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I bought a book only with proverbs but I liked only a few of them and I've never finished that book. It seems to me that not many Thais know the meaning of those proverbs and they're right, many of them just don't have a verbs, for example, or even resume to a single word.

I like proverbs, but in my language they're build like a normal sentence, with a subject, a verb etc. Like, for example, if I can translate this right: "The leaves won't fall far from the tree" - I think anyone can understand the meaning or can point a situation where this proverb can be used, is a statement. But when I say for example: กะลา , how many of you would guess that what I mean is something not worth the price, something that cheap that it cannot be sold or something is not worthing the price ?!?

I don't know, maybe I'm not too wise for the Thai proverbs

Btw, for those who don't know, กะลา is the coconut shell.

Kind of expensive, 1500 b

The deal was actually only ฿735. ฿1,500 was the actual value of the voucher.

We only sold 16 vouchers for this restaurant which was quite low when compared to other deals we've run. Did other people think that the cost of the voucher was ฿1,500 too, or was it just as other people said in this thread; many people simply don't fancy Russian food? We'd love to hear more feedback from people! It will help us to create more relevant and exciting deals in the future!

Jonathan

Team TikTokThai

I don't think it was difficult to understand how much the voucher cost, and how much it was worth, unless you didn't bother to read it carefully.

My feeling on the low interest in that deal is that for many people it is a foreign cuisine they have never sampled before, and so 735 baht might seem a bit much for something they might end up not liking.

Perhaps a lower outlay and people would have taken the gamble.

Sorry, my mistake, I meant 700 is kind of expensive

What I consider a good deal, if we're speaking about the best offer or if you need a gourmand's opinion, is the Bayok restaurant. I haven't yet found something I didn't like up there. 400 thb and eat all you can...

Anyway, business is business and if people would be willing to pay more, then take their money, what can I say

Recommend the area around Emporium/BTS Phrong Pong within 400 meters you have Emporium for food/groceries/movies- 4 english/irish pubs; villa market, Benjasiri park is very nice for jogging, hanging out, very well maintained. - just 3 stops to Nana is that your thing. But expensive area.

Benjasiri has a swimming pool also where you pay only 15bath, I I remember well, for 2 hours swimming.

"cigarette police" hahaha

Well, littering is rude and degrading, I admit, but what can you do where there's no trash bin?! The first thing I've noticed in Bkk was there're no (not enough) trash bins and public toilets. Of course Thais (well, the lower class ones) are do their needs where they can or they drop, "by mistake", their plastic bags (all classes), however, the police will not charge them because they know their income is lower then the tourists'. So, in order to do their norm, they might be hiding trash bin and hunt foreign smokers.

Conclusion: smoking is bad

Well, I remember my time when guys my age used to drug themselves and play crazy.

Here's easier, but depends on how far your son wants to go and if he's a good actor or not. Tell him to shave, make up, dress like a woman and play the lady-boy's role, maybe he'll be excused

Btw, I'm not having fun, I've heard the army doesn't accept lady-boys.

I cannot help but just wish to write that I read somewhere about someone saying that all his friends who bought apartments, houses, land etc. in Th are regretting this. Don't know the reasons why...

I'm not sure that just anyone can legalize her documents; I think she must come in person.

Lot of small language schools on Sukhumvit. But my advice would be for you to talk with your wife more. Why send her to school when all it takes is 2-3 hours/day talking in English?! Besides, the school will probably teach only 2 h/day, not everyday etc. Try this: half of the day speak English, for her, and half Thai, for you

LOL, clark is right. Don't think too much, you'll get a headache

Well, I had a beer there only one time, the owner (I think) invited me to play, if I have skills, so I refused. Just a dump, IMHO, though he seemed a nice guy, and other 2-3 fellows who were singiong their versions of "Country roads"

Kind of expensive, 1500 b

Here's an idea: stay away from tuktuk drivers. They use to rip naive foreigners who will pay them much more then the taxi. Or, to simplify, just give them 40 bath all the time, no matter where they'll take you

Try the Nasa Vegas, they have rooms for rent for long terms, also. Dunno the prices, though, but I suppose is under 10k.

CharlieH, 60k is enough to live more then decent, much more. 20k is for the "modest apartment". LOL, man, you have high standards

The building is too weak; sometimes I cross the street and those small bridges and they are waving

Good question.

Now I live in a small village in Uthaithani, but I'll be back soon to Bkk, probably. Thought I needed quiet... well, too much quiet here. I don't care where I stay, if the apartment is high enough - the room size is not important since I don't stay too much indoors, except when I work and then I don't have time to admire the room too much

Nothing is perfect and Th is not Utopia, but I haven't felt better anywhere else, so... at least for now, I'm here to stay.

