Best Book Ever On Thai Bar Girls?

[Terence Returns 0]

“The best book ever on Thailand?” asks Terence Doyle. “It’s called Thailand Love Talk”, he adds, “which certainly gives it a run at the best Thai title ever.”

 

But he would say that, wouldn’t he? He’s the author. That is to say, I am the author, and, of course, I am prejudiced.

 

But the book, just published this week, was inspired by many of the best books on Thailand already published, particularly the hilarious Money Number One, so it has a great pedigree.

 

And it deals head on with dozens of the little things that come between visiting farang and their lovely Thai darlings, with amusing explanations of what she means when she says confusing things like “Me shy,” “You have bad temper,” “How old are you?” and “You sure?” alongside humorous suggestions as to what their farang mean when they make mystifying pronouncements like “It’s the ref’s fault,” “I used to own a Harley,” “The exchange rate is killing me,” and “Why don’t you talk to me?”

 

And each book has the full text in both Thai and English making it ridiculously easy for you and your charmer to reach a new and more sexy understanding.

 

Anyway, you are free to make up your own mind whether Thailand Love Talk is ”the best book ever on Thailand” as the book hit the bookstores on January 11th and sells for a piddling 295 B.

 

Indeed, Pattaya folk or anyone in Thailand can come along to the launch party in Pattaya at 7 pm on Wednesday, January 20th, at Metro Apartments in LK Metro (corner Soi Diana & Baokhow), where you can buy the book for just 250B (nearly a 20% discount) and probably get some free food if you arrive at the right time.

 

If you can’t make the launch, you can easily buy it at the leading bookstores in Pattaya – starting with DK Bookmart Asia Books-Bookazine, B2S (within January), Friendship Supermarket, Villa Supermarket and some smaller outlets – and throughout Thailand.

 

Or, even simpler, order it direct from the publisher at www.bangkokbooks.com.

 

Check the brief excerpts below for a taste.

 

Best wishes to you all in finding romantic happiness in LOS.

 

Contact: Email :terence@terencedoyle.com Tel: (66) 0824710704

 

What your Thai beauty means when she says:

 

“You like that girl?”

 

This simple question may pop up at any time of the day or night when you are in the company of your darling girl, but it is most likely to be posed in the later hours.

This is the time when it is all too easy for your peepers to stroll across at least one stunning pooying dressed to kill.

Alas, no matter how brief your perusal, your love will pick up on it.

 

… continues

 

What your darling farang means when he says:

 

This is a hard one to believe, isn’t it? He is in Thailand, after all, and talking to you.

It is unlikely he has started the conversation with you because he wanted to learn your thoughts on world peace, climate warming or other global issues.

No, he is talking to you because he thinks you are beautiful and he would like to get to know you “better”.

 

… continues

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Edited January 16, 2010 by Terence Returns

[lovedog100 1,372]

Your first post ever, and it's an advertisement LOL. No problem, up to you. Having read a couple of the "must read" books on Thai ladies, and Thai farang relationships. I found one reacquiring theme in all of them. It's all information I learned in my first week in Pattaya. How is yours any different?

[Terence Returns 0]

Your first post ever, and it's an advertisement LOL. No problem, up to you. Having read a couple of the "must read" books on Thai ladies, and Thai farang relationships. I found one reacquiring theme in all of them. It's all information I learned in my first week in Pattaya. How is yours any different?

 

Hi LD,

 

Yes, certainly this is my first post on this site alas, for various reasons. And it's an advertisement? I guess so, sort of, although I am not looking to make any money from the book, just to get it out there, to bring it to the attention of someone who might find it useful or funny.

 

And how is it any different from previous books, which only ever cover what you and, I agree, many of us learn in the first week? Well, of course, there is nothing new under the sun, and no new stories since the Bible. But we can still tell the same tales from a different angle. This book covers some familiar items - and so new ones - in a humorous way, so the book should be funny even for the best informed. And it equally balances farang and bar girl content, making it a good book for couples to talk about.

