In a shocking turn of events, two employees of a petrol station in Nakhon Phanom were shot dead late Friday night, plunging the community into grief and leaving law enforcement grappling with an unsettling mystery. The incident took place at the Thai Laemthong petrol station in Lam Bon Ban Phuen of Muang district, raising concerns as all 13 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras on the premises were found unplugged.

The Crime Scene

The grim discovery was made by Pol Capt. Pichanon Pluemsud, deputy investigation chief at the Muang police station, who received an alert around 10.30 pm on Friday. Upon reaching the station, law enforcement found the lifeless bodies of a man and a woman within the compound of the petrol station.

The victims, identified as Phorrchak Seesupha, a 33-year-old Lao national, and Wichuda Srisumang, a 50-year-old Thai woman, were both brutally attacked. Phorrchak suffered a fatal shot to the head, coupled with wounds from a sharp object on his body. Wichuda, on the other hand, was shot in the back of the neck, and a bullet pierced her face while she was on her motorcycle.

Disturbing Anomalies

The investigation took a perplexing turn as no spent bullets or other evidence that could provide clues to the assailants were found. Adding to the mystery, all 13 CCTV cameras on the premises were intentionally unplugged, suggesting a well-planned and deliberate act.

Victims’ Background

Both victims were employees of the petrol station, working the evening shift. Phorrchak, a Lao national, had been with the station for about a year and was unmarried. Wichuda, a divorced Thai woman, had worked for the station for an extended period.

Station owner Chatree Mombao, 61, expressed shock and disbelief, mentioning that the victims had no known issues with anyone. He revealed that the station operated from 5 am to 9 pm daily, employing four individuals. The victims were attacked as they were about to conclude their shift and head home. Notably, no cash or assets were reported missing from the station.

Puzzling Motive

The motive behind this heinous crime remains elusive, leaving the police in the dark. Chief of Muang police, Pol Col Phakphum Decharuangsil, highlighted the well-planned nature of the crime, considering the intentional disconnection of all CCTV cameras. Investigators are exploring various angles, including personal and business conflicts, as well as the possibility of fraudulent activities such as issuing fake petrol bills.

As the community mourns the loss of two lives, the quest for justice intensifies. The shocking circumstances surrounding this double homicide in Nakhon Phanom have raised concerns about the safety and security of businesses, urging both authorities and the public to remain vigilant in the pursuit of truth and justice.

My bf and I have been together for close to 2 years. Today, he suggested that we apply for the May BTO launch. We have already tried for the Feb one this year but didn’t manage to get a number.

I felt a bit mixed if I am ready to apply for a BTO with him. If successful, we would be able to get the house in around 3 years, which means we have to ROM by then. I am having concerns because I felt that us being together for only close to 2 years might not be a good gauge to determine if we are really compatible? Or am I thinking too much?

Honestly, he treats me well and gives me a lot of security. He would constantly auto update me of his whereabouts, small things in his life and always initiate reflective/ feedback sessions in our relationship. However, some concerns I have are the time frame that we have been together. We clique really well and I feel there is really quite a lot of compromise between us in this relationship. We met online and although he did tell me about his past briefly, but I am still not sure if this 2 years are sufficient for me to fully know him as a person and to determine that I can spend my future with him.

We do talk about what we would be like in the future, but I am unsure if that can be a reality or just our dreams. Also, he does not really have a goal in life, like his current job is not really something he likes and he does not really have interest in any industry. Additionally, I feel that the way we spend money is really different, like he is ok with going to restaurants, eating a set for $15 while I don’t really feel comfortable doing these and prefer my hawker food, although he is also fine with hawker food.

I am not sure if the way we spend money will be a hindrance to our future finances. Any souls out there who have had similar experiences can give some insights here for me? Thanks a lot in advance!

Here are what netizens think:

• I with my ex 5 years get married another 3 years also divorce. Time is nothing

• You are not sure about everything…..Are you sure that guy you are talking about is your bf?

• It’s seems like you have many doubts in this relationship. Did you really speak about it with your bf? I guess you haven. You should clear all of it before you make the right moves.

• Even if you have 10 years to know him, human changes in every phase of their life, every age and environment change them. Even if you think you get a guy modelled after your dad also useless, cause human change.Change is forever.

I drive grab on a part-time basis and I’m a student.

Here is the breakdown:

Monday – Friday: 7-8am (sporadically as it depends on how tired I am), 6-11pm
Saturday – Sunday: 2pm-3am
Total gross fares per week: $1100-1200
Commision to Grab: – $240
Incentive from Grab: $230
Car Rental, Season Parking (school & home), Petrol: $320 + $50 + $200
Total take home after accounting for everything: $620
Counting the hours put in, I’m effectively taking home $11-$15 per hour.

Currently studying in uni and doing this to feed my daily needs.

It can get really tiring at times when you have to drive after school and sacrifice your social plans. Usually your weekends with family are also burned. Renting a car also means that you feel guilty on days that you don’t drive. Its a $40-60 deficit for everyday you don’t drive. And every time your car is idling, that’s money down the drain. Well, you do get the car for personal use but honestly for me, theres no need for that as public transport suffice. I’m just doing this for the money.

They say that the main perks of doing private hiring is the flexibility, but that’s hardly true anymore because of how you get incentives to drive during peak hours. Grab has been cutting down on it’s incentive, the rate is almost half of what it was last month. We’re talking about $200+ lesser every week. But you just gotta live with it and make do with whatever you can get until the drivers reach their limit and do something collectively as a community.

