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Should be no problem to find someone willing to go all the way from KK to VTE. For the right price that is. Getting the car across to Lao should be no problem except for a 200 baht fee. I would worry about the dogs, but I guess that will be fine as well.
In case you don't find one, there is a 20 baht bus that will take you across the border, just arrive at a time when it is not busy, and you and the dogs will fit right in the bus :)
On the other side, drive a hard bargain, those taxi drivers would love to quote you upwards 800 baht, settle for 300-400, unless you live out in the sticks.
Oh and don't worry, you won't be walking across the border, you are not allowed to cross FSB1 by foot, you HAVE to take the bus or a car.
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We changed his mind, and he'll exit Thailand and go all the way to the Laos border. He's unwilling to enter Laos and take us to our house though, because they drive on the opposite side of the road in Laos.
Maybe we can convince him to just drive us through the Laos border, and dump us just after it. Then he can turn around and head back home to Thailand, and we'll figure it out from there. That would be a huge help, because I'm not looking forward to packing the dogs and everything.
No, bus is off limits. Those carrier cages are huge, and my dogs aren't exactly small either.
At least I had some excellent, "maybe I will go to prison soon" sex, so that was pretty cool. :) Not too worried about that anymore though. We talked with Thai immigration, and they promised I wouldn't be detained. Basically just said pay the 20,000 fine, and fuck off. Then I already have the Laos tourist VISA in my passport, so should be fine.
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I'm getting way too old for this shit. I look at tons of extremely successful folks like say John Oliver or Steven Colbert or Trevor Noah (yes, I watch lots of late night comedy -- it's one of the things you don't need vision for), and here I am wondering, "gee, how do I get across the Mekong?".
Fuck me.
Anyway, Leo is back to sleeping, and I still have a whole lot of cleaning to do before the driver arrives in about 5 hours. Still no idea why Leo decided 4am was a good time to head out, but whatever. He says it's to keep the dogs cool, but I'm preety sure it's because he's just so excited that it's temporarily turned him into a complete moron, to the point I'm glad he's sleeping and not bugging me. I'll just take care of everything. That's easier.
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PS. Pizza from The Pizza Company is really horrible food. Not only is it unhealthy for you, it just simply sucks.
Who the fuck in their right mind would ever consider that a good meal? Went from chicken roulard last night, to Pizza Company tonight.
It's such horrible garbage, the dogs don't even eat it, and they eat everything.
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Just catching up with your latest developments CdnM. Best of luck with your re-location and hope Thai Immigration keep to their word, though Bt20,000 to share around almost guarantees it. You certainly have made the best of your situation and despite the enjoyment I get from being in Thailand and South East Asia I don't envy your current position one bit. You've certainly battled strongly in the face of so many trials and tribulations, especially with your disability. With the twists and turns over the last year I can understand those here who are sceptical about your whole 'thing' but I've never doubted the fact that your life as you describe it to be completely authentic, there's just too many small details about your daily life for it not to be. Also, and this is getting about as weird as your journey, I'm having to agree with the comments of Scottish-guy yet-again, that's twice this decade! about how well you 'suck-up' the negative, cynical comments especially given the obstacles you have had to face along the way.
But despite many being in the range from 'sceptical to total disbelief' they seem to still be interested in this apparently fantasy journey and life to keep reading, and not only that continue to comment and respond as if responding to someone who is indeed genuine. If I didn't believe in you or your posts I simply would pass-by without a second look or response.
Disappointed that I missed my chance to meet up with you in Khon Kaen, if for nothing more then to shut Christian pfc up as he continues to sulk at your snubbing of him, my fault of course,and ironically we have plans on my next low season trip in June to spend a longer time in Issan and no doubt would have had spare time to catch up in Khon Kaen which we do really like to visit and occasionally stay over. We've only made the trip to Laos 3 times in my time with bf, driving to Nong Khai leaving the pick-up there and negotiating a vehicle on the Laos side to take us to Ventianne, lovely place as is Nong Khai. It's about 5 years since our last visit there and apart from the driving on right we didn't notice that much of a difference between Issan and Ventianne, though it was only for a full day each time. We used baht (got kip back sometimes), spoke Issan/Laos, ate Issan food etc.. and either side of the Mehkong the river banks offer great views.
