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I didn't see my category.
39 years old, tourist visa, not working, and retired with a pension.
I make 90 day visa runs.
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For me, Life is dandy when you get yoru first IRS Tax Form 1099R and I'm only 39 years old.
A 1099 R is what you get at tax time instead of a W-2.
It shows your retirement pension income.
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I'm a trekkie fan. I love all of the different series spawn from the original as well as all the different movies.
I would love to get them all on DVD at Bangkok prices.
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I think German fashion is all screwed up. After the Berlin Wall fell, the poor Germans from East Germany mixed with the rich Germans from West Germany.
Poor German fashion confused the West German people as well as when the West Germans trying to be fashionable in the East German area.
Then the german skin heads got involved and really screwed up fashion.
Mix that with nudist that love to bathe in the buff in the countless little swimming holes all over Germany and you get a fashion backwards nation.
I lived there for 6 years and when I got back to the United States I was clueless on what to wear.
But if you ask a German, they are the center of the fashion world.
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I'm sure he knew before he decided to sell drugs in Thailand that the sentence, if caught, would be harsh.
I think the United States should impose the same penalties.
Maybe the drug problem would go down.
Only people who do drugs would feel sorry for him.
He got what he deserves.
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I have noticed that Thai people have a hard time saying "H" but don't have a problems saying the number "8".
I tell them to say the number "8" and put the ช sound behind it.
It usually fixes their pronounciation.
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In Feb I bought an air conditioner. It is a Panasonic. It has stopped making cool air.
When I called Panasonic service in Thailand they said I might have to pay for the freon. It is only 6 months old.
They also said I will have to pay for gas.
I can't read the warranty card. Can someone please read the card and tell me my options?
Thank you
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I was a soldier stationed in Los Angeles for 4 years. I was working with the recruiting battalion.
Life in the high pressure job in recruiting for the US Army in the big city of Los Angeles is not something I would wish on my enemies. Working 12 to 15 hours a day 6 days a week wore me down to almost nothing.
My monthly paycheck was almost $5000 US dollars.
In December, 2003, I retired from the US Army. Now I make a little over $1300 a month.
In the USA, I had a 3 bedroom apartment in a nice neighborhood. I had high speed internet and cable tv.
In Thailand, I have satelliete tv, dsl, and live in a studio apartment.
In the USA, I had a nice SUV with pleanty of power. I drove it all over Southern California. I probably spent a good portion of the 4 years I was in So Cal on their freeways.
In Thailand, I have a little 150cc motorcycle. I ride it through the country side. It's incredibly bueatiful and the countryside is mostly traffic free.
In my opinion, I have went from no quality of life to a great quality of life. I am finally happy.
Next year, where I live in Thailand, I will build a house for less than $300,000.
For me, the trade off of living in the USA and Thailand is a no brainer. I would much rather live here than anywhere else.
20 years in the army was pretty rough at times, but now I can see, it was worth it.
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Some of my friends here in Thailand have asked me to help them with their english speaking skills. Being the good neighbor that I am and while drinking my favorite brew (Chang), we set out on our journey of discovery.
Certian things about translating Thai to English and English to Thai raised some questions.
1. Which farang country teaches z = zeht?
2. Does the letter "v" sound more like ฟ (fah fan) or ว (wha whan)?
Thanks for your help.
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I'm interested. I'm retired (I have a monthly pension) and living in Thailand on a Tourist visa. I am only 39 years old.
I have been here now for over a year. The only time I leave is when I go except when I go to Laos or Cambodia to get my new Tourist visa every 90 days or to get my 60 day stamp at the border.
I would want our Thai Gold card to have a number we can call when we have Visa (as in immagration) problems.
Also, problems one might encounter when getting a drivers license, buying land, builing a house, or anything a true x-pat might encounter while living here in Thailand during the year.
Most of the major problems one encounters while living in Thailand should be part of the service.....if possible.
Anyway, I think its a good idea and like most ideas, it will take time to work the bugs out. Good luck with your idea. java script:emoticon(':P')
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I am a volunteer working somewhere in Thailand. I don't work with any organization. I just want to help Thai people. I dont get any money. I only work Saturday and Sunday. I help teach english to poor farm kids.
Now, the kids I teach seem like family to me. I don't like breaking the law, but not sure how to help the children.
How do I keep helping them legally?
Six months on, a plea for more volunteersPHUKET: -- Six months after the tsunami disaster, volunteer workers are still needed in the southern provinces on the Andaman Sea.
After attending to the material needs of the local people, the work of the volunteers will focus on education, career skills and psychological healing, