Kunjay

Do you mean that you want a school that teaches the British curriculum or a Thai school that has an English language program?

I am looking for a Thai school that has an English program as I am not sure I can afford to send him to a private school.

Any idea of the average price for a decent private school that teaches both Thai and English?

Not top of the line, but a good school.

Thanks

Have you ever thought about teaching your child English yourself as I presume your an English speaker?

Better than outsourcing!

Ended up back at Yamazaki and bought an unsliced wholemeal loaf which they sliced to my preference size for 40 baht which actually wasn't to bad, 150 baht for half a German loaf at Tops just wasn't feasible.

Haven't been here long enough to know if i can a better standard bread than the nutritional poison sold at Makro, Big C, ect.

Essentially I'd like wholemeal, something like sold in Australia's Bakers Delight or Brumby's without preservatives.

Hopefully there's some European Artisans in KK?

Thanks

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Just arrived in LOS on my first marriage visa, can somebody tell me the process from here on?

Do I need to apply for anything or do I just run out my 9mths Or is it 12, before applying for for all of the above?

Also do I need to physically do a border run every 3 mths or do I just go down to the local Amphur with the wife?

Thanks!

Thanks for those links whiterussian!

Thanks Winnie, my son is only 7 weeks old but as you can see I'm already planning well in advance so I can get a good idea of what options I have in terms of planning my sons education.

I plan to home school my son but wish for him to be subjected to the social aspect that a school can provide that's all.

As I have my own education curriculum set out for my son, part of that would be to go to a conventional public Thai school for either 2 days a week or just a few hrs a day if possible.

What age / level would this be?

My gut feel is that this would be very difficult/impossible: you rightly refer to it as a conventional public Thai school; those are indeed conventional and not overly likely to get very far out of the box/experimental.

You could perhaps try for an after-class study: as many parents work until 5pm at least, many schools will offer some sort of additional class/program until that time, after regular classes end at 3:45-4pm or so. You could try for that, mostly at private Thai schools though. Although the private schools also follow the standard Thai public curriculum so it's not terribly different in the overall education experience from what you're looking for.

As I have my own education curriculum set out for my son, part of that would be to go to a conventional public Thai school for either 2 days a week or just a few hrs a day if possible.

Are there any schools or education programs that would facilitate this in CM?

Strange things some posters choose to share with us all. Happens all over the world so why post ?

I dont have a problem with it, the guy wants to talk about it and people on this forum might just be the only people he can get it off his chest with.

Why didnt you just say nothing and move on (Happens all over the world so why post)!

When living in Japan my gf and I saw a crowd gathered and decided to investigate.

What we saw is conservative Japanese people refusing to intervene in a situation like this.

After smashing her head into the wall I jumped off my push bike walked up to him, tapped him on the shoulder and dropped him.

My gf and I ushered her into a taxi and we rode off before the police arrive ( it's the same situation in Japan as Thailand Westerners are always at fault).

It's hard to know whether the onlookers saw my actions as noble or thuggish. Id say the guys thought I was a fearless hero but the woman saw me as a dangerous criminal.

My child's future is my child's future.

I don't think education is the most important thing in the world and it is up to the individual child anyway. There are a lot of no-hopers in the west. Maybe even more than in Asia, despite education.

Education is a means to an end and Thais are doing fine in terms of making money. Many salaries in the west are awful and most people i know can't get on the property ladder, nor save for the future (despite their so-called good education).

I want my daughter to be safe, healthy, and happy. It is my job to try to make sure this happens.

She already has more in Thailand (house and land) than she could possibly have where I come from.

So, what about her future? Who knows.

But I ain't gonna revolve her life around education. Frankly, it's overrated, in my opinion.

Happiness is number one. You can't buy it, nor study to attain it.

All people really want, at the end of the day, is a happy life.

That is all a parent should want for their child.

Agreed, education is overrated all that does is prepare you for a J.O.B (just obey bitch) educating my son to do everything possible to avoid ever having a job will be my main focus. This begins with not wasting his precious time being forced to learn non life functional things that don't interest him.

Education should not be an institution!

If education is so over-rated, why is it that the rich, super rich, and wealthy make sure their kids get all the education they can possibly afford?

There's something to be said for keeping the rich comfortable, smart, in control of their futures, and keeping the poor under-educated and struggling. It happens in almost all countries, and it's no way for societies to advance.

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Let me rephrase my statement, Institutional education is over-rated in my view. Knowing that most billionaires never finished high school let alone tertiary education but then again being successful in my eyes doesn't equate to being rich but more so being happy.

It seems so many people feel that educating their kids to the point of over educating will lead to their child being successful and happy something the parents failed to reach in their eyes.

All were doing is teaching our kids to be like us at the end of the day but I do hear your point MrBrad.

