Rants, Stupid Shit and Coronavirus in Thailand

[Franciscass]

No need to get so defensive my MP for Pattaya, who ever said being privileged refers only to being wealthy, can be but it can also mean being special such as having exceptional game, being gifted with superior intellect and so on. No idea what your financial circumstances are, perhaps your described lifestyle is out of necessity perhaps not but nobody is in any doubt by your own account you are an extraordinarily accomplished individual and this is why I described you as privileged.

Forgot to mention in my reply but yet another example of your privileged existence is your literary achievements. With your linguistic simplicity and frolicsome fables you have explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience and uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world. With hallucinatory realism and sensual ecstasy you have merged folk tales and created an imagined world, where life and myth coalesce to form a disconcerting picture of the human condition. With your unique experiences and insights in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a world of imagination you portray the tormented soul and the destitution of modern man with understanding and subtle analysis. With your imaginative writings, keen social perception with elemental force you bring alive Pattaya's dreams. Using deep insight your posts penetrate the mystique of go go land and with intensity and clear-sighted earnestness your descriptions of peasant life in Thailand are truly epic. In summary you been of very great benefit to humanity and have exerted a far-reaching influence on our age and wholly deserve your Nobel prize for Literature joining the ranks of similar visionaries such as Beckett, Camus and Sartre.

[TConor]

Let's see, I've stayed here in Pattaya almost 15 months now. Privileged would probably mean I've been living it up at the Hilton or Avani, in a 1 bedroom suite with sea view. Privileged means I would probably dished out the cash to get a motorbike or bicycle, or perhaps both to get around town. Privileged means every time I got bored and escaped to BKK, it would have been in a private car.

Instead, I walk everywhere, everyday, twice a day at least 4 km. When I go super far, in Pattaya I would take the 10 baht bus. And when I go to BKK, I take the public bus, get dropped off at Ekkamai BTS, and take the skytrain from there. And the reason, I walk everywhere is to keep this BMI at healthy 22.7 and you ain't going to find a Chunky Monkey in Pattaya, even if you tried.

Every morning, I take my first shower of the day using the public showers by the swimming pool. If I want a quiet and really deep sleep in the cold type of nap, I take my soft blanket, and head to Royal Garden. The mall is dead and empty, but quiet enough for an awesome nap with fantastic dreams in the kids play area.

And the most per month I've paid is $400 for a condo or hotel. I clean and cook myself. The condo I am at now, I leave my door open to get free air-conditioning from the cool hallway during the hot day. And at night, I sleep with a mosquito net, and my windows open. This saves a shit load in bills.

By the way, my current rent where I am at is only $330, but here's the kicker. That price includes electric and water. So why do I not run the AC as often to keep myself comfortable or take showers in my room? I do this, unknowingly to my landlord and his family, so they can keep more of the rent I pay them.

So am I a Cheap Charlie, smart and savvy, privileged, or something else this damned world has never seen before? And my reward for all my sacrifice and being a good Angel? That is to keep on banging these hot girls, whilst sticking my thumb in their asses. Even Jesus Christ would be proud of me. Can I get an Hallelujah and AMEN?

It seem to me a poor soul in a homeless shelter has it better.

[Berrys66]

The Indian variant is very transmissible so masks.

S will be needed as it gets a grip around the world.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/british-ai...104639041.html

[Franciscass]

Let's see, I've stayed here in Pattaya almost 15 months now. Privileged would probably mean I've been living it up at the Hilton or Avani, in a 1 bedroom suite with sea view. Privileged means I would probably dished out the cash to get a motorbike or bicycle, or perhaps both to get around town. Privileged means every time I got bored and escaped to BKK, it would have been in a private car.

No need to get so defensive my MP for Pattaya, who ever said being privileged refers only to being wealthy, can be but it can also mean being special such as having exceptional game, being gifted with superior intellect and so on. No idea what your financial circumstances are, perhaps your described lifestyle is out of necessity perhaps not but nobody is in any doubt by your own account you are an extraordinarily accomplished individual and this is why I described you as privileged.

[MonkeyPaw]

Order order gentlemen I say I say, members of this venerable forum have to stop impugning my good friend the right honorable MP for Pattaya. It's not his fault he is a privileged young man of tender age. SNIP...

Let's see, I've stayed here in Pattaya almost 15 months now. Privileged would probably mean I've been living it up at the Hilton or Avani, in a 1 bedroom suite with sea view. Privileged means I would probably dished out the cash to get a motorbike or bicycle, or perhaps both to get around town. Privileged means every time I got bored and escaped to BKK, it would have been in a private car.

Instead, I walk everywhere, everyday, twice a day at least 4 km. When I go super far, in Pattaya I would take the 10 baht bus. And when I go to BKK, I take the public bus, get dropped off at Ekkamai BTS, and take the skytrain from there. And the reason, I walk everywhere is to keep this BMI at healthy 22.7 and you ain't going to find a Chunky Monkey in Pattaya, even if you tried.

