Thailand Thread

[Tiger Beer]

So what do you think of it?

[kimo55]

It's not as this thick or resilient to stains as other thread. But it will do.

[Albert]

Hot and steamy.

[kimo55]

azzrite al.
errytime a buddy o mine comes back he got nuttin but da kine stories to tell.
ho... and bruddah shows me peechas;
"dis my wahine one.
dis my wahne numbah two.
dis one o my hales.
dis one o da bars I hang at."
and all sooo rainforest look. The real beachcomber life.
Lotta stories from alotta these "air america" kinda guys who go over there and live da life o Riley; open up a tropical bar and coast comfortably for years...
there's a movie in there somewhere.

[Miulang]

Phuket! :) (and Chiang Mai too, of course)

Miulang

[AuntieNellieKulolo]

Funny you mention it, I'm actually considering teaching English there next year. For a view of the Thailand TEFL scene: www.ajarn.com

[alohabear]

azzrite al.
errytime a buddy o mine comes back he got nuttin but da kine stories to tell.
ho... and bruddah shows me peechas;
"dis my wahine one.
dis my wahne numbah two.
dis one o my hales.
dis one o da bars I hang at."
and all sooo rainforest look. The real beachcomber life.
Lotta stories from alotta these "air america" kinda guys who go over there and live da life o Riley; open up a tropical bar and coast comfortably for years...
there's a movie in there somewhere.
I was just watching on the National Geographic Channel's TABOO...It said Thailand has the biggest number of sex-changed transsexuals per-capita . It gave a number of 20-30% of the females there used to be male.

[kimo55]

dhUUOOOOH!

[pinakboy]

So what do you think of it?

DA FOOD!!!!! i married so i can't say anything about da women... safer dat way! :D

[Glen Miyashiro]

I was just watching on the National Geographic Channel's TABOO...It said Thailand has the biggest number of sex-changed transsexuals per-capita . It gave a number of 20-30% of the females there used to be male.Oh come on, that can't be true. 20-30 percent??

[lurkah]

I was just watching on the National Geographic Channel's TABOO...It said Thailand has the biggest number of sex-changed transsexuals per-capita . It gave a number of 20-30% of the females there used to be male.


errytime a buddy o mine comes back he got nuttin but da kine stories to tell.
ho... and bruddah shows me peechas;
"dis my wahine one.
dis my wahne numbah two.
Hmmmm. Your buddy sure dem's wahines? :rolleyes:

[ahola]

Closest thing to paradise on Earth and that costs much less than all the other paradises.Bangkok's Peninsula and Oriental hotels are always ranked as the best hotels in the world and at less than $200 a night in either,one is truly getting a good deal.Either hotel in NYC,Paris,Tokyo,etc.,would cost 3-5 times more per night.And it is hedonism paradise with the tropical beaches,
gorgeous real women (TS's are known as katoey boys),full-body soap or oil massages for a few dollars,and Thai green curry chicken with sticky rice at any of the numerous stands for a few cents.

[pinakboy]

Thai green curry chicken with sticky rice at any of the numerous stands for a few cents.

:rolleyes:

thanks i needed dat!! :D

[shaveice]

pinkaboy, you married too? so what do i have to say? i think the food's good, too! :D

i was lucky that i travelled there many, many times before it was "discovered". places like phuket and samui and phi phi were very deserted. not any more. it looks very much like waikiki now. even back then, though, the beaches were just okay/pretty good. hawaii's beaches are way nicer. but no other place could match the slow paced, safe, easy going lifestyle. a few bucks for a bungalow, pennies for fresh fish, cold beer under a shade, electric generator cuts off at 9ish, a million stars at night.

one thing you can do now which is still very cool is hook up this expat (dave) at http://paddleasia.com/ his philosophy about paddling is the same as mine: the further away the better. you can choose from several options, of course, but i'd choose one that takes you really far south (not far from the thai/malay border). you won't see any tourists there. just paddle all day long, from island to island.

AuntieNellieKulolo, i'm a little surprised to hear you say that you're thinking of teaching esl in thailand; not that it's bad but i thought you had that career thing in ny? maybe i'm mixing you up with someone else. got my first master's in esl but never taught there (japan for 10 years). i think you'd love it. of course, like anywhere else, your experience will vary depending on how far from the city you live/teach. for my money, nothing beats the countryside....

[alohabear]

Oh come on, that can't be true. 20-30 percent??
Taboo said because Thailand has less strict rules reguarding the operation.

[AuntieNellieKulolo]

AuntieNellieKulolo, i'm a little surprised to hear you say that you're thinking of teaching esl in thailand; not that it's bad but i thought you had that career thing in ny? maybe i'm mixing you up with someone else. got my first master's in esl but never taught there (japan for 10 years). i think you'd love it. of course, like anywhere else, your experience will vary depending on how far from the city you live/teach. for my money, nothing beats the countryside....

