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18 years, how about you?

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cooked, on 26 Feb 2014 - 11:01, said:

Well you seem to dislike the place that you chose to live in as well as the people there.

And where did you get that piece of fiction from? By the way it was my post that was deleted. I tried to educate you 'Cooked' in that 'Monkey see, monkey do' is a way of life here for Thais. I quoted a popular Thai newspaper article that explains fully what I meant by it. It's not derogitory and it's commonly used in every day speaking.

I did see the article before it was removed. I am SOOO happy that you feel a deep urge to educate me, that makes me feel as though my life is becoming worthwhile.

I don't always take articles from newspapers as a beacon for my navigation through life, but please, please do keep educating me.

Close topic now?

Well you seem to dislike the place that you chose to live in as well as the people there.

We have a little girl that goes to a 'good' school 25 Km away, that makes 4 trips a day. I have been in and out of that school many times, I have seen how teachers allow children that don't want to learn try to prevent children that do want to learn from doing that (stealing books and pencils, sitting on their desk...). In the presence of the teacher. Rote learning, no effort to make the kids think for themselves. Although our girl has learnt the English alphabet perfectly, she can't write down a D or write DOG. Well she can now, To get good marks they have to sit around a table repeating by rote. This happens after school, the teacher earns extra money by doing this, so she has less interest in teaching adequately.

So the school, which is supposed to be one of the best in the region, doesn't offer a decent education really.

Our girl wants to learn, enjoys our Saturday morning sessions of English and science. She is definitely not lazy and will definitely not finish up selling food at the side of the road or accepting uncritically what she is told.

Another example: my wife, that only had two years of school, taught herself English, speaks better English than our girl's teacher and now gives English lessons. Very bright, probably because she didn't go to school here. I don't think that the school system was specifically designed for tis purpose, it's just that it suits many people to leave it the way it is.

I look into TV every day and I never saw this survey. Doubtless my fault?

cooked, on 24 Feb 2014 - 14:05, said:

. Tell my wife that she is a red shirt (or yellow shirt) and she'll have your balls off in a trice. She put up a red DRESS as did many around here as she didn't want to tempt fate by being the only one in the village that didn't put up a red DRESS.

More likely she didn't want to be talked about and called names. This a 'monkey see, monkey do' world and if you don't conform then it can cause trouble. Who hasn't got a ghost house? Who hasn't got a picture of the King in their house? Who doesn't spend rediculous amounts of money for a funeral? And it goes on.

Someone opens a shop. Another person opens a shop next door. What does the second shop sell? The same as the first shop. Someone changes from Cassava to Sugarcane, within a short period of time they're all growing Sugarcane.

I have to wonder at times if these people can think for themselves. And when it comes to voting they haven't a clue. They vote for the one that pays. No wonder the people in the likes of Bangkok think Isaan people are stupid.

Well no wonder I think that many people here on Thaivisa are stupid, especially those that 'visited Isaan once', or read something, or heard something in a bar. You are just repeating ill informed comments. Monkey see, monkey do? None of that in your home country I guess, none of that in Bangkok either. I could give you countless examples of farmers in Switzerland following the latest fashion in crops and livestock....

Living in a small village all your life does make you a part of the community, does tend to call for conformity, up to a point. You wouldn't be any different.

Instead of accusing provincial people of being stupid, maybe you should think about why they lack the capability to think rationally, learn and understand instead of by learning by rote, be critical. Very easy to leave people without an adequate education and then accuse them of stupidity, let's disenfranchise them....

During my visit to Vientiane I saw no cars at all with Thai plates, and only a few trucks. I am pretty sure that your Thai car insurance won't be valid in Laos, so maybe you would get stopped at the border.

We went to a hotel in Nong Khai (the 'Royal something') and paid ฿200.- for the privilege of leaving it there overnight as we went to Vientiane the next day. We took a tuk tuk to the frontier and accepted the services of a guy that turned out to be a Lao taxi driver. He got us from one desk to the other, there are guys there that fill out everything for you and took us to our hotel.They didn't fill out the guarantor for Laos bit. To the Embassy in the morning, get the form filed out by the guys there to help you, photocopies included, wait, come back next day, wait, and get your visa. Back to the bridge, go through the process of leaving and find a taxi to take you back to your car.

You won't have an overlap of stamps as you can only have one at a time.

There are red shirts hanging out side houses all over issan. It is only an indication of there politics.

This is definitely something you "composed'. It is definitely not true.

I think he is talking about the red shirts hanging around drinking lao khao.

The main reason people would hang red shirts outside their house is because the scumbags threaten and intimidate people who don't support them. The people are scared of them and want them to think they support them.

As well as warding off ghosts of course.

And my wife's family in Surin only like the reds for one reason, they recruited all the lazy, drunken, good for nothing bums from their village and took them away to vandalize and burn things in far away places, best thing that ever happened to their village.

I thought initially that this must be a joke, the ignorance and arrogance displayed by this comment is incredible. There are, for example in Buriram province, whole swathes of countryside that are neither yellow nor red shirt, they just want their f&*()ing rice money.

Question, did you ever leave Pattaya or whatever cesspool it is you live in and live out here? Question, do you spend more than one month a year here? If the answer is yes, then you should be ashamed of yourself, this does not present reality. Tell my wife that she is a red shirt (or yellow shirt) and she'll have your balls off in a trice. She put up a red DRESS as did many around here as she didn't want to tempt fate by being the only one in the village that didn't put up a red DRESS.

I just read the mushroom thread and can feel myself weakening, please don't write me off just yet. Like DaveHKT I may have to put off the final decision until a few days before the day.

Before I got my Thai driving license I showed my DIP several times and the officer obviously didn't know what it was. So no problem. I think that the DIP is valid for 6 months; if you have an accident after that time then your insurance won't pay.

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There was a report on Thai TV about this and inside of a week almost every single house around here had red clothing hung out. Better safe than sorry seems to be the general attitude. My wife did it too, why should she live in the only house in the village without one?

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There are red shirts hanging out side houses all over issan. It is only an indication of there politics.

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well try this one:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/628180-penis-erected-against-widow-ghost/

I've been driving in Thailand for a/b 7+ years. Also road a "chopper" in BKK. I have NEVER seen such antics on the road as here. Up here in Isaan I think it's WORSE, if that is possible. Thais' seem to just do whatever they feel like doing re: operating a motor vehicle. Hell 6 year olds operate motorbikes here.... with a band of friends hanging all over the machine as well.

The most perplexing driving habit that I observe - perhaps - is making a right hand turn from the right hand land and onto the right hand lane of the street/road they turn into. Can this maneuver be explained? I really can not understand why they think this tactic is desirable. To do this is unimaginable (to me); THEN they seem genuinely SHOCKED when a vehicle (traveling in the left lane) nearly hits them.

I could go on but you most likely know the other usual driving infractions. With NO police enforcement it can seem like utter madness/chaos. Wouldn't self preservation prompt individuals to think a/b what might get them killed, and avoid that? I don't get it. Maybe you folks with more experience can clear this up for me. If so thanks in advance.

Most of your post is on the ball, but the one thing here is missing, the motor cyclist wanting to turn right. Mostly they stop on the left hand side of the road, turn their heads to see if anything is coming then cut straight across the road to turn. Most of us that were taught would keep to the near side and well before the right turn we check in the mirror/or look round, if clear signal and move to the extreme right before the turn.

This I have rarely seen BECAUSE they are NOT taught correct. look signal turn---is near non existent for most Thai.

They quite often do look, signal, turn, but not necessarily in that order.

I used to get people flashing their headlights at me in very poor conditions of visibility in the UK many moons ago, because I had turned my lights on. This is done to be seen, not to see, and as such is deemed unnecessary by the average Thai. Driving with sidelights is equally useless but they started mounting these flashing LED lights a few years ago, so go and think about that one.

I nearly had a collision with a police car without lights last year, and have seen police cars with defective lights a few times.

There are two wild mango varieties that grow in Thailand and you see these around farms. They have a straight trunk as opposed to the cultivated types which look so untidy. They also have a rather strong taste and give fruit a bit later than the cultivars. We have two and we had fruit last year while the neighbours had very little due to it raining into the blossoms. These will come true from seeds, some will be better than others, but you can also take cuttings, presumably just after harvesting.

on the same subject, nearly, read the back half of this post

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/694807-immigration-office-khon-kaen/?p=7260204

Interesting, thanks. Thinking about this, it seems to me that the 90 day reporting can be done by mail, or a policeman can confirm that you are still living where you say you are. As far as I know this is only applied to older people that have difficulties travelling. Maybe, on condition of having ฿400 000.- then the 90 days reporting will be done by mail. This would be a blow for me as that represents half of my 'fortune'.

Both sources I mentioned above seemed pretty positive about this. Buriram.

A number of people in Buriram do not do 90 day reporting.

A number of people in Buriram have paid 2,000 Baht for this privilege.

Yes I know, but this does seem to be something very different.

I have seen agents turning up at Immigration with a bundle of passports but I do try to stay legal, and I have noticed that there are a lot less people there than the first time I visited.

Let them metamorphose and find out?

The law allows for 90 day reporting being done by mail, it is not up to the discretion of the immigration officer.

The law is the law but TIT. If you insist on the IO carrying out the law to the letter he may well apply the letter of the law to you, there is also a law stating that aliens should visit the local police once a year also....

on the same subject, nearly, read the back half of this post

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/694807-immigration-office-khon-kaen/?p=7260204

Interesting, thanks. Thinking about this, it seems to me that the 90 day reporting can be done by mail, or a policeman can confirm that you are still living where you say you are. As far as I know this is only applied to older people that have difficulties travelling. Maybe, on condition of having ฿400 000.- then the 90 days reporting will be done by mail. This would be a blow for me as that represents half of my 'fortune'.

Both sources I mentioned above seemed pretty positive about this. Buriram.

I thought that I was being lined up for a scam in December when a senior police officer told me that, with ฿400 000 in the bank I would be exempt from the 90 day stuff, and as far as I understood him, going to immigration at all.

At Immigration today I was told the same thing, maybe next time I get a new extension, I could do this. I should imagine that immigration would be relieved to be released from all the paper work involved with marriage extensions so it would be rational (bearing in mind that TIT) to do something like this.

Any thoughts? I will call my embassy tomorrow, maybe they know something.

Oh boy, get ready for in coming. Immigration won't appreciate your good deed. Good luck to him anyway.

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