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SkyRider, are you serious? Thai GF and she can't get you a beer on a "banned day"?

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Serious, at this restaurant, she could not get it, they wouldn't sell it. But, after dinner, we did find a bar that was selling it.

My cousin was in BKK for vacation. I hadn't seen him for 2 years. We went to a restaurant, wanted to have a couple of beers, relax and talk, so Thai gf orded beer first. The waiter came back with the menu and Thai gf ordered the food. The waiter comes back again with the food, but not the beer. We asked about the beer, and that's when he said they are not selling it. Turns out he was not Thai, he was from Burma, and did not understand her when she first ordered beer. I told him that I'm farang, I can't vote, so can they sell me a beer, and of course the answer was no. I was not happy. There is a reason that for many people, a social dinner with good drinks and good food goes hand and hand. If the restaurant had had a sign if front saying they were not selling beer, we would have found a different place that was. I don't think this law helps the economy when it comes to tourists, go on vacation but you can't drink when you go to many bars and restaurants.

A good activity would be the five senses. Create some boards with all the information.

Then you can do many activities to teach them for example the sense of taste, by asking them what something they can't see,( wrap a scarf around their eyes and let them taste different foods, salt sugar) tastes like.

This activity also works for bigger groups, make some worksheets with some questions on them, while all the information is on the boards.

Then questions like" What would be if you couldn't see? What's the most important sense and why?

If you would have to give away one sense, which one would it be? Etc....

If you have more advanced students go into details, explain how the sense of taste/sight/touch/smell/hearing works, what part of the tongue tastes if something is bitter, sour, salty, or sweet.

Not too many students know much about the subject. it's fun and worth to learn/teach. Plus the educator might learn something through research.

The Five Senses. That's a great suggestion, thank you for that.

I also like this one, Musical Bottles:

I have to do a science activity for summer camp. Primary, 80 students divided into 8 groups of 10.

Can anyone please share some ideas for science activities?

Thank you.

Also keep in mind the wattage/amperes rating on the back of the TV/in its manual are most likely not the "average use" wattage the TV but the maximum rating.

I have one of those energy meters that gives real time measurement in watts, voltage, amps, hertz, etc.,..and it will even tell me the cost of electricity use if I plug in the cost per KWH. I used the energy meter on my 42" LCD Philips TV a few minutes ago. Although the TV wattage rating is 200W, with the volume set to mid scale the watts usage varied slowly from approx 140W to 180W but spent most of its time hanging right around 160W. What was being displayed on the screen seemed to affect the wattage in use as the screen brightness would change....cranking the volume all the way up made practically no difference in wattage use. I also have a 52" LCD Philips TV rated at 300W....I remember when I checked its wattage use about six months ago it was far less than 300W....in fact I think it was down around the same 140W to 180W as my 42" TV but I can't really remember. Summary: the wattage rating on the TV is probably not the "average use" rating" but some maximum case rating.

That is very interesting and fine tuned analyzation Pib.

And JesseFrank, the reason I allow myself to be overcharged with electricity, is because I think I have a fairly good deal on the rent price, so I think it balances out. But 7 baht per unit really adds up, so I think it's prudent to go with LED over Plasma. I also read that LED TVs have a longer life span then Plasmas.

I bought an LED smart TV to replace my old Plasma and my electric bill went down about 2000 Baht a month. My wife watches a lot of TV so you probably won't get the same savings. My 55 inch LED uses 124 watts and my 50 inch Plasma uses 450 watts. Go with the LED

If your tv would be on 24/7 it would make a a difference of 234 Kwh a month which would mean a saving of about 900 Baht .

I do want to save money so I think I'll get an LG LED.

40 inch would use less electricty but I really want the larger 50 inch screen. I won't have it on 24/7, but just to get an idea, if I had it on 24/7, that would cost me about 900 baht per month in electricity? I live in an apartment, paying 7 baht per unit.

Pay more upfront for an LED and save money on electricity in the future? Or Pay less now for a Plasma, but pay more for electricity in the future? That is the question...

Can anyone recommend some good Indian restaurants in the Nana area?

Thank you.

So .... what activity did you chose and how did it go ?

I created my own activity - I called it Write a Story. I told them that they could use any grammar they want - pronouns, adjectives, verbs, conjunctions, punctuation marks, etc.. But, the nouns could only be from vocabulary that they found in the school yard. I put them into groups of 4. After they wrote, I had one person from each group read their stories. I only have this class once a week, this Wednesday, I'll take their stories, correct the grammar, and give them advice on how they can make the writing smoother.

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so, soccer then?

really, Thai seem to love Premier League, Man. U., etc.

and what you need should be readily there for it in the school.

anyway, fun outdoor day can be without deep meaningful vocabulary...

you see, after 24 yrs i still remember THAT class, and i am sure i forgot about most other particulars...

