The king himself actually cares very little for this kind of attention and has suggested publically that the government uses this law to silence dissenters more than anything else. He usually pardons them in his yearly pardon-athon.
Well, I know one of the friends we met down there told us we HAD to go to Patong to see the ladyboys perform. I'm thinking that simply in terms of a tourist trap, they must be doing a good job:)
That said, I enjoyed visiting random national parks filled with voracious thieving monkeys more than gawking at the khatoeys.
Those aren't Thais. Those are Malay Islamists under the influence of a group called "Al Qaeda" (you may have heard of them). Thais are mostly Buddhists and so laid back you have to check for their pulse halfway through a conversation. Foreigners are advised (Hell, Thais are advised) not to even bother going to Narathiwat, Pattani, or Yala.
Yes! The pelvic bone differences definitely lend a unique style of walking to the sexes. I hadn't noticed any difference in the heights of the Thai men vs women. Being a North American and a foot taller than the rest of the country didn't help. Everyone looks short to me! The only real thing I was surprised by was the total and complete acceptance of the khatoey as just another part of the Thai culture. That said, the majority of places we went to were just concerned with making money any way possible; if that meant sending out a mutilated ex-male in clothing your grandmother would blush seeing even in the bedroom, then they were all for it.
Patong beach in Phuket was spectacular for that, especially because they used the kathoeys to entice people to come to their bar. Despite the fact they looked like ordinary, beautiful Thai girls wearing lingerie, their jawlines tended to still favor the male of the species, leading to a couple double takes:)
If by 'naturally-nice' you mean small, you would be correct. Don't try to buy any type of clothing for North American women over there because their version of large is kid-sized over here.
That's strange, because nowadays the Thai women wear pants and long-sleeved shirts to the beach because being dark (tanned) is synonymous with working outside and thus a lower class. Bleaching cream, all the rage in Thailand!
I just wanted to make sure if she gets a chance to read this article that I was thinking of her, HONEST!
One thing about the boobies in Thailand, plastic surgery is incredibly cheap so the boobs tend to be of the California variety, and not the home-grown.
For the most part, you don't do the soliciting. They approach you, get you to buy them a drink, get you to drink a lot, and then suggest that you go to a hotel (which is likely owned by their family). At which point you're 1) too drunk to care or 2) too horny to care how much you're paying for the hotel room, which is likely inflated for your stay.
As the American Embassy says to all staff visiting Thailand for the first time: If you find yourself in a bar chatting up a girl who is WAY out of your league, chances are it's a man.
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I found their predilection for smiling the most annoying habit of Thais in general. I don't want you to smile and nod and pretend that you understood what I just said when in fact you're going to walk away muttering something about stupid farangs, I want you to ask questions to show that you DO understand.
Having just returned from Thailand and spending time with one of the American ambassadors down there, I think I have a unique viewpoint on these 'domestic problems' you refer to. Prostitution is illegal and it is enforced quite heavily. The problem lay with the police force that can be bought off of charges. I sure as hell wouldn't want to spend any time in a Thai jail. Child prostitution doesn't really happen to the extent that us farangs think, and for the amount of time I spent there, the only boobies I saw were the European tourists on the beach. (And I suppose my wifes)
As for taking digital cameras and pounds of other technology, the more time you spend looking through an eyepiece at something, the less time you are actually looking at it with your own eyes.
William Hung became 'famous' for comedy, not talent. And I'll admit, he's funny to watch making a complete fool of himself. Martha Stewart got fired from her reality show.
You ignored Enron, Worldcom, Iraq.
Bush got re-elected by making the other guys look worse than he was. That's bad press for the Democrats (I was for it before I was against it) That's more of a point in my favor.
Sony is currently succeeding based on inertia and the fact that some of their products aren't half bad. (I love my Sony universal programmable remote)
Yeah, like Enron, Worldcom, President Bush, Iraq, Martha Stewart, AOL...
The canard that there's 'no such thing as bad press' gets disproven again, and again, and again, yet someone always brings out the stock line that it doesn't matter much.
I'm going to let you in on a little secret us working as marketers try to keep to ourselves. The idea of 'bad press' keeps us up at night and working long hours to prevent.
Publicity can't turn shit into gold, regardless of whether it's positive or negative.
While I was in college, I worked in the tech support department of a small mom-and-pop ISP (with 8000 customers or so). The department 'manager', if you will, wasn't as technically adept as the snot-nosed brats he had to look after, but he kept a good sense of humour about him.
His big joke was to fire me at every staff meeting.
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While I agree flying off the handle is probably not the best course of action at the moment, railing against the GPL for creating a situation like this where it really is quite difficult to see if there is a violation or not I would think is perfectly acceptable.
If you can't tell if you're free or not, are you really free?
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The king himself actually cares very little for this kind of attention and has suggested publically that the government uses this law to silence dissenters more than anything else. He usually pardons them in his yearly pardon-athon.
Well, I know one of the friends we met down there told us we HAD to go to Patong to see the ladyboys perform. I'm thinking that simply in terms of a tourist trap, they must be doing a good job :)
That said, I enjoyed visiting random national parks filled with voracious thieving monkeys more than gawking at the khatoeys.