I'm living in NYC but I don't have what anyone would consider a 'career'... :( I've spent over 5 years at the same dead-end library job at a small 4-year college and still haven't cracked the $40K barrier. I could make more $ working at a law library but I've worked with lawyers in HNL and don't care to go down that road again. Rents are even more insane in the 5 boroughs than in HNL, especially if your credit isn't perfect. I was thinking of looking for a job in SF at the public library since my mom lives in the area, but am asking myself if I want to spend the rest of my life doing what I've been doing for the last 5 years, for slightly better money and fair to middling climate. SF isn't NYC(and that's a GOOD thing) but it ain't 'aina or anything resembling it. I like wearing slippahs year-round, palm trees, locally grown mangos and papayas. With my credentials I could get a good TEFL job at a gov't school in BKK and make about 35-40K Baht per month, which works out to about $1K, but (the key point) rents are about 7-13K Baht/month. Rents and salaries are somewhat lower outside of BKK and jobs harder to find but like shaveice mentioned, the countryside is a nicer place to live. Many of these apartments even have amenities like weekly maid service, cable included, etc. In NYC, the most you are likely to get as an 'amenity' is an elevator... :p Compare that to my monthly take-home pay of about $2K -I would need to pay at least half of that in rent. I love teaching but am unqualified in the US and don't feel like jumping through all the hoops the DOE requires only to teach unruly kids for peanuts in a combat zone- no wonder there's a teaching shortage. Plus it's a tropical climate, lots of cheap airfares to other Asian cities, beautiful temples, excellent food... I will most likely go there on vacation next summer to check out the schools and see if it's as wonderful as 'they' say, if so then my plan is to make my escape in January '07 just in time for the annual NYC deep freeze!

[Tiger Beer]

I'm living in NYC but I don't have what anyone would consider a 'career'... :( I've spent over 5 years at the same dead-end library job at a small 4-year college and still haven't cracked the $40K barrier. I could make more $ working at a law library but I've worked with lawyers in HNL and don't care to go down that road again. Rents are even more insane in the 5 boroughs than in HNL, especially if your credit isn't perfect. I was thinking of looking for a job in SF at the public library since my mom lives in the area, but am asking myself if I want to spend the rest of my life doing what I've been doing for the last 5 years, for slightly better money and fair to middling climate. SF isn't NYC(and that's a GOOD thing) but it ain't 'aina or anything resembling it. I like wearing slippahs year-round, palm trees, locally grown mangos and papayas. With my credentials I could get a good TEFL job at a gov't school in BKK and make about 35-40K Baht per month, which works out to about $1K, but (the key point) rents are about 7-13K Baht/month. Rents and salaries are somewhat lower outside of BKK and jobs harder to find but like shaveice mentioned, the countryside is a nicer place to live. Many of these apartments even have amenities like weekly maid service, cable included, etc. In NYC, the most you are likely to get as an 'amenity' is an elevator... :p Compare that to my monthly take-home pay of about $2K -I would need to pay at least half of that in rent. I love teaching but am unqualified in the US and don't feel like jumping through all the hoops the DOE requires only to teach unruly kids for peanuts in a combat zone- no wonder there's a teaching shortage. Plus it's a tropical climate, lots of cheap airfares to other Asian cities, beautiful temples, excellent food... I will most likely go there on vacation next summer to check out the schools and see if it's as wonderful as 'they' say, if so then my plan is to make my escape in January '07 just in time for the annual NYC deep freeze!

I lived in Manhattan from 1998-2000 and San Francisco from 2001-2002. I thought I'd enjoy San Francisco a lot more.. but strangely, I didn't. I like many things ABOUT San Francisco.. but didn't like actually living there.

More jobs in Manhattan.. and more fun.. things stay open later.. and costs of everything seemed more out of range of salaries in San Francisco unfortunately.

That being said.. I like the climates around the Pacific Ocean MUCH better..

[shaveice]

hi auntie. okay, i see where you're coming from. good luck. i hope the scouting trip works out.

i'm sure this doesn't apply to you but to anyone who's thinking of teaching overseas, please try hard not to make an okole of yourself. when i lived/taught in japan, i saw so many embarrassing examples of americans thinking they were hot s*$%. so embarrassing. the japanese treated them so nicely that it all went to their head. we used to have a rude saying about those people. we used to say that japan was a first-class country for second-class people. put those same people in the states and they wouldn't be anything special.

anyway, to anyone who'd going to teach in thailand or japan (where they show great respect to teachers), please try to keep a level head and be humble....