 

Oh, and I go sort of feel that in certain senses not everyone masters Pattaya in the first week, that indeed, it can be constantly surprising and that as farang, we are constantly liable to make mistakes, fall for the same old lines. So it can be useful to turn the pages of a guide that can get you back on track. Sorry to go on so long but I am pleased with the book and think it has an audience. Oh, and the launch drinks are free with the book, so what's not to like? T/

[MM 6,562]

Hi Terence -

I don't have any problem with you announcing your book and even spelling out its cost. After all, it's a book that might be useful to some who read this board. Welcome.

My only request is that if you are going to attach files, that they be in .jpg format so people don't have to explicitly download them and can view the images directly in their browser.

You can edit your post, delete the prior attachments, and using a .TIFF to .JPG conversion program, upload the .JPGs instead.

Thanks

[lichtsy 18]

If anyone should write about thai bar girls it should be MIGHTY ONE that thread of his is a gem but all the best for sales

[MIGHTYONE 309]

If anyone should write about thai bar girls it should be MIGHTY ONE that thread of his is a gem but all the best for sales

 

But I still make the odd mistake after nearly 20 trips. Nobody can master Pattaya after 1 week.

 

Good luck with the book. I am sure you had a lot of fun writing it. I will pick up a copy when I come over next. Always enjoy reading any book about Thai bar girls.

[bellfunk 1]

Perhaps you could shed some meaning on the e-mail i just received from a Thai girl i call Cookie, it came after i refused her request for money (again)

 

"u fucking liar

i never see u again"

 

 

?

[Terence Returns 0]

Hi Terence -

I don't have any problem with you announcing your book and even spelling out its cost. After all, it's a book that might be useful to some who read this board. Welcome.

My only request is that if you are going to attach files, that they be in .jpg format so people don't have to explicitly download them and can view the images directly in their browser.

You can edit your post, delete the prior attachments, and using a .TIFF to .JPG conversion program, upload the .JPGs instead.

Thanks

 

 

Thanks for the thoughts, MM. And for the advice. I used to run a film magazine in UK and know a thing or two about Tiffs and Jpegs but writing in Thailand, even a relatively sedate place like Korat, with a Thai girl on my back (and elsewhere) my mind has gone to mush. However, I think I sorted it. Best, Terence

[Terence Returns 0]

If anyone should write about thai bar girls it should be MIGHTY ONE that thread of his is a gem but all the best for sales

 

Thanks, Lichtsy, for the tip. I will seek out MO as I gather from his reply that he is a man of humility, which suggests he would make a good read. Although I must say that to hear he is still making mistakes after 20 visits, I am a little frightened. I have only been 5 times!!! Oh, goodness, how many more slippery nights do I have to work through to gain true wisdom????

Best. Terence

[Terence Returns 0]

Perhaps you could shed some meaning on the e-mail i just received from a Thai girl i call Cookie, it came after i refused her request for money (again)

 

"u fucking liar

i never see u again"

 

Hey, BF, glad you raised that point, as the saying goes. I too have had one or two rejections on the mean streets and it has led me to ponder why these girls find lies everywhere. Indeed, it has an entry in the book. Not sure it if helps,. but it starts like this:

“You lie me.”

Obviously, these words should not be

confused with “You like me,” a mistake

which can easily be made in a noisy bar.

A mistake which highlights the many

linguistic complexities which may lead your

beautiful girlfriend to think you are lying in

the first place.

These language differences are so

numerous that when you merely say “Hello,”

she is liable to think “You lie me.”. And

longer phrases, like “Good morning,” are

obviously even more dangerous! “Why is good?”

[bellfunk 1]

Hey, BF, glad you raised that point, as the saying goes. I too have had one or two rejections on the mean streets and it has led me to ponder why these girls find lies everywhere. Indeed, it has an entry in the book. Not sure it if helps,. but it starts like this:

“You lie me.”

Obviously, these words should not be

confused with “You like me,” a mistake

which can easily be made in a noisy bar.

A mistake which highlights the many

linguistic complexities which may lead your

beautiful girlfriend to think you are lying in

the first place.