Those aren't Thais. Those are Malay Islamists under the influence of a group called "Al Qaeda" (you may have heard of them). Thais are mostly Buddhists and so laid back you have to check for their pulse halfway through a conversation. Foreigners are advised (Hell, Thais are advised) not to even bother going to Narathiwat, Pattani, or Yala.
Yes! The pelvic bone differences definitely lend a unique style of walking to the sexes. I hadn't noticed any difference in the heights of the Thai men vs women. Being a North American and a foot taller than the rest of the country didn't help. Everyone looks short to me! The only real thing I was surprised by was the total and complete acceptance of the khatoey as just another part of the Thai culture. That said, the majority of places we went to were just concerned with making money any way possible; if that meant sending out a mutilated ex-male in clothing your grandmother would blush seeing even in the bedroom, then they were all for it.
Patong beach in Phuket was spectacular for that, especially because they used the kathoeys to entice people to come to their bar. Despite the fact they looked like ordinary, beautiful Thai girls wearing lingerie, their jawlines tended to still favor the male of the species, leading to a couple double takes :)
If by 'naturally-nice' you mean small, you would be correct. Don't try to buy any type of clothing for North American women over there because their version of large is kid-sized over here.
That's strange, because nowadays the Thai women wear pants and long-sleeved shirts to the beach because being dark (tanned) is synonymous with working outside and thus a lower class. Bleaching cream, all the rage in Thailand!
You're about 10 years behind what's happening in the real world. Thailand even extradites convicted pedophiles to their home country now.
I just wanted to make sure if she gets a chance to read this article that I was thinking of her, HONEST!
One thing about the boobies in Thailand, plastic surgery is incredibly cheap so the boobs tend to be of the California variety, and not the home-grown.
For the most part, you don't do the soliciting. They approach you, get you to buy them a drink, get you to drink a lot, and then suggest that you go to a hotel (which is likely owned by their family). At which point you're 1) too drunk to care or 2) too horny to care how much you're paying for the hotel room, which is likely inflated for your stay.
As the American Embassy says to all staff visiting Thailand for the first time: If you find yourself in a bar chatting up a girl who is WAY out of your league, chances are it's a man.
I found their predilection for smiling the most annoying habit of Thais in general. I don't want you to smile and nod and pretend that you understood what I just said when in fact you're going to walk away muttering something about stupid farangs, I want you to ask questions to show that you DO understand.
Having just returned from Thailand and spending time with one of the American ambassadors down there, I think I have a unique viewpoint on these 'domestic problems' you refer to. Prostitution is illegal and it is enforced quite heavily. The problem lay with the police force that can be bought off of charges. I sure as hell wouldn't want to spend any time in a Thai jail. Child prostitution doesn't really happen to the extent that us farangs think, and for the amount of time I spent there, the only boobies I saw were the European tourists on the beach. (And I suppose my wifes)
Holy crap! That would mean your project goes from "First Commit to CVS" to "License Change"!
KUDOS!
Money is never a big thing to those who have it...
Anti-biotics.
As for taking digital cameras and pounds of other technology, the more time you spend looking through an eyepiece at something, the less time you are actually looking at it with your own eyes.
William Hung became 'famous' for comedy, not talent. And I'll admit, he's funny to watch making a complete fool of himself.
Martha Stewart got fired from her reality show.
You ignored Enron, Worldcom, Iraq.
Bush got re-elected by making the other guys look worse than he was. That's bad press for the Democrats (I was for it before I was against it) That's more of a point in my favor.
Sony is currently succeeding based on inertia and the fact that some of their products aren't half bad. (I love my Sony universal programmable remote)
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You can be one too.
Cause saving our brand is the thing to do.
Rootkits and DRM are not the way.
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Yeah, like Enron, Worldcom, President Bush, Iraq, Martha Stewart, AOL...
The canard that there's 'no such thing as bad press' gets disproven again, and again, and again, yet someone always brings out the stock line that it doesn't matter much.
I'm going to let you in on a little secret us working as marketers try to keep to ourselves. The idea of 'bad press' keeps us up at night and working long hours to prevent.
Publicity can't turn shit into gold, regardless of whether it's positive or negative.
While I was in college, I worked in the tech support department of a small mom-and-pop ISP (with 8000 customers or so). The department 'manager', if you will, wasn't as technically adept as the snot-nosed brats he had to look after, but he kept a good sense of humour about him.
His big joke was to fire me at every staff meeting.
Don't read this article because it is absolutely NO alcoholic content whatsoever!
My kingdom for a rum and eggnog!
"Private equity folk could do wonders with Microsoft"
Odd, I've seen that exact phrase used earlier this week with regards to Ford. Hoax? Seems likely.
Yes, because historically critics turn out far better craft than those that they criticize.
See Roger Ebert.
I'm sure his clients on the other end of the phone are amazed by just how shiny Marc's shoes must be, if they could see them...
While I agree flying off the handle is probably not the best course of action at the moment, railing against the GPL for creating a situation like this where it really is quite difficult to see if there is a violation or not I would think is perfectly acceptable.
If you can't tell if you're free or not, are you really free?