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jack.russelle
@jack.russelle Aug 31, 2026, 4:22 AM UTC

More bad press for foreigners visiting / living in Thailand

The trend of presenting foreigners as a bad presence in Thailand continues on the airwaves that are the newspapers and online forums. Social media has started to have groups that are specifically loo…

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jack.russelle
@jack.russelle Aug 28, 2026, 6:29 AM UTC

Expats in Thailand, what not to do if considering living here

I've been here for about 5 years longer than I planned to be already. My original plan was to do a bit of living overseas while developing my skills for a career of some sort in my home country but t…

256 upvotes 5 replies $6.93
jack.russelle
@jack.russelle Aug 22, 2026, 7:18 AM UTC

You really should take the lifeguard swimming flags serious at Thailand beaches

I don't know what it is about the westerners that live and visit here but they seem to think that the local lifeguards and safety officials don't know what the hell they are talking about or somethin…

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jack.russelle
@jack.russelle Aug 19, 2026, 5:25 AM UTC

Rather massive residency fraud discovered in Bangkok apartment building

There is always some sort of scam going on as far as registration with the government is concerned and the times that this makes the news it almost always involves foreigners. I don't want to seem li…

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jack.russelle
@jack.russelle Aug 17, 2026, 5:04 AM UTC

Another hardship for TEFL / TESL teachers in SouthEast Asia

I recall when I first moved over here to Thailand and how almost everyone I knew was some sort of English teacher and while I wouldn't say that the jobs were the best, you also didn't have a lot of r…

336 upvotes 7 replies $5.99
jack.russelle
@jack.russelle Aug 10, 2026, 7:00 AM UTC

I've done Duolingo for over a year and am not much better

I originally picked up Duolingo because someone gifted me the paid version of it. I thought I would be able to study Thai on it but sadly this was not one of the options available on it. It has Kling…

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jack.russelle
@jack.russelle Aug 5, 2026, 5:22 AM UTC

A good example of how Thailand will not issue citizenship to anyone

A lot of the world talks about refugee this and asylum that and I mostly don't pay it any mind because I don't want to get wrapped up in the political battle. When I hear about the path to citizenshi…

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jack.russelle
@jack.russelle Aug 2, 2026, 5:00 AM UTC

Government talks about banning petrol tuk tuks from Bangkok

If you've been to Thailand at all in your lifetime you almost certainly have some memories of the iconic method of getting around the cities and you have probably also been over-charged by one of the…

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jack.russelle
@jack.russelle Jul 31, 2026, 9:02 AM UTC

The BS you get from landlords about the utilities in Thailand

If you live in Thailand for a little while you are going to notice that you can't really rely on utilities. Power frequently goes down for entire areas without prior warning and water pressure can dr…

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jack.russelle
@jack.russelle Jul 28, 2026, 4:17 AM UTC

Rude students apologize. Thai girl gets her fame

My last two blog entries have been about a very stupid incident that took place on the BTS (the skytrain) in Bangkok where a group of teenagers were being loud on a train and a young-ish Thai woman f…

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