le tom
French expat in Thailand
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French
Lives in Phuket
Registration: 05 October 2013
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Is farang a racist term? by bkk tea blog
This has been discussed to death in different places; some people think farang is a racist term (has negative connotations), some don't. Since it came up in a Quora question I added my own take, including some more background related to the ...
"The word Farang only refers to white people, you won't hear a Thai calling an African coloured person a Farang. It's basically the same what most civilised people do when they call people where they don't know where from Asia they ... Read More
Is farang a racist term? by bkk tea blog
This has been discussed to death in different places; some people think farang is a racist term (has negative connotations), some don't. Since it came up in a Quora question I added my own take, including some more background related to the ...
For me, it doesn't really matter if Farang is used in a friendly way or in a mean way, the fact to put so many different people in one group where everybody is supposed to be the same: it is racist. An American, a German and An Australian have ... Read More
Badminton in Phuket by ForexTaurus
Sawadeekap! I'm an intermediate player looking for other fun and competitive players to play with on a regular basis. Does anyone know where there is a group of fun players that I can join? Or do you want to join me? Gregor
There is also a very nice place on the way from Chalong to Phuket town, 200 meters after "Tor. Song Saeng Hotel" (Google maps is your friend) The place is recent and very clean. I have to go out of the Island for few weeks but when I'll be back we ... Read More