x in pattaya
March 27th, 2009, 23:14
I heard about TOTтАЩs new offer of ADSL download speeds of
2Mbps 490 Baht per month,
3Mbps 590 Baht, and
4Mbps 790 Baht
...and since I have been (supposedly) getting 1Mbps while paying B 1000 a month, I thought it worth checking out.
We were in a song taeow going north on Soi Buakow, heading for the TOT office on Thursday morning. As we neared Pattaya Klang there was something of a traffic jam. I thought about getting out and walking the last bit to Pattaya Klang, but laziness prevailed. Someone on a motorbike turned around, heading south on Soi Buakow, on the wrong side of the road (nothing unusual there) and as he very slowly approached our vehicle he appeared to lose his balance and reached out to steady himself тАж or so I thought.
It happened so quickly that neither of us realized what had happened until he picked up speed. He had reached in and snatched my friendтАЩs one-baht gold necklace. My friend and a few others gave chase, but he was well away by then. He turned a corner and completely disappeared by the time his chasers reached that corner.
Of course, such things are not uncommon in Pattaya, but itтАЩs easy to think they canтАЩt happen to you тАж especially in broad daylight on a crowded street. It also seems that the victim is more often a farang, especially someone who is a little tipsy and wandering the streets at 2:00 a.m.
Anyway I bought a replacement necklace almost immediately and told my friend to forget about it (but think twice about where he wears it in future) since I refuse to allow such things to bother me. Obviously we could have used the money for other things, but thereтАЩs nothing to be gained by dwelling on it. I hope the thief used the proceeds to feed his family and not supply a drug habit.
In any event, my purpose in writing this was just as a reminder to be careful. These things donтАЩt necessarily happen when you think they might and while youтАЩre being cautious. ItтАЩs when youтАЩre least expecting itтАж and unfortunately in these times of economic stress there may very well be an increase in crimes that involve the "redistribution of wealth." IтАЩm not implying a need to be overly worried nor do I mean to start a rant about some crime wave engulfing us all. Things in Pattaya, at least from my experience, are no worse than in most parts of the world.
Incidentally, I was able to double my (supposed) download speeds and cut my monthly bill in half. So IтАЩll save B6000 over the next year, which would have been more satisfying if I hadnтАЩt ended up spending Baht 16,250 to replace the one-baht necklace. Easy come, easy go!
2Mbps 490 Baht per month,
3Mbps 590 Baht, and
4Mbps 790 Baht
...and since I have been (supposedly) getting 1Mbps while paying B 1000 a month, I thought it worth checking out.
We were in a song taeow going north on Soi Buakow, heading for the TOT office on Thursday morning. As we neared Pattaya Klang there was something of a traffic jam. I thought about getting out and walking the last bit to Pattaya Klang, but laziness prevailed. Someone on a motorbike turned around, heading south on Soi Buakow, on the wrong side of the road (nothing unusual there) and as he very slowly approached our vehicle he appeared to lose his balance and reached out to steady himself тАж or so I thought.
It happened so quickly that neither of us realized what had happened until he picked up speed. He had reached in and snatched my friendтАЩs one-baht gold necklace. My friend and a few others gave chase, but he was well away by then. He turned a corner and completely disappeared by the time his chasers reached that corner.
Of course, such things are not uncommon in Pattaya, but itтАЩs easy to think they canтАЩt happen to you тАж especially in broad daylight on a crowded street. It also seems that the victim is more often a farang, especially someone who is a little tipsy and wandering the streets at 2:00 a.m.
Anyway I bought a replacement necklace almost immediately and told my friend to forget about it (but think twice about where he wears it in future) since I refuse to allow such things to bother me. Obviously we could have used the money for other things, but thereтАЩs nothing to be gained by dwelling on it. I hope the thief used the proceeds to feed his family and not supply a drug habit.
In any event, my purpose in writing this was just as a reminder to be careful. These things donтАЩt necessarily happen when you think they might and while youтАЩre being cautious. ItтАЩs when youтАЩre least expecting itтАж and unfortunately in these times of economic stress there may very well be an increase in crimes that involve the "redistribution of wealth." IтАЩm not implying a need to be overly worried nor do I mean to start a rant about some crime wave engulfing us all. Things in Pattaya, at least from my experience, are no worse than in most parts of the world.
Incidentally, I was able to double my (supposed) download speeds and cut my monthly bill in half. So IтАЩll save B6000 over the next year, which would have been more satisfying if I hadnтАЩt ended up spending Baht 16,250 to replace the one-baht necklace. Easy come, easy go!