I don't remember the rules for soccer - they can teach me

You're right, a fun outdoor activity can be without deep meaningful vocabulary. Maybe I'll do baseball. Thank you

when i was in grade 9 ( that was out first year learning English, our NES teacher show us basic baseball ( he was American).

that time little was known about this game in my country, just changing from the communism...

it was fun enough

you can use soccer for that matter, if that is closer to you, Thai kids seem to like it, even girls tell me they do, easy enough to show/play either, and can in class get the corresponding vocabulary too, easily.

i would think little to non preparation needed in your side

Interesting that you said that, because I am American, and one of my first thoughts was to teach them how to play baseball. I don't have a baseball, a bat, or gloves. I suppose I could try to improvise that. I'm a little concerned that baseball vocabulary would probably not prepare them much for everyday conversation.

I was just told today that I have to do a "fun" outdoor activity in the school yard, for a P6 class tomorrow.

So, I don't have a lot of time to prepare.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Why not ask them on there?

The forum is different the the job / resume section. The forum administrator replied saying I had to ask the job / resume section, I did not see any way to contact the job / resume section, so I filled out their fields.

One thing that I have done with some adult business classes is take whatever listening exercise or reading exercise we did and then set it up as a debate. Breaking News English or VOA are both great for listening activities and they also have a lot of lesson plans revolving around the listening.

As others stated keep it light. You could have them debate in teams why Mama is a great snack or a bad snack. Who is better male or female students. Or why studying English is useful or not necessary.

Cultural, political, religious charged discussion may or may not do well. They can back fire with the wrong class. Also a lot of issues that are common for debate in the West are not issues here.

I have done abortion before but not really anything interesting came from it.

Breaking News English or VOA -- I love that idea. Do you by any chance have any links for the lesson plans revolving around them?

Sorry, I see the lesson plans now - that is excellent material!

One thing that I have done with some adult business classes is take whatever listening exercise or reading exercise we did and then set it up as a debate. Breaking News English or VOA are both great for listening activities and they also have a lot of lesson plans revolving around the listening.

As others stated keep it light. You could have them debate in teams why Mama is a great snack or a bad snack. Who is better male or female students. Or why studying English is useful or not necessary.

Cultural, political, religious charged discussion may or may not do well. They can back fire with the wrong class. Also a lot of issues that are common for debate in the West are not issues here.

I have done abortion before but not really anything interesting came from it.

Breaking News English or VOA -- I love that idea. Do you by any chance have any links for the lesson plans revolving around them?

ASEAN (AEC, ASCC, APSC)

• How they feel graduating into an job market of 600 million people and not the same job market their parents graduated into?
• How will ASEAN benefit them?This could be a good debate topic.

This could be a good debate topic.

And the counter argument could be, how ASEAN might not benefit them?

Culturally, it's difficult to get Thais to debate. Debate implies differences of opinion and discussion of possibly contentious subjects. It's rarely worked for me.

I wouldn't attempt to have them debate anything too sensitive, such as Thai politics, or anything that might be too culturally sensitive.

Something light, just to get them to have some fun and practice their English.

I'd like to do a debate activity with my Thai students. (Adults)

Does anybody have any ideas for Thailand topics to debate?

Is it possible to simply attach a resume on Ajarn, or do I have to fill out all their resume fields?

They might if you were doing another extension to attend school. But you are not doing that.

There will be no test.

I got the retirement visa. The only glitch was that although I had asked KBank for a letter, they gave me a statement and stamped it, that was not good enough. The officer had me go down to KBank in the lobby and get the letter, and she also told me to deposit 100 baht into my account, update my bankbook for todays date showing the deposit, and make a new copy of it. (Kbank let me use their copy machine for free) The entire process took about 2.5 hours, and that includes wasting almost 30 minutes in KBank.

Another needed document is a copy of proof of address: I had read that in another post, so I brought a copy of the lease I have for my room.

The officer also took my phone number, and wrote it on the documents.

If you are taking the BTS, get off at Mo Chit. If you want to save money on a cab (it was 90 baht on the way there), you can take bus 52 to Soi 7, 8 baht (not easy to find because of the lack of street signs) and at Soi 7 you can then take a free bus to immigration.

I have a map from Mo Chit to immigration downloaded, if anybody would like to get a copy of it, send me a PM.

I'd like to thank everybody here for their help, this was my first time doing this and I would not have been able to figure it out without you. Now that I know what to do, next year will be easy

I just heard from an American, that when I apply for my retirement at Chaeng Wattana immigration, they will give me a test because I just finished my ED visa extensions.

Is that true?

Entry/permit to stay stamp that your visa gave you.

I believe that is stamped directly on the visa in my passport that I entered the country with last year.

Copies of passport pages including your entry stamp and extension. Copy of TM6 departure card.

Copies of bank book pages to prove 2 months balance.

Copies of ALL pages of my passport? I just had copies made of the pages that had anything to do with being in Thailand since I arrived her last year. I did not copy the Thai visa from when I was here in 2011, I did not copy when I was in Vietnam, and I had a couple of Philippine visas on the same page as the Thai, that I covered up. I was thinking that only the Thai info in the passport since I have been here this year were pertinent. Was that wrong? Do I need to copy even the parts where I was in the Philippines etc...?

Not all. Photo page, visa that gave you the entry you extended, if more than one extension all of them and entry stamp.

What is the entry stamp? Would that be on the first passport page that was used when I entered Thailand last year?