khunPer

7 minutes ago, Scrotobike said:

Ever wondered why most western countries did not trust the CCP vaccine?

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So still the second one then - the screwed up buying the CCP vaccine.

Sinovac was the only fast available vaccine by that time, and many times better than no vaccine, which was the alternative. The initial problem was rather relating on locally manufactured AZ as the only vaccine in a roll out, but everything are always so clear in the unbearable crystal bright light of hindsight...

From Google...

23 minutes ago, stament said:

Out of interest @khunPer how long did the process take after the tea money was paid?

 

Extremely fast, payment followed signature; i.e. no honey, no money...????

2 hours ago, KannikaP said:

It was posted as a joke with 555 after it. I never flew Bangkok Air before.

What a pity, especially as everybody following ASEAN NOW now considers you as a veggie...????

2 hours ago, Scrotobike said:

Different areas of operation, one a provider of space another (like here in my Ampur) the just about the SOLE provider of food - with 7/11 and Lotusssss. Even the cooked food vendors have to shop there.

Central Group is the owner of Family Mart, BigC, and Tops, so plenty of competition...????

2 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Yes!

 

I read in another article that this a catch up for those who received two Sinovac, so not really a booster jab in the true sense.

Yes, it's a booster. The early developed Chinese vaccine is based on dead virus from the original Wuhan virus, which the vaccines were fairly effective against. Unfortunately those early vaccines based on dead Wuhan-virus only provides 13-14 percent protection against the later Delta-variant, but one booster with vector based-vaccine like AZ, or mRNA-based vaccines like Pfizer, can improve that...????

2 hours ago, Scrotobike said:

So the second one - "we screwed up etc"

Ever wondered why most western countries did not trust the CCP vaccine?

The Western countries are also beginning booster jabs now, as the vaccines used so far only seems to last between six months and one year. Israel was one of the first countries to roll out mass vaccination - and they used Pfizer - the immunity is running out now, so they begin with boosters.

The Chinese vaccine is based on dead virus from the original Wuhan-virus. Unfortunately the mutated variants, especially Delta, seems to be (much) less protected by dead-virus vaccine, actually only around 13-14 percent according to Thai news. Luckily one booster jab with vector-based AZ, or an mRNA-vaccine, can change that...????

First check the the father will approve an adoption. From experience from a friend, you'll need the father's permission. In my friend's case - the friend is the mother that got married to foreigner - it was extremely difficult, but finally settled by a (relative small) sum of money in exchange for a signature on the right document.

On 8/26/2021 at 1:36 PM, Daffy D said:

So now have brand new shoes never worn that are already too small. 

Someone with a younger kid will be happy from your school shoe donation...????

On 3/5/2021 at 3:19 AM, RamenRaven said:

But in Thailand:

Door height is often 170-180 cm, and so are market stalls. I feel like I'm in a dollhouse, or somewhere down the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland.

I'm 180 cm tall and have been regular visitor in Land of Smiles since 2001, and resident since 2005.

You'll get used to being tall in LoS, if not by others ways, then the hard "head banging" natural method...????????

From years of experience, I can guarantee you that, that method works well...???? 

On 8/28/2021 at 11:41 AM, spidermike007 said:

This is a difficult decision, as cases here appear to be stabilizing, but who knows?

You answered your question yourself, "who knows?"...????

1 hour ago, Scrotobike said:

Speechless form Sisaket.

Ok - with so few poor people fully vaccinated lets get our HiSo friends vaxed 

Or - we screwed up buying and using (continuing to use - but only with the poor) Chinese vaccines.

 

Choose please Dr. Oops I got it completely wrong but my TIT face does not allow me to say so (in good company with the general)

 

Booster jabs will be for those that unfortunately got "the poor Chinese vaccines" so they get improved immunity - especially important for front line workers and vulnerable people in hard infected zones - did you sign up for your jabs?????

2 hours ago, Scrotobike said:

Hot on the heals of the Tesco fiasco, another monopoly in creation?

 

As long as those two monopolies compete, it's actually good, better than smaller vendors that don't have the size, and thereby power, to compete with a major player on the market...????

people might dine out in Dark Red Zoned Bangkok instead, there they don't need to be vaccinated...????

3 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

5hit, now they'll know I am a vegan!   555

I wouldn't worry about meal preferences, if I was you, Bangkok Air will still know that you are vegan, and so will a lot others after buying the leaked data, and now everybody after you posted in ASEAN NOW...????