All in all, there’s still money to be made. Even more so if you’re a full timer. If you go full out, 8k a month is not out of reach. But how sustainable is it to drive 12-14 hours every single day? Realistically, a disciplined full-timer who dedicates 8-10 hours with 1 rest day can aim for about 3-5k every month.

So I (29M) have been seeing a girl (26F) for a couple of months now.

We started hanging out in mid March, and things have started to feel pretty serious. I’ve been seeing her exclusively since we started a relationship, We’re hanging out 2-3 times a week, including staying over. She is popping by my job to say hi, bringing food for me and my coworkers, and she’s pretty much been on track to meet my friends. Every time we hang out it’s tons of laughs, smiles, and lots of physical attention. She’s mentioned several times telling her friends and family about me, and she has met a couple of my friends. We text or talk on the phone every day.

There’s been some weird red flag stuff though, for example I’ve never been to her apartment and she pretty much refuses to let me see it. She always just comes to my place. The other is, we haven’t really ever had a “real” conversation. Any time relationship level conversations come up, the subject is changed or we go into jokes. We have had lots of other conversations, and we talk a lot, but it’s always avoided when it goes there. Whatever I suppose, she wants to take it slow?

Well I’ve been feeling strange about the whole relationship. Today she fell asleep and her phone was next to me. I know I shouldn’t have looked through it. I feel really guilty, I know it’s an invasion of her privacy, and it’s an overall lame move. But, I picked up her phone and searched my name in her texts.

There were a hand full text threads that had my name mentioned, but I picked the most recent one and a second one from a friends name I recognized from her stories.

The first one was two weeks ago. The girl I’m seeing sent a screenshot of a guy hitting on her, and I guess it’s a long time crush of hers. Her and the friend she sent it to make lots of lewd jokes, and she said something like “I like OP, but let me know if you bang ___”

The other thread was at the end of March, right around the time we started seeing each other and the first time she stayed the night at my place. Basically, she was describing our intimacy as extremely awkward, she was telling her friend that my manhood was small, and they laughed about my lack of game. Then the friend asks “Do you like OP?” To which she replied, “As a person, yeah. But I’m not into it.” Then they both casually mentioned the few other guys she’s been seeing and sleeping with and how they’re bad.

I feel embarrassed, but also extremely confused. I put her phone back immediately after reading the second thread and shut it. There was more to read, but my hands were shaking and I felt so stupid.

That conversation was a month and a half ago, clearly she’s continued to see me, and she is always extremely enthusiastic about intimacy and she’s often the one initiating. We’ve had conversations about our intimacy, and she has always been overwhelmingly positive to me.

I’m feeling neutral about her seeing other people. We’ve never had a conversation about this being exclusive, so I didn’t expect her to be, but I also didn’t expect what I saw. More than anything, my jaw dropped about how she was talking about me. I couldn’t imagine speaking about an intimate experience that way to my friends, let alone being so derogatory.

I’m trying to sort out if this was just an instance of her talking shit with her friends, but it also seems so unlike the person I’ve been seeing for the past couple of months.

I know it’s not fair of me to judge someone based on an isolated text that wasn’t even meant for me, but I am also feeling incredibly insecure and hurt over this. In equal amounts, I’m feeling large pangs of guilt for going through her phone.

After a few minutes of trying to process, it was midnight and she said she had to leave at that time. So I woke her up and walked her to her car. She mentioned twice that she was upset I didn’t wake her up earlier, because she wanted to get down to it. That made my stomach sink, and I laughed it off. I was obviously being really weird.

She sent me a text apologizing for sleeping so long, and asked if I wanted to see her Wednesday.

I don’t know what to do. I’m not sure how to feel, and I’m not sure how to approach a conversation with her about this, or even if I should at all.

Thanks for reading, sorry it’s so long. Typing on mobile if format is poor. Throwaway because I’m embarrassed

I need serious intellectual advise here.

I bought my partner a box of condom consist of 12 pieces in it as my partner kept complaining each time we are doing it there’s an bad odor. Which I thought it would helped. But it didn’t, and my partner did not like the feel of using condoms during the intercourse. So in totality 4 pieces were used out of 12 during this whole phrase.

Moving forward, as couples we tend to have quarrels and arguments. So happened that when I was at my partner’s place, I asked casually where are the condoms that I purchased, my partner replied due to the arguments that we had, it was thrown away.

Subsequently, a few months later passed, I was searching for something and chanced upon the exact condom box kept in a table drawer which was not used frequently and I realized the balance pieces are only left with 6pieces. I have yet exposed or confronted my partner about it till now.

Now tell me, what would you advise or do if you’re in my position?

Here are what netizens think:

• Poke tiny holes in it and soak it in chilli pepper oil. In time the truth shall surface…

• The correct question is how many times your partner has been doing it without a condom.

• Leave him since he lied to u that he never use, somemore on someone else

• Maybe he used it on others to see if the bad odor was present.Maybe he wore it for fun.

• Never trust a person who lie if you confirmed is the same box.

• He makes animal air balloon out of it

• Maybe He chew it like bubblegum

• Buy a new box in case not enough for next runs.

• You should turn out all the lights and ask if he’s got a flashlight.