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8 hours ago, smedly said:

what are you going to do, yes you can look at it all ## day, what are you doing about it ???

 

what a ###

The useless git will probably blame it all on Farangs.

I use send.com to send money every month.

Mobile or website app and you get the rate quoted with no fees taken out.

I had my visit in August and the immi officers only sat on verandah, never asked to look in the house. They wanted 2 x neighbours to come with ID and verify I lived there. 

Another group photo in front of the house and repeated again 2 weeks later.

(Refused their offer of help for 2k THB, so I don't think they liked us anymore :))

I had a similiar experience sending registered mail. Tracking stopped at Swampy.

I  had to get onto the addressee to see if it had arrived.

Took about 10 days to get there.

Kindle users have a look at "Book Bub". It sends you a daily email of free ebooks (or specials) available on Amazon. You can select the genre you want to receive and if interested click on the title, and it takes you to Amazon to get it. 

Admittedly though, some of the ebooks are not worth reading. I just delete it and open another from my library.

3 hours ago, Olmate said:

 Quaintas Irish pixie CEO AU$ 28 million handshake grub No1.!

Yes, but so happy the wee man has left. Pity they didn't open an emergency exit and shove him out without a parachute!

The board is under pressure to reduce his payout.

Been getting a few good downpours in Phetchabun.

Travelled from Nong Khai to Phetchabun through Loei and passed an area that builds houses using recycled timber. There were quite a few areas with stored timber and partly built houses.

Not sure of the exact area but we travelled from Nong Khai on Drive from Route 211, นค.3041, Route 2020, Route 2098.

Probably a bit far from Pai, but might be worth a drive

Just now, DrJack54 said:

Correct. 

Thanks Dr Jack

So if I have a new 12month Multi entry Non O spouse visa issued from an Embassy I will only need to purchase a 30 day covid insurance policy? Is this correct?

Many Techcom and HSBC ATM will let you withdraw 10 Mill Dong

Are people still shitting behind bus shelters?

Not much use for the world are you, spreading brainless myths like that....

Not a brainless myth but reality.

There is a huge shortage of public toilets in Saigon (what the locals call Quan 1 or District 1). If you walked around the streets the predominant smell is that of urine. And if you walked behind the bus shelters you would have to dodge piles of faeces.

But maybe this has all been cleaned up now?

There was a report in one of the Vietnamese papers a couple of weeks ago that anyone caught urinating on the streets has to clean it up. New toilets are supposedly being built.

I spend most of the year working in Vietnam. The people I think are friendlier than the Thais and I have made quite a few friends. I really enjoy going back to Thailand though, the food in my opinion is way better and the traffic less chaotic outside the city areas. The constant traffic noise in Vietnam does my head in so nice to arrive back in quiet Bangkok. Vietnam has yet to develop customer service skills, partly to do with the culture I think as Thais have a 'service mind' instilled into them. Some things better, some things worse, but I wold prefer to retire in Thailand.

I spend most of the year working in Vietnam. The people I think are friendlier than the Thais and I have made quite a few friends. I really enjoy going back to Thailand though, the food in my opinion is way better and the traffic less chaotic outside the city areas. The constant traffic noise in Vietnam does my head in so nice to arrive back in quiet Bangkok. Vietnam has yet to develop customer service skills, partly to do with the culture I think as Thais have a 'service mind' instilled into them. Some things better, some things worse, but I wold prefer to retire in Thailand.

There are so many books available to help students study for IELTS. Needing a Band 7, probably needs Academic, not general English.

There are many available. A couple of suggestions:

Ready for IELTS by Macmillan Education, should be able to get it at any good bookstore.

Focus on IELTS by Pearson

I suggest your friend goes to a good bookstore and peruses the books available.

Where I used to work (Government) the contract and documents were never ready until the last minute, which was very annoying and stressful. if they had made changes you didn't have time to discuss them. Mad rush to get everything done.

We live in a small village where everyone is in bed by 8p.m. A couple of weeks ago the tenants in the cheap apartments next door were having a party with music blaring out of their car stereo. It was really loud and the wife went and asked them to turn it down, which they did for about 5 mins. Eventually the wife rang the local police pretending to be home alone and scared of the noisy gangsters next door. 10 mins later the police were there closing the party down. The young guys were complaining as it wasn't even 10pm. The next day the villagers were all talking about it and wanted to know who called the police. Wifey played dumb, but the neighbours were all happy that the noise stopped.

A lot of expats live in Vietnam. I believe Expats can now own land. The culture is different though I find the Vietnamese to be very friendly people. If you live in any city the noise levels are very high and traffic can be a problem. Infrastructure in VN is not as good as Thailand. I prefer Thai food as I find Vietnamese food bland and also generally more expensive. Suggest that you visit and spend time in different areas. North gets cold while the south is hot. Hope this helps.

Has anybody told him that in order to get his Aussie citizenship he would need to get half of his brain surgically removed? Stick with the Kiwi passport mate!

Maybe he shouldn't have kept applying to immigration with his pet sheep dressed in sexy clothes under his arm....

Phrae is a really nice town, with very friendly and helpful people, though as stated above not a lot to do there. Stayed at the Namthong Phrae Hotel which is reasonable and was going through a facelift when we were there a few months ago. Some nice restaurants in the street outside the hotel.

The one thing we noticed was how quiet and clean the place was. There is a really interesting old wood house that is open to the public, well worth a look as is the Wat next door. Sorry can't remember the name of the house.

My wife got a loan from SCB for our house. We were told couldn't get the loan without life insurance which was 44k THb paid in full for the life of the loan (20 years) and added to the loan amount. Seems to be a common scam. We also got a bill the next year for some other annual building insurance which we knew nothing about. Wifey rang SCB and tore strips off them.

Why do Australians call Americans "Septic Tanks"?

I have regularly driven that road. The road works have been going on for about 18months and at night the conditions are terrible. As stated no warning signs that the road is being diverted etc. Amazing there aren't worse accidents along that stretch.

A CELTA/TEFL certificate is well worth getting even if you have a teaching degree. Many organisations want this peice of paper. But be aware that many employers (at least quality ones) won't usually accept online courses (£49). They want the 120hr (£1500) with supervised classroom assessment. There are some good courses offered in Thailand but you would need to do some research.