These language differences are so

numerous that when you merely say “Hello,”

she is liable to think “You lie me.”. And

longer phrases, like “Good morning,” are

obviously even more dangerous! “Why is good?”

 

Thanks for that, great link in with the book, you sound like a master salesman !

Also, i forgot to add the bit where she informs me : "i hate you"

 

Thanks.

[bellfunk 1]

and probably get some free food if you arrive at the right time.

 

you hear that BigD ? shame Bwadwy has gone home or he'd have been in like a shot.

[matey 0]

Good luck Terrence sounds like you had a bit of fun putting this together

 

regards Matey

[MM 6,562]

Since you are selling the book, I am moving this to the Business section.

 

Good luck. I'll keep an eye out for it.

[volsfan 43]

... I have only been 5 times!!! Oh, goodness, how many more slippery nights do I have to work through to gain true wisdom????

Best. Terence

 

If only going 5 times qualifies you to write a book, I guess Tim42 will be the next one to educate us all on the ways of Thai girls. Now THAT might be an entertaining read!!

[lovedog100 1,372]

Hi LD,

 

Yes, certainly this is my first post on this site alas, for various reasons. And it's an advertisement? I guess so, sort of, although I am not looking to make any money from the book, just to get it out there, to bring it to the attention of someone who might find it useful or funny.

 

And how is it any different from previous books, which only ever cover what you and, I agree, many of us learn in the first week? Well, of course, there is nothing new under the sun, and no new stories since the Bible. But we can still tell the same tales from a different angle. This book covers some familiar items - and so new ones - in a humorous way, so the book should be funny even for the best informed. And it equally balances farang and bar girl content, making it a good book for couples to talk about.

 

Oh, and I go sort of feel that in certain senses not everyone masters Pattaya in the first week, that indeed, it can be constantly surprising and that as farang, we are constantly liable to make mistakes, fall for the same old lines. So it can be useful to turn the pages of a guide that can get you back on track. Sorry to go on so long but I am pleased with the book and think it has an audience. Oh, and the launch drinks are free with the book, so what's not to like? T/

 

Humor is good. My friends and myself have lots of good laughs when we compare notes and how similar our relationships are. Even between those that have been here a month, and those that have been married several years. The language barrier causes lots of laughs all in it's self. Just a minute ago my GF got off the phone and in a very serious tone said "Mama say she sleep with my uncle" I say What? her: Mama sleep with my uncle. You know my uncle mi? me: Yes, I know uncle, why would he sleep with your mama? her: Mama not see uncle for long time. me: yea, but, I don't understand, uncle and mama boom boom? her: NO!! Mama old, not boom boom with uncle. Mama not see uncle long time, go to see uncle, stay three day. me: Oh, OK, never mind what I say.

 

You are right in that not everyone masters Pattaya in one week. I do think that anyone with a three digit IQ learns most of what is in the books I've read in a week. That doesn't mean that that knowledge doesn't go out the window once we fall head over heals with a Thai lady. I have coffee with a group of men from my country many mornings. It's nice to be able to hold real conversations that are more than bar talk, and use a full vocabulary, not pigeon English. One guy that I thought had a good handle on things is being taken by his girlfriend. He isn't a good enough friend to pull aside and give him my take on the situation. I know between her or me, he is gonna pick her. I'd hate to lose him as a friend. I brought him the book "Money number one" one morning. I knew there was nothing in it that he didn't know. However my hopes were, when he read his situation in print, and the authors take on it, it would open his eyes and he would wake up. He read it, returned it to me, and told me how much he enjoyed it. Nothing changed in his relationship, nor did he see the similarities listed. All the knowledge in the world gets lost as soon as our cock gets hard and our heart rate goes up. It's a man thing.

 

Good luck with your book. Maybe you can make a positive difference in someones life, or just give them a good laugh. Which ever they need most.

[dontcha 53]

That why I go to LOS and am a member here hurry up with the final four will ya

 

Cheers mate

Good luck with your book, i hope it is in cartoon format so that it will be easier for me to read. Luckily i am quite "thick" which makes it easy enough for me to converse with the girls. I would hate to be as bright as Joekicker or Cheshire Tom because the girls would struggle to understand the perfect english that they use.

