MEL1

I guess if they continue to examine the same stuff over and over again by different people for years they are bound at some point to get some answers they like.

Aye, it's called "Thai whispers".

-mel.

Sorry, very scouser of me but the poop on the grapevine is that his peoples get half of his profits or winnings and his contract was soon to expire. Could be something to that. Or not. Makes for an interesting turn at least.

His contract is intact. See you on Monday , for one who is so vacant.

-mel

She'd be satisfied with a hotel trip on a day off from where she's supposed to be. Big deal!

-mel.

Well it is nice to know she is satisfied..any chance of documented plan ms?

Actual documented plan, strategy and tactics with timeline ?

Thought she was a business woman?..

Planning: =

SMART

Specific

Measurable

Attainable

Realistic

Time related

sigh......

throwing out verbal diarrhea of non committal verbs like expect ,instruct, urge, hope and satisfied don't really cut it lovey...

Ideas start with Concept, and then concept feasibility, prior to any specifics!

Concepts don't exist in Thai thought..... hence failure before objective ideas are even entertained.

-mel. :@

Yes, i have had the Bangkok belly so am familiar with those velocities but

"Dey do dough, don't dey dough"

" Eh! Eh! Alright! Alright! Calm down! Calm down!"

Is this the call of the scouser? Just learning some new slang for my cultural awareness. Will all English people know this term?

(They dont look fast)

As much as they know GOB-STOPPERS, and Dolly Mixtures..... let's improve scouse vocab?

My nose is running like a glass blower's arse.

-mel.

Most of the world has no idea what 'scouser' means. Many would think it is someone that is always making 'excuses'.

Naa lad. That's South Africanos..... no place to live, nowhere to go, and nothing to do.

Yes, i have had the Bangkok belly so am familiar with those velocities but

"Dey do dough, don't dey dough"

" Eh! Eh! Alright! Alright! Calm down! Calm down!"

Is this the call of the scouser? Just learning some new slang for my cultural awareness. Will all English people know this term?

(They dont look fast)

Oi laar, calm down calm down. Er.yu gonna keep dicksie while I rob? Ifee comes shout thief, an everybody stops. I gerraway lad..... ok laar?

I don,t think theres a number. However, if someone with some degree of importance or influence were to perish on a bus, then changes may be made. Similarly, if some one of importance were hit by a bus whilst walking or in another vehicle, then maybe something would be done.

we just have to wait for such an event to occur.

People with 'degrees' of importance don't use public transport here, as they travel little, for fear of being attacked by University lecturers. They simply wear short skirts, get attention, and no accidents happen to them. However, they see thousands. c.f. Y. Thaksin

-mel.

Edit: an what an ass for calling his daugther Yingluck.......

He probably is in one of those beautiful island enjoying the company of two or three hot chicks:)

I heard he met a scouser!

-mel.

Is a scouser a man from Liverpool?

If you know anything about doing the 100m in 12.3 seconds with 2 videos under your arms then I am sure you are aware of the answer.

-mel.

In answer to the headline. Just pick a number. I suggest at least 5 figures.

"Bus carrying foreign tourists from Chiang Mai bound for Khao San Rd hit toll booth on Asia Highway, 1 dead, 28 injured /TANN"

Well there's the first one.

We don't have to wait long.

So sad.

Maybe not a public bus but a van.

The van standards here are fairly good. It's the unqualified lunatics that drive them which is scary. They don't consider when driving that they are responsible for other peoples' lives. They merrily race each other, tailgate and wind in and out of lanes for fun.

When anybody gets in my car I for sure realise I am responsible for their lives, and I don't cut up van drivers or motorcyclists for a laugh - as I do when driving solo.

-mel.

This quote has me confused:

The court ruled that the driver was negligent because he failed to close the door of the vehicle, and the bus company had failed to fix it, despite the fact that doors on public buses are intended to provide safety for passengers.

If the door was broken, how can the driver be negligent for not closing it? Short of refusing to drive the bus, I fail to see his fault in the door being broken.

The other point is, who has to pay? Will they pay?

I'm sure the driver was confused too, in that he could have refused to drive an un-safe bus, given that he was probably a poorman with huge Thai education!!

In esssence, we know he wasn't at fault, but he doesn't have as much money as the bus owner.... case closed.

-mel.

He probably is in one of those beautiful island enjoying the company of two or three hot chicks:)

I heard he met a scouser!

-mel.

Is this another smart meaningless Editorial?

Until the laws of all areas are enforced, and believe me Thailand has laws (based upon the English and French laws of state, primarily), by the powers that be, such as bent coppers and lawyers, then there will be no change in the standards - permittting bus drivers and their colleagues to be tested for LV licenses, drug abuse and so forth.

It's a sad and unwitting, and certainly unneeded, editorial.

My hat goes off to the editor! Thanks, but no thanks.

-mel.

Probably a waste of time trying to lift the intellectual (not to mention ethical) tone of this discussion but here goes:

1. This is a serious issue which can ruin the lives of students and the reputations of teachers

2. It is also a problem with people crossing over from the so-called real (business) world to universities, where there are different power relationships, duty of care, vulnerabilities, etc., and therefore different ethical standards. The same applies to many of the unprofessional and unvetted part timers.

3. As for blaming the student because of what she might wear, well that reminds me of the disgusting defence used by rapists and mullahs.

4. The teacher is obviously a completely unethical idiot and deserves to be kicked out. However, he reflects the moral standards of the surrounding community and culture.

