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@smokefromsevenorifices8782
5 ай бұрын
SOI COWBOY suffered a flood and outdoor tables were built separate from the dancers who are inside and some expats like to drink with friends and only step inside to use the toilets
@martinryder6910
5 ай бұрын
Being a fat, bald, alcoholic, graffiti artist that goes to Nana Plaza and discuss my secret CIA missions with bar girls I really can't identify to these stereotypes but did enjoy the video
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Nothing wrong whatsoever with being proud of it Martin 😎😎
@innercynic2784
4 ай бұрын
Now that you've blown your cover where are you running off to?
@BangkokPat
4 ай бұрын
@@innercynic2784 That's classified
@jackdobson1992
5 ай бұрын
Not boozing here is a major game changer. Since i cut my drinking down to the odd beer here and there my life is so much more stable and structured. Without discipline here in Thailand your life and time is limited in my opinion. I also believe that having a Thai woman who loves the temple more than the bar will prolong your happiness here. 😁👍🇹🇭
@Farang_Lifestyles
5 ай бұрын
agree 1000%
@E_O_S_
5 ай бұрын
Should have went to church at home to get one then FFS 😂
@graerindley6312
5 ай бұрын
I fully agree with you.
@CC-dx6bc
3 ай бұрын
Agree. Drinking n driving? Its actually risky! 😂😂😂
@jay7580
5 ай бұрын
By far the most informative youtube channel on the platform for Thailand, another factual video. I am glad you covered the TB 22,000 living budget, it is existing not living, i get asked this every week from people back home. Never bored watching your videos Pat 👍🙏
@kev12364
5 ай бұрын
I lived in Japan for many years being married to a Japanese woman now divorced, always an outsider a gaijin, never really was accepted even by members of her family , now marred to a Thai teacher loving Roi Et, and now a farang.
@lifeasithappens
5 ай бұрын
So same same ? 😂😂😂
@smileoften-ft3hq
5 ай бұрын
I was 12 years Mitsubishi. From an acceptance angle I found Japan more judging and not as accepting as Thailand. Thailand not my favorite for heat and pollution, Thailand my favorite for everything else 😊
@warntheidiotmasses7114
5 ай бұрын
They only want foreigners for the money. Young Thai ladies chase young Thai men. Next you'll be building a house.
@kippsguitar6539
5 ай бұрын
Now you're a farang and ATM for her family and never accepted as equal here too, reality
@graerindley6312
5 ай бұрын
I worked in Tokyo on a few short-term work assignments and I always got along well with the other office workers.
@NeonGenesis808
5 ай бұрын
Nobody else captures the real feeling of the city like Pat. Chill as always👌
@stevemassingham2270
5 ай бұрын
I am an Expat, I am a Falang and I am Bald. I live in a house called Baan Falang. It is 42C today and I love it. Thanks for the video Pat.
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Great to hear you are living a fulfilling expat lifestyle Steve!
@RomanVarl
5 ай бұрын
If you are an alcoholic, you've hit all the points ))
@gmm5550
5 ай бұрын
@@RomanVarl ahh the expats shaking in the morning and wonders around under buddhadays looking for bars that serves booze in coffecups.. high quality there=)
@genestone4951
5 ай бұрын
I think we ALL live in Baan Falang lol
@gmm5550
5 ай бұрын
@@genestone4951 i have "alien" stamped in my passport and u do too..we are all aliens..haha
@mikedavis5829
5 ай бұрын
Great video! Love your insights, commentary and sense of humor.
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Cheers Mike 😻😻
@christianpatton9364
5 ай бұрын
Main issues for foreigners in Thailand, 1. Dwindling financial circumstances 2. Dating working girls 3. Declining health 4. Alcoholism Not in any order , just an observation of foreigners in Thailand.
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Good points Christian, and hard for some to accept.
@mauimixer6040
4 ай бұрын
But ,at least dating someone 😊
@freeagent8225
5 ай бұрын
Enjoyed 25 days in Thailand, improved my language skills. No complaints except the heat. Great to see the kids enjoying Songkran😅. Happy to be back in Australia with my cat.
@Aware596
5 ай бұрын
Another excellent video thanks Pat. Just back from Thailand myself and the Thai people couldn’t have been nicer to this old Farang 👍🇹🇭.
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Cheers and glad to hear you had a prejudice-free trip!!
@genestone4951
5 ай бұрын
Let's have a campaign to proudly reclaim "EXPAT". It's a fine word. It has a touch of hi-so, romance, status, sophistication... I like it!
@lolitapitpong3826
5 ай бұрын
You mean expatriate?
