Cost of Living

A recent email conversation with a younger channel follower got me thinking about the sort of choices you need to consider when choosing Thailand as a place to live. In tonight’s visit to Big-C, I go over the main points raised in the email conversation and elaborate on those ideas. It’s been some time since we walked around our local …

We’ve found a location for Chanya’s new Hair Salon and we’ve talked through everything over the last 24 hours and decided that it has all the makings for her business. We’ve run some numbers on the budget so now we’re heading out to firm up those costs. There will be incidentals and some labour costs, but the major expenses are …

Today I’m heading back into the dentist to finalize the fitting of the last ceramic crowns. It’s been an interesting experience for me over the last 10 weeks and the final result is looking wonderful. Many people are saying that it has taken years off my looks, but maybe they are just being too kind. It certainly is a new …

Chanya wasn’t feeling up to going to class today. She received news that the shop location she was applying for was given to another Thai. This is one of the annoying things we face where a 3rd gender Thai often gets passed up for things like a lease or a job simply because Thais don’t feel secure with the 3rd …

I’ve been getting a few tingles on one of my teeth so I take a trip to the dentist to get it looked at. This is actually the second visit and a follow up from the first visit yesterday where I had a full clean and x-rays taken. The dentist yesterday recommended I come back today to have a specialist …