travartz

just got the email alert. it's now 11:40pm.

I was on a bus coming from Aranyaphrathet making a visa run and passed the burning bus on Rangsit at about 7:00pm. The smoke filled the sky for quite a ways and the bus tires were still clearly burning even as late as 7pm. It must have left Yasothorn at 5am and crashed at 3pm.

horrible. i hate to think it, but i really wonder if the breaks failed or if it was just more crazy driving and the bus company wants to shirk some blame. we've all been on these buses and know how crazy they are sometimes.

exactly what i was looking for... thank you very much. : )

What exactly do you mean by "needed information"?

Are you referring to work permits and visas etc? Or references? ....

If you can clarify those points perhaps we can help.

Thank you for your reply.

Yes, basically we're trying to find out where to go to know all the rules and regulations on issueing work permits, as well as details on the application process itself.

I remember seeing or hearing of a specific department within the government that handles all these things, but I forget the name or where it is.

Any info would be sincerely appreciated.

hello all.

is there a place where Thai employers can go to get needed information and forms for hiring non-Thai employees?

Your help is appreciated.

there is a good saying:

the man who searches for enlightenment (or teachers who are enlightened) is like the fisherman who fishes for minnows, never knowing he's standing on a whale.

the search and the whole mysteriousness of 'enlightenment' is what keeps people from experiencing it in any real sense. most people in life are always looking for something, be it physical comfort, emotional comfort, security, pleasure from the senses, or whatever else... but enlightenment is simply knowing when enough is enough, ending the search and being ok with life as it is in every moment that it is.

attaining this state takes a lot of effort and a constant, sincere vigilance over the selfishness of one's thoughts... when i get hungry i want to eat, when i am cold i want to be warm, when i want to have sex i want to go to rachada, etc... : ) meditation helps us see all of these different thoughts clearly so that first we can stop acting on all thoughts, thus the actual thoughts and the whole thinking process loses power over our lives... the more you practice meditation, and the more sincere you are about letting go of the self, the easier it is to release the thinking process... then enlightenment comes naturally....

searching for it will never work because it is the self that searches... the self says i want to be clear headed, i want to have a lot of wisdom, i want to relieve the stress in my life and so on... more and more want....

i think most farang put enlightenment out of reach because of all the biblical baggage... it's really sad in the end because it's really not that difficult to attain. not to say that i am there (or even close), but it's definitely attainable with practice and persistance.