falong

>Any alien that has the work permit must transfer his knowledge about technology to >two Thais within the period the Thai government has set up. The expat must be an >expert in a specific project.

What is the legal definition of transferral of knowledge ?

Invest in China, not Thailand, the message is becoming very clear because if a country can change laws so flippantly as they appear to do, then this does'nt inspire investor confidence.

Thailand = not a serious country for business, but very good for holidays

China = good for business

I realise this message forum is pushed to sell Thailand, but it's becoming less attractive of a place. Why don't we have a forum for other Asian countries.

Have a nice day.

I've been doing this transfer of knowledge thing for years now. every 2 years I have to get 2 thais to sign this form saying that they are being trained. Can pick anyone who is willing to sign.

These new laws do not really effect the expats working at the big multinationals??

Your useless scumpy posts

Why is everyone so quick to assume troll? Seems like a very sincere poster

I'm still waiting for him to get back to me - I know he's busy and not very good at keeping in touch. I have not put all my efforts into trying to contact him because I have my own work life to sort out and I am not at this stage putting any of my eggs in his basket.

What has happened on this thread is that I started it to get some advice to pass on to him via e-mail.

Because of my 'Help' post earlier this year, it looks to many contributors to this thread that I am trying to start my own business but want everyone to look into the options for me because I'm too busy farting about with this Ning girl to get my head out of the clouds and do something about it.

Well that's not it.

My current situation work wise is NOT something I have made public on this forum, and what I am doing to look for a better means of making money is NOT something I am currently seekinghelp from on the forum.

If my contact in the U.K. is serious about starting a business (which he says he is but maybe he's the one who should be doing his own research instead of asking me asking the forum) then he will be in contact, but it's not something I'm waiting on.

He asked me what his options were - I (Scampy) am not a natural businessman so I handed the question over to all who have read this.

I am grateful for the replies but they are really replies that I am passing on to him (I e-mailed a link to this post) - in the meantime I AM sorting out, or trying to sort out my own problems and I have enough of them which is WHY I started this post because I doubted weather this guy would become a member himself and ask on the forum himself from his office in Huddersfield.

I'm still grateful for the replies and even the criticism - that which is constructive, and it's nice to know that people give a toss about me, BUT - are you sure your barking up the right tree because this is not and never was an extention or sequel to my 'Help' post.

When I get paid I will call him and ask if he's seen all this.

Hey, maybe he has and that's why he hasn't been in touch.

Sorry to respond to your post and ruin your day but I just gotta say

Thats a nice avatar

falong, myfriendu.

Much as I hate to slag anyone off here, as its far too easy when you are on the end of a keyboard.

If your friend was asking for advice would you take the same stance?

Scampy good or bad is just trying to do the best for himself, if you have nothing constructive to say, dont read it, dont post in it and just F#ck OFF

Random

If a friend was asking for advice I would respond the same way if not I would even be tougher in my stance. Thats what friends are for--tell them the truth and they will accept.

Incedentally I am very grateful for the advice and suggestions posted to me and yes, I even understand the criticism and would probably criticise the same.

Remember when I started that help post there were some saying that I should stop getting drunk and feeling sorry for myself? Yes?

That was somebody's assumption from reading my posts, that I was wasting the little money I had on booze. I wasn't, I was spending most of my time on the internet during the evenings.

People can only judge from what they've read which is one of the reasons I was dissapointed that I never did meet Simon43.

Perhaps I should have persisted but I didn't, I didn't want to be a pest.

Perhaps it's that attitude that is wrong?

This is going a little off topic, but I am trying here I really am... I just want the same quality of life as many of you have, to not have to worry if I have enough money to buy a top up card for my mobile AND 20 L&M Menthol.

I have probably wasted a lot of my potential over the years by being a misguided fool and being distracted or simply avoiding hard work and believing I would end up making a living in writing or music, but just because I was capable of it, doesn't mean to say that it would have happened - though I tried and tried and tried and put in lots and lots of effort and was let down, VERY let down by people who encouraged me, a couple of them were very famous people who's word and belief in me I wrongly saw as a guarantee.

I believed it couldn't NOT happen but it didn't and I put all my eggs in one basket and didn't have a back up plan.

Looking back I was pretty stupid not to, but I also remember how convinced I was at the time that I would be producing pop songs, possibly my own, or writing jingles for Tv or scriptwriting.

It never happened and I got depressed and tired of the dissapointment and feared that like my biological mother, I would end up a wasted talent living alone with nothing to show for my life.

She died in 2001, I sold her flat in the Isle Of Wight, came to Thailand as recommended by my foster brother and his girlfriend and the rest you can figure out.

I don't wish to be any more open than that at this stage but it's partly the reason I am in the situation I am in.

Some of it is my own fault - for example, I first came to Thailand and travelled the eastern hemisphere with 22 U.K. grand in my pocket. I could have gone home after eight months, after Fiji, and saved several grand but no, I had to prove my detractors wrong back home, I had to complete the 1 YEAR and prove wrong those who said I wouldn't last a month overseas. Also, I was having too much fun, why would I want to go back to the U.K. just to save a few grand?

