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15 hours ago, fdsa said:

@sandbox just create a separate browser profile for Lazada.

 

firefox --no-remote --profilemanager

 

Seems ideal, thanks for that.

I'm techie and computer savvy but no expert in web technology. I too found myself in a new era of receiving Lazada authentication requests that led to nowhere when trying to login. I found that I could always login if I followed the 'forgotten password' route. Lazada would then send me the email verification code which, it would then process and allow me to continue, after it forced me to reset my password.

This looked like a cookies problem and given that I clear cookies on browser exit (Firefox) seemed likely. I installed some browser addons to inspect resident cookies and manage them by whitelisting and it would appear that a Lazada login does not tolerate a 'clean slate' and expects the cookies from the last successful login to be present. My take on this is Lazada wants to know who is using the website even without login and making a purchase.

My personal solution is clumsy, I have exported the Lazada login cookies to a file and import them when I want buy something. This may have limited mileage as cookies have expiration dates. It's just me, I regularly purge web data (using an addon) and have my regular web pages loading into unique Firefox containers. All a bit tin hat but I feel if I don't have the options to control the usage of my data it's because they don't want to risk me saying - no thanks.

I had noticed my UK TSB bank getting a bit sticky with their service a couple years ago. They refused to send new ATM cards despite going through the charade of saying they would do so whenever I called to say it hadn't arrived.

So, I opened a Barclays International account based in the Channel Islands and authenticated everything online from Thailand. Covid got in the way but everybody persevered. There are some conditions involving a minimum amount (reasonable) and acceptance that I'm not some sort of high roller or looking for wealth management - just ordinary transactional stuff. They shipped over a card (which works here), password and personal authentication device that reads my card and looks like a calculator. A small bonus is I can transfer money to it from my other UK accounts without charge.

I'm no expert about these things, preferring an easy path, but recommended.

Well I'm late to the party, as usual, but it's not the speed that kills, or the momentum for that matter, but the energy. And that goes up by the square of the velocity. Hot brakes or crushed bodies - it has to be dissipated somewhere.

Thainess - that endless paved road.

I don't understand how, within a democratic apparatus, a member of the voting body be allowed to abstain. If they don't cast a vote, what is their function for actually being there in the first place?

I should think this has now moved into the realms of saving face. Those pressing charges cannot continue to allow themselves to be 'dissed' - it will challenge their status. Compared to this the veracity of the situation has no bearing upon the proceedings nor the continued good reputation of the resort.

They must 'win' and publicly. I'm afraid the poor naive customer is on a hiding to nothing.

Totally with you about the fun hobby side of things but your little circuit dissipates around 2.4W from the two 10K resistors and less than 4mW of power for light (they are only ON for half of each mains cycle).

It would be MUCH safer to use a 5v USB supply and a 470 Ohm resistor - and the LED would be on continuously.

The main problem you face is that Thai university degrees are not held in the highest esteem internationally, for reasons which have been extensively detailed here and elsewhere.

Reasons? That implies fact...opinions only

An interesting mix of words; reasons, facts and opinions.

How about an opinion is viewpoint or judgment that may well be supported by facts? Of course, people may have different views based on the same facts. Reasoning and reasons stem from cognition and intellect allowing the evaluation of facts to form opinions. Which leaves facts; things arising from direct observation or experience that can be verified, perhaps even by reason.

Most of my judgements and views about Thai higher education are based upon direct experience and observation and appear to be in agreement with at least some of what I've read in this thread. Perhaps others have been exposed to similar facts.

My personal views of Payap and of the Thai higher educational system in general aside, I would say education is never wasted and never too late to be embarked upon. My dear old Mum got her first degree fom Glasgow University (UK) when she was 69 and my sister is currently completing her masterate in Medical Law at 66. I joined the Payap TESOL programme after retiring from 30 years as a university teacher.

I don't know if you have a specific location in mind, but Payap University in Chiang Mai has an international college with several bachelor's degrees. The international college has students from many countries and ages.

The International College at Payap University recently has faced many issues with student complaints. Unfortunately, they are ignored and, if they persist, lead to the student being informed they will be prosecuted.

I see, after 50 years, Thunderbirds are back on the air with a new upgraded series.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/02/thunderbirds-are-go-thames-itv

Perhaps the government should call International Rescue.

It is a pity I did not see this post a few weeks earlier but perhaps I can still contribute to the topic.

With respect to the MA TESOL at Payap University, some things to be considered is that recently most of the international students on the programme made organised representation to the academic management about the low academic standards and programme delivery. Requested formal staff/student meetings were squashed and in the end many students had to make individual issue to the VP level of academic management.

One student, whose parents had encouraged her to persue her complaints about programme duration/cost and failure to apply even their own academic rules, received from the president a letter informing they were going to sue them for making wild, unfounded accusations while at the same time, denying them a formal, safe forum to properly voice the complaint and present the evidence.

A point made earlier by others is that you may be better off considering an online programme offered by a western university. In a recent review and analysis of the best universities in the world, not a single Thai institution fell within the top 200 and Payap university is certainly not the best in Thailand.

Hello All

I should be grateful of some informed comment.

After teaching some 20 odd years in the UK at university level and a director for a Masters programme I have decided to cash in my chips and play my hand again. I've been to Thailand many times, renting motorbikes and travelling thousands of kilometers during month-long holidays.

With a bachelors degree in electrical and electronic engineering (my bag is audio/music and signal procssing) I'm planning on starting at the beginning and doing a TESOL certificate.

After that I'm thinking of trying for the MA in Tesol at Payap and staying out there for a few years working and generally finding out more about the country and culture.

I'm attracted to the Payap MA in Chiang Mai since it seems to be more self-study and seminar based - I'm not really looking for a kit bag of TESOL teaching tools. Perhaps my teaching experience will carry me some distance and I'd like to learn about the pedagogy of TESOL with respect to Thai culture.

However, I wouldn't like to disadvantage myself with respect to gaining a Teacher's License or exclusion for being considered for good teaching positions.

So, any views about the plan? As a newbie, I've done quite a lot of reading on this amazing forum but also should welcome advice.

Thanks.