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On 12/28/2018 at 6:39 PM, MadMuhammad said:

Retired @ 36 and moved here at 40 with around 25mil baht in stocks, term deposits and cash. My budget is around 750K per year including all utilities, rent, registrations, insurances, food etc Making around 1mil baht a year in dividends and capital growth. I live relatively cheap but in a nice condo with a decent girlfriend that works a good job.

I brought in a year or so cash for living costs before the exchange rate went south so it hasn’t effected me just yet. 

the capital growth on your stocks is going to up to shit this year when global equity markets collapse. The volatility we have seen in the last few months is nothing compared to what's happening. I sold my stocks and waiting to buy back in

15 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Once a day like clockwork. Same when back in farangland.

 

Of course, your diet is likely different here, but 4 times is rather excessive for pretty much anybody.

 

How long have you been in Thailand? What are you eating and what water are you drinking?

Do you know the name of antibiotics to take to fix this issue. Years ago back home the dr gave me antibiotics. From memory I took 3 of them in 1 go as per his advice. It sorted out my sensitive bowels. I wish I could remember the name...

1 hour ago, Sheryl said:

Once a day like clockwork. Same when back in farangland.

 

Of course, your diet is likely different here, but 4 times is rather excessive for pretty much anybody.

 

How long have you been in Thailand? What are you eating and what water are you drinking?

Ive been here over 5 yrs. Drink bottled water. I do eat a lot of fruit but unsure if that's it. 

I have genuine concern re the amount of times Im having to go to the toilet to defecate. On average its 4 times a day. Im in my late 40s. I had a colonoscopy over a yr ago and he cut out a large pulp. He said go back for one in a few yrs. 

How many times a day do you go? What is normal?

Should I be going back to the gastro dr?

thanks

Best to watch this video to fully understand. 

When the market picks up EOS is going to pop. 

We need someone to take a professional video to promote our business. We need someone who has a drone as well to have a short clip of our building. 

If you have ever used a business in Bangkok or Pattaya please either leave a note below or PM me. 

many thanks

5 hours ago, Silurian said:

I just complete my visa extension based on marriage today at CW. In addition to the copy of the passport pages and departure card the officer wanted a copy of the 90 day receipt. I just did the 90 day report right before meeting the officer so I had it but not a copy. Luckily, she made a copy for me and used that. I don't remember having to make a copy of the 90 day receipt in previous years but I will make sure I do so in the future.

 

Also, when I met the second officer, she commented that the bank book did not have all the transactions listed for the past 3 to 4 months. I forgot to update the bank book for the past 6 months but when I did update the bank book it only showed the last 30 days. So now I must remember to constantly update my bank book as to show every months transactions. I did get another statement from the bank that showed the last 6 months but the officer stated that the bank book should be regularly updated. She also wanted every used page of the bank book even if the pages were from before the 3 month period.

 

thanks for the info. the bank book thing is so stupid. why can't they just accept bank statements like any normal civilized country. ktb bank system sometimes doesn't print individual transactions. it does 1 line covering a month if one forgets to update it. so annoying

In general, what are the docs I will have to prepare to renew my 1 yr ext of stay based on marriage. 

Do I need evidence of 400k in bank for 2 months or 3?

thanks

we are flying to europe soon

I assume its still ok to take a laptop and iPhone as carry on. If I have a small nintendo games consul with me can that go as carry on as well or as check in luggage? It has one of the small round batteries I think?

thanks

11 hours ago, Pattaya46 said:

Absolutely not! Same as converting your currency to THB in your country when you want transfer it to Thailand: This must be avoid !

 

Also, you cannot take more than 50'000 THB (in THB currency) out of Thailand when you fly back to your country.

everyone else is saying 10k euro. why do you say 50k baht? are you saying I can't carry 50k baht in notes out of thailand?

28 minutes ago, david555 said:

It is 9999 € to be precise as the formulating is in the ruling 10 000 or more must be declared …." don't give a monkey customs  a rope as they shall climb "…..???? including coins or traveler checks 

is that all across the eu?

2 hours ago, lucjoker said:

10 000 eu per person ,so father mother and 2 children each 10 000 eu and they have to carry it themselves.

So i did and no hiding no problems.

 

pattaya46 says lso, you cannot take more than 50'000 THB (in THB currency) out of Thailand when you fly back to your country.

is he wrong

I intend to exchange thai baht cash at the airport in bkk because Ive read that the rate over there to exchange is unfavorable. 

How much euros can one take on the plane to europe. If I have to declare it are there any consequences to this? 

thanks

We need to take the thai work phone to europe to keep in contact with our staff. We will mostly use LINE (if possible) and / or WhatsApp. Also will need to log onto KTB online banking and get the OTP code. 

To avoid huge fees on return do I need to 

1. call dtac and enable international roaming? do I only do this right before getting on the plane?

2. in europe... turn off data roaming? do I then connect to wifi?

Finally, we were given a free samsung smart phone from a sales company. I was going to take it and put a pre paid german sim in it. should I pull it out of the box and set things up now or just do it over there. I assume when I buy the sim card a phone company can help set it up

thanks

Can anyone please explain the 2 results in bold font

Thanks

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Are there parking issues or should I take a taxi

Thanks

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We have a small business. The power cuts out sometimes.

How much does it cost to setup a petrol driven generator to come on automatically when the electricity cuts out. Can you recommend a brand

Thanks

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Does anyone else every hear an annoying clicking sound on their laptops? I have a MBP and sometimes I hear it. 

thanks

You could try 'Lanta animal welfare' owned by a farang. They do help out a lot of dogs and cats. As long as you can put up with the big egos of the young volunteer vets and the farang 'manager'... 

Reports suggest the $A is taking a hit thanks to Trump. What do you think will happen in the coming months?

If you sent money over this week what rate did you get? Its been around 25 for ages

We have a kenpro cctv system. When I look at the live feed on my iPhone I navigate to 'local logon' and do it that way. Theres a few fields displayed user id and password. I asked the sales guy for this and he keeps making excuses. He says we should get it from the installer. The installer says get it from the sales guy. 

If we go to europe this yr I would like to log into this perhaps bc its says its the cloud logon. 

If you have kenpro can you offer advice on this?

A yr ago Im sure I read that its best to have the password to ones system to overcome any hacking issues. Is this correct

thanks

On 6/8/2018 at 2:45 PM, khunPer said:

If the building is used for private home only, you are Okay – however, check with the landlord first, as you don't own the building, but is just a renter – if you or your wife use the the lease for business, you're not allowed to work on it without a proper Work Permit, which would probably not be as painter, but as supervisor for the employed painter-staff, or manager of the business...?

I asked immigration after showing them our registered lease. He said what are you worried about. I said 'maybe someone call you to say farang is painting without a WP'. He said dont worry about it

On 6/8/2018 at 1:38 PM, retoohs said:

You are not even allowed to paint your own house. This is work a Thai could be employed to do. If nobody complains you should be sweet. I don't know if posting it on social media is the smartest move.

you are partaking in bar stool fear talk. Read above. I spoke to immigration. it is not a problem to paint my commercial building. 

you comment indicates you have no idea what your talking about. 

cheers

4 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Nonsense quote, you need a work permit for voluntary work in Thailand.

Your comment is nonsense. 

Read above. I visited immigration and they said its ok to do the work. 

43 minutes ago, transam said:

As I didn't get a reply from the OP with my earlier question I will post my thoughts...

 

If it were painting my wife's house and I was registered there I would do what ever I wanted.

 

But if it was my wife's business where l was not a director or had a WP to work in that business l would do sod all that "eyes" could see...

Why take the risk for a few hundred baht.

Try 60,000 baht. 

Read above. I visited immigration and asked them. they said no issues at all.