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Just eat whatever you like. That's what Thais do.

Most Thais also refuse to eat Thai food all the time. 

After a certain amount of time, "foreign" food just gets adopted as part of the culture, like curry was in Britain. 

"Korean" BBQ has well and truly crossed-over and the Thais aren't giving it back. You'll be hard pressed to find one that resembles BBQ the way it's done in Korea, but they sometimes give a nod to its origins by calling it Korean BBQ. 

Starting around 200 years ago, noodles were made here by Chinese immigrants fleeing war and famine and was constantly updated by new arrivals who continued to flee to Thailand up until the early 20th century. The Thais saw the noodles, said "I'll have some of that," and never looked back. Look how Thai the noodles have become now. 

Spicy spaghetti made for Thai taste buds is available all over the country now. 25 years ago you could only find it in a yucky red sauce at hotels and restaurants that expect some foreign customers.

Because Thais also eat foreign food in Thailand.

On 9/5/2019 at 11:18 AM, jackdd said:

1. This is not a Thai citizen ID card

2. You have to carry this card with you at all times

3. The person who got this card is forbidden to leave the area which issued the card(*)

except if this person has a personal identification certificate(**) or

a person who got a permit

 

(*) the card is issued by the amphoe, so imho this means forbidden to leave the amphoe

(**) i think this means passport

 

On other versions of this card which i saw on Google the part which i marked green is missing

I would translate 3 as "The person named in this card is forbidden to leave the jurisdiction of the issuing authority, except for those able to present foreign personal identification papers or written permission."

Bear in mind that the pink card was conceived not as a personal identity document for foreign residents, but to control the movements of stateless persons (people the Thai government would rather not be in Thai borders, would rather not give THai citizenship, but can't push out to neighbouring countries) within Thai borders. The vast majority of people who are forced to carry these cards can't wait to get rid of them, it's like a millstone around their necks. 

For the people who designed this card, the "foreign personal identification papers" is not meant to refer to the common passport booklet that most people know, it means something very specific: an A4 piece of paper that contains information such as tribe / ethnicity, specific permissions to travel or not travel, time limitations, etc. 

However, the wording is sufficiently broad or vague that a standard international passport would also fit the definition. If the definitions were tighter, and more clear, and the officials really understood what they were doing, they would either not issue these cards to people with passports at all or they would change the wording on the back to be more suitable. 

Confucius Centers can be found at many major universities. They are funded by the Chinese government, have resident native Chinese teachers, and administer the HSK Chinese language proficiency exam. 

An alternative in Bangkok is the Chinese Language Center. This is funded by the Taiwanese government and not only teaches Chinese as a foreign language but also to native standard (in my day most of the native-level students were children of Taiwanese businessmen). 

The main difference is that with the Confucius Center you will learn simplified Chinese and at the CLC you will learn traditional Chinese, just like they do in Taiwan. I'm told that even "simplified" Chinese gives people in China a major headache, but many people I've spoken to say that you will eventually develop an edge if you learn traditional Chinese if - IF - you stick with it for long enough. 

Another thing is that once you get past the basics the Confucius Center starts to load the curriculum with Chinese state propaganda. I don't know if the CLC do same with Taiwanese perspective, but it wouldn't bother me either way because I'm quite happy to hold my nose over the content during a language exam, given the heavily subsidised cost. 

On 2/8/2019 at 6:40 PM, Joinaman said:

its closed and now cleared out

said he didnt want the cheap charlies in there, just wanted the rich business men 

think he found out not many rich business men in Nakon Phanom,  or at least that wanted to pay his prices, which was twice the price of next door

but nice place to have the occasional beers though

What's next door? 

12 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

Thanks sounds like the land office wouldn't have gone ahead if he wasn't legally able to sign off the sale. 

Quite. 

A chanote is equivalent to a freehold title deed in the UK, so it is as good as it gets in terms of land / property rights. 

As long as the authorising director of the company didn't fraudulently present false documentation to the land office and sold off company property without the knowledge or consent of other directors who are supposed to counter-sign, your friend / his wife can rest easy. Even then, there are laws to protect people who bought in good faith property that was fraudulently sold, which doesn't really sound like the case considering what you wrote above. 

From the info presented by you, he never owned the condo, his company did. If he died it would have still belonged to the company, a company run by three other shareholders minus him. 

If the articles of incorporation for his company (most likely written by his lawyer) authorises him to sign off on all company business without having to consult any of the other shareholders, and he duly signed the condo over to your friend's wife, then the condo is no longer anything to do with the company or any of its shareholders because it was legally signed over to your friend's wife. 
 

