How to Send Money to Thailand

There are various ways of sending money to a friend in Thailand: interbank transfer (also called a "telegraphic transfer" or "SWIFT transfer"), sending an ATM card, and using ATMcash (if you are in the USA) to send a personalized debit card.

These are documented at this website: SendMoneyToThailand.com Sphere: Related Content

Thailand Retirement Experiences

A friend in Chiang Mai, who goes by the handle, "Chiang Mai Rocket", has created a new blog because she and her partner have decided to retire in Thailand. It's at http://ThailandRetirementExperiences.com/ Sphere: Related Content

The Waitress and the Poodle

I don’t like de dog. My frien’, Baed, he bought de dog from his friend.

But I saw de dog de firs’ time, his name “Gatee” (coconut milk). I don’t like it because smell very bad. I don’t like it. He boom, boom, boom, (bark) allatime. He de pooden dog. White hair.

After I spend time with him, two or tree day, yes, I like him because he very samaht. When he hungly, he scratch me on my leg. When I go ou’, he wan’ follow me allatime. I said, “Cannot, I don’ want you go ou’ wit me.”

When I come back, he very happy, he run roun’, he boom, boom, boom, and he jump up and down.

Before, I not wan’ spend money for dog, but I spend money on dog shampoo, soap, flea powder for him. I take a shower for him, one time per day. He lie de water. He stand under de tap while I wash him. He really lie it.

I buy towel for de dog, too.

Before I don’t lie it, every dog I don’ lie. I say is nagiad (ugly).

When I give food for him, I put steam rie and steam dry fit, make all togedder and give for him, but he don’ eat, he don’ lie. He push away.

I say, “Gatee! Why you do lie dat, I don’ lie!”

I give him milk and chip. Anudder time I buy pork and beef an’ I make stirfry with rie and he eat. But not spicy. I make beef soup and he lie dat.

[Note: You can kill your dog by feeding it human food. See YouTube video below.]

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Life and Death on the Farm

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 go, she run behine me, go 'cheep cheep cheep' allatime.

"At night, I go in house, leave baby chicken outsigh.

"In morning, I come out, she run roun', go 'cheep cheep cheep', follow me everywhere. Very cute, Doug. I very happy. 'Cheep cheep cheep' all day.

"Next day, I working, very happy hearing 'cheep cheep cheep'. Suddenly, I no hear 'cheep'. I turn roun', see big sanake. Very big sanake, more than two meter. Sanake eat baby chicken. I freeze, Doug, stand like …, not know English word."

"Statue?" I asked.

"Yes, freeze like statue. I stand like that long time. Then sanake move, I move, too, find big satick, hit sanake many time on head. Many time, Doug, I hit sanake and he die.

"I sit down, I cry, Doug, I cry long time, baby chicken dead. Why she die so young? I take satick, pick up sanake, throw in klong, let fish eat. Bad sanake."

At this point, she was crying heavily, but being the insensitive lout I am, I really wanted to ask about karma. I knew she was a Buddhist, it would have been interesting to find out what she thought about the snake's karma, the chick's karma, and her karma, but I refrained. Instead I hugged her until she stopped crying.

"Did you buy another chick?" I asked when she stopped crying.

"No, Doug, I have very bad luck all year, not wan' kill anudder baby. But cannot stay on my farm, too serious (depressed), so I come back Bangkok." Sphere: Related Content