@olivergarbers424
5 ай бұрын
It is always a pleasure to watch your clear and precise analysis Pat, about living in Thailand from the perspective of a foreigner as of a thai national, very well narrated. The video filming and editing prooves a high professionel standard and last but not least always entertaining! Thank you!🙏🙏🙏
@mariettathornton5924
5 ай бұрын
Great video as always Pat! Love all the topics you went over & thanks for sharing 😊
@RomanVarl
5 ай бұрын
Great video, good points covered, thank you!
@realstylecleaning8318
5 ай бұрын
Personally, I find it easy to live on around the 22k baht per month. I pay 8k baht for a lovely 2 bedroom house behind OnNut, ride a scooter to get around, cook 75% of my meals and still get to get out at night once or twice a week. Free pool, happy hour drinks…it can comfortably and happily be done!
@Steven-t9s
5 ай бұрын
What no wife?
@168secondssomewhere
5 ай бұрын
Lived with 20k in Bangkok last year. Pretty easy when you can take care of yourself. 🙂
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
I played it safe and said 50 because otherwise you get the gloaters commenting who look down on the ones living cheaply for me. 30k is doable after rent/bills
@realstylecleaning8318
5 ай бұрын
@@BangkokPatwow, after rent and bills, you live like a King! 😝
@realstylecleaning8318
5 ай бұрын
@@Steven-t9sNo, then it would be minimum 100k baht
@simmo_25
5 ай бұрын
Great video Pat, very informative and enjoying the dry humour as always! cheers.
@joemann2178
5 ай бұрын
I'm a British immigrant in Thailand and I love it. I'm not bald, I don't drink and I don't wear a mask. I think I might find my people one day.
@freedomnsurvival8472
5 ай бұрын
How much do you think a brit expat needs for similar lifestyle to you please ?
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Nice to know you are a proud man Joe!
@ThePatriot-gm1fg
4 ай бұрын
It's particularly amusing to me when I see entire families of Thais wearing their muzzles to a restaurant and refuse to remove them until the food arrives. More disturbing though is how so many Thais still muzzle their young children, oblivious to how they're harming their children by this action. They will suffer permanent low level brain damage due to oxygen deprivation and too much CO2 in their tissues. This brain damage will manifest itself with a lowered IQ and a high chance of developing dementia when they grow older. It can not be reversed.
@ma3stro681
4 ай бұрын
No such thing … 😂
@ThePatriot-gm1fg
4 ай бұрын
Great. I'm a fellow non-masker. Masks are truly disgusting. Can't understand the sheeple who still wear them.
@naebodyknows7016
5 ай бұрын
First went to Bangkok about 25yrs ago and one of the first things that struck me as a bit strange was the amount of people wearing face masks. I was told it was because of the car fumes, it was an Asian thing before bird flu, certainly long before covid.
@mccann444
5 ай бұрын
Correct , I noticed that when I 1 st visited Bangkok/ Thailand in 1998
@sociallypatterneddefect9580
5 ай бұрын
Stop apologizing for the governors and politicians forcing you to wear masks to make you scared into getting a shot I lived in Thailand 99 to 2007 seeing masks wasn't that common
@whittakerwinstanleyiii4051
5 ай бұрын
I even noticed Asian tourists here in Brisbane doing it ftom 15-20 years ago
@bkkfarang4749
5 ай бұрын
Good job of covering so many topics. You explained them all in good fashion.
@Simon-vt1zp
5 ай бұрын
Pat is a real pro. He is a really intelligent and knowledgeable guy, but makes his videos interesting and relatable for everyone. I’m luvin the content. Glad I came across the channel. …..Big up Pat Brah 😎
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Cheers, part two is in progress....
@Simon-vt1zp
5 ай бұрын
@@BangkokPat Can’t wait lad 👍
@audiob2027
5 ай бұрын
I love seeing the graffiti in Bkk. The sub-culture of street art is more than bubbling up..Thai Artists deserve proper exposure imho.
@ozzy6668
5 ай бұрын
When Thai kids point and say Falang ,Falang I always get a laugh by pointing back and saying saparot, saparot (pineapple).
@ptanisaro
5 ай бұрын
Hahaha... I loved that. You had a good sense of humour. I'd love it if a farang called me saparot, although I prefer to be a chompoo. Hahaha
@4ninefine199
Ай бұрын
My take on "Expats" An expat is someone who leaves their home country by free will. An immigrant is someone who leaves their home country out of desperation.😊
@BangkokPat
Ай бұрын
That'll upset the wokes 😳😎
@faifaa
2 ай бұрын
I had only one job in Thailand. During the interview, I made the boss an offer, try me out for a week. If I didn't perform to his expectations, I would leave and he wouldn't have to pay me a baht. I'm glad to say, that it was the best job I ever had. I had too much fun, worked hard, and played hard.
@Wonderwall36
5 ай бұрын
Thank you Pat. Just saw your video for the first time and loved it.
