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Sounds like you are working on an ED visa without a work permit. The ED visa was issued to take classes, not teach classes! Just because it states in your contract that the job is not covered by Thai law doesn't exempt them' Your are working in Thailand therefore the laws of Thailand apply no matter what the contract says.

I would just leave and start the new job but before you do I would insure that the new school helped you get the proper visa and work permit to allow you to work legally!

How do you "INSURE" against such things?

Free school lunches lowers birth rates.

Huh?

yup, you read it here, so it must be right.

In Bangladesh some years back, the government decided to raise the nutritional value of the meals school children were getting, by starting up a free lunches at schools.

As girls usually did not attend school after a few years, and it was considered more important for boys to get an education, it came as a surprise to government officials to find that girls were being sent to school so they had at least one nutritious meal a day.

The benefits of course were that the girls started learning more about the facts of life, along with an education, and the number of teen pregnancies dropped, and the age of marriage rose. There was a marked drop in the population explosion.

It seems to me the age old problem here is hormones + poor education in reproduction (O.K. - sex education).

Time the education departments here had a wake-up call and joined the 21st century. Contraceptive pills and condom machines have been around a mighty long time in the modern world.

While on the subject of cooking, does anyone know what to ask for, for "Sweet Soy sauce" or "kecap manis'. It's used in Malaysian/Indonesian cooking, but I can't locate it, tho I'm told it's in the supermarkets.

I sure wish TOPS would reverse their policy of enormous Thai type on the prices, and minuscule English underneath, especially when things are near the floor.

I think evicting the termites and their wooden sleepers overcame the derailment problem, as they wreck their teeth on concrete..

You should see the heap of rotten sleepers stacked up alongside the train line around Chiang Mai. It was a job way overdue and constant derailments woke up enough people the get the job of replacing done. I think the Mexicans call it manyana.

I recently did a return trip Chiang Mai/BKK, which was as rattly as expected, but not bad for a system which is overdue for replacement.

T.I.T.

This seems to be the third or fourth time this matter has been raised on these pages in a week or two.

Try the dental section at RAM hospital. it's run by a team of experts, not the cheapest but certainly effective and top quality.

I had a not-so-common common cold last month that lasted three weeks. No fever, just ordinary cold symptoms; cough, congestion, sneezing, etc., which lasted about two weeks, and coughing lasted three. Several of my friends had the very same. One went to the doctor at Loi Kraw who prescribed antibiotics, but he didn't get well any faster than the rest of us. All of us... three weeks!

"prescribed antibiotics" what a stupid doc! Don't visit him again. Ibuprofen would be Gold Standard!

There is some reasoning here; antibiotics are no use against a virus, but they certainly help with bacterial infections.

An old saying about colds is, if you treat them, they'll clear up in 2 weeks; let it cure itself and it's all over in a fortnight.

But sure, there are plenty of nice ways to numb the feelings - just a pity about the import tax and duty.

haha! it's true.

might be a status/confidence thing...?

Try this in a Muslim country. They often just touch fingertips, and wonder why the farang has nearly crushed their writing hand.

And people are saying we did not need a coup..... Seems the military is the only one who can keep the police in check.

But executing wrong and stupid laws instead of making a framework of laws that make sense isn't the big step ahead.

Gambling will always exist so make laws for legal gambling. I fail to see the big leap forward if some corrupt Thais that own casinos at the border to Cambodia (Police and Military people) make the profit with gambling and not paying any tax instead of some corrupt Thais in Bangkok. No change beside bigger CO2 footprint.

Legalize casinos and than public tell that after a grace period of 3 month there will be a crack down on the illegal casinos with real punishment (not inactive post) would be the right thing to do.

If they really do elections 2016 than we can tell 2019 that the coup was complete pointless because nothing really changed (non of the changes are visible anymore).

Agree with what you're getting at, but maybe change 'than' to "THEN"?

I pay ฿1700 each 4 months for ExpatTV. All the BBC and ITV channels plus movies plus Australia+. great value via my wi-fi

They've not offered me that, would be a bit more tempting.

Could I suggest you read their web site?

They have all the packages, with and without the TV box. If your computer gets wi-fi, then that's all you need. Watch it directly. I'm running 3BB 10Mb, and it's excellent quality, stereo.

If I had a half decent TV in my condo, I'd get the box instead of running my computer.

I pay ฿1700 each 4 months for ExpatTV. All the BBC and ITV channels plus movies plus Australia+. great value via my wi-fi

Check out the adverts in "CCCC". folk are often going home and selling used computers.

Totally correct regarding medical issues. just stay off motor bikes - a busted knee, elbow can cost a fortune.

Check the visa requirements carefully. I wouldn't have though a tourist visa was the way to go. Others will have more experience here.

Good places in Chiang Mai for ฿10,000 but no beaches!

The Chinese probably got out of the car,, started screaming at each other.. spitting and pissing where they stood and the driver just thought that after a while, they had gotten their luggage and then took off at a slow speed back to his home, thinking nothing of that terrible Chinese experience... Until the knock on the door

I usually go to the back of the taxi and if the driver gets out to help with the luggage, then he gets his fare + tip.

If he stays glued to his seat, I've got the luggage on the footpath and then he gets paid.

A photo of these curiosities would be nice.

Anyone?

A photo of one of the buses would be even nicer!

Where can one find what the Chiang Mai Air Quality Index is?

In Beijing, which is much worse than Chiang Mai for the time-being, they have warning flags to advise when young children should not be outside, and another for older children.

As the smoky season is going to get much worse in the following weeks, we should all know the AQI is.

When it comes to crimes against innocent and law abiding victims, I'd say that Thailand is no worse than anywhere else, i.e., a rare occurrence.