Sometimes I wish I had done.

Anyone have a hankerchief? sniff sniff

I think he does take things a bit seriously; that's why he has posted this topic.

Exactly, this is the job search/economy/business forum which is read by many businesses and companies and therefore not the place to 'having some fun' we have Hong Klay Whatsit for that.

Maybe I'll start a post in there especially for Falong.

Exactly. So why are you asking others to do the work for you? Some of those who responded to you are paid an awful lot of money for their opinion(s) on good investment ideas in Thailand. However, they gave their time to you for free. And how do you respond? Basically by saying that you're too busy improving your lot to research any of the ideas that were given to you.

Am I only one who thinks that's a bit of a slap in the face? Maybe I'm wrong - but I cannot see how I can take you seriously in this forum...

Youre not the only one

To Sumitr Man & BkkMadness among others, regarding the 'help' post from a few months back, again there were several options to consider and I eventually went for the one that one member suggested in a PM which has reulted in me now living in Hua Hin in an apartment between the beach and the mountains, however, I'm doing a much better job but one that doesn't pay any better tha what I was earning in Bangers.

I did put my neck out to find extra work back in Bangers but most of my day was spent traveling, not earning, and I also went for the wrong agencies instead of having the guts to go it alone.

Anyway, here and now - the whole krux of this post is that a contact from the U.K. wants me to 'look in' to potential business ventures here and since most of my spare time is put into improving my situation as it is now, I don't have the time to research and look into somebody elses plans with all my efforts, weather they involve me or not because this may never happen, he just wants to know what the score is and 6,000 expats know more than I do.

Like I said in the original post, I'm not putting all my eggs in one basket with this guy and my own situation now has to be my main goal and I've made some good contacts, though I don't want to give away too much on the forum about myself, I will let you know when I am earning 50K or more.

I have not used the forum to get what I'm curretly aiming for - I've done my plea for help and it was very fruitful and I've had the leg up I needed and am hopefully on the way to a better life.

This post is nothing more than a 'This mate I know has some capital and wants me to look into a possible business venture in Thailand but I'm no businessman so I'm asking the forum what the options are so I can pass the information and suggestions onto my contact and he can tell me what he wants to do and which one he wants to go for and then and ionly then will I be able to say "thanks guys" to the forum and concentrate on his chosen plan if it's one I can help with and one that is suitable' Can't fit all that into the subject box though.

There are some very helpful, decent and good hearted people on this forum and it's great to see the expat community, from all their different backgrounds helping and guiding each other - one of the things I love about life here and not in England - and yes, it's something I have used to my advantage and I'm very grateful for the help recieved.

Were it not for this website I could be back home by now, and if being open and honest creates detractors such as Falong, then so be it, one thing I've learned the hard way over the years is that it doesn't matter how nice a guy you are, not everyone will nesscessarily like you. But in the case of Falong, who's age I have no idea - I'm guessing late 20's early 30's - I'd rather he keep out of the grown ups forum to criticise, of all things, the avatar I chose to represent myself.

Holy F***

I'm just having some fun. I hope you havn't taken anything seriously

Apologies for the distractions all of you who are responding as was intended, I have passed on the info so far and am awaiting feedback.

apologies accepted

haha

hahahhahah

I dont own a business in LOS (my wife's rental propertys dont really count),I earn a wage, so my input might be a little irrelevant, but nevertheless I'll add my 2 cents.

I am friends with 2 western expats who have been very successful in their Thailand based businesses they started.They have the following traits in common, which should be observed,AFAIC, as pre-requisites to doing business in LOS :

1) they both speak,read and write thai very well

2) they both spent a lot of time in LOS(2 yrs), living, exploring, travelling, adapting, researching, observing, connecting, networking, etc.... before formulating their business plans and executing them.

3) they are both very focussed on their MAIN objective for being here..business.They do indulge from time to time in various lifestyles and leisures, but can switch off the hedonisms and refocus in a split second.

4) they both have a very trustworthy, well educated(thai and western tertiary level) male thai business partner

5) they are both very hands on and work long hours

6) they both understand thai law, business/tax law quite well, but do outsource most of that to local thai experts.

7) They both understand the differing dynamics of thai society/culture and operate with the uttermost respect to achieve an ideal balance between local culture and effective business.

I think 1,2 and 7 are most important.

Just my observations of real world successes.

and I'll bet neither one of them spend any time on this board playing with their avatars.

Yes it happens for accounts with less than 1,000 baht

If you have more than 100,000 baht, they won't do it

I find it hard to believe that if you have for example 76888 baht in an accunt inactive for 7 months that a bank will confiscate that money. Yes under 1000 baht for 2 years then I could understand.

Falong, If being a smug, interfering ######wit was an Olympic sport you'd do your country very proud.

Having a bad day?

