There are many things in Thailand that don’t make any sense to me and this is one of them. For whatever reasons, supermarkets cannot sell alcohol throughout the day. This is also true of some restaurants and particularly restaurants located near large shopping malls. However, bars or pubs and many other independently-owned restaurants are okay […]
Listed below are some of the most popular annual Thai festivals and holidays. The dates listed here are not all public holidays unless stated, and the dates of the festivals may change or are still pending confirmation by the Thai authority. Government and immigration offices in Thailand, as well as other Thai embassies, will be […]
If you don’t want to get into any trouble while visiting Thailand, I suggest you follow the rules, laws, costume and culture of Thailand. You may actually get yourself into big trouble if you break any of these “rules” in front the wrong Thais. Here are the 20 things not to do in Thailand. 1 […]
Another reason to learn Thai, is Thais don’t need to know you speak and understand Thai. Often, and I mean very often, I would pretend I didn’t know Thai, and the Thais would speak Thai to themselves. It was the closest thing to reading a person’s mind. Sometimes a Thai might say something not so […]
A lot of people have asked me this: “When is the best time to visit Thailand?” The answer to that question is different from different people. But in general I would say any time is the best time because it’s mainly summer all year round in Thailand. Then again, there is the heavy rain or […]
If you fit in one or more categories below, you should not go live in Thailand. You’re more than welcome to go to Thailand for a vacation. But if you fall in any of the category listed, do yourself and everyone a flavor and stay home. A person that cannot adapt to different cultures. People […]
There’s no magic number for the cost of living in Thailand because everyone is different. Everyone comes from a different background, has different tastes, has different spending habits and different budgets with different life styles. Personally, as a single guy in my late 20’s, I traveled to Thailand and spent over ฿100,000 baht ($3000+ USD) […]
Dictionary.com definition of a fucker as an inconsequential, annoying, or disgusting person. How I learned about the first fucker in Thailand When I first heard someone say to me, “Thailand is full of fuk-rs,” I thought that person was on crack. Then, after reading what people (mainly farangs) are doing and saying about Thais, I […]
Hello, welcome to my blog. I’m Thom, I’m Thai/Chinese and I was born in Thailand. However I was raised in Canada and been living there for over 25 years. As you may already know, I made a drastic decision to permanently move to Thailand. I wrote about my reasons in the posts Reasons to move […]