People who look for trouble will definitely find it here though -- most of the 'victims' of crime here seem to have been doing something stupid or illegal in the first place.

I'm not so sure about this statement.

We live in a country where a non-Thai cannot own property. Therefore all property must be in the Thai partner's name.

I read almost every day of someone's partner, ex-wife, girl friend, boyfriend, leaving the foreigner behind, and taking money from their account, land, house, car, sometimes kids.

This often means a life savings is lost, bringing hardship as well as emotional problems.

To me, this is a serious crime, but how often is it reported?

Its not a crime if you give someone all your money.

fraud? and what if they weren't 'given' the money, but absconded, ran,cheated, lied?

So is the Aussie owner going to charge 500bht for farangs or do us aussies get in for thai price of 50bht?

...and a cash bonus for those wearing Carlton FC colours!

When it comes to crimes against innocent and law abiding victims, I'd say that Thailand is no worse than anywhere else, i.e., a rare occurrence.

People who look for trouble will definitely find it here though -- most of the 'victims' of crime here seem to have been doing something stupid or illegal in the first place.

I'm not so sure about this statement.

We live in a country where a non-Thai cannot own property. Therefore all property must be in the Thai partner's name.

I read almost every day of someone's partner, ex-wife, girl friend, boyfriend, leaving the foreigner behind, and taking money from their account, land, house, car, sometimes kids.

This often means a life savings is lost, bringing hardship as well as emotional problems.

To me, this is a serious crime, but how often is it reported?

Yingluck is also in Chiang Mai but not sure if it is related or not. Apparently her caravan was stopped and checked at a check point also.

She now lives in a caravan?

Went in KSK before opening time yesterday through the back, no checks there. not sure if they are at the front.

There were security guards at the basement doors a few days ago.

Glad they are taking Precautions!

That "Travel Advice" from Australian Government was dated a couple of weeks ago and the suggestion to "Not Travel" ONLY Applied to a few places way down South where most people would have no desire to go anyway.

You're correct about the 'Do not travel' applied to the south. the notice was issued a few days ago.

I've had to take my daughter to many Thai toilets over the years when she was too young to go herself and I can assure you that Thais are just as adept at crapping on the toilet seat and floor as the Chinese are. In fact, have been to almost every Asian country in the region, I cannot remember seeing anything more disgusting than a Thai, men's toilet.

You are either in denial or have never travelled to China. Thai toilets are heaven compared to Chinese toilets. Even petrol (gas) station toilets are in pretty decent shape, pretty clean for a developing country and I am probably more of an authority on this subject than just about anyone else on this forum, with an average of 40,000km per year driven entirely on Thai highways throughout the country but mainly in the east, north and north-east, necessitating quite a few stops. In fact, many public restrooms in Thailand are often cleaner than those in say, Australia at least if you compared petrol (gas) station toilets in both countries with each other.

Burmese public toilets are a step down on Thai ones, although they are usually not too bad either, but Chinese ones are by FAR the WORST. They are absolutely filthy, you can smell them from a mile away, there's no stalls, even if you want to take a dump you have to bear and grin it as others watch you do your business (think no privacy!) and I'm not just talking about places in remote Yunnan, Tibet or Qinghai, but I'm talking about everywhere, even on the civilized Chinese "Gold Coast" such as in Xiamen and that area.

Been there, done that. I know what I'm talking about.

As an Aussie, I am deeply offended. My grandparents had a perfectly respectable toilet out the back of their place, with an old phone book hanging from a nail. (recycling paper).

We had to take a torch and check for red backs, (spiders) and the phenyl bottle was in place.

Things have moved on since then mate!! Petrol stations in Oz are normally perfectly acceptable.

I was NOT impressed in China last year.

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It really doesn't look like a big turnout. I also wonder what Gen Supakorn means when he said some attaches understood the position of the Army. How many is some? Doesn't sound like a lot to me. Also why would the Army need to clarify to the public about the indictment against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra over the controversial rice-pledging scheme. Wouldn't that be the job of the Attorney General or the Court. or did the military also take over the function.

You're not good at reading, are you?

There were 25 countries invited, ergo it's likely that there were only 25 attache's present. It was a military to military meeting, at which the Thai Military answered questions relating to the situation here in Thailand to the Military Attache's of the invited countries.

This has nothing to do with "the public" and was not a "public" meeting as such.

The current Prime Minster (who happens to be Military and is in the main using people in that self same Military that he trusts for various positions) has no qualms or reservations about directly informing "the public" when he feels they need to know something or if something needs clarifying to "the public", so don't worry about getting your questions answered at one point or another.

excuse me but some countries have more than one military attache in case you didn't know. There is not only an Army Attache, but also an Air Force and Navy US Attache in Bangkok, I am sure other countries have more than one also. Sorry to bust your bubble again.

You are not a good looser.....are you?

Throwing the toys out of your pram again?

In fact I agree with you, they should have invited the whole embassies personnel, so you would be satisfied.

...or called it "Armed Services". It's not only the army involved here, the guys in the Air Force and Navy are also in this.

To be fair to all, the problems in the South would not have just fizzled away; it would have been like a festering sore. Problems would not have been solved with grenades, bombs, rifles.

There's a way to go yet. Part of the recent problems in France have been because one radical group, born and bred in France, didn't understand that following the French revolution in 1789, that country has had free speech and a free press.

Step by step. The Armed forces of Thailand have a job to do, cleaning out the corruption, the nepotism, the collusion.

Ordering them to be shut down and actually shutting them down are 2 totally different things altogether.

One month to act on being shut down - no insurance, keep on operating. Wow!

Run. Fast. They will not stop.

Tell them the story about the "Goose which laid Golden Eggs".

See if they get the message - if not you might have to spell it out.

If the Goose walks, they lose everything.