I have some concerns that if I want to spend some time in Thailand that eventually friends or future family will ask one way or another for money.  I wont have a great deal of money and dont want to lose it this way.

How do I turn people down and not cause them to lose face or me to be regarded any worse or worse still be subject to some physical attack !

Thanks for you experience and advice

Its quite simple. Just learn to lie as they will lie to you.

I have no spare cash as my money is tied up in blah,blah...... I have to pay taxes in my country this month blah blah. my sister is sick in UK .... sent her all my cash blahh blahh.... Use your imagination.. u gave all money to scamp to open a new restaurant..blah..blah...

piece of cake

a few weeks with ning and you've found another new identity.  Pulling your hair out huh?

HAHHAHAHHA

get your pal to buy a restaurant or something and then hire you to manage it.

With the boom in low cost airlines though, I'd say the oppertunity isn't that far ahead.

Well done Falong.

So I guess your avatar represents someone who has completely lost their mind

a few weeks with ning and you've found another new identity. Pulling your hair out huh?

HAHHAHAHHA

get your pal to buy a restaurant or something and then hire you to manage it.

If there were a hotline to report smoking in restaurants, I'd definitely use it. Right now, I'm compiling a list of the offending establishments to send to the Minister of Health. If anyone has any to report, please send them along so I can include them.

You must be joking

C'mon man

Thailand can organize an orgasm with the best of them

Am being serious too with this comment.

Thailand seems to be pretty good at attracting stupid farangs to its shores.

I have never worked out why

Iraq wins that award.

Check out the new toyota Vigo it cant be beat!! Ive tested all 2005 models and this is far superior than any other out there. Fully loaded double cab 4x4 auto 861,000 baht

Thats the one im saving all my pennies for

I don't think there's that many skeletons, I'm ready for them when and if they appear though, I'll have my xylophone stick.

Phenneck you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about and Neeranam, do you have any experience on the subject in which to judge?

That's not a criticism, you may well be right it could go tits up, but why would that nesscessarily have anything to do with the fact she's an ex BG?

Assumption is rife on this forum.

Well ... You finally found an appropriate avatar This avatar changing every 20 minutes is an indication that you don't really know <deleted> you really are. Looking for an identity? Havn't found yourself yet? Thats ok... We all go through this..Usually at age 15.

Palm Reading? No comment.--I cant think of anything to say-- I think it speaks for itself.

Earning 2 dollars an hour and you're drinking chivas and smoking imported cigarettes?

Those are about the nicest things I can think of saying at this time.

Look out below

I am 38 years old and a United States citizen. I have visited Thailand twice in the past two years and proceeded to fall in love with an Isan woman. I am planning to return to Thailand and get married. I have many concens about this, least of which if the fact I do not have a large nest egg. I thoroughly enjoy life in Thailand and want to spend the rest of my existence there. I do have a college degree, so I could teach english. Another possibility is starting a restaurant or traditional massage shop for my fiance, who is a great cook and a licensed massage therapist. Can anyone give me financial advise as far as my ability to live a quiet, somewhat comfortable life in Thailand. Is it better to make visa runs on a toursit visa or apply for a one-year visa if I am married to a Thai? Will this and other expeness drain my nest egg (approx. 1 million bat) to the point that 10 years down the road I'll be broke (not including any profits from working in Thailand) and unable to continue to live in Thailand? What happens to me when I'm 50 and don't have 800,000 bt in a Thai bank. Will I need to continue making border runs until I'm dead? From what I've read, the Thai government is starting to crack down on frequent border runners. Life in the states really depresses me, so I'm hoping for some kind of miracle here, folks.

Nest Egg? Sounds more like a jelly bean. You are completely out of your mind if you think you can make a life here with 1 mil baht. You can't be serious.

i a have 2m package for 1kbht, the speed don't even come close to it, but helll it beat dial up.

And thats unlimited 7/24 access??

100 Pounds to last to the end of the month and youre guzzling down heinekens?

Explain

Does your girlfriend mind, you making all these personal issues so public?

No she doesn't and for the first time she had a look at this thread this morning.

She understands that my intention is to put my money where my mouth is following my 'Bargirl Appreciation Thread' and prove all the cynics wrong - and she's all for that.

It's not like I've gone into detail about our sex life or her family history is it.

BTW: Nemsis - Call the guinness book of records, I don't think there's yet been a troll who's achieved over eight hundred posts. I'm a well established and very open member who's sharing my current experience and hopefully changing a few views in the process.

I was once in a relationship similar to yours. Was a rollercoaster ride--extreme emotional ups and downs. That was with my EX-wife. Those were hellish years.

Next time--LET HER GO. And there will, be a next time. You say you love her? Then respect her will and let her leave. You break down and cry making her feel guilty so she stays.--You are selfish. Get yourself some good farang friends down there and hang out with them for a while.

BTW: I called the guinness book of world records. Youre not even close. There are trolls who have posted 10's of thousands of posts. World record is 46377 posts.

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Has anyone signed up for one of these promotion packages?

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