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i'm not saying i want to join the NBA. i want to play music for other people to dance to, that's all. i'm capable of that. your comparison assumes i know nothing about music (not true).

This also seems true.

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07-06-2010 , 08:56 AM

#13628

Echelon

grinder

Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 476

dj discussion is so good

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07-06-2010 , 09:04 AM

#13629

WhoIam

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 5,050

Is there a pharmacy at the airport that sells valium? I have a BKK-->London-->NY flight coming up.

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07-06-2010 , 09:26 AM

#13630

molotom

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 343

Arriving in bkk tomorrow,

Looking to stay for 2 months in serviced apartment / monthly rate hotel.

I want to hear people's experiences/reviews from a poker degen's perspective
eg 'I stayed at X for 1 month and it cost Y and i thought Z'. particularly re: how good is the internet

I understand this is a pretty boring topic so $50 on stars to best response by Saturday

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07-06-2010 , 11:06 AM

#13631

DoubleOh

centurion

Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 156

might be a longshot but anybody have an extra monitor lying around that i could borrow for 6-7 weeks? can't justify buying one for such a short period but you all know it makes such a difference.

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07-06-2010 , 11:26 AM

#13632

Raven

grinder

Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 625

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Originally Posted by boddicker

thanks. that's really good news. so a place like below should maybe be $700-$1000USD instead of $1350? i hope, it looks awesome. i just hope most of the places are willing to go lower and they're expecting me to bargain.

http://www.housecondobangkok.com/ind...room=&area_id=

This unit is in a brand new condo tower called emporio place on sukhumvit 24. I doubt really hard you can negociate it much as its already a good price. Some owners in that condo ask 40k for a 48 sqm unit... Its one of the best condo in bangkok a the moment imo, i looked at that place for myself before deciding to take one on thong lor.

You can find more units in that project here, some directly by the owners but a lot of agency also advertise there:
http://prakard.com/default.aspx?g=topics&f=420

In a general rule of thumb, you can almost always take off about 10 % of the asking price, sometimes more especially in the more expensive places like 100k baht and more per month.

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07-06-2010 , 11:36 AM

#13633

Mediocre_Player

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 8,594

any of you guys can vouch for a good thai massage place? Staying Sukhumvit but willing to take Skytrain/MRT to get there.

And this is for a legit thai massage only!

Last edited by Mediocre_Player; 07-06-2010 at 11:46 AM. Reason: Sharrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

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07-06-2010 , 11:50 AM

#13634

Stickit69r

journeyman

Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 236

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Originally Posted by Mediocre_Player

any of you guys can vouch for a good thai massage place? Staying Sukhumvit but willing to take Skytrain/MRT to get there.

And this is for a legit thai massage only! I prefer the whores in Shark to the whores in soapies.

I've had great massages at wat pho - 3x all great - really strong women although it is pricier than avg/ khao sarn. The atmosphere is not like a spa - just a bunch of beds packed in but the massage is worth it.

Other than that I've had a huge variety from great to **** at random spots.

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07-06-2010 , 01:59 PM

#13635

Gogoplata

centurion

Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 150

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Originally Posted by Mediocre_Player

any of you guys can vouch for a good thai massage place? Staying Sukhumvit but willing to take Skytrain/MRT to get there.

And this is for a legit thai massage only!

I go to a regular one at Phra Kanong it's a 5 minute walk from the BTS on the right side of the street walking towards On Nut. Walk past Hope Land and the police box and it's there on the right side right next to a small thai karaoke place and another massage place. The first massage shop is the one I vouch for, 160 bath thai massage. Best I legit thai massage I've had in thailand.

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07-06-2010 , 06:18 PM

#13636

ToTheAir

enthusiast

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 97

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Originally Posted by PokerSpiv

At this point I think that the Education visa is the best available, AFAIK even if you are married and have kids with a thai you still have to do visa runs, but you don't with an education visa.

I think as a service to the growing number of ppl who want to live in Thailand and grind, we should put more effort into finding out about the universities that will give this visa, and the amount of hours needed to attend to keep it.

As you can see by Lessu's post and the hundreds of questions about visas in this thread, it's probably the single most important thing people need to know.

Since they changed the rules and you can't just do 1500 baht visa runs indefinitely any more, this sort of thing needs to be fleshed out for people who want to stay in Thailand long-term.

You can't do visa runs indefinitely anymore? Last thing I read said they removed the limitation on stay in the country so long as you continued to renew your visa/passport. Was this a recent change or did I simply read incorrectly?

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07-06-2010 , 06:28 PM

#13637

tme03

adept

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 846

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Originally Posted by Mediocre_Player

any of you guys can vouch for a good thai massage place? Staying Sukhumvit but willing to take Skytrain/MRT to get there.

And this is for a legit thai massage only!

Tulip massage near thonglor bts is great and is as about as 'legit' as you can get

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07-06-2010 , 08:20 PM

#13638

PokerSpiv

banned

Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 5,775

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Originally Posted by ToTheAir

Well you can still do them indefinitely, but the standard border run only gets you an extra 14 days now, so it's just not worth it any more.

