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How can I tell ladyboys from ladies?

The Good Manner: Advice on Thailand from WoWasis’ Pa Farang This week’s dilemma: How can I tell ladyboys from ladies? Dear Pa Farang, I do not remember where it is, but I seem to remember that somewhere in your blog is a story of a gentleman who discovered his Thai girlfriend (who he was living […]

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The Good Manner: Thai prostitutes are in my hotel

The Good Manner: Advice on Thailand from WoWasis’ Pa Farang This week’s dilemma: Thai prostitutes are in my hotel  Dear Pa Farang,  I’ve been brought over here from Singapore to manage a hotel, and, as a western-educated woman, I’ve become concerned that our hotel bar has become inundated with Thai prostitutes, who appear at all […]

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The Good Manner: Help, my girlfriend’s a phone freak!

The Good Manner: Advice on Thailand from WoWasis’ Pa Farang This week’s dilemma: My girlfriend’s a Phone Freak  Dear Pa Farang,  My Thai girlfriend and I have been living together for over one year now, and I just can’t seem to break her of the habit of carrying a mobile phone constantly, and answering it […]

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The Good Manner: How does a Westerner relate to a Thai death?

The Good Manner: Advice on Thailand from WoWasis’ Pa Farang This week’s dilemma: How does a Westerner relate to a Thai death? Dear Pa Farang,  Last month, a buddy’s girlfriend’s aunt passed away, and his girlfriend asked him for money, allegedly for the funeral. He paid, and went to the temple, where yes, there was […]

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The Good Manner: He likes big milk [large breasts] too much!

The Good Manner: Advice on Thailand from WoWasis’ Pa Farang This week’s dilemma: He likes big milk [large breasts] too much!  Dear Pa Farang,  I write for my sister, not for me.  She is Thai lady, 26 years old, very smart, very pretty, with good heart.  For two years, she have farang boyfriend.  In beginning, […]

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The Good Manner: Thai girl asks ‘What’s in the Western Man’s Heart?’

The Good Manner: Advice on Thailand from WoWasis’ Pa Farang This week’s dilemma: Thai girl asks ‘What’s in the Western Man’s Heart?’  Dear Pa Farang,  I am Thai lady 23 years old, from good family, have good heart.  Last year, I met farang [Western] man who travel Thailand many time each year, and we begin […]

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The Good Manner: Was mummy a prostitute?

The Good Manner: Advice on Thailand from WoWasis’ Pa Farang This week’s dilemma: Was mummy a prostitute?  Dear Pa Farang,  Dad and mom were killed last year in an auto accident outside of Needles, California. He was a sergeant in the Vietnam war, and met her at a restaurant while on leave at a beach […]

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The Good Manner: Lost Motorbike, or is my Thai girlfriend cheating me?

The Good Manner: Advice on Thailand from WoWasis’ Pa Farang This week’s dilemma: The Lost Motorbike: is my Thai girlfriend cheating me?  Dear Pa Farang,  I am a pensioner living in Krabi, enjoying a bit of the good life after many a cold winter in Manchester. Last year, a met a charming girl in her […]

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The Good Manner: Should I pay a dowry for my Thai wife?

The Good Manner: Advice on Thailand from WoWasis’ Pa Farang This week’s dilemma: Should I pay a dowry for my Thai wife?  Note from Pa Farang:  This week, I have received two letters that deal with two sides of the same coin.  They appear consecutively, as they are thematically intertwined.  Dear Pa Farang,  My lovely […]

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The Good Manner: How do I find an apartment in Bangkok for a 3 month stay?

The Good Manner: Advice on Thailand from WoWasis’ Pa Farang This week’s dilemma: How do I find an apartment in Bangkok for a 3 month stay?  Hello Pa Farang,  We live in Australia and wish to base ourselves in Bangkok for our winter. How can we rent a one room apartment, close to rail/skytrain transport. […]

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