8 hours ago, tgeezer said:

Thanks, new word for me. In the RID กระฟัดกระเฟียด is mostly applied to women’s behaviour, feigning anger is how I would put it.

หัวแขง > headstrong >violently self willed seems to fit as the type of person who would be กระฟัดกระเฟียด , so maybe we are not so far apart.



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I don't believe there to be any inherent gender bias in กระฟัดกระเฟียด.

A better word for stroppy has just occurred to me: หัวฟัดหัวเหวี่ยง (hua fad hua wiang) which is often shortened to just เหวี่ยง (wiang) in everyday spoken Thai. To wiang is to literally swing or throw something with much force, in this case your temper/attitude.

หัวแข็ง relates to being obstinate, literally hardheaded, a somewhat different quality.

23 minutes ago, Agusts said:

My old Forza (2016) stops at about 8200rpm, from what I heard from Honda and others they only talk about variator changes to improve performance,  but this ECU change is very interesting,  so what CBR model and year can be used, will Honda do it on an old model out of warranty....!? Who has more info ...

 

I also found some aftermarket modules in Europe for Forza that says it changes and controls fuel entry and fuel injection operation:

 

https://www.magnumtuning.com/en/detail/evo-tech-motorcycle-performance-chip/honda/forza-300-efi#select-box-anchor

 

Not sure how good that is...!

Here is a clip of a take-down / comparison between the latest Forza and the previous model. The workshop belongs to a particularly enthusiastic Honda dealership owner who still loves tinkering with bikes, making his own custom clutches and modded ECUs the even though he's over 70 years old.

At 44:30 of this clip he plugs in an ECU from a CBR300, which he says was ever so slightly adapted (something about there being one unused pin that had to be squared away or something like that) for the Forza. 
 

Namcharoen Honda Faceboook page

The closest word is กระฟัดกระเฟียด (grafad-grafiad). It's how you behave and do things when you're being stroppy. 

For example, making a big show of smacking things around when cooking is ทำอาหารอย่างกระฟัดกระเฟียด.

In itself it's not negative, but it's common sense that most people tend not to like it when someone is กระฟัดกระเฟียดing. 

If your wife says "why did you just tell him off?" you could say "he was grafad-grafiad all day and I had to grip him about his attitude". 

6 minutes ago, Badrabbit said:

Mind you that was just before they came on sale in Thailand, I asked the English speaking girl and she said "that wont be available in Thailand" in my mind it's just more to go wrong.

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You are of course right, it is more to go wrong, then you have to use the keys as you would with any other aftermarket top box. 

I just think it's nice to have it in a colour scheme that matches the body of the bike. 

1 minute ago, Badrabbit said:

I was told the smart top case was not an option in Thailand.

 

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That's a pity. 

I wonder who makes these weird decisions about what the Thai market is / isn't ready for . . . ?

They do the same with cars. Toyota for example, they throttle the spec levels available in Thailand and then get annoyed when the grey importers are doing a roaring trade with higher spec models (imported from Japan) than you can get in the showrooms. They tried squeeze the grey importers by making vehicles sold through them ineligible for dealership warranties, but the grey market just laughed them off because Toyota OEM parts and garages that know how to service Toyotas are common as dirt anyway. 

Sorry for rambling, just had to rant. 

Thank you for your reply. 

Anyone know where to get the original Honda accessories 45l top box with smart key control? 

I tried searching on the internet and worryingly only found them advertised in European model colours. 

On 4/7/2018 at 9:24 AM, sebastion said:

I like how they have 11k rpm on it.
Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside but in reality and won't even touch 9k.

Even an analogue clock is more useful.

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Out of the factory it will top out at around 9k rpm but with remapping it will easily get to 11k rpm. 

With the previous Forza you can swap out the ECU and plug one from a CBR straight in, and you're immediately in business for 10-11k rpm. 

28 minutes ago, vogie said:

You know these Yamahas are built in Indonesia, it's a Yamaha 310 I'm replacing.

Oh dear . . . what's the problem with yours?

I did come across the fact they're made in Indonesia as went further with my research, but by many accounts they are - and I paraphrase - well built for the money.

I'm beginning to lean more towards the Epiphone PRO-1 now in any case.

I think I'll just have to bite the bullet and go into Khon Kaen or Bangkok to cop a feel before I buy. 
 

I'm thinking of ordering a Yamaha F310 from Lazada for around ฿4,000. 