Look forward to hearing about a totally successful re-location......but somehow........
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Well Newalaan, you're one of the VERY few members I'd be more than happy to meet, and have a beer / dinner with. If you're ever in Vientiane, drop me a line.
Anyway, driver should be here any minute, house is clean as a whistle, so off we go. Good, because I'm tried, although highly doubt I'll be able to sleep. Will probably crash for about 16 hours once I get settled into Vientiane out of relief.
I don't really mind the trials and tribulations that have come with my life. Keeps you down to earth, and keeps you reminded of what's important in life. One of the reasons Leo and myself get along so well. His life hasn't exactly been easy, and his past constantly reminds him of what's important, so I never have to worry too much about him getting too out of line.
Anyway, wish us luck. Driver should be here any minute.
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I'm getting way too old for this shit. I look at tons of extremely successful folks like say John Oliver or Steven Colbert or Trevor Noah (yes, I watch lots of late night comedy -- it's one of the things you don't need vision for), and here I am wondering, "gee, how do I get across the Mekong?".
Fuck me.
Anyway, Leo is back to sleeping, and I still have a whole lot of cleaning to do before the driver arrives in about 5 hours. Still no idea why Leo decided 4am was a good time to head out, but whatever. He says it's to keep the dogs cool, but I'm preety sure it's because he's just so excited that it's temporarily turned him into a complete moron, to the point I'm glad he's sleeping and not bugging me. I'll just take care of everything. That's easier.
4 am ? what's the rush, on a weekday that would be utterly crazy, as the border opens at 8 am and it is really busy at that time, much better to arrive at Nong Khai around noon, not many people around at that time, and it still gets you to Vientiane at around 1, 1.30 pm.
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Oh fuck, the border doesn't open until 8am? Great....
Just bitched about it to Leo, and sure enough, he confirmed that it doesn't open until 8am. For some unknown retarded reason, he still decided 4am was a good time to leave.
Then we got into a small argument about how long it takes to travel 170km down the highway. He says everything will be fine, and I tell him my dogs are going to be stuck in carrier cages in the sun for 2 hours longer than they need to be.
What an asshole... he's great at love, compassion and empathy, but sucks at logisitcs.
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Ok, pickup time pushed back by one hour until 5am, so better.
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Have no fear Neddy. At the last minute Cndmatt will dredge up one more excuse (he has a list of necessary excuses which cover a host of scenarios) to delay for 'something-has-come-up' and "we'll have to stay just a few months more". It has happended twice this year already, and number three is closing in.
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Which police station is responsible for what? I learnt the answer to this question in 2013 when I reported my passport stolen during Songkran. My local police station sent me to Silom, because that is where the theft took place. However Silom road is the border between police districts, so the first police station asked me if my passport was stolen on the right side or the left side of Silom road, because then I would have to report it to the other police station. Yes, I'm absolutely sure it was stolen on the right side, in your police district!
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And no, I'm not going back to Canada without Leo. I decided that on September 17th, 2016 to be exact. That's when I was in the hospital just upon going blind, Leo and myself didn't really even know each other at the time, but for some reason he did a u-turn at that Laos border and came back to take care of me instead of going to visit his family and friends.
My underline. Contradicts everything I have experienced and heard from friends.
ChristianPFC says: after several years of being boyfriend with a Thai boy (and buying several mobile phones, motorbikes, cars, houses for boy and his friends and family, depending on their greediness and your financial means), you will get a status above that of the family dog.
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Which police station is responsible for what? I learnt the answer to this question in 2013 when I reported my passport stolen during Songkran. My local police station sent me to Silom, because that is where the theft took place. However Silom road is the border between police districts, so the first police station asked me if my passport was stolen on the right side or the left side of Silom road, because then I would have to report it to the other police station. Yes, I'm absolutely sure it was stolen on the right side, in your police district!
My underline. Contradicts everything I have experienced and heard from friends.
ChristianPFC says: after several years of being boyfriend with a Thai boy (and buying several mobile phones, motorbikes, cars, houses for boy and his friends and family, depending on their greediness and your financial means), you will get a status above that of the family dog.
Leo is not Thai, he is Lao, but granted, after being with a Lao guy for 14 years, and having had an affair with two more, I think the difference is not all that much.
However, the family of the boyfriend of 14 years most definitely is not what you describe, they are not at all greedy, and I have Always been welcomed by pretty much everyone that visits the house from time to time. And by the rest of the family, including the part that now lives in Buriram.
From the beginning I told my boyfriend, I love your family, but won't support them, and that works out nicely, as my boyfriend works, so has his own income, he can take care of his family as much as he wants (within limits), I give them the odd 5000 baht when I visit twice a year, and that is it.
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My above comment was exaggerated for dramatic effect.
I somehow missed this thread when it was opened, and after reading all of it now I wish I had missed it again.
For those with too much time on their hands:
Will Lao embassy (?) or consulate (?) in Khon Kaen issue a visa for a person who is on overstay in Thailand?
Is there any animal quarantine for taking dogs from Thailand to Lao?
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My underline. Contradicts everything I have experienced and heard from friends.
ChristianPFC says: after several years of being boyfriend with a Thai boy (and buying several mobile phones, motorbikes, cars, houses for boy and his friends and family, depending on their greediness and your financial means), you will get a status above that of the family dog.
ChristianPFC can say what he likes, dramatic effect or not, although I agree with the exaggerated element you raise a good point on perceived Thai>farang relationships....but I'm pretty sure your underlying feeling is as per your original text.........and so it's pretty clear and probably stating the bleeding obvious to say that It does not depend on 'their' greediness and your financial means....it depends just how stupid, gullible and foolish you or the person involved are to let themselves attain the status just above the family dog by voluntarily giving these things to somebody who does not appreciate, deserve or earn them. To develop a relationship with a person of that ilk and be oblivious to the fact one is being taken for a fool or in a one-way only relationship is bad enough but to then carry on developing that useless one-way relationship and voluntarily hand over all this money, phones, motorbikes etc. you can only blame yourself not the 'Thai boy' who you allow to take advantage of you. I mean these Thai boys don't take or steal these things from gullible farangs, they are given them. If you have a relationship with somebody who regards you next to the family dog then that's your lookout, there are Thai boys 'out there' who are perfectly genuine, normal people who give and take as should be expected in a relationship.
Many things other people/farangs experience in Thailand contradict your experiences as at times you are, by your own admission as per your blog, woefully naïve, despite your fluency in the language and many years experience. I have heard such stories as you state above too, but I have also experienced and heard from people who have not fallen into that trap, I doubt the two members here who are most open about their lives in Thailand than the rest of us.....namely smiles and **cdnmatt would consider themselves to be, nor indeed are, only the next rung up from the family dog.
**Apologies to those who have yet to come around to accepting that cdnmatt is genuine/authentic.
Your further post since I started my reply regarding visa for overstay and quarantine for dogs are good points...however this a cdnmatt story and This Is Thailand.
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My above comment was exaggerated for dramatic effect.
I somehow missed this thread when it was opened, and after reading all of it now I wish I had missed it again.
For those with too much time on their hands:
Will Lao embassy (?) or consulate (?) in Khon Kaen issue a visa for a person who is on overstay in Thailand?
Is there any animal quarantine for taking dogs from Thailand to Lao?