By the way, it's not the first time that some kind of data have been stolen from Bangkok Air, but I didn't see it in the news last time, or got an email from the airline. It'a a number of years ago, and I got several emails from others using my special Bangkok Air email address - i.e. [email protected] - the senders kindly told me that my mailserver had been hacked and encrypted, and I should pay them some money to reopen it.

I of course changed my email address in Frequent Flyer and informed Bangkok Air about the breach, but I never heard anything back. Just for reference I kept the "bkkair"-alias open and emails continue to arrive, the last only a few weeks ago, but now they want cyber-money - ,i.e. Bitcoins or Etherum - to reopen the encryption of my so-called "email server" on "bkkair@...". I of course never paid anything, but wonders how I can continue to receive emails when the mail-server is hacked and encrypted...????

If you have a Bangkok Airways frequent flyer account, or other data stored with Bangkok Airways, you might be interested in this...

Dear Valued Customer,

On 23 August 2021, we have discovered that we had been a victim of cybersecurity attack which resulted in unauthorized and unlawful access to our information system.

Upon such discovery, we immediately took action to investigate and contain such event, with the assistance of a leading cybersecurity firm. Currently, we are investigating, as a matter of urgency, to verify the compromised data and the affected passengers as well as taking relevant measures to strengthen our IT system.

We write to inform you now out of the greatest caution that this incident has exposed some of your personal data in our possession to be compromised by the attacker. From our investigation, the personal data that has been accessed are passenger name, family name, nationality, gender, phone number, email, address, contact information, passport information, historical travel information, partial credit card information, and special meal information. Please be assured that such incident does not affect the aviation security and we are still open for business as usual.

This incident has been reported to the Thai police and the relevant authorities. We will continue to update you about the progress on this incident as well as information on steps and proper measures you may take to protect yourself against such exposure.

As a preliminary protection measures, we recommend you contact your bank or credit card provider and follow their advice and change any compromised passwords as soon as you can. We also would like to caution you to be aware of any suspicious and unsolicited calls and/or emails, as the attacker may be claiming to be Bangkok Airways and attempt to gather your personal data by deception (known as 'phishing'). We will not be contacting any customers asking for credit card details and/or any financial details and any such requests should be reported to the police and relevant authorities.

We regret this incident has occurred and want to reassure you that our commitment to security and privacy of your personal data remains paramount. For further correspondence on this matter, please contact us via the following channels;

 • Toll-free number 1800-010-171 (within Thailand) during 08.00hrs – 17.30hrs
 • Toll number 800-8100-6688 (Overseas) during 08.00hrs – 17.30hrs (Thailand Time GMT+7)
 • Email: [email protected]

Sincerely yours,
Bangkok Airways PCL.

29th August +3 on Samui...

Lompraya will suspend its services from 1 Sep - 4 Dec 2021.

Those who have booked the tickets in advance during the mentioned period please contact Lomphraya by callcenter 0630815000 or by their FB page. (Apparently, the bookings will be transferred to Lomlahkkirin operator which is still operating)

Meanwhile from Samui - Koh Tao, there's a speedboat operated by Lomlahk Kirin " departing daily from Samui at 08:00.

  Lomlahk Khirin:
Samui - Koh Tao : Everyday at 8:00.
Chumpon - Koh Tao every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, at 13.30

Contact:
www.facebook.com/lomlahk/
 Call Center : 0630815000/ 0630816000

(Source: Samui Info bi Nicha).

Lomlahk is the speedboat operator.

A lot can happen in 29 years...

TAT will have the correct answer about actual number of quality tourists, but there might also be others arriving, as a number of ASEAN NOW-members - and members of other forums - have posted that they used Phukets Sandbox as alternative to alternative quarantine...????

21 hours ago, 2old4fixies said:

Do farangs carry a paper copy of their passport or even the actual passport in some sort of case, or is their some credit card sized ID format that suffices as legal ID?

Copy of you passport will normally do; i.e. the name & ID-page, and the page with your valid entry-stamp or extension of stay. You can have the photocopy laminated, or just use one of the water tight bags to hang around the neck. 

If you have Thai drivers license then that is also a valid ID, it includes either your passport number or your Thai ID-number, if you are registered...????

In reply to your questions, OP: Yes...????