I would of course prefer to examine a guitar in person before I buy it but I don't live near any big music shops and I trust Yamaha's quality control enough to give it a punt.

Yamaha guitars also hold their value incredibly well in Thailand, even the pawn shops know about them apparently.

This is one for the Juvenile & Family Court. 

If you are working legally and your visas are in order you have the right to use the public defender for free (they are all volunteers, so it's the luck of the draw). I don't know what your Thai is like though, so you may need a reliable interpreter.

Another strategy would be to identify whether she has broken any criminal laws in the way that she treats you or the children, enough that the police will be obliged to charge her and pass the matter on to the public prosecutor. That way you don't have to spend any money on lawyers but you will also have no control over how the public prosecutor deals with her.

Thai judges absolutely DO have the authority to place restraining orders on people and they regularly do just that. In fact, Thai judges can order people to do or not do just about anything without having to consider legal precedent if they don't want to, because all court orders are in the name of His Majesty the King. 

Stop forking about and do it properly mate. The police WILL do everything it takes to comply with a court order and they will not ask you for money because they are in serious trouble if they defy a judge. 

On 3/2/2018 at 5:31 AM, Fabi said:

JESUS alone can make him healthy and he will do it

I sincerely hope that Jesus does make him healthy. 

Sorry to hear of your friend's inconvenience. There's nothing to be done now that they've made the decision to deport.

It's worth bearing in mind that immigration officers the world over have absolute discretion to deny or admit entrance to their country regardless of whether you have the correct visa or not. They are trained to weigh you up on the spot and if something doesn't look right to them, even if they just got out bed on the wrong side that day, they have the lawful authority to stop you and order the airline to take you back. 

I guess the moral of this story is don't take anything for granted when travelling to Taiwan on a Thai passport; minimise the reasons for the immigration officer to assume that you're just another Thai scofflaw looking to work in the black economy.

 

36 minutes ago, jackdd said:

From your link to wikipedia

 

 

 

So, how many languages are mandatory if you study at one of these schools? To me it looks like everything is in english, they might offer courses, but are they mandatory? I somehow doubt it.

In Germany, before you can study at a university you have to learn at least 2 foreign languages, so from a school that focuses on being international i would expect more than that, or at least 2 additional languages on a high level.

You can't have multilingual curricula in a school where the students could come from anywhere in the world. It's just not practical. The schools have to make a decision to have the main curriculum in one language and then have second, third, or forth options depending on student demand and suitability.

I know of only one exception to this general rule; I have a friend who is bilingual in English and French and was educated in an international school in Geneva. She was allowed to take some classes in the French stream and some other classes in the English stream of that school throughout her time there.

Thai is compulsory as per the law, but apart from that it depends on the curriculum. In the UK curriculum a second language is compulsory until year 12. I can't speak for the other curricula but with the student population coming from so many countries there is hardly anyone in those schools who is not at least bilingual.

In fact it's usually the native English kids that have to make the most effort in being bilingual (some never succeed) because wherever they go English is compulsory, even in the non-English speaking international schools. 

All the people I know who were educated at the Swiss-German and French schools had compulsory English classes and their English is a lot better than my German or French. Many are trilingual to some extent by the time they've reached University. 

26 minutes ago, jackdd said:

I just had a look at the website of the first three schools that you listed... these are english schools, they don't have anything "international". The first and the second of the schools are even run completely by westerners, do you think this is "international"?

 

I know a Thai guy, born and grown up in Thailand, who went exclusively to "international" schools and an "international" university (i don't know which exactly)... sure, he speaks english fluently... but he can't even read Thai, because somehow the schools missed to make sure the students can read / write their mother tongue.

 

So Thailand has english schools, maybe some are even good at teaching english... but you can't call them international.

Sorry Jack, you've got it the wrong way round.

International schools are not exclusively a Thai thing, they've existed long before they became a fad in Thailand. What you are referring to are Thai wannabe institutions who are making a me-too effort to jump on the bandwagon. The top international schools in Thailand were thriving with student nationality lists that read like the United Nations long before any Thai university or  [Insert town or city] Pittayakhom School had cottoned on to the concept.

When I first entered international schooling Thai law forbade international schools from having Thai nationals in more than 50% (or it could have been less) of the places, and the waiting list for the Thai quota was always ridiculous. That law was later repealed, hence the explosion in international schools that we have today. 
 