I have lived in KK for going on 10 years. YES - the Laos embassy here issues a visa to their country even if the person is on overstay status. While I never have, and never will, overstay my visa, many others I know have. It is quite common to get a visa at the Laos consulate here (it is a very friendly place actually) and then head off to Laos. So - you are wrong on that account. In addition - many people take their pets across the border. In facts, loads of Australians and Europeans work in Laos. They regularly go back and forth with their family and pets in tow - no quarantine. That is beside the point, however, because I wonder why you care? Why are trying to nit pick at everything that Matt is doing? He has lived here in KK for years. I personally know him, and so do many other people in the community - straight and gay. What is your beef with him? Have you met him? Get a life -
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Hey kkjason don't be so rude - if people here got a life the forum would shut
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I personally know him, and so do many other people in the community - straight and gay.
This appears to be unsolicited and unimpeachable evidence that Matt exists, no matter how much his tales beggar belief. Just have to accept the fact that he is on his own, quite idiosyncratic path in life.
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christianpfc
My above comment was exaggerated for dramatic effect.
I somehow missed this thread when it was opened, and after reading all of it now I wish I had missed it again.
For those with too much time on their hands:
Will Lao embassy (?) or consulate (?) in Khon Kaen issue a visa for a person who is on overstay in Thailand?
Is there any animal quarantine for taking dogs from Thailand to Lao?
They don't really care, that should not be their problem really. KK has a consulate, not an embassy. And you would be surprised at how many laissez passez they issue. half of the Lao in Thailand suddenly loose their passports :)
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Well let's just hope their bowels aren't as "loose" as their passports
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This appears to be unsolicited and unimpeachable evidence that Matt exists, no matter how much his tales beggar belief. Just have to accept the fact that he is on his own, quite idiosyncratic path in life.
I'm sure you are wrong. Smiles continually tells us that Matt makes his posts up and when has Smiles ever been wrong?
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This appears to be unsolicited and unimpeachable evidence that Matt exists, no matter how much his tales beggar belief. Just have to accept the fact that he is on his own, quite idiosyncratic path in life.
Unsolicited and unimpeachable is strong wording, bobsaigon. I have not seen any evidence that matt is who he claims. kkjason did say he met matt but that is the first time I ever read that.
My evidence says otherwise. Probably will never know.
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Unsolicited and unimpeachable is strong wording, bobsaigon. I have not seen any evidence that matt is who he claims. kkjason did say he met matt but that is the first time I ever read that.
My evidence says otherwise. Probably will never know.
Look - the guy lives - or lived I guess now - right behind the major 9 story temple in town. It is on the town lake where most people go to walk and exercise at night, and have a few drinks. Matt has been living there for years. Many of us have had drinks with him - yes - in person! Admittedly, he is a bit of his own fellow and not my cup of tea, but we all (here in KK) know him. He is a regular poster on our city forum, and many residents have helped him out personally since he lost his vision. What else do you need to know? Again - you all have spent much of your time the past year bashing the guy - perhaps you have nothing better to do? What is your 'evidence' that he does not exist? That sounds like stuff of science fiction since you would have to laser him and eliminate his soul to make that claim. The guy lives and breathes - why can't you all just accept that and move on? I rarely even post when he is involved because it is the stuff of soap operas, yet here you all are now creating 19 pages on this one topic alone. Can you give it a rest already?
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Unsolicited and unimpeachable is strong wording, bobsaigon. I have not seen any evidence that matt is who he claims. kkjason did say he met matt but that is the first time I ever read that.
My evidence says otherwise. Probably will never know.
What evidence is there that any of us exist?
I'm just a figment of my own imagination and a legend in my own lunchtime!
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Oh he lives near the lake, been there quite a few times. In any case, matt seems to be silent. Now I know Lao mobile internet is not the most reliable and fast on this planet, but his silence makes me a tiny bit worried.
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Of course he 'lives'. At least for myself I've never disputed that he 'lives': as a Canadian, probably in Khon Khoen.
But after that, in my opinion he's a bull shitter par excellence, (for what point I have no idea). Everything beyond 'living' with Cndmatt, is all a sham of some nature. Intentions unknown.
There, blunt enough?
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There, blunt enough?