You can renew your visa indefinitely, but to do so you will have to fly to a Thai consulate somewhere a fair distance from the Thai border, because the ones close to borders (like Penang) aren't allowed to give out 3 month or longer visas any more.

What this basically means is that staying in Thailand indefinitely got a lot more expensive over the last year, and things like the education visa became a lot more attractive as a result.

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07-06-2010 , 08:42 PM

#13639

boddicker

adept

Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 856

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Originally Posted by Raven

This unit is in a brand new condo tower called emporio place on sukhumvit 24.

is the area around sukhumvit 24 an ideal place to be located/live?

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07-06-2010 , 08:43 PM

#13640

ShipitFMA

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,122

24 is cool imo

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07-07-2010 , 12:34 AM

#13641

Vucking Vish

banned

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,018

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Originally Posted by tme03

Tulip massage near thonglor bts is great and is as about as 'legit' as you can get

I like Tulip too

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07-07-2010 , 01:08 AM

#13642

AceCR9

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,357

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Originally Posted by Mediocre_Player

any of you guys can vouch for a good thai massage place? Staying Sukhumvit but willing to take Skytrain/MRT to get there.

And this is for a legit thai massage only!

Health Land on Ekkamai, before soi 5 on the right side of the street if heading from suk. Its a really big place and popular, but pretty good prices for the quality imo.

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07-07-2010 , 06:44 AM

#13643

Mediocre_Player

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 8,594

^
thanks for all the feedback guys, appreciate it. It appears the price of a thai massage is ~3-4x higher in Singapore than in BKK so I'll have to get at least 2 in.

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07-08-2010 , 05:52 AM

#13644

andreougr

stranger

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2

hello all

after seeing the thailand threads from fellow 2+2 users i thought it would be nice to spend some time in thai.....but Phuket i think is my place to go ......i have found some insanely amazing villas for rent....prices are.....around 3000$ per week for 4 bedroom villa but worth it all the way ....i'm currently in london looking to go in thailand round october time for as long i can stay ......anyone would might be on for that ?

Last edited by andreougr; 07-08-2010 at 06:02 AM.

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07-08-2010 , 06:58 AM

#13645

Lessu

Thailand Guru

Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,069

$3000 a week must be from some overpriced website

that would get you a very nice place for a month even from patong

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07-08-2010 , 07:59 AM

#13646

Ballerblockn

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 473

I like sukhumvit soi 18 for massage, the old japanese style place with the koi pond walkway. There are a ton of massage places that are standard "Hallo come in" with all girls in same colored outfits, but keep moving past them and its on the left if you are coming in off sukhumvit. Really legit and relaxing and have good standard prices and staff is friendly. I think its like a japanese style type place, I like the oldschool feel to it.

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07-08-2010 , 08:03 AM

#13647

Ballerblockn

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 473

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Originally Posted by andreougr

I just came from phuket and my opinion on it is to stay there from December to May, and then stay in BKK every other month. High season there is def the nuts, but I am not a fan of low season there and I basically got really sick of the rain and bad surf at the beach. I have heard that aug and sept are the worst months for rain in thailand and also oct and nov are pretty bad. I would wait until december and then just live it up there, its really awesome in phuket when its nice weather.

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07-08-2010 , 09:51 AM

#13648

realitycheque

enthusiast

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 67

Okay so I have a double entry visa from Laos and I've extended it. To get the second entry I just need to cross the border and come back yes? Anyone bus it in a day to Cambodia? Looks like a horrible prospect. Do I have to return on the date given or the day before? 60 days will start the day I arrive back.

Probably fly to Cambodia/check out PP and Ankor for few days and bus back through the country. Just how horrible is that bus ride to Bangkok?

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07-08-2010 , 10:31 AM

#13649

Lessu

Thailand Guru

Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,069

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Originally Posted by realitycheque

you can leave and come back anytime but make sure you are back no later than one day _before_ the "enter before" date on the visa sticker.

if the date is 15th july and you try to enter thailand with the visa on 15th it will be expired already.

remember to also extend the 2nd entry so you will get the total 90 days out of the 2nd entry

happy travelling

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07-08-2010 , 10:43 AM

#13650

Wolfram

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 15,066

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Originally Posted by boddicker

i'm not saying i want to join the NBA. i want to play music for other people to dance to, that's all. i'm capable of that. your comparison assumes i know nothing about music (not true).

sorry for the derail. i just wanted to play tunes, man!

My comparison assumed you know nothing about DJ-ing. Which you admittedly don't.

DJ-ing is a skill, not unlike playing a musical instrument, so it takes study and practice to become good at it. "Knowing" music simply isn't enough to be a DJ.

Get some equipment and work at it for a while on your own or at friend's parties. If you become good, then apply for gigs, starting out at smaller spots and working your way up.

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