Every morning, I take my first shower of the day using the public showers by the swimming pool. If I want a quiet and really deep sleep in the cold type of nap, I take my soft blanket, and head to Royal Garden. The mall is dead and empty, but quiet enough for an awesome nap with fantastic dreams in the kids play area.

And the most per month I've paid is $400 for a condo or hotel. I clean and cook myself. The condo I am at now, I leave my door open to get free air-conditioning from the cool hallway during the hot day. And at night, I sleep with a mosquito net, and my windows open. This saves a shit load in bills.

By the way, my current rent where I am at is only $330, but here's the kicker. That price includes electric and water. So why do I not run the AC as often to keep myself comfortable or take showers in my room? I do this, unknowingly to my landlord and his family, so they can keep more of the rent I pay them.

So am I a Cheap Charlie, smart and savvy, privileged, or something else this damned world has never seen before? And my reward for all my sacrifice and being a good Angel? That is to keep on banging these hot girls, whilst sticking my thumb in their asses. Even Jesus Christ would be proud of me. Can I get an Hallelujah and AMEN?

[Sam Sanuk]

What will we talk about then?

LOL.

Things might begin to turn around sooner than I expected, with today's announcement by the USA's CDC. New and emerging data says that for those who are fully vaccinated not need to wear masks except on planes and busses. Further, those who are fully vaccinated are extremely unlikely to transmit the virus should they unknowingly carry it. If this analysis is accepted by the public and by most countries, come November, 2021, every plane landing at Suvarnabhumi will have its windows fogged on the inside. LOL.

SS.

[Jimmy Boy 99]

Empathy itself just means to be able to put yourself in a position of another (person, place, thing, or the plural of these forms). It is an enormous concept, even a gift of sorts to those who can master it. Because you then have the ability to predict and even control others. It is a power that is not given to all, and not even to its fullest extent to those who think they may have it. There are 3 types of empathy.

1. Compassionate (This is the one most people think of when the term "empathy" is used. Basically, it just means to have an understanding to what is being felt).

2. Emotional (Being able to read and understand their emotions. This is very high level skill, such as laughter doesn't necessarily mean happiness).

3. Cognitive (Being able to see from their perspective and thinking. Basically, you are able to read their mind and thought processes).

The faster anyone is able to do these 3, the better they will become at the game of "LIFE. " Being highly skilled in empathy, allows you manage your own emotions and raises your own power in "emotional intelligence. " Google this one. This is a real concept CIA agents and spies have. To be able to control your emotions in response to another's to achieve your own goals, goes beyond discipline. When one is able to really master this skill of emotion intelligence, they become Hannibal Lecter-like. And can really get into the minds of others and manipulate them for any purpose they wish.

So back to what you asked. There is a reason why, a "thank you" is always better than ignore. You have one hostess, checking in at least 200 rooms and 400 guests for breakfast time at Radisson Blu. At around 8-9 am, it's probably the busiest and the guest line will get longer and longer, as she checks off the rooms one by one. They guests always gets inpatient, tables don't get cleaned quick enough, and there is always bitching and griping. The hostess just smiles, lots of "I'm sorries," stays respectful to these 5 star hotel guests, and continues to do her job. Her only job is to be the gatekeeper at the check in desk and help bus tables when it's slow. It's not to be the security or detective to see who is valid and who is not. She doesn't get paid enough to be the Radisson RoboCop. Your "thank you" to her and politeness to other staff, is a "play" on empathy. Hope you get the gist. But like I said, empathy in itself, is a gift or power that not everybody or everything has. Remember Eddie Haskell with "Good afternoon Mrs. Clever. That's a lovely dress you are wearing. " Eddie was always able to concoct and instigate schemes with his friends, schemes for which they, not Eddie, would be in the position of blame if caught. Master of the Game type shit. Snip/

So you would use your being "highly skilled in empathy" to make her complicit in your theft by not reporting it to management? What a guy!

[Banana Boi]

Let this Corona be over as soon as possible. Enough already.

What will we talk about then?

[Abellaa]

Let this Corona be over as soon as possible. Enough already.

[SinfullyKorean]

Didn't look hard so maybe someone can find something more recent. From an April 16 article 5800 Americans out of 125.8 million people who got at least one jab contracted COVID AFTER their shot. That's 1 in 21,690 people. Number seems low enough for Thailand to consider a vaccine passport.

There's even better news in the real world outside trials: New Public Health England (PHE) analysis shows for the first time that individuals who receive a single dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine have approximately 80% lower risk of death with COVID-19 compared with unvaccinated individuals. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/c...nce-of-success.

They are using vaccine passports. I don't think they've determined how to implement the vaccine passport. But the plan is to allow vaccinated tourists to visit without quarantine starting in July (Phuket), 5 other provinces on Oct 1 and the rest of Thailand on Jan 1.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/business...pen-as-planned

[Downandup]

Didn't look hard so maybe someone can find something more recent. From an April 16 article 5800 Americans out of 125.8 million people who got at least one jab contracted COVID AFTER their shot. That's 1 in 21,690 people. Number seems low enough for Thailand to consider a vaccine passport.

