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I absolutely hate Phuket, because it is so expensive, and has that foriegn feeling to it. So I go to smaller towns where my girlfriend knows well.

....ummm... What electrical safety? I know too well the dangers of high voltage electricity - and I've seen many accidents that illustrate for Thailand's complete lack of electrical know-how. Any fool willing to climb barehanded into wires that feed a 24,000 volt pad mounted distribution unit to che...

I often have this conversation with my Thai friends about the "double pricing" system. Many of them agreed that foreign visitors who do not contribute to the tax base - or contribute their expertise to Thailand should on principle be charged a bit extra. But they all completely agreed that...

CP is a trigger for serious behaviors. I totally disagree with it's use. I remember one very famous case in Japan where a student became so paranoid of the teacher that he lashed out - not with a fist but with his families sword. It would be the last time this teacher ever taught again. Many such ca...

Remember the Ana Nicol Smith married the eighty years old Billionaire Is she any better than any Thai young women inspired for better lives and marry an old Farang? But peoples tend to make biased judgment based on race and skin color. Yep... I couldn't agree more. This sort of thing happens all ov...

Take just one issue: corporal punishment in schools. Mostly not allowed now. And the schools are out of control. Don't get me wrong, I don't think it is good. But I do remember the possibility that it could happen was a good deterrent. Nobody in my elementary school back in the dark ages when I was...

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Re: My heart cries for Phuket

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