A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand

[dietcoke]

You siaoz ah? I ok lah. anyway, if you drop by at nagnual, I die die also drop by lah.

knn chon, me next month coming patt and now u say u want to move out??!!

sai la, go nagnual never wait for me.. i got 5% discount card leh..

 

[keiizumi]

hehehe, bro. my siao lah. u also know i like countryside living alot. remained in pattaya cos of biz. now everything well laew so time for me to enjoy the countryside liaoz. cheers!

All the best Bro!

 

[Tamdeedaidee]

JuZ back to Sinkieland. Great meeting Bros ChonburiFC and YY. Bro Chonburi u glaab baan nok leaw mai? Mai dtong kid mak naa... Bro YY fantastic bottle of Macallan. Scotch as it should be. Thank u both again for wonderful dinner & company.

 

[Froggy]

On my way back to Bangkok. Stopped by a popular pork soup stall in middle Pattaya. It's very similar to our tee-huang-giam-chye.

 

[ArjanParangToh]

aroi mak mak...... add a little of fish sauce and chilli powder, superb.

 

[Froggy]

aroi mak mak...... add a little of fish sauce and chilli powder, superb.

Chai Arjan fish sauce a few dashes will be superb. For phet I prefer lots of Thai pepper over dried chili.

 

[Froggy]

Almost have heart attack after today's lunch at the bank of Chaophraya river.


Squid in lime sauce


Prawns with Thai herbs


Sliced catfish with Thai herbs


Asparagus with River Prawns Claws


River Prawns with I think its brain juice (I think cholesterol is damn high)


Another

 

[Charlie99]

look very delicious

 

[Froggy]

look very delicious

It is very delicious indeed charlie99 but felt very guilty after that

 

[chonburifc]

should be the one along sukumvit road, 200 meters after mcdonald (before p.central junction).

 

[chonburifc]

knn chon, me next month coming patt and now u say u want to move out??!!

sai la, go nagnual never wait for me.. i got 5% discount card leh..

still around till end june, then i will get out. so pm me if you come before end june.

now, need to settle some mess which i created. after that, will travel to a few provinces in the north and northeast but will stay at each place for a longer period.

if i don't do it now, might not be able to do so in the future. might as well just do it now. also if able to learn a few things on fruit/vege farming, that will be a bonus.

 

[Fugitive]

This thread interests me very much will come in here more often to pay me respect to the bosses here.

 

[johnny333]

I'm sure the topic of banks must have come up somewhere

Any recommendations on which of the Thai bank or bank(s) to open an account with

 

[chonburifc]

any of the local banks are ok except bangkok bank which i dont have an account. all banks atm can be used interchangeably at other banks atm. take note there is a fee if you withdraw from other banks atm. if u travel to other provinces, u need to pay a small fee even using yoir own bank atm.

unless u are doing business in los, one bank is enough. my personal preference is scb and tfb.

 

[johnny333]

any of the local banks are ok except bangkok bank which i dont have an account. all banks atm can be used interchangeably at other banks atm. take note there is a fee if you withdraw from other banks atm. if u travel to other provinces, u need to pay a small fee even using yoir own bank atm.

unless u are doing business in los, one bank is enough. my personal preference is scb and tfb.

I was actually looking at Bangkok Bank because they seem to be the largest & I assume they also have the largest ATM network in LOS.
There's also a branch in Spore.

The biggest problem with this bank is that if one can't read thai it's not so convenient.:(

 

[chonburifc]

I was actually looking at Bangkok Bank because they seem to be the largest & I assume they also have the largest ATM network in LOS.
There's also a branch in Spore.

The biggest problem with this bank is that if one can't read thai it's not so convenient.:(

bbl do not have the largest atm network. 20 years ago, maybe
now its either scb or kasikorn. none of my twenty over local and foreign staff are using bbl, u shud know how popular it is.

 

[Tamdeedaidee]

I opened with Kasikorn and they seem to be everywhere! No probs finding a K Bank ATM anywhere. K Bank's has an English menu option after u key in your pin. Like Bro ChonFC mentioned there will be extra charges involved if u withdraw money even from your own bank if its in another province. Like my K Bank a/c opened in Bangkok but they charge me BHT15 if I withdraw in Patts. Not sure if its the same or different charges depending on which province u are in. Bangkok Bank may have a branch in Sinkiepor but I think "not related".
Like I have a Sinkiepor UOB a/c here but Thai UOB treat me as foreign bank so charge me same.

 

[johnny333]

...now its either scb or kasikorn. none of my twenty over local and foreign staff are using bbl, u shud know how popular it is.

...there will be extra charges involved if u withdraw money even from your own bank if its in another province. Like my K Bank a/c opened in Bangkok but they charge me BHT15 if I withdraw in Patts. .....

Was going to open an account however now I will wait until I've had a chance to visited Chiangmai which I've heard many good things about.
Initially I was looking at Bkk or Pattaya but I've noticed that Pattaya is pretty crowded now. I've seen jams on Beach Rd, 2nd Rd & the surrounding Rds. It's also pretty hot even though the sea is only next door.

 

[rotikosong]

still around till end june, then i will get out. so pm me if you come before end june. .

Too bad I'll just miss you then. Good luck in your travels.

 

[chonburifc]

Was going to open an account however now I will wait until I've had a chance to visited Chiangmai which I've heard many good things about.
Initially I was looking at Bkk or Pattaya but I've noticed that Pattaya is pretty crowded now. I've seen jams on Beach Rd, 2nd Rd & the surrounding Rds. It's also pretty hot even though the sea is only next door.

yes johnny, really crowded since the floodings. its low season but everywhere seems to be traffic jam. good for businesses but no good for residents.

if u prefer quieter location, jomtiem is highly recommended.