5. Teachers need to be not only ethical but vigilant about perceptions e.g. over many years, a teacher is at risk of being accused of something, sometime. Therefore, make sure you not only never do anything unethical, but no one could ever think you would.

Are you stating the obvious for professionals, or giving guidance for back-packers?

For back-packers there are no professional "qualified" teachers, so please leave the rest of us qualifiers out of your perceptions please.

Regards,

-mel.

I was thinking of giving Thai mummy a Grade A, but my sister-in-law said, "No, give it to me!" So I duly gave her one, and then in-stepped brother-in-law!.

He said, "My wife doesn't need a grade A, but can be on-top for 40,000Bt, without being recognised, so could you duly put her from behind a little, like an A-?"

I obliged, but then Papa stepped in and said, "Hey, my niece has a short skirt and pointy ones, can she have a Grade A?"

I again duly obliged, but then the trouble started.

The police stepped in, a fight broke out, I was hitting mother in-law with a stick, Pops jumped in and hit niece with a hard blouse, and all hell broke loose!

It was only then that I woke up, realised I had been dreaming about short skirts, and Judy was a Punch from a reality.

I had been dreaming of Punch and Judy.

-mel.

Good looking people (both men and women) earn more money and have better jobs than ugly people. True in USA and UK and probably almost everywhere else. Maybe the good looking ones are more intelligent, hence they get better grades.

Bitch!

-mel.

No place for this in any university anywhere in the world. Sadly, all too common.

You'd expect a university to be different from the real world?

Universities are the real world. I'm not sure why people often refer to them as otherwise. It takes all bits and pieces to make up the 'real world'. That of course is a much deeper discussion.

And yes, I expect educated University lecturers to behave.

My expectations are often not met.

Thank you for my first real laugh of the day......

I wonder why so many employers despair of the lack of worldliness they hire with new Graduate employees in too many cases...hmmmmm

What made me laugh were the final two sentences:

"And yes, I expect educated University lecturers to behave.

My expectations are often not met."

For I thought this sounded as it was written by a lonely lecturer.

-mel.

"The student claimed the professor has touched the students who wear short skirts and tight fitting uniform inappropriately."

Not possible. The rules say "short skirts and tight fitting uniform allowed".

Not true, either, if you know so well, since last year the rules have changed, ladies should not be wearing Mini-Skirts according to new law

Is that according to the law that states they should be wearing cycle helmets when they mount? The day you'll see longer skirts being worn is the day after you'll see regular cycle helmets being worn. Would you like a time estimate?

-mel.

is it local practice to refuse to face your responsibilities ?

They learn from their mentors, starting from the Government down!

-mel.

The car industry in China pays that much - upto 700,000 Bt a month for a Senior Vehicle Manager. However, the Chinese want Westerners, and not Thai's who know sweet FA about car design or management, less one or two.

Something tells me this lunatic doesn't know anything about cars, apart from knowing how to manage 7 of his own.

-mel.

Soon you will have donald duck as ministry of interior and mickey mouse as PM ....

Soon?

-mel.

even Ferry men flee the scene, I wonder why he needed to do that....

its like it was part of his DNA. he just couldnt help it I suppose. conscience and accountaility may be the missing strain. condolenses to the families of the missing. such a waste of life. no point in asking if the ferry had any life preservers onboard. sad.

The same thing happens all over the world. The Italian captain of that massive cruiseliner than went down in January in the mediterranean fled the scene also.

I don't think he quite 'fled the scene', unless he was Jesus.

But sure, he swam away!

-mel.

I think this is a prime example, and yet again another incentive for the government, that indicates there is a need for a legislative requirement to make it law that Thai children learn to swim. These 'laws' are in effect in most countries, although most are in the Western world. It is certainly law in all European countries, and USA, that levels of proficiency are met in Primary/Elementary level. Even in Singapore it is law.

Tragedies happen so often in Thailand as a result of children's inability to swim. I would also presume to assert that the boatman couldn't swim also, and hence his run when he got to land.

If these girls did drown then they have all my sympathies, and may they RIP. And yet, somebody must hold responsibility for their daily crossing of a river which they lived close to, but never learned to swim in. It is so often a case that children play in the waters and canals that surround them, but rarely do they learn to swim. Parents, who usually can't swim, are not going to encourage swimming lessons. It has to be the responsibility of government enforced rules to schools, as it is elsewhere, to ensure incidents like this are minimalised for the sake of children who don't know how or what to do next to, or in, water.

I hope examples like this tragic event, and others, eventually wake somebody up in a MPs position, if possible, in order to save further lives.

Certainly boat taxis need to have a man at the helm who can swim, and may even have training in life-saving. However, I see this not being a primary matter of concern to the Elementary level leaders in Parliament here.

-mel.

I'd like to ask how these flood barriers are constructed exactly and, if indeed, they are capable of keeping massive surges out; be they from underground: road level: or 15ft high level, as Meung Ake experienced: or 20-25ft level of flood water, as Ayutthaya experienced.

Water of such magnitude as last year will find its way through any nook and cranny, creating larger and larger access points as it finds its natural path.

Are these barriers based upon, for example, Dutch advice and applicable knowledge; or are they just walls of concrete that might succumb to large water forces, or ill-built adjoining seals etc?

It's a genuine question, and one that begs a genuine answer.

-mel.

Can anybody enlighten me with regard to what is being proposed as a flood barrier, and its potential ability to withhold anything like what we experienced last year?