Thailand Thread

[rin and john 71]

Just wanted to drop by and say hello. Rin and I got back from Thailand/Singapore last saturday at midnight and are finally on US time. Had a great time, but ready to return. We hadn't been there for a year and a half. Interesting how her perception of Bangkok has changed after two years in suburbia USA. Too much traffic, too busy, too hot, too crowded, too polluted. Guess when I retire, we'll have to find a different part of Thailand to call home!

Daboyz - $8 for Singha is much better than the $11 they want for it here in Memphis. Haven't seen Chang around here. Getting ready to open the wine for the evening (Penfold's Koonunga Hills Cab/Shiraz). Inexpensive ($11/bottle - but we get a 40% discount as my daughter works at the wine market), but pretty tasty.

Edited April 19, 2009 by rin and john

[*Robert* 2]

Just wanted to drop by and say hello. Rin and I got back from Thailand/Singapore last saturday at midnight and are finally on US time. Had a great time, but ready to return.

Welcome home John & Rin!

Thanks for stopping by!

[BishopMnA 0]

Hey ThaiThread,

Well...I haven't been on here in a while...so I've enjoyed reading this thread...now it is time for me to go pick up my wonderful wife AAm...and then we'll have some wine ourselves...I am particular to Koonunga hill also...

Keeping it short...I prefer Singha to Chang...but perhaps that is because I'm sentimental...cut my teeth of Singha and Tiger...love it...

I enjoyed the conversation about the red/yellow shirt/bar girls/etc...I work in IT and have a bachelor's degree in Accounting (from A&M...I think one of you guys went there too...Roi_Aggie I suppose)...but...I also have a bachelor's degree in Religion and am working on my master's degree in Theology...in my spare time...just for fun! So...I'll throw in some snippets from the religous side from time to time if no one minds....and it seems like there are some very open minds for conversation in here....so that is cool.

Lets see...I've met Daboyz before...cuz I did want to move back to Texas about 6 months ago...but didn't make it...ended up near DC because I got a new job here. Scott, I caught up on your journey! Well Done and great great great job! AAm and I will be be visiting the folks in Bedford, TX (my dad refuses to say he is from Dallas/Fort Worth) and we'll definitely catch up for beverages and a great TxThai evening(s)!

My wife is AAm, and she has been here for 2 years now, as of last week. 5 months ago she got her first job with an American company...FedEx...she works M-F 6am-2pm in their QC dept and LOVES IT!

We'll be filing for removal of conditions in a few months. We're also about half way through with getting her 14 year old daughter a visa. We would have done the 'join to follow' visa, but unfortunately I got laid off not long after AAm arrived and we got her greencard! So...I'm working again (hence the relocation) and now we've got AAm's daughter's visa rolling...she's wonderful...just like Mom.

Beautiful weather here my friends...wish you were here!

Chowk Dee!!!

MK+JC+AK

[*Robert* 2]

I enjoyed the conversation about the red/yellow shirt/bar girls/etc...I work in IT and have a bachelor's degree in Accounting (from A&M...I think one of you guys went there too...Roi_Aggie I suppose)...but...I also have a bachelor's degree in Religion and am working on my master's degree in Theology...in my spare time...just for fun! So...I'll throw in some snippets from the religous side from time to time if no one minds....and it seems like there are some very open minds for conversation in here....so that is cool.

Howdy Mark! (Isn't it cool they have a Gig 'Em smiley! )

What gave me away... the "Aggie" part of my ID?!

Welcome to our new thread, and I look forward to seeing more of your posts. You're right about our open discussions, and we certainly have a lot of different viewpoints here!

Good luck with your I-751. If you look at my time line, you'll see it isn't going very fast. Hell, we'll probably be submitting the N-400 before she get's her 10yr GC!

[daboyz 36]

Hey ThaiThread,

Well...I haven't been on here in a while...so I've enjoyed reading this thread...now it is time for me to go pick up my wonderful wife AAm...and then we'll have some wine ourselves...I am particular to Koonunga hill also...

Keeping it short...I prefer Singha to Chang...but perhaps that is because I'm sentimental...cut my teeth of Singha and Tiger...love it...

I enjoyed the conversation about the red/yellow shirt/bar girls/etc...I work in IT and have a bachelor's degree in Accounting (from A&M...I think one of you guys went there too...Roi_Aggie I suppose)...but...I also have a bachelor's degree in Religion and am working on my master's degree in Theology...in my spare time...just for fun! So...I'll throw in some snippets from the religous side from time to time if no one minds....and it seems like there are some very open minds for conversation in here....so that is cool.

Lets see...I've met Daboyz before...cuz I did want to move back to Texas about 6 months ago...but didn't make it...ended up near DC because I got a new job here. Scott, I caught up on your journey! Well Done and great great great job! AAm and I will be be visiting the folks in Bedford, TX (my dad refuses to say he is from Dallas/Fort Worth) and we'll definitely catch up for beverages and a great TxThai evening(s)!

My wife is AAm, and she has been here for 2 years now, as of last week. 5 months ago she got her first job with an American company...FedEx...she works M-F 6am-2pm in their QC dept and LOVES IT!

We'll be filing for removal of conditions in a few months. We're also about half way through with getting her 14 year old daughter a visa. We would have done the 'join to follow' visa, but unfortunately I got laid off not long after AAm arrived and we got her greencard! So...I'm working again (hence the relocation) and now we've got AAm's daughter's visa rolling...she's wonderful...just like Mom.

