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Thai Girls

The gig is my buddha or a fortuitous reversal

by philipbquick February 15, 2010 Expat Life
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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Again I will start my story with a disclaimer. I have lived in Bangkok 3 months, and I have read many posts here in the diaries. I am new, wet behind the ears, an amateur learning sometimes the hard way. [...]

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Why Do Cute Thai Girls fall for Farangs?

by Danny.Nomad January 22, 2010 Bangkok Nightlife
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Interracial relationships involving Thai women and foreign men are about as easy to spot on the streets of Bangkok as the ubiquitous carts selling noodle soup. Why do many Thai ladies choose to pass over Thai guys and date white men from halfway around the world? After all, most foreigners don’t speak much Thai, know [...]

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Strangeness on ThaiLoveLinks

by Billy Bangkok January 17, 2010 Relationships
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I was sitting in front of my computer trying to get some important work done and I got an email from Thai Love Links telling me that someone had shown an interest in me. Of course, I this was really important work so I immediately stopped what I was doing and decided to check [...]

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Trying to Understand

by Anonymous January 13, 2010 Health
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I’m not one of those folks who gets off bashing everything they don’t understand about Thailand and the Thai people but I had two questions I’ve yet to receive a satisfactory response to. They’re not meant to be insulting. I just really would love if someone could explain this to me.
Headaches
Thailand has to [...]

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Living in Thailand – Life and Death on the Farm

by DougBangkok January 13, 2010 People
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This story was related to me recently by a waitress who normally works in Bangkok, but goes back to her village periodically to see her children and work on her farm.
“I buy baby chicken in market five baht. She go, ‘cheep cheep cheep’ allatime. She follow me roun’. She think I am her mudder.
“Everywhere I [...]

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Dancing Fools

by Richard January 10, 2010 Expat Life
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Another two beers.Another barely concealed look of contempt from a waiter wanting a Twenty Baht tip as he slouched away empty handed. It was midnight at The Bamboo Bar-Pattaya. The place was packed. As the band launched into Hands Up, the old disco favourite, Farangs at the elasticated waistband stage in life flocked to [...]

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Thai Spec vs. Farang Spec

by Ruai December 12, 2009 Popular
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I heard these terms from a Thai person several years ago and thought they were somewhat humorous. If you don’t know what they are they are basically a way to describe what Thai guys are into versus what Farang guys are into in terms of women.
According to this Thai theory, Thai guys [...]

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Sappy Brit Charged With Murder

by Admin November 9, 2009 Hazards
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Wow, just ran across this update the other day. Seems that Phil the weepy-eyed Brit who caught his Thai wife in a lie isn’t exactly a prince either.

Seems good old Phil beat the crap out of the Thai gal and when police investigated they took his DNA which turned up an arrest [...]

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Scammed For 1000 Baht – A Sad Tale

by Billy Bangkok November 7, 2009 Bangkok Nightlife
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First off, let me say that the amount I just got ripped off for is – to me – pocket change. I am not writing this out of anger about the money but to warn others.
There’s a gal who works Tilac named TT (not her real name). She doesn’t dance or even really [...]

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Thai Lady Caught Lying With Lie Detector

by Admin November 1, 2009 Relationships
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A really good video first mentioned on the Big Mango blog. Basically, boy meets Thai girl on the internet. Boy marries girl. Boy brings Thai girl to live with him in England. Boy starts to hear rumors from Thais that his girl cheating on him. Boy takes girl on national [...]

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