@sandgroper1980
5 ай бұрын
Always love your work mate , the graffiti part was excellent ! So crisp and clear. Thanks Pat 👍🏼🍻🇦🇺
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Love a bit of good quality graff. Plenty more all over this city!
@_Alfa.Bravo_
4 ай бұрын
20:48 ... thank you very much for bringing us this superb art collection, Pat
@travelviking68
5 ай бұрын
Amazing stuff Pat. Congrats with 40000 subs. You are doing great.
@MikeyInThailand
5 ай бұрын
Agree 50000 a month can have a good life here, nice condo, eat a mixture of local and western food, leave the aircon on so important lately
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
That's about a decent figure Mikey, I almost said 40 after rent/bills but that would have restrictions.
@gordypattison3543
5 ай бұрын
50 is was to much. 40 nearer the mark. In rural thailsnd
@MikeyInThailand
5 ай бұрын
@@gordypattison3543 I’m in bangkok
@dawidkuzniar714
Ай бұрын
Good content, I like your sense of humor
@mark_______
5 ай бұрын
Nice work Pat. Interesting and thought provoking. There's a rumour that the "Lumphini Cats" want you as their poster boy. 🐈⬛
@sheilaackers2853
5 ай бұрын
Very interesting A to Z 👍 you know the saying, you can please some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time thanks for sharing ❤️🏴x
@mcscootie
5 ай бұрын
I love the way Thailand works, I dont want it to change, I love the challenge
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
If it ain't broke don't fix it....
@daviddenham1511
5 ай бұрын
Yup, we have lots of expats arriving in dinghies over here….
@rayn3038
4 ай бұрын
Many have bragged to me about 20...25 years retired in Tbailand....write a Book about their Life....page one....da da da....page two....same as page one....etc etc....the old Men i knew 50 to 65 years ago had stories to Tell....they ended incredibly interesting lives rather early....but hated monotany and predictability...few of the new Expats live boldly or recklessly or make spontaneous actions....those Days are Gone.
@jonhobson3592
5 ай бұрын
Enjoyed the video & funny in parts 😊
@Simon-vt1zp
5 ай бұрын
I’m luvin it Brah. Pat really makes first class content. 👍 just luv it lad.
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Cheers Jon, glad you had a good chuckle in parts....
@robertkimmins4004
5 ай бұрын
Regarding tax allowance for the over 65s and/or disabled; there is an allowance of 190,000 Baht for them on top of the 150,000 Baht threshold. Thus, as I see it, those people can deduct 340,000 from an income of 460,000 leaving 120,000 taxed at 5%. You can check this out on many websites and Bing AI confirmed this.
@brianpoffley1771
5 ай бұрын
Thanks always a buzz to see a new vlog from you. And again very relevent for someone with an interest in Thailand.Cheers.
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Brian, cheers mate
@richardgamble7187
4 ай бұрын
Great job...I would not havethought condos were that cheaply priced.....well done as usual!! Best wishes Richard
@lightermanu
5 ай бұрын
the distinguishing factor between expat and immigrant for me is whether you can get a passport or not.
@LicLafarga
2 ай бұрын
Brilliant video, as per usual, cheers!
@senianns9522
5 ай бұрын
A good pal of many years here had been 'friendly' with young Thai single mother! Her kid was a nightmare, no discipline at all, but my pal endured! Recently the kid had a major tantrum! It amazed my pal. He later ignored the kid and the kid asked the mother what was wrong? The reply that shocked my pal was 'He's a Farang'. So all those months of being exceptionally nice suddenly trashed as he was 'categorized' as someone different to what he wanted to be! I've seen it many times in my 40 years of living here! It hurt my friend as he was always very good and kind to the kid! TIT!
@houserental5424
5 ай бұрын
Yoir story seems to be swapping characters
@ThePatriot-gm1fg
4 ай бұрын
Don't look after a child not your own. Of course you're a farang to it, and you can never change said child..why would any farang marry a Thai woman with such baggage?
@eddie4701
5 ай бұрын
Great video once again Pat. Just wanted to add some clarification/correction. Only income in a certain tax bracket will be taxed at that rate and not the whole sum. For example 460,000 baht will be taxed as the following: The first 150,000 will be tax free. The next 150,000 will be taxed at 5% The next 160,000 baht will be taxed at 10% So the total tax on income will be 0 + 7,500 + 16,000 = 23,500 baht per year Per month = 23,500 baht/ 12 = 1958 baht per month. 24:02
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UrCAKeJmToOBBrCOygror86BQQ39SFEe?usp=sharing Here's the official handout and form
@eddie4701
5 ай бұрын
@@BangkokPatyou’re a star. I’ll be needing this. Cheers!!