Blunt indeed - and utterly graceless. You and others have been calling his blindness part of the 'sham' for months and more. At least have the grace to admit you were wrong about that. Or is kkjason, a fellow-resident of Khon Kaen who has testified to his blindness, just another member of the BS club?
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Anything is possible on this forum ! kkjason and justaguy could not be as they appear.
Who can say? Unless I know personally know a person there is no way I can verify anything they post.
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Look what happens when you do meet them: poor old Joe552 has never been heard from since
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Joe’s last post was 21 Feb 2018, after he had returned to Dublin. Perhaps at that time he decided to step back a bit from SGT, have a bit of a sabbatical, make time for reflection, reappraisal. Or he went to make a private retreat with the Trappists at Melleray. Or he chose to conduct his own private retreat at home. Either way he would have quickly seen that too much engagement with any of the gay forums is enough to distort one’s view of reality. SGT and the others really matter so little in the Grand Scheme of Things. Amen.
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Alternatively, maybe the meat loaf done him in - it's a likely as Bob's suggestions
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Oh Francois, I am who I claim I am, I arrive in BKK next week, and will most definitely be found in Silom Soi 4, Telephone outside most likely, sometimes a quick one at Balcony, or Banana, and a few at For Fun (or jupiter as it is now called), oustide. You are free to buy me a beer :)
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justaguy, would like to meet you but am stuck in Pattaya.
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justaguy, would like to meet you but am stuck in Pattaya.
Well I might go to Pattaya for two days after BKK Songkran has ended and I decide enough is not enough yet :)
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Joe told us quite clearly, when he returned from Pattaya, that he was going to post far less than beforehand. And so it is. Nothing sinister!
I’m sure the mods must know a lot more about Matt than they let on. They are after all privy to all sorts of information that we mere members are not.
So mods why the stony silence. Do you believe his tales or keep silent in the quest for more hits (and revenue)?
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Moses knows it all. :devilsh:
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Blunt indeed - and utterly graceless. You and others have been calling his blindness part of the 'sham' for months and more. At least have the grace to admit you were wrong about that.
Unfortunately some members on this board are very good at attacking other members - and call them bull shitters and liars and what else. Would they ever admit they were completely wrong? Probably not - more likely, they stay silent for a while, then start another attack - making up some other 'proof'.
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I really thought this forum was to share ideas, give information, keep up to day on the places we like to visit and talk about the boys we like?
But some people seems to be just bullies.
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I've never been one of those who called Matt a liar - but equally I don't automatically accept the sudden, right-on-cue endorsement from KKJason either.
My approach is to treat everything you read on this board as 'interesting but of no consequence whatsoever'
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I've never been one of those who called Matt a liar - but equally I don't automatically accept the sudden, right-on-cue endorsement from KKJason either.
My approach is to treat everything you read on this board as 'interesting but of no consequence whatsoever'
Whoever said I 'endorsed' the guy? I am simply stating a fact. Nearly everyone here (on this forum) seems to have a vendetta against the guy - someone you have admittedly never met - and it boggles the mind as to why. I couldn't care less if you accept my 'endorsement'. I could say that you don't exist either - but what's the point? 20 pages strong on this one thread alone bantering back and forth if the guy exists - a guy who has now disappeared to Laos and may never enlighten us with the rest of the saga. He does, however, exist - take it or leave it - I'm not sure anyone cares.
You also say 'right on cue' endorsement - I have been stating that Matt exists for months - I have met the guy (and so has much of the expat community in KK - we are not big in numbers by any stretch of the imagination, so it is hard to hide), my husband has met his boyfriend (Leo) the list goes on. They simply are not our cup of tea, and I agree that the sagas get a bit out of control, particularly when he gets a bit mushy about life and love, but to each his own. So to say that this is the first time I have stated I know Matt is utter nonsense. It's just that so many people here are convinced he doesn't exist that they wouldn't know accept it if the guy dropped out of the sky and started drinking with you tonight. Again - doesn't matter - take care -