Beautiful weather here my friends...wish you were here!

Chowk Dee!!!

MK+JC+AK

Look forward to seeing you. We'll have a good time.

Hook em Horns for you A&M folks.

"Gig em" I hope they start teaching English in College Station.

[*Robert* 2]

Look forward to seeing you. We'll have a good time.

Hook em Horns for you A&M folks.

"Gig em" I hope they start teaching English in College Station.

You DIDN'T just go there!!!

Does the above in bold mean they need to teach English in Austin as well?!

[daboyz 36]

Look forward to seeing you. We'll have a good time.

Hook em Horns for you A&M folks.

"Gig em" I hope they start teaching English in College Station.

You DIDN'T just go there!!!

Does the above in bold mean they need to teach English in Austin as well?!

They say that the first sexual experience for an Aggie is either their sister, or some guy that was kicked out of Austin. Not sure which is worse.

hehehehe

I think cattle might be involved.

[scandal 951]

Look forward to seeing you. We'll have a good time.

Hook em Horns for you A&M folks.

"Gig em" I hope they start teaching English in College Station.

You DIDN'T just go there!!!

Does the above in bold mean they need to teach English in Austin as well?!

They say that the first sexual experience for an Aggie is either their sister, or some guy that was kicked out of Austin. Not sure which is worse.

hehehehe

I think cattle might be involved.

Isn't Brokeback Mountain supposed to be somewhere out there in them-there western states??

[daboyz 36]

Look forward to seeing you. We'll have a good time.

Hook em Horns for you A&M folks.

"Gig em" I hope they start teaching English in College Station.

You DIDN'T just go there!!!

Does the above in bold mean they need to teach English in Austin as well?!

They say that the first sexual experience for an Aggie is either their sister, or some guy that was kicked out of Austin. Not sure which is worse.

hehehehe

I think cattle might be involved.

Isn't Brokeback Mountain supposed to be somewhere out there in them-there western states??

I think 50% of it was filmed in Bryan/College Station.

[*Robert* 2]

Isn't Brokeback Mountain supposed to be somewhere out there in them-there western states??

I think 50% of it was filmed in Bryan/College Station.

I don't remember there being any montains near College Station... however there are some over by Austin!

[scandal 951]

Isn't Brokeback Mountain supposed to be somewhere out there in them-there western states??

I think 50% of it was filmed in Bryan/College Station.

I don't remember there being any montains near College Station... however there are some over by Austin!

Giddyap!!! YEEHAW!! (was going for the cowboy-hat, but will have to settle for this silly emot)

[*Robert* 2]

On a differnt subject... Scott, where exactly are you in TX? When I first graduated I went to work for TI in the McKinney plant, and was living in North Dallas just south of Beltline in Addison. I then moved to The Colony, before going to Taiwan for a year. When I came back, I lived in Plano. I worked out at the Lewisville plant and also the Forrest Lane plant. I know the Dallas area WELL!

How 'bout them Cowboys!

I miss Dallas!!!

Edited April 19, 2009 by roi_aggie

[daboyz 36]

On a differnt subject... Scott, where exactly are you in TX? When I first graduated I went to work for TI in the McKinney plant, and was living in North Dallas just south of Beltline in Addison. I then moved to The Colony, before going to Taiwan for a year. When I came back, I lived in Plano. I worked out at the Lewisville plant and also the Forrest Lane plant. I know the Dallas area WELL!

How 'bout them Cowboys!

I miss Dallas!!!

I live in Irving (Las Colinas) My office is 1000 yards from my apartment. I used to live in Plano. My good friend was an HR manager for TI at DFAB (whatever the hell that means) They transferred her to KL right before I left Thailand. Kind of a bummer.

I work at the Texas Verizon HQ now. Put in my 8 and go home. No more crazy trips to Pakistan and Bangladesh for me.

[scandal 951]

On a differnt subject... Scott, where exactly are you in TX? When I first graduated I went to work for TI in the McKinney plant, and was living in North Dallas just south of Beltline in Addison. I then moved to The Colony, before going to Taiwan for a year. When I came back, I lived in Plano. I worked out at the Lewisville plant and also the Forrest Lane plant. I know the Dallas area WELL!

How 'bout them Cowboys!

I miss Dallas!!!

T.O. went to Buffalo. And Tony Romo is a crybaby.

Go Bears! We got Jay Cutler who-hoo

(btw - Danny is a Dallas lad too... you guys could all have a festive time together down there)

[daboyz 36]

On a differnt subject... Scott, where exactly are you in TX? When I first graduated I went to work for TI in the McKinney plant, and was living in North Dallas just south of Beltline in Addison. I then moved to The Colony, before going to Taiwan for a year. When I came back, I lived in Plano. I worked out at the Lewisville plant and also the Forrest Lane plant. I know the Dallas area WELL!

How 'bout them Cowboys!

I miss Dallas!!!

T.O. went to Buffalo. And Tony Romo is a crybaby.

Go Bears! We got Jay Cutler who-hoo

(btw - Danny is a Dallas lad too... you guys could all have a festive time together down there)

Not to sure about Danny, but after that photo he posted of Chada wouldn't mind meeting her.

That's a default #### kicking. I'll take it like a man.