@kippsguitar6539
5 ай бұрын
I have same calculation and understanding although as pay said it's still unclear and unclarified
@ChrisStockwell-q3p
Ай бұрын
bang on Pat. another awesome vid.
@xr6lad
5 ай бұрын
The snowflakes that have no understanding of the word ‘racism’ whatsoever. And always misuse it. Always make me laugh.
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
I'm a snowflakophone
@xr6lad
5 ай бұрын
@@BangkokPat🤣🤣👍
@ma3stro681
4 ай бұрын
Everything a racist to the woke zealots … 🤡😵💀
@alancurtis9155
5 ай бұрын
Pat, you always manage to come up with a really interesting video, and this departure from your normal " learn about an area" type vdo is no exception. Well done.
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Alan, gotta add a bit of variety l think. Last 3 vids had history so it's nice to change things.
@ddyeo503
5 ай бұрын
I just returned from Thailand for a month and for me I'm glad to see some Thai's not wearing masks and seeing their pretty smile's once again. But the smog is of course something to be concerned about too. Thai people have very pretty smiles and I just prefer to see it when I'm walking around,,,,,,,,,,
@whyimsmarterthanyou
4 ай бұрын
Pat describing the decapo of the hiso wannabe was the most "Pat" description of all time. You are an original, lad. Such a refreshing change from the rest of the internet.
@BangkokPat
4 ай бұрын
A lot of them still about, wankering their way around the high end rooftop bars and clubs around Thong Lor
@nigelc.7818
5 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed that clip. Like the humor.
@onehappykamper
5 ай бұрын
Morning from an expat farang Brit living in Hua Hin. Thanks for that detail on that 29 year olds head separating from his body. I'm trying to eat my cornflakes 😂😂😂😂
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
I had to use the shot of the apartment panning down to show the canal somehow. I was going to tell that story in my Bangkapi video last year but decided against it, too gruesome, but I had already filmed it so don't wanna waste expensive film....Cheers!
@genestone4951
5 ай бұрын
PAT: Loved the street art pics. What particular areas are you finding the best stuff lately? I know about the areas around Charoen Krung...in the soi 20's-30's, and graf park. Any other great areas? The stuff you showed is top shelf!
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Along most big canals, Ratchathewi has a graff park. So many other places...
@ville-3330
4 ай бұрын
Yo Pat! Can you make a video about bangkok landfills and recycle problems? People are still throwing their garbage to canals and chao praya or is it too risky? Love your informative videos!
@iancruickshank9364
4 ай бұрын
Good point about Luk Kreung. I filmed a pretty model at Paragon. She said that her mother is Thai but she doesn't know anything about her father. She said she sometimes makes 100 k Baht for a photo shoot.
@EddieManning
5 ай бұрын
Nice wide ranging video Pat. Sums it up quite well. I and my GF go to Benjakitti park early mornings on the weekends and wondered why no cats (but saw the dog park). We then traverse the "green mile" to Lumphini and see cats aplenty. Maybe there will be cats at Benjakitti once they realise it can be a chill place too.
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Too lazy to walk the green mile those cats.
@EddieManning
5 ай бұрын
@@BangkokPat Often see a dog walker with two or three white husky type dogs walking the Green Mile (but no cats LOL).
@richardowen9468
5 ай бұрын
Another great video Pat 👍
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Richard👍
@carverbob54
5 ай бұрын
Spot on observations Pat! The Graff in Krungthep is awesome. Plant some cats in Benjakitti😇
@gopher1471
3 ай бұрын
I always end up watching your video's with a quiet smile on my face , is it crazy yet sensible Thailand or just the diversity of people and places that you portray. I don't know but I still enjoy it all , cheers Pat, regards to you both and stay safe. :)
@axianskin
5 ай бұрын
For clarity, the word expatriate or expat in short refers to a foreigner (usually from the west) who is transferred by their employer (MNC) to work in Asia. Their compensation usually comes in generous package that includes accommodation in swanky neighbourhood, medical benefits, international schooling for their children, country club membership and “hardship “ allowance. If you are just a foreigner working in Asia on local terms, then you are referred as foreigner worker, eg domestic maids, construction workers, language teachers. But those days are long gone. Interestingly, Caucasian still like to call themselves expats instead of foreign workers or professionals. They stwant to tag to that prestigious label . Agree?
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Who would want to call themselves an immigrant if an expat is more socially respected? Nothing to do with hating immigrants who arrive on boats in the UK, that's a totally different topic altogether, but the woke agenda mob go around getting themselves offended and wound up
@axianskin
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the response. The woke mob is a bane to society. I wonder how does a neutral term farlang got convoluted to a derogatory term ? Farlang sounds better than gweilo in HK, which means foreign devil.