[wetwillie 12]

If only going 5 times qualifies you to write a book, I guess Tim42 will be the next one to educate us all on the ways of Thai girls. Now THAT might be an entertaining read!!

 

 

 

 

LOL An accident waiting to happen!

[berettakid 26]

“The best book ever on Thailand?” asks Terence Doyle. “It’s called Thailand Love Talk”, he adds, “which certainly gives it a run at the best Thai title ever.”

 

But he would say that, wouldn’t he? He’s the author. That is to say, I am the author, and, of course, I am prejudiced.

 

But the book, just published this week, was inspired by many of the best books on Thailand already published, particularly the hilarious Money Number One, so it has a great pedigree.

 

And it deals head on with dozens of the little things that come between visiting farang and their lovely Thai darlings, with amusing explanations of what she means when she says confusing things like “Me shy,” “You have bad temper,” “How old are you?” and “You sure?” alongside humorous suggestions as to what their farang mean when they make mystifying pronouncements like “It’s the ref’s fault,” “I used to own a Harley,” “The exchange rate is killing me,” and “Why don’t you talk to me?”

 

And each book has the full text in both Thai and English making it ridiculously easy for you and your charmer to reach a new and more sexy understanding.

 

Anyway, you are free to make up your own mind whether Thailand Love Talk is ”the best book even on Thailand” as the book hit the bookstores on January 11th and sells for a piddling 295 B.

 

Indeed, Pattaya folk or anyone in Thailand can come along to the launch party in Pattaya at 7 pm on Wednesday, January 20th, at Metro Apartments in LK Metro (corner Soi Diana & Baokhow), where you can buy the book for just 250B (nearly a 20% discount) and probably get some free food if you arrive at the right time.

 

If you can’t make the launch, you can easily buy it at the leading bookstores in Pattaya – starting with DK Bookmart Asia Books-Bookazine, B2S (within January), Friendship Supermarket, Villa Supermarket and some smaller outlets – and throughout Thailand.

 

Or, even simpler, order it direct from the publisher at www.bangkokbooks.com.

 

Check the brief excerpts below for a taste.

 

Best wishes to you all in finding romantic happiness in LOS.

 

Contact: Email :terence@terencedoyle.com Tel: (66) 0824710704

 

What your Thai beauty means when she says:

 

“You like that girl?”

 

This simple question may pop up at any time of the day or night when you are in the company of your darling girl, but it is most likely to be posed in the later hours.

This is the time when it is all too easy for your peepers to stroll across at least one stunning pooying dressed to kill.

Alas, no matter how brief your perusal, your love will pick up on it.

 

… continues

 

What your darling farang means when he says:

 

This is a hard one to believe, isn’t it? He is in Thailand, after all, and talking to you.

It is unlikely he has started the conversation with you because he wanted to learn your thoughts on world peace, climate warming or other global issues.

No, he is talking to you because he thinks you are beautiful and he would like to get to know you “better”.

 

… continues

I Terence been to Patta many times but still love reading books, not read the money no1 yet, you have a United Kingdon Flag, wil you please add as few to ebay.co.uk so i can bid and have a look

 

cheers

[Terence Returns 0]

Humor is good. My friends and myself have lots of good laughs when we compare notes and how similar our relationships are. Even between those that have been here a month, and those that have been married several years. The language barrier causes lots of laughs all in it's self. Just a minute ago my GF got off the phone and in a very serious tone said "Mama say she sleep with my uncle" I say What? her: Mama sleep with my uncle. You know my uncle mi? me: Yes, I know uncle, why would he sleep with your mama? her: Mama not see uncle for long time. me: yea, but, I don't understand, uncle and mama boom boom? her: NO!! Mama old, not boom boom with uncle. Mama not see uncle long time, go to see uncle, stay three day. me: Oh, OK, never mind what I say.