Sorry, but why?! If I understood right, you just need a plastic case that looks like a netbook?!

He!He! Reminds me of the days I was not so good, selling fake cell phone to... dummies

Try the small shops in Pantip, the ones that also repair stuff. I'm sure someone will need it.

It crossed my mind that I should try to became a teacher lately ... depends of the fees, mostly.So I'm searching universities on the internet in Bangkok where I can continue my studies and get a M Ed. Well, if I'm smart, if not, I'll just lose 1-2 years.However, I've found only Ramkhamhaeng (expensive), Rangsit and Shinawatra. If someone else know other universities (I've heard they're more then 600 international schools in Bkk), maybe also the fees and the period (I prefer one year instead of two), please let me know.Thank you!

I don't think you will

I'm trying to find chlorine for my white shirts with no luck.

And what a surprise... goodthaigirl gets banned for some reason beyond my understanding. The last I've checked it it was just about dating, nothing anti-government or anti-monarchy or whatever other anti.

I really think Thailand has enough teachers without a degree... How about getting a degree before trying to teach here?

Sorry if I'm being cynical but non-educated teachers cannot help the country getting educated, unless the country is really in utter need for some basic knowledge. I would think Thailand is past that.

What holds you back from getting an appropriate degree? Why do you even consider teaching without it? Would your home country approve of that?

Kindly let us know why you think you should teach without an appropriate degree, I would like to hear that.

True, on one side...on the other, there are enough alcoholic farang teachers there with degree (not to mention those spending their free time in the bars with the bar "Ladies") who are native English, too, that anything could be better then them. I don't want to sound cynical, either, but in the end is how you make the students learn by themselves and how you make them like what they learn, not what kind of degree or education the teacher has. Am I right?

As long as you meet the conditions (paperwork from school) and pay the 1,900 baht you can keep extending for 90 days at a time.

Sorry, I don't understand 'at a time'.

I can extend one more time (like I already did) after one year (ie the 4th time) or I can extend any XYZ time, every 3 months, like I already did? Supposing I'm not leaving 'Th for another year, can I extend 4 more times, without having to change the ED visa??

Thank you!

Hi!

I'm Romanian, 31 yo (sounds like dating, but, well, if those are the forum rules ). But to keep it to the point:

I entered in Th the last year, on 25 August and haven't been outside Th; I have the same ED visa, I'm going to school now. I have extended, of course, every 3 months. The last time I extended was last month, around August 20 - this gave me another 3 months extension, until 19 November. My question is, since I knew the ED visa is available one year only (though it writes nothing on it, in my passport), do I overstay now or I'm legal?

I'm worried that I should have leave Th this year, in August, to get another ED (or whatever) visa, but since at Chaengwattana they just extended my (same) visa.... to be honest, I don't know what to think.

If, hopefully, I'm not overstaying now, then how many times I can extend this visa? I don't have plans to leave Th too soon, so can I stay (just extending again and again) with the same visa, issued at 25 August 2009?

Thank you!

Sorry I take over your post with my issue, but is related somehow and I don't want to open another thread and waste space. From what you way and what people answered here, I understand that many teacher work illegal?! As working without work permit is illegal, right?!

Also, it's still blur for me if foreigners can work legally as teachers or not, I mean teaching in government school, not private schools, which may have their own rules. If it is possible, what are the requirements for the foreigner teacher to get hired by the government school?

I'm asking this because this is my situation and I was thinking to start teaching as a second job: I own only a Bachelor Degree, no teaching qualifications and I'm not a native English speaker, however, I suppose my English is good enough to get a toefl and I'll get it is I'll be sure there's a chance to get legally employed. I'd like to teach for a medium school in a small village, where I plan to move soon, and I was told by a friend (Thai) teaching there that it will not be a problem for me to teach English, since they already have another Filipino working there. However, when I ask about the legal stuff, she told me something like this, to summarize: you will work without work permit and your salary will come from the extra money children will have to pay to the school, if the school decides to hire you; therefore, there's no yearly increase and if you start now with, let's say, 9k bath, after 5 years you will have the same (I'm not interested in money, I know is not much, don't need advices about that )

So, basically what I need is to work legal, with work permit and a non-O visa (I think that's the one). Now I'm on ED visa, learning Thai, but soon the school will finish and I don't want to continue it. So, to keep the topic, "Can I be a legal teacher, too?"

Thanks.

Of course it does, though I cannot see neither I'm interested to think which are the good influences and the bad ones. But it makes sense, generally speaking, that a nation's culture has impact on everything what happens in that nations country, including the education