@martypoll
5 ай бұрын
No I don’t agree. I’m a retiree living in Thailand. I would be inclined to call myself an immigrant if I could get citizenship but since I can’t (for all practical purposes) then I call myself an expat . . . and a farang as long as we are on the topic of labels.
@finwest
5 ай бұрын
H = Heat! It’s downright toasty for quite awhile now, but I’d rather be too hot than too cold. Thanks for an entertaining look at the things we expats (and I’m fine calling myself an expat!) know and love/hate/tolerate.
@innercynic2784
3 ай бұрын
When people are so pendantic about the word "expat" you realize you're dealing with delusional lunatics
@angelmessenger8240
5 ай бұрын
Mask wearing has also been common in Japan prior to the coof. It's part of being thoughtful to others if you are unwell with a cold apparently.
@richk6575
5 ай бұрын
Creative, amusing and informative as always. The best expat vlogger. Hoping to bump into you when I go to Thailand for the first time in June!
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Rich, get yourself to Lumphini Park after 6pm and you may see me hangin' with the cats.
@Peter-sz1sn
5 ай бұрын
Great video! Very balanced and informative content.
@BandGsAdventures-wv6vq
5 ай бұрын
I just started watching you and enjoyed your take and personality, but when you talked about the ridiculous notion of the word expats being racist, you won me over!!! That was some excellent graffiti! Also, liked your balanced take on masks, even though, I don't like them. I will continue to look for more of your videos before heading out that way. That toilet was gross..lol! Thanks for all the great, random information!
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Very glad you have found the channel! There are well over 150 videos for you to catch up on, some may not be your cup of tea but you never know!
@BandGsAdventures-wv6vq
5 ай бұрын
@@BangkokPat Yeah you never know. I have a sense of ha ha, as your videos seem to have.
@toomuchdash
5 ай бұрын
I love to engage in a conversation with the people at fruit carts, whenever I'm getting guava! I just say, id like some farang, like me, and it always makes them chuckle :))
@SebDangerfield-yu7cm
4 ай бұрын
Great info, as usual. Thanks. Re Benjamin Hart, of Integrity Legal in Bangkok’s critique of Bangkok Pat’s recent vlog (being this one, which I had missed), the word "loophole" is just that... a WORD (it's listed in dictionaries, if anyone wants to check that out). A word which aptly sums up what Pat was conveying, being that those who can afford to employ tax accountants (or lawyers) so as to avoid paying taxes which can be avoided, shall do so (and I have no issues with folk or institutions paying only that which is due but, for the tax system to be FAIR there would need to be freely or more affordably available tax advisers - perhaps paid for or subsidised through taxation, ironically - so as to avail EVERYONE of such an equitable state of being). Klaus Schwab &co DO LOVE that word “equitable”, after all. If Mr Hart has a better and/or more easily as well as descriptively understandable, by a broad audience, word than "loophole" to infer the above-referred to aside by BP, I've yet to hear it. And that's not a criticism of Ben Hart... Merely an observation. Further, BP is not a trained lawyer nor tax accountant (to my knowledge). He speaks as a layman in such matters to, in the main, laymen in such matters. That's what the [Comments] section is for, so that others can debate, confirm, refute and or otherwise correct that which a KZitemr has said, accordingly. Claiming (in the Integrity Legal response) to not being pedantic or overly-semantic does not excuse the managing director of the firm for going on to be doing precisely what he claims he is not, in this instance, as it matters little whether Pat uses the word "enforcement" (which he did) or A N Other (such as "implementation") of the NEW (for new they are) regulations from January 1st 2024 and which ARE, despite Ben's protestation to the contrary, a SIGNIFICANT change to the former system unless, of course, receiving money a year or more previous to the year it was deposited in Thailand meant it was NOT taxed in Thailand NOW means that IT IS thus taxed in Thailand isn't considered significant. This stuff should be taught in school, surely. It seems somewhat odd that Ben Hart, who ordinarily decries and denounces “Globalist” agendas of the WEF, UN, Club of Rome et al seems to be seeking to minimise this particular aspect of their intended unilateral fiscal controls of humanity with the aims of enslaving (under the guise of emancipating) any and all who are not members of the 0.001% of parasitic plutocrats. Has Ben been got at? We wonders… Aye, we wonders. Mr Hart, of course, shall not likely see this comment because despite me ordinarily agreeing with and supporting his oratories and opinions, I am neither above nor below calling him out as and when I consider such to be judiciously appropriate. Sorry if I’ve sometimes brushed up against your conceit, Ben. Consequently, I find that for a year or so I have been “shadow-banned” from commenting on the Integrity Legal KZitem vlogs in that I can see my comments but other comment participants cannot (and sometimes even I can’t see them, after composing and posting them). A shame because I shall be requiring to take legal advice in Thailand in the not too distant future on a range of matters and had both hoped and assumed a call to Integrity Legal might be in order but am, since, far from comfortable with trusting an entity so thin-skinned and seemingly duplicitous as to surreptitiously ghost a participant in the conversations some of his vlogs occasionally prompt. Better the devil you know, I suppose.
