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Just did it. Good luck with your MBA!

Yes, APV, Carry, Swift, SX4 and Grand Vitara are all available on their website, and are for sale in Thailand. I am really curious why they dicontinued the Jimny (that used to be called Carribean here), in spite of their previous popularity here, and currently in other countries...

Until several years ago the Suzuki dealers in Thailand were selling the older Suzuki Carribean model. Nowadays, although the Suzuki Jimny is being sold in many countries around the works, I haven't been able to find new Suzuki Jimny for sale in Thailand. yet I have seen some (though few) on the roads. Does anyone know a dealer selling Suzuki Jimny? Or, what is the reason for Suzuki not selling them. Given the popularity of the older model (especially with car rental companies) I am really surprised that Suzuki doesn't sell Jimny in Thailand...

I was told that it is to open around October (allowing for the TIT factor).

It seems like it si going to be quite a big thing (hard to judge from the road though).

Hope they'll fare better than the infamous - and ill-conceived - October Bavarian Fest near Simon in Patong!

Cheers

My two satang...

Don't choose the dentist by the smile. Implants are not tooth cleaning or fillings, you need a dentist that has had enough experience doing them. Best thing is to have an oral and maxillofacial specialist do the surgery.

There are many implants, some are good and others are of very poor quality. So check what type of implants they use. Among the good choices would be Nobel Biocare, ITI Straumann, ... Make sure you don't end with some low quality Pakistani implants...

And, when you compare prices - make sure you look at all-inclusive prices. Many clinics and hospitals will only quote the cost of the implant itself but not of the crown which may add another 30,000 baht. Altogether, about 60-70,000 baht is the reasonable cost for good quality implants.

Also, everybody-it's HER dam_n RESTAURANT! She can do whatever she likes including telling you to p**s off. If she goes under because she has no customers, so then be it, such is life, but for you to say "oh, my school of business says the customers come first", well, remember, you're in Thailand.

Now, I am confused...

So, is it that in Thailand customers don't come first ? Or, is it that for farand restauranteurs in Thailand customers don't have to come first?

And so I have spent the past 10-15 minutes reading postings over 10 baht... Mmmm, guys, don't we have something better to do?

Hi,

I think Bumrungrad is really overpriced, and essentially they do the same procedure as other, cheaper places.

There is a clinic on (I think) the 4th floor of the building adjacent to Erawan in the beginning of Sukhumvit. Can't remember the name of the building, but you can enter it either from the ground floor or from the walkway under BTS.

Hi,

Probably too late for vans, but for sure you will have the following options:

- limousine (can order it at the counter after luggage collection) should cost around 600 baht

- metered taxi - need to walk out and find them in the parking - is about 350 baht

Or perhaps you can ask your hotel for a transfer.

Empty ramblings of a sex tourist... one of those bringing the bad image of the place...

Prince of Songkla University, Phuket campus:

Int'l MBA programme: www.fsi.psu.ac.th

Noone knows which way the baht and the USD are going, and forecasting exchange rates has been notoriously unreliable business. My own guess is that the US economy is not doing well, and the USD might continue going down relative to other currencies (mostly European) for a while. However, the baht has already appreciated a lot, and the recent (last December) attempts to introduce capital controls show that the government is determined not to allow further baht appreciation as this might hurt the economy. (I am not commenting on the way the capital controls were introduced, causing the stock market to fall by almost 15% within a day - this resulting in changes softening the new regulations just a day after announcing them - ratehr embararsing in the eyes of foreign investors, I'd say).

So, I am not betting my money on this, but my guess is the baht wouldn't appreciate further...

Hi,

I've seen the Spark for sale for 51,000 baht, so I guess what you saw was in the right range. You can still try to bargain a bit and get either a discount of a couple of thousand baht, or some free accessories.

A friend bought from the Yamaha dealer opposite Esso on Prabarami Rd in Patong, maybe you could check there too. It's a big building with big Yamaha sign.

Hi guys,

I work in Thailand and receive a reasonable salary but what worries me is that my employer does not provide any retirement schemes. I am still in my early 30s, but will be in the country for a while, and want to start providing for my old days. I have thought of retirement funds, but my search came up mostly with funds operating in the US or Europe, or other countries only, or for their citizens only.

If you are in a similar position (and I know quite a few people who are), I wonder how you have solved the proble. Are there reliable retirement funds in Thailand? Or better, in case I move out of the country later on, are there "international retirement funds" that also operate in Thailand but can make pension payments anywhere in the world?

Cheers!

Hi,

I liked very much my treatment at DentalSea clinic in Patong. Finally a dentist who explained to me very clearly what she was doing, who gave me different options for treatemnt, and actually recommended the cheaper one as the better for me. I compared several clinics before deciding to trust them my teeth, and their prices were quite competitive. Equipment appeared quite state-of-art and up to Western standards.

You must try the gym in Royal Phuket City Hotel, downtown Phuket. They have more equipment than the other gyms I've seen in Phuket, a swimming pool as well, and a lot of extras. I think it was called Asia Firness.

I just quit my job and my employer says that my WP and Visa(non- will be cancelled in two weeks from today.  My extension, which is stamped in my passport, is good until Feb 2006.  If everything is cancelled by my employer am I still permitted to stay in Thailand until Feb 2006?

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When I was between jobs, I was told that the visa is only valid subject to a valid work permit. So as long as your WP is cancelled, you have two weeks (or was it one week) to 1) apply for a new WP and new visa, 2) Apply for a SHORT extention of the stay over the two weeks without a new work permit (and pay several thousand baht for this), or 3) leave the country and re-enter. So, it doesn't matter that your visa is valid till Feb '06...

"Buy a yoghurt maker from a an electrical appliance shop. Tesco have the low fat product. Overnight fresh yoghurt add fresh fruit if you desire.

Easy"

A Yoghurt maker?? Never heard of these. Where do they sell them?

As for the coffey, yeah, it raises a lot of eyebrows when you order it without sugar (gave up ordering it "mai wan" - not sweet, because it was still killingly sweet then )

My problem is, I just can't find real yogurt in this country! It is always with fruits, or even the so-called "plain" yogurs is with sugar added. Does anyone know of a brand that is really PLAIN PLAIN yogurt with no additives?

Does anyone know of a place like this in Phuket, guys?

Hey, george, any affiliation with Watson?

I agree, DentalSea gave me a very good treatment. Don't know if PhDs matter for doctors, but for the first time a dentist actually told me what she was doing in my mouth and why. I think the website was www.dentalsea.com.

The Dulwich affair reminds me of Asian University - Chon Buri (near Pattaya). A similar story - the university signs an agreement for cooperation with Imperial College, London, this works for several years, but the Thai side desides that they want to pull all the strings, and that they know more about running a university than Imperial... so the relationship is quite rocky now, and Imperial may pull out of the co-operation...