• International School - Wikipedia
• List of Schools - International School Association of Thailand

On 3/24/2018 at 10:21 AM, jackdd said:

There are no "true international" schools in Thailand, so if that's what you want you would have to send your children in another country

Not true.

Off the top of my head I think of . . . 

1. Bangkok Patana School
2. Harrow International School
3. International School Bangkok
4. New International School Bangkok
5. Shrewsbury International School
6. Rugby International School
7. Ruamrudee International School (includes the Swiss Section – Deutschsprachige Schule Bangkok)
8. Lycée Français International de Bangkok (funded by the French government, free for French citizens in Thailand)
9. St. Andrews International School
10. The Regent's British International School Bangkok
11. American School Bangkok
12. St. Stephen's International School (for the OP, this one has a campus in Khao Yai) 

I've probably missed some out because they've been sprouting like mushrooms in the past 15 years. I went to two of those schools and know from personal experience that quite a few others on that list are truly world class (some of them also share the same board of governors as their sister schools in the UK and are inspected by Ofsted). For those geared towards America, ISB  has been affiliated with the US Embassy in Bangkok from its inception and its Bangkok campus cost USD 25 million in 1991 money. 

Sadly most of the so-called international schools / "English Programs" in Isan and the rest of rural Thailand are mickey-mouse jobs that attempt to teach the Thai curriculum in English on a more or less ad-hoc basis and admission is based on the parents' ability to pay extra rather anything else. Because of this the results are often patchy and they tend to contain more than their fair share of entitled students whose parents are big fish in the small ponds of rural Thailand. There are some good places but these tend to be the exception rather than the rule, given the constraints of the Thai curriculum and management. Choose very carefully if you are going down this route. 

Proper international schools tend to use North American and/or European derived curricula, have several layers of independent inspections annually that are administered from the country of origin for the curriculum (or Switzerland for International Baccalaureate), and employ teachers trained and qualified in the relevant countries. Some schools such as NIST or BPS even mix it up by having IGCSE and A-Levels / IB available for their students to choose from as and when appropriate. I've noticed that there are some Singapore curriculum international schools now too but I can't comment on those apart from that I've heard anecdotally that their students tend to be really stressed out and under a lot of pressure compared to students in  UK / US / IB curriculum schools. 

Norrod (the Norwegian) . . . that's a proper Norse pornstar name that is. 

I can go on : 
Norrod the Unwise
Norrod the Unready
Norrod the Horizontal
Norrod the Hospitalised
Norrod the Perforated 
Norrod the Samarting 

On 3/20/2018 at 4:13 PM, pauleddy said:

In theory this is true for students who leave M6 at 18. If your birthday is shortly after leaving M6 or Demonstration School, you could be a medical graduate by by 24 or 25, but this is only the start. It's nice to say "I'm a doctor" to your friends, but at the hospital you are very junior. If you are smart, you will listen to the advice of older Nurses or Pharmacists or just about anybody. Six years does not prepare you to take care of dying children or multiple car crashes in ER.

 

There is no gender discrimination--as in the UK, where I come from, there are slightly more girls in med school than boys. At Chula I had more girls than boys in my classes.

 

Remember of course that at 24 you are the most junior intern. You will follow older doctors and do their routine work such as venepuncture, clerking (taking history) and learning to dress wounds. To advance enough to have your own rooms or sessions in hospital (private) and make a lot of money takes about 8-10 years or more. First, after you are an intern, you become a resident and eventually Staff Grade (Consultant). In more theoretically complicated specialities such as Neurosurgery, the progression takes more than 8 years, because the Staff Grade is the head of all the junior doctors and takes charge of the operations.

 

The history of your career will vary on what you decide to do, whether there are vacancies, and whether the Staff grades "like" you and feel that you are suitable. To become a Staff, you yourself may need to do a course in USA or UK first, which may be 9-12 months. A specialty like Dermatology (skin) usually means that, unlike a surgical resident, you don't have to wake up at 04.00 to do an operation. Some people like pathology, where you study disease and cut open dead bodies. There are many specialties. Becoming a doctor at 24 is when you START learning. Being a doctor or a nurse can be fascinating but is never easy. Expect to be tired for about 15 years or even 20. And what about your own life? If you want to be a mother yourself, when will you find the time? Some specialities have more normal hours, but not all. I have young friends age 30 or 35 who still need to do operations at 01.00am, but it use to be worse when people sometimes got no sleep for 3-4 days if on-call in a large hospital.

 

Eddy

Very informative Eddy, thanks for sharing. 

26 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

I know!  That's what my post was about!

I know! I agree!