@BangkokPat
4 ай бұрын
I juat kept it as brief as I could, what he said about it wasn't exactly clear, I would have expected him to clarify and explain the process in that video, thus 'correcting' me. Everyone knows that once they start enforcing it the big boys will avoid it where possible while the lower levels (expats) will be made an example of in the media being busted. It looks good and shows the people they are enforcing it. You will not see some high level Thai getting busted in the media for dodging income tax. I think Ben knows that, well he should if he's been here long enough.
@SebDangerfield-yu7cm
4 ай бұрын
@@BangkokPat That's what I thought. That's also what Benjamin thought, in my considered opinion (but he couldn't resist employing your own broadcast as a means to sowing seeds of fear, uncertainty and doubt in the minds of his audience so as to hopefully drum up a few more prospective client approaches to his firm - I am minded to conclude).
@BangkokPat
4 ай бұрын
@@SebDangerfield-yu7cm In a pinned comment on this video is the official booklet from the BMA, explaining it in full as well as the income tax form itself. You can't ask for much more than that. I added this because people will obviously want the full official version, because I knew I'd been brief in my explanation.
@SebDangerfield-yu7cm
4 ай бұрын
@@BangkokPat Brilliant. Thank you. Taxation without representation!!! Who'd've ever thunk it? We're regressing back towards feudalism, little shadow of a doubt. Never thought I'd ever say it, but am glad I'm old so don't have an entire lifetime ahead of it to look forward to. Bah humbug. LOL
@octobersix
5 ай бұрын
You forgot the big "D", dual pricing!
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Done it in a couple of videos already, but that will be under 'S' in part 2.
@octobersix
5 ай бұрын
@@BangkokPat I just came across your channel recently.
@innercynic2784
4 ай бұрын
Taught English conversation in Japan during the late 80s. Back then it was a sweet gig. Cared for my students very much but I would never go back to doing it again.
@yarrowjames
5 ай бұрын
Much as id like to believe different .... I am sure that 180 days is an accumulated annual limit for tax residence ..... and that leaving after 179 days and then returning is not going the pass muster .....
@stormstereo
5 ай бұрын
"... and that was just from the moderators." I sprayed my coffee. Thank you. :)
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
So you know the forum then!!
@stormstereo
5 ай бұрын
@@BangkokPat Indeed. Peak of human interactions!
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
@@stormstereo Bunch of F**king tossers
@PaulWalliswriter
5 ай бұрын
I was the official commentator for Poster of the Year on that forum! The level of backstabbing was off the charts!
@louismacareo371
5 ай бұрын
Pat, I guess I won't run into you at Benjakitti Park. That's too bad. Keep up the great work. Love your sense calmness and balance. Great term on the "fantasists' that think they can tell people what to call them and your comments about the crazy commenters and the crazy people that get crazy about the crazy people and cannot tolerate any criticism of the country. Anyway, all the best.
@graerindley6312
5 ай бұрын
Try Lumpini park close by, if thats convenient.
@louismacareo371
5 ай бұрын
@@graerindley6312 Thanks @graerindly6312. We were just joking because Pat has posted videos before from Lumpini kindly feeding the cats. He was just lamenting in the video that he is not a big fan of Benjakitti because there are no cats. For myself, I love Benjakitti Park, both sides. I imagine Pat does as well except for the cat issue. Fortunately, there is a place for everyone. I am going to post in a separate comment a list of some strange and interesting parks should you or anyone be interested. Thanks.
@bobgoodi-jd4dx
5 ай бұрын
Yea that story was a heads up so to speak...thanks for the intel Pat.
@Paul_G_Eats
5 ай бұрын
Great video Pat 👍
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Paul, don't forget my Phahurat video👍
@Paul_G_Eats
5 ай бұрын
@@BangkokPat just let us know when
@joshschwartz3201
4 ай бұрын
@Pat there's a reason it's called, "Bring-a-kitty" park!
