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Is the Thai Government Supporting Criminals? Thailand.

Over the past few months there have been talks about what I am going to rant about. It is about the Thai Government refinancing illegal debts. I thought it was a joke a long way back that a government would really take on the debts of people who had obtained money through ruthless loan sharks.

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Gambling Thai Students

I talked before about “Pok Deng” which is a card game that even young children can play. It is small time gambling. The bet could start from a few baht up to whatever you want. But really if someone wants to gamble with lots of money, they usually go to a higher level game which is more serious and strict

An Interview with "Phra Farang"

One of the best books about Buddhism in Thailand is undoubtedly “Phra Farang: An English Monk in Thailand” by Phra Peter Pannapadipo. Even if you are not interested in becoming a monk yourself, his vivid description of his ten years as a foreign monk in Thailand will give you an insight into Thai life and culture that would be difficult to find elsewhere. It is certainly one of my favourite books about Thailand and I was really happy when I was finally able to catch up with “Phra Farang” at home in Nakhon Sawan.

Body Piercing

Here I am with my girlfriend at a jewellery shop in Seacon Square. My girlfriend has come here to pierce her belly button. I have come to support her. She has been wanting to do this for a long time.

Journalism Has Gone to the Dogs, Herald Sun Australia.

Wendy Big Mouth Fool Hargreaves is a so called journalist who writes for the Herald Sun Newspaper that is printed in Melbourne. I have read articles by this woman before and many of them are just tripe, some amusing but she always tries to stir shit. If you look at her twitter account she actually says this

Rural Thai School Needs Your Help, Isaan Thailand.

Ban Mahachai school Surin province is a small school of 95 students. The school is close to the Cambodian border and is a poor area.

Thai Wedding Ceremony

There are an increasing number of foreigners who are marrying Thai women or Thai men. And according to our ThailandQA.com Forums , there are also many people coming to Thailand to attend weddings as guests as they are asking questions like “What do we wear to a Thai wedding” and “What gift do we give the bride and bridegroom?”. As I was at a Thai wedding last weekend, I thought I would share with you some of my photos

Thai Visa Extension Marriage

A Thai Visa extension based on marriage is often referred to as a marriage visa. However it is not a separate visa and is simply a permission to stay in Thailand for a year that basically extends the original visa a person used to enter Thailand. So before travelling to Thailand to get married you will need an O visa issued at a Thai embassy or consulate.

What’s Wrong with the men in Thailand?

One thing that has bothered me since spending any amount of time here in Thailand is the quality or I should say lack of quality of Thai men. Now there are exceptions to every rule and I know of some. I have a very dear friend who is a wonderful man, a great husband and an all around great guy. I’ve also met many fine Thai men. But unfortunately this doesn’t seem to be the rule. More the exception. Let me give you some examples from my own new family. My wife has 3 sisters. The unmarried one dumped her idiot American boyfriend (thank god). This was one of those young guys who thought he knew everything and really knew nothing, you know the type. Now the 2 married ones are great examples of what I’m talking about. My wife’s younger sister was married to a guy and everything seemed to be going fine. They had a fine boy and a girl on the way. Then he left and didn’t come back! My wife’s older sister is the best example of all. She had a husband and 3 beautiful girls, including an infant. And her SOB husband also left and hasn’t been heard of since. Not too long ago she started a relationship with a new man. This guy was supposedly a monk who was leaving the monkhood to be with her. Then after he supposedly left, he told her that he was really a cop that was doing an undercover investigation of monks using drugs and gambling (that stuff does happen here). She came to find out that neither was true.