There's even better news in the real world outside trials: New Public Health England (PHE) analysis shows for the first time that individuals who receive a single dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine have approximately 80% lower risk of death with COVID-19 compared with unvaccinated individuals. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/c...nce-of-success.

[Banana Boi]

Didn't look hard so maybe someone can find something more recent. From an April 16 article 5800 Americans out of 125.8 million people who got at least one jab contracted COVID AFTER their shot. That's 1 in 21,690 people. Number seems low enough for Thailand to consider a vaccine passport.

[MonkeyPaw]

By making yourself known to the hostess, would she not know the next time you snuck in and left by the main entrance that you hadn't paid for the buffet since you didn't check in with her at the entrance to the buffet? Making yourself known would force you to sneak out the back stairs instead.

Empathy itself just means to be able to put yourself in a position of another (person, place, thing, or the plural of these forms). It is an enormous concept, even a gift of sorts to those who can master it. Because you then have the ability to predict and even control others. It is a power that is not given to all, and not even to its fullest extent to those who think they may have it. There are 3 types of empathy.

1. Compassionate (This is the one most people think of when the term "empathy" is used. Basically, it just means to have an understanding to what is being felt).

2. Emotional (Being able to read and understand their emotions. This is very high level skill, such as laughter doesn't necessarily mean happiness).

3. Cognitive (Being able to see from their perspective and thinking. Basically, you are able to read their mind and thought processes).

The faster anyone is able to do these 3, the better they will become at the game of "LIFE. " Being highly skilled in empathy, allows you manage your own emotions and raises your own power in "emotional intelligence. " Google this one. This is a real concept CIA agents and spies have. To be able to control your emotions in response to another's to achieve your own goals, goes beyond discipline. When one is able to really master this skill of emotion intelligence, they become Hannibal Lecter-like. And can really get into the minds of others and manipulate them for any purpose they wish.

So back to what you asked. There is a reason why, a "thank you" is always better than ignore. You have one hostess, checking in at least 200 rooms and 400 guests for breakfast time at Radisson Blu. At around 8-9 am, it's probably the busiest and the guest line will get longer and longer, as she checks off the rooms one by one. They guests always gets inpatient, tables don't get cleaned quick enough, and there is always bitching and griping. The hostess just smiles, lots of "I'm sorries," stays respectful to these 5 star hotel guests, and continues to do her job. Her only job is to be the gatekeeper at the check in desk and help bus tables when it's slow. It's not to be the security or detective to see who is valid and who is not. She doesn't get paid enough to be the Radisson RoboCop. Your "thank you" to her and politeness to other staff, is a "play" on empathy. Hope you get the gist. But like I said, empathy in itself, is a gift or power that not everybody or everything has. Remember Eddie Haskell with "Good afternoon Mrs. Clever. That's a lovely dress you are wearing. " Eddie was always able to concoct and instigate schemes with his friends, schemes for which they, not Eddie, would be in the position of blame if caught. Master of the Game type shit.

Dude that Radisson Blu description was spot on. BTW, to bring back a theme from the past, its an awesome venue for taking a dump too. Fabulous cans in the lobby.

I know you aren't lying, MP, I'm a fan LOL. Folks that dis you can talk the talk, but haven't walked the walk.

If at Nana, use the Landmark Hotel guest bathrooms by going into the Atrium next door (patio restaurant and coffee shop), stay to the left until reach back. Take a left and go up the stairs that lead to the Landmark Hotel. Once exiting those doors, bathrooms are to the immediate right and the elevators are to the left. You just successfully bypassed the security desk for the Landmark, way on the other side.

If at Thermae, go out the back garage entrance by their bathrooms and across the Sheraton Four Points Hotel. This is the same Soi 15 entrance to avoid the pesky to forced "buy a drink." At Four Points, just walk pass the front desks and lobby lounge. When see elevators, make a left, stay to left of elevators and there are the guest bathrooms.

I feel bad for those who are lost or unknown to these privies, and have to use the unisex bathrooms at the Gogo bars. Good luck on barfining the hotter girls after having the runs or taking out a massive load. Those bathroom attendants talk and the girls are standing right there waiting for the toilets as well. Haha.

[Berrys66]

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/121...hout-tourists/

Looks like a hard time ahead for Thais.

[XXL]

No restrictions on domestic air travel but of course that may change even from after you arrive at your ASQ until you complete your ASQ. TIT.

Personally I'd rather pay a couple hundred bucks more and go straight to my chosen destination rather than take another flight. It's like deciding to pay $200 more for a direct flight than one with a stopover. I'll always pay for the direct flight. Even more so now to lower the chances of getting COVID.

If ASQ in Pukhet, the flight into Thailand needs to be a direct international flight to Pukhet. A flight with stopover in Bangkok won't do.

With their numbers growing there's actually an outside chance that Thailand closes its borders altogether to everyone, vaccinated or not, quarantine or not.

The recent increases from 7 to 10 to 14 days quarantine is an indication borders may be reclosed.

I hope international flights won't be cancelled. I don't want now to be stuck in Thailand after having long been stuck out of Thailand. Being stranded in Thailand was only ok as long as Thailand had the pandemic under control.