Filed under: Beaches, consumer behaviour, idiots, rip-offs, scam-o-meter, scams, Travel | Tags: Beaches, consumer behaviour, idiots, rip-offs, scam-o-meter, scams, Travel
Ko Samui, or just Samui (Ko means island) is located in the southeastern part of Thailand. On the southwestern part you can find Langkawi, where we were past summer (but Langkawi is Malaysian).
What can you expect? Almost the same weather, the same beaches and the same people (visitors). That is right partly, and I will try to explain some details to those of you interested.
Let’s start saying that just out of the plane my Scam-o-meter ™ was flashing deep red when we was forced to que up for a taxi, and the taxi charges us for 8 kms 400 THB, almost two time the amount you pay from Bangkok airport to city center (45 minutes or more including tolls).
The hotel is just something “cool” and it stands over the mediocrity that surrounds it, but do not deserve the money they ask for it, several moon to earth distance is the amount between what you pay and what you get.
Hopefully we’re not in Chaweng, the busiest area, the longest beach and a mixed flavour of the worst Ibiza, Mallorca, Salou and Lloret you can imagine.
Plenty of well educated man and semi-naked local and foreigner women night parties really promise the eden type of paradise you were dreaming about. Beer is cheap and you get the usual 2 for 1, 6 x 2, etc.
But READ that if you are visiting this paradise!!!
- if you are entering a taxi or any transportation, let the ripper (they will rip you) know how much are you willing to pay (all of them will robb you but more than 300 BHT is severe punishment). Try to walk a little bit bro.
- if you rent a scooter, do x-ray any scratch and missing part if you don’t want to fight or to pay the whole shit several times (some steal their own vehicles to charge you)
- do not rent any engine operated water vehicle (jet ski, boat, etc) if you don’t want to get ripped off with multiple traps (existing damage, etc)
- If asked, DO NOT EVER let your passport as guarantee, you will become their hostage.
- As a basic rule, bargain even in McDonalds and say NO to everyone, then think a little and say “may be” and finally say “my friend, i am not stupid, just take it or leave it”
Filed under: Beaches, consumer behaviour, Editorial, nail clippers, Restaurants, rip-offs, scams, Travel | Tags: Beaches, consumer behaviour, Editorial, nail clippers, Restaurants, rip-offs, scams, Travel
Nice drinks, nice food, prepare a kidney to pay for that Tometaro
This will require further analysis, but the end has arrived. We have been there, actually me and Ramiro with Father Bunny. We were not in the mood to go there (we missed last editions) but we made the effort.
As my first impression, I would say…
Go to the fuck**g hell, you have became a bunch of boring idi**s.
This will require further analysis, but the end has arrived. We have been there, actually me and Ramiro with Father Bunny. We were not in the mood to go there (we missed last editions) but we made the effort.
As my first impression, I would say…
Go to the fuck**g hell, you have became a bunch of boring idi**s.
Filed under: Caffe Miffy, Chan family, consumer behaviour, Editorial, Miffo | Tags: Caffe Miffy, Chan family, consumer behaviour, Editorial, Miffo
Ok, I admit I would have preferred going with Father Bunny to a Starbucks and being there on a big sofa reading car magazines and sipping an expensive coffe that everyday is done with less care by its employees.
Taken from http://www.decostilo.com/
Miffo said:
– Well, Father Bunny is not Mr. Clooney but his “Espresso Decafeinatto Lungo” is good value for money.
– And best of all, the China he uses is superbunny
Xiam and Mem, replied
Ok, I admit I would have preferred going with Father Bunny to a Starbucks and being there on a big sofa reading car magazines and sipping an expensive coffe that everyday is done with less care by its employees.
Taken from http://www.decostilo.com/
Miffo said:
– Well, Father Bunny is not Mr. Clooney but his “Espresso Decafeinatto Lungo” is good value for money.
– And best of all, the China he uses is superbunny
Xiam and Mem, replied
Filed under: consumer behaviour, Marketing | Tags: consumer behaviour, Marketing
What the hell I am doing here in this Holden if I could be in a mint green Rolls?
Today my assignment was to explain one of the most powerful non mutable laws (for those that emailed me telling that is immutable, I would like to say that I do not care about Al Laughing and Jack “Trucha” book and my laws are “non mutable”)
This is the law of perception. But I will write about it another day.
Today I would really like to share with you one of the most amazing behaviours that I have discovered in humans: Cognitive Dissonance (Disonancia Cognoscitiva in Spanish).
I noticed it for the first time when I bought my first Aston Martin. Prior to make my decision of buying this car I had a decision set (a bunch of cars to choose from) that included a 911. Of course the 911 has not the class and old British heritage (don’t forget I am from HK) but sure the engineering and technology was much better.
I noticed than many Porsche users want a sport car like the 911 but are concerned about the utility of a tiny, two seats, expensive, uncomfortable, too aggressive and attractive. Further when male humans grew up tends to accumulate fat reserves around his floating area that severely impair them to enter inside the cockpit and getting out of the car habitacle.
Porsche made a superb movement when they decided to built the Cayenne jointly with VW. A genuine Porsche with everything a 911 could offer but minimizing the “Have I taken the right decision?” effect.
Many Sport cars buyers and luxury goods buyers suffer from dissonance. This is a term used to describe a mental state of discomfort that one suffers when he or she thinks that evidences that a decision or behaviour is wrong.
There are several ways to cope with. The Miffa’s way: “Vertu or Nokia? No problem. I take both of them, so the dissonance disappears.”
Professor bunnies from all over the world study this phenomena since late fifties since dissonance is a sever obstacle to making right decisions in business.
Please little rabbits do take this matter seriously, Dissonance happens!!.
What the hell I am doing here in this Holden if I could be in a mint green Rolls?
Today my assignment was to explain one of the most powerful non mutable laws (for those that emailed me telling that is immutable, I would like to say that I do not care about Al Laughing and Jack “Trucha” book and my laws are “non mutable”)
This is the law of perception. But I will write about it another day.
Today I would really like to share with you one of the most amazing behaviours that I have discovered in humans: Cognitive Dissonance (Disonancia Cognoscitiva in Spanish).
I noticed it for the first time when I bought my first Aston Martin. Prior to make my decision of buying this car I had a decision set (a bunch of cars to choose from) that included a 911. Of course the 911 has not the class and old British heritage (don’t forget I am from HK) but sure the engineering and technology was much better.
I noticed than many Porsche users want a sport car like the 911 but are concerned about the utility of a tiny, two seats, expensive, uncomfortable, too aggressive and attractive. Further when male humans grew up tends to accumulate fat reserves around his floating area that severely impair them to enter inside the cockpit and getting out of the car habitacle.
Porsche made a superb movement when they decided to built the Cayenne jointly with VW. A genuine Porsche with everything a 911 could offer but minimizing the “Have I taken the right decision?” effect.
Many Sport cars buyers and luxury goods buyers suffer from dissonance. This is a term used to describe a mental state of discomfort that one suffers when he or she thinks that evidences that a decision or behaviour is wrong.
There are several ways to cope with. The Miffa’s way: “Vertu or Nokia? No problem. I take both of them, so the dissonance disappears.”
Professor bunnies from all over the world study this phenomena since late fifties since dissonance is a sever obstacle to making right decisions in business.
Please little rabbits do take this matter seriously, Dissonance happens!!.
Miffa Chan 