 

You are right in that not everyone masters Pattaya in one week. I do think that anyone with a three digit IQ learns most of what is in the books I've read in a week. That doesn't mean that that knowledge doesn't go out the window once we fall head over heals with a Thai lady. I have coffee with a group of men from my country many mornings. It's nice to be able to hold real conversations that are more than bar talk, and use a full vocabulary, not pigeon English. One guy that I thought had a good handle on things is being taken by his girlfriend. He isn't a good enough friend to pull aside and give him my take on the situation. I know between her or me, he is gonna pick her. I'd hate to lose him as a friend. I brought him the book "Money number one" one morning. I knew there was nothing in it that he didn't know. However my hopes were, when he read his situation in print, and the authors take on it, it would open his eyes and he would wake up. He read it, returned it to me, and told me how much he enjoyed it. Nothing changed in his relationship, nor did he see the similarities listed. All the knowledge in the world gets lost as soon as our cock gets hard and our heart rate goes up. It's a man thing.

 

Good luck with your book. Maybe you can make a positive difference in someones life, or just give them a good laugh. Which ever they need most.

 

HI again LD,

 

Thanks for the "Sleep with uncle line." A classic example of the kind of misunderstandings that occur because of the VERY simple way they say things. Nothing wrong with what they are doing or the way they talk but, fuck, it makes it difficult at times. So something really easy like "I go room." can be totally confusing, as they never bother to specific WHICH room. You assume she means YOUR room, but it could just as easily be, well, her "uncle's"!!!! And there is no point in trying to tell them to be more specific in the future, as Thais don't know what the word "specific" means. Similarly, it took me much of my first three or four weeks to get someone to tall me the Thai word for "plan". I kept asking her - well, them (yes, there was more than one in those days) - to make a plan with me, to tell me what the plan was, and none of them ever had a clue. Well, I learned the word finally and has it helped? Oh, nik noi. Reality is that they don't have "plans'. Damn.

 

Anyway, it is all fascinating stuff, although I must admit that for my book I went the easiest, least profound route and just enjoyed riffing on how amusing and confusing it all is, with the farang on one side holding all the cards but being totally out of his depth, and the bar girl on the other side, simultaneously simple and sexy - both sides really never quite getting to the bottom of things. Thanks goodness for all those fine moment when conversation is not necessary.

 

BTW, totally understand about your friend being oblivious. If a guy thinks his girl is "different" there is no way around it, he'll never believe otherwise until the day she gets out the knife. T/

[Terence Returns 0]

I Terence been to Patta many times but still love reading books, not read Money No1 yet, you have a United Kingdon Flag, wil you please add a few to ebay.co.uk so i can bid and have a look

 

cheers

 

Good idea about Ebay and I will try to do something soon. Reality is that I am currently living with GF in Korat, here for 5 months this time, until Easter. But going to Pats tomorrow Sunday 17th to introduce the book to a few bar girls, all for research, of course, to see what they make of the Thai translations. Meanwhile, I certainly recommend Money No One to everyone. It is the first book I read, and it is both wise and witty, which inspired my own attempt. T/

[dotcom 1]

So give us all the details on the free drinks.

 

Or else ask MM to modify the title. Possibly bait & switch.

[MM 6,562]

So give us all the details on the free drinks.

 

Or else ask MM to modify the title. Possibly bait & switch.

 

Good point. On a second reading, I don't see any reference to "free drinks" except in the title.

 

Terence, in the interests of honest disclosure, you should modify your title (use the FULL EDIT command) or specify how free drinks are to be obtained.

[Terence Returns 0]

So give us all the details on the free drinks.

 

Or else ask MM to modify the title. Possibly bait & switch.

 

Hiya DC,

 

This is a book launch, not a carnival. LOL.

 

Details? Come to Metro on the day, buy a book, get a free drink?

Need I say more?

 

TR/

[MM 6,562]

Hiya DC,

 

This is a book launch, not a carnival. LOL.

 

Details? Come to Metro on the day, buy a book, get a free drink?

Need I say more?

 

TR/

 

Ok. I see the drink is with purchase of a book described in post #3 at the end.