhumvit.He says he is coming on September 20 and will stay for two months.. I told him how much money I wanted for such a short term contract. He quickly agreed and asked for my address to send money in advance. I asked him many times for his flight number and telephone number which he hasn't sent.... Today he called me (supposedly from England) and my phone registered 999999... He told me that the
Clothes Dryer.....I have done my own laundry since I was a teenager. I don't like to hang out my clothes and I want a clothes dryer that can get HOT and dry my clothes quickly. A simple machine with a timer and temperature settings would be the best. I can't stand waiting for over an hour to dry my clothes. Anyone???
An unnamed friend of mine recently registered for camfrog, a popular webcam community with chatrooms. He liked it so much, that he used his credit card and paid about two thousand baht to buy the key to unlock webcam pro which allows him to open up to a hundred webcams in any chatroom. He sent me the following two photos from screen caps which he took his first time using webcam pro in order to help people understand why western men are moving to Asia (and Thailand in particular) in droves.
Do Thais have a way to notarize documents or an equivalent of it? I'm trying to help a Thai guy do something. He has to send a notarized copy of his passport along with a document to the IRS to get a refund from the US Gov't.... The money he is getting from the USA is small, so it is hardly worth him trying to get it done at the US embassy where they charge their own citizens $55 to get something notarized. What is he to do?
I went to the USA on 19 June and arrived on the 20th. I left USA to come back to Thailand on 16 July and arrived home the 18th. So counting all the time in the air, I was gone for almost a month. Now that I've been back for almost 2 weeks, I am sufficiently over my lag and write about my summer vacation. Let me say that I'm so damn happy to be back home again and feel sorry for all the people who have to live in the USA full time. It was the first time in many years that I got to see both of
It is my belief that no modern man has ever proposed marriage to a woman after staying sober for three months and then masturbating three times the day he plans to propose unless:1) He has been indoctrinated by Disney movies and happy endings.2) He knocked her up. (Made her pregnant) 3) She is his sugar mama.4) He no longer has a libido and craves female companionship. Thoughts? Opinions? Keep it positive!I will delete this entry after one week because it smacks of misogyny and may be constru
AMAZING You all should have joined our small band of adventurous urban explorers as we worked our way along the streets under the longer of the two BTS skytrain lines from one end to the other. We started in front of Tesco Lotus at the On Nut BTS at 9:36 am. We started with five western men from three continents and own Thai female to represent a nearly true ratio of all TF membership.One minute before the start of the hike. Then the people of many nations started hiking.We reached the next BTS
I'm weird. I'll admit it here. Last night, I was driving back from Jomtien and I looked down and noticed something funny. Then I did something dangerous. I grabbed my camera while I was driving and took a photo. Some people will find this photo to be funny.... especially people who read Thai out loud. Actually, I took four pics and this is the CLEAREST one of the four. Now I apologize for wasting the time of anyone who thought this journal entry might have some substance to it. âËǵ Â
Because of my constant complaining that all the really nice girls live on fahng thon (across the river), Frogster tried to prove me wrong by moving over to my neighborhood to be with Mr. Frogster. To celebrate, I announced to her that we would have an "EVENT" at Fuji Restaurant at the Mall Ram. Unfortunately, we only had a few hours notice, so I didn't have time to post it on TF. The event was attended by Frogster, Tonythai and myself. It was so successful, that I will announce another one ne
This morning was a big day in the life of Ghee of TF. He is now a proud property owner of his own space in the air (condominium) here in Thailand. He acquired a lovely 72 square meter two bedroom abode on On Nut under 2km from the BTS. I wanted to be there (the land office) for the exciting event which is recorded here.www.thailandfriends.com/ghee (file photo)First I had to find my way to the correct land office where Ghee was waiting with the seller and the agent.When all forms are in order,
Some guy who took over the lease of a former tenant that moved out so I don't have his contact details. Maybe I need a secretary. He gave his month notice, but did not give me the keys or contact me. He just left. I waited and waited and finally I went to knock on the door. The room was left unlocked. I entered it and this is what I saw. I guess this is my next project. Are all ABAC students slobs like this? Inside the room were his transcripts, medications, yearbooks from EIS, some Buddha
Apparently when you go to buy a Dunkin' Donut!! A few days ago, I tried to buy a donut for 21 baht at Dunkin' Donuts with a twenty baht note and the above satang. They refused to accept the denominations below one baht. Has anyone else had something this silly happen to you? I know this is a very small thing. That's why it's in my TF journal and not on the Editorial page of the Bangkok Post.
On Thursday 12 April, we took a long hike from the On Nut Skytrain Station to the heart of Samut Prakan. There were only two of us. Myself (condotown) and Michael (samesame). We had no idea how long it would take when we departed just after 1:30 pm as the rain was subsiding.
As we walked, we could see the foundation pillars of the soon to be expanded skytrain line. The sidewalks had a lot of puddles, but were still navigable. The first hour went very fast as we worked our way south. We were
TF Kandahar, Afghanistan Chapter CUMS To Bangkok [ Back to Top ]
When:
Sat, Apr 7th at 07:30 PM
Where:
Gulivers Soi 5
Event Description:
Well gang,
Here is your chance to catch up with most of the TFer's working in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Present will be, thomaswd, thomaswdson, cerberus1264 and introducing for the first time Halflinger. Make sure to bring your thurst for beer to Guli
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thomaswd
I can't believe that when I got my camera home and
Punishing Dr. Sassy [ Back to Top ]
When:
Fri, Apr 6th at 07:30 PM
Where:
Suan Lum Beer Garden followed by RCA
Event Description:
The Punisher & Dr. Sassy are proud to invite all TFer's out for a night of steamy dancing and drunken debauchery.
We will meet at the Suan Lum night market to line our stomachs with local cuisine and then move on to RCA to finish ourselves off!
Event URL:
http://www.thailandfriends.com/index.php?op=modload&name
=Jo
When:
Mon, Apr 2nd at 10:00 AM
Where:
Pattya, Soi 8, Bar Charlie and Pim
Event Description:
At the 2ten April I make a party. Beverages are free all nice people. Starting from 22 o'clock in Pattaya, Soi 8. Bar Charlie and Pim.
Walked up and down that street a number of times! Had to improvise a party because a bar with that name could not be found! As you can see on the final pic, it wasn't all for nothing as one hook-up was made!!
I don't just sit around in front of my computer all day vote whoring.I do work!! Here are some pics of my latest project: Anybody wanna come and help decorate the room?
I just snapped a few.... I was having too much fun to pull out the cam.
START AND FINISH WITH BELGIAN CHOCOLATE (Thanx to Peter)
Sorry no Kitty pic! Well, I hear 2 out of 3 ain't bad.