@mactvtravel
5 ай бұрын
Great video Pat very informative, Looking forward to part 2 👍
@mywwwow
5 ай бұрын
Hi, even I’m not an English native, thank you very much - ver interesting and yes, funny as well. 😊😂 One thing: I do like Street Art and prefer to see it on any sad grey wall in the world. 😊❤ Take care and live now and today ❣️
@Dunroamin1952
5 ай бұрын
Hi Pat, Had a chuckle about Thailands new tax rules, more than 180 days living here your considered a permanent resident for tax purposes, does that mean that now I am a permanent resident I can own land, don't have to do 90 day reports, pay the same price for Theme parks and National Parks, same price for medical treatment at hospitals?? I just see this as another sting by Thai government towards, farangs, oops I mean expats, oops I mean elderly retired person. Keep making the good videos. cheers
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
For tax purposes a resident but always a tourist at immigration
@martypoll
5 ай бұрын
It is primarily targeted towards businesses avoiding taxes on overseas earnings. The question is whether ordinary expats will be caught up in the policy.
@PsychicLord
5 ай бұрын
That income tax is a bit of a nightmare. I would personally have to pay £20,000 pa., to be regarded as a Thai resident, yet have to fluff around with visas etc. It would not be so bad if the Thai government provided free residential visas as compensation.
@gingjok
5 ай бұрын
Great acting on the Pay Phone!
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Cheers, I saw the phone booth and had to use it somehow, those are rare in Bangkok!
@TadaMinburi
5 ай бұрын
I like the GRAFF part and CityPop jam 🎨 🎶
@CrapKerouac
5 ай бұрын
A girlfriend experience: It's a commercial sex service that blurs the boundaries between a financial transaction and a romantic relationship. Sex addiction must be an issue for some of those guys. They're relatively affluent, and there are working girls everywhere. I've never dated a Thai woman, I was with a Japanese woman for years, I know nothing about dating Thai woman, feel free to fill me in. Lastly, on an amusing note, I was offered a teaching position in Korea, where the owner of the school insisted I speak English with a British accent. I don't have a British accent. The teaching business can be a dodgy racket. Great video pat.
@ronkeeney1752
5 ай бұрын
The tax thing is indeed confusing. I am seeing some prominent retired expat KZitemrs leaving Thailand for extended adventures in Europe or US 6 months at a time, PERHAPS to not be designated as a “Tax Resident”, but they won’t confirm. In my case it doesn’t matter. At 74 and having only a Sicial Security pension, I certainly don’t have the scratch for a retirement or elite visa and can only visit as a tourist 30, maybe 60 days, until Thailand changes it extends on arrival tourist visas for Americans.
@thehammer3340
5 ай бұрын
Excellent A to Z sir Pat, you get a big A for Awesome. 🙂
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Thanks and luckily that word didn't make the A to z, it may do under Y for youtubers....
@JohnDoe-Alien
5 ай бұрын
The more time i spend in Thailand the more I want to spend less time here. I think a month here and there renting a nice villa with a pool is the way to go - the rest of it has become so boring now . Hanging around bars etc is lame . Its a good place to relax on the islands but to be honest I think life needs variety and its good to try lots of different places and try to keep the interest in life. Its not cheap anymore and the heat and pollution isn't fun.
@lolitapitpong3826
5 ай бұрын
It’s a little overrated unless you’re young and good looking, and then it’s definitely not
@Per-OlofBrenegård
5 ай бұрын
What an awesome videoPat,and so entertaining and informative,very much information served with your lovely comments.😊😊
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Cheers, you gotta be honest otherwise everything is unbelievable, awesome or amazing on KZitem.
@Per-OlofBrenegård
5 ай бұрын
@@BangkokPat that’s so true Pat,and the way you make your videos,with some pinch of your British humour make your videos so likeable 👍👍
@PaulWalliswriter
5 ай бұрын
Spot on Pat! I always remind them I'm not a farang I'm a sapparot!
@supreeyakritsaneephaiboon2304
5 ай бұрын
Another very informative video, with great content and variety. Thanx.
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Thanks very much and hope you're well.
@tvo6453
4 ай бұрын
Great video, as always. Keep up the great work. Leaving Vietnam and going to Thailand next week, with my vietnamese wife. Trying to convince her to move with me to somewhere in TH, instead of Vietnam.
@BangkokPat
4 ай бұрын
I would advise you to continue with that convincing......Thailand is much friendlier
@tvo6453
4 ай бұрын
@@BangkokPat my wife has been there twice already and totally agrees. Her main concern is that it would be harder to buy a house and harder to open a coffee shop, since i am American and she is vietnamese and neither of us speak Thai. So we travel to TH several times a year, to see visit various cities and figure the the legal requirements.
@ssrattus
5 ай бұрын
Great video Pat!
@shaunashton9744
5 ай бұрын
I suppose the one thing in this that applies to me is the alcohol. When visiting Bangkok recently I actually found that I was drinking less, with the heat I was feeling terrible the more I drank and knew I wouldn't be able to function the next day. As for being called a Farang, if that's the worst that you can say to me I am sure I can handle that.
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
In the heat at present, you'd melt. Hopefully not for much longer....
@AmyTee12
5 ай бұрын
Saw that this was a “non-woke and honest look” in the description and you had my like. So freaking glad to have this view expressed, unlike other Bangkok podcasts or videos.
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
You gotta be realistic and honest, why f**k around and pretend everything is so amazing, awesome and can't be believed? And I think my viewers expect that.
@mauimixer6040
4 ай бұрын
@@BangkokPatthat's why I just subbed. Not that I'm moving to Bangkok, but back to Thailand is on the way.
@ninjamaster7724
5 ай бұрын
I'm staying right next to Benjakitti park in Asoke when i take my girlfriend to Bangkok later this year.(We're going to Phuket too. I love the place. It's been a while since i've been and am looking forward to it a lot.Can't wait.
@TravelBloggerBuzz
5 ай бұрын
This was great. And great sense of humor, more "shady" stuff please lol
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Part two to come, N-Z
@_Alfa.Bravo_
4 ай бұрын
My Thai-wife is from Isaan. Her family does not care if the neighbours look up or down on them, well - fathter in law was is strong Muay Thai boxer... I think he changes the way people look on or talk to him very quickly if he don't like their behaviour ... I wish very much that the neighbours of your wife will have to look UP to her one day ...
@RayHaffenden
5 ай бұрын
Expat = Expatriate I became one when I started working and living in another country. In the Far East & SE Asia that also usually meant your had a house maid at least which equals rich in most western countries, but normal (even girls working in the bars had a ya ya) in Asia still. Like many words the meaning evolves (gay being one of the most extreme examples). I enjoy your videos. Masks, like in Japan mask wearing is normal if you have a cold, or if your immune system is compromised, one has to assume this is the case today.... Baldness - in the Philippines - where I was and expat - your are Kalbo, and is not an insult. Our daughter is mestisa and born in Angeles City - and your insight on mixed race kids and the general view that my asawa worked in the bar (she was and electrical engineer employed on Clark by the US Air Force's 3rd Engineering Squadron) is invaluable. Alcohol - drinking beer is safer than drinking water, and the British Empire was built by men who never took a sober breath after breakfast. O.K. my excuse but I was expatriated to Taiwan when bottled water was hard to find.... also I joined the Hash House Harriers.....
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Ray, Phillipines sounds like fun, sadly the mixed race thing is alive and well until they abolish the bar scene!
@Maino88
5 ай бұрын
@BangkokPat - did you know or ever meet Colin from Big Chilli who passed away this week? Remarkable guy. 51 years in Bangkok. Imagine the changes he saw from the first time walking down Sukhumvit in 1973. Thailand is a remarkable place - the dark and the light, and all things in between.
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
Yes a few times, a couple of weeks ago was the last time. It was a big shock for many people to hear about. You know he interviewed me and I am featured in the latest Big Chilli, right?
@Maino88
5 ай бұрын
@@BangkokPat I didn't! I'm based in Singapore so I don't see the BC as much as I used to. Did you ever interview him? Colin was probably top 10 most legendary expats in Bangkok history - and probably the only one who makes that list for mostly positive reasons.
Keyboard Warriors - ASEAN website is ripe with this type of behaviour,,,, I don't know if they are expats in Thailand but I see people come to the website genuinely asking questions to learn and they are shredded by these KB warriors degrading the OP with comments... how to learn if you are bullied online... I am sure there must be many more websites for ex-pats that are trying to learn and crushed ... great content Pat,,,
@BangkokPat
5 ай бұрын
I was and still am proudly banned for life from that sh*t forum since 2006. Mods took offence to words I used, nobody else did.
@gmm5550
5 ай бұрын
So many bored isolated "stone table expert" expats having no other life than fighting on the internet and ignoring that maybe their life choices were a little wrong.
@MichaelWilson-ee8zx
5 ай бұрын
@@BangkokPat Been proudly banned from the old Big 3: Ajarn, ThaiVisa & Teak Door. Woke cancel culture was a thing in Thai Expatland long before it oozed onto Twitter.
@Boddav
5 ай бұрын
Aha , Farangs are White. I wasn’t sure if people from other Asia Countries,The Mid East ,South America ,or Latin America were considered Farangs.
@MichaelWilson-ee8zx
5 ай бұрын
@@Boddav Mideasterners, South Asians and other primarily Muslim Central Asian people are Kaek. Latin Americans are more white to Thais than to white folks, so farang as well. The first class I taught in Thailand involved a group of middle managers in a state enterprise teaching me the vocabulary of racial designation as a great way to tease the farang, knowing how some of us feel about "racism". Hilarious.
@johnfoose4883
5 ай бұрын
Us older Xpats visit Bangkok and Pattaya for food wherever the best can be found. Include girl bars. They have Thai food for wives. Soi Cowboy has a great burger joint.
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