My child's future is my child's future.

I don't think education is the most important thing in the world and it is up to the individual child anyway. There are a lot of no-hopers in the west. Maybe even more than in Asia, despite education.

Education is a means to an end and Thais are doing fine in terms of making money. Many salaries in the west are awful and most people i know can't get on the property ladder, nor save for the future (despite their so-called good education).

I want my daughter to be safe, healthy, and happy. It is my job to try to make sure this happens.

She already has more in Thailand (house and land) than she could possibly have where I come from.

So, what about her future? Who knows.

But I ain't gonna revolve her life around education. Frankly, it's overrated, in my opinion.

Happiness is number one. You can't buy it, nor study to attain it.

All people really want, at the end of the day, is a happy life.

That is all a parent should want for their child.

Agreed, education is overrated all that does is prepare you for a J.O.B (just obey bitch) educating my son to do everything possible to avoid ever having a job will be my main focus. This begins with not wasting his precious time being forced to learn non life functional things that don't interest him.

Education should not be an institution!

My first born is on the way (boy) and I've done a lot of thinking about his future which includes education in Thailand. Based upon my upbringing and what I've learnt in my life I've come up with a my own education plan for the tiger.

Apart from reading and writing which I believe are the keys to further intelligence as well as basic mathematics I don't feel there's a need to teach anything he doesn't show an interest in. What we seem to do from an early age is erode childrens creativity and instincts by teaching things they're simply not interested in hence why we have so many talent less kids.

What ever he loves or finds an interest in we'll go with because happy kids are inquisitive and inquisitive kids seem to have a greater sense of intelligence.

I also believe that in today's age we outsource to many things especially education and as the person that brought him in to the world I feel it's my duty to be his main teacher in life.

Wish me luck!

Can someone please explain the advantages of having a yellow book?

I ask because it was just yesterday I was reading online that it really didn't give many advantages also must you have residency to get it?

thanks

Good stuff Woof

cheers!

I'm not to keen on buying from a farm for obvious reasons, would like to find a specialist breeder for boxer dogs if there are any in Thailand?

Another option if your using it for fighters is to use a full coke can thats been packed in ice it works the same in fact any piece of metal object can be used!

My now wife and i went through the same thing, I wanted to bring her out for 3 mths although she wasn't showing we ticked the pregnant box on the visa form therefor our visa was rejected.

Our only option was for her to have the TB and X-ray tests done and as Jasun alluded to that can cause a miscarriage so that was never going to be an option.

It's a grey area as the Australian Immigration's reasoning was that if she needs medical treatment in Australia its more or less a burden and a cost that the government dont want to cover.

In our case my wife would have been back in thailand by her 3-4th month of pregnancy and at worst any doctors appointments would have been covered by myself.

My advice to you is simply dont tick the pregnant box and you'll have her in Australia.

I myself am an internationally renowned boxing trainer who will be moving to CM later this year to semi retire but am open to spreading some wisdom!

Anyone can PM me!

Got to say I prefer Northern Thailand, Lao coffee better than the so called creme de la creme (pardon the pun) of coffee from other parts of the world.

I regard myself as a coffee snob too.

Kunjay

From 1st draft to final 3D design of a 3bd home in Chiang Mai?

We've been quoted 70k (baht)

Wifes sisters Husband paid 35k 2 yrs ago to design a 10bd apartment block.

What did you pay?

ps Architects work is good, have visually seen her work, open plan echo style housing not traditional 4 wall muban style.

Kunjay

Thanks guys, useful information!

Kunjay

Anyone in the know?

Have a well on the 3 ngang that I want repositioned.

Kunjay

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Not allowing foreigners to buy land seems to make sense to me, as a lot of land is attractive to foreign investors who have more money than most entrepreneurial thais, so they would have bought up majority of the tourist destinations and probably via a setup that would transfer all profit (and thus taxes) to the Cayman Islands.

I don’t think this is directly comparable with many western countries, as they do not have the same problem of attractive land which on a global market is seen as cheap (because Thailand’s lower GDP per capita).

That said, there certainly are examples of other countries putting restrictions on foreigners who want to buy a house or land.

For the comments about OP buying for his wife: I believe that in most western countries, everything obtained after marriage will be divided equally incase of a divorce, yet I hear no-one object to a married man saying he bought a car, bike, house, boat, or similar, even though he technically only bought half a car, bike, house, or boat.

Actually bought this land for myself, ok we all know you can't buy land subsequently need to buy it in your wifes name (not sure why posters persist with this). Living in Khon Kaen is like living in a morgue so I said we're moving to CM. Wife seemed cool with it as she also knows KK is as boring as bat shit and also has family in CH.

Best place to live in Thailand (my opinion only).

Look forward to meeting young at heart Farang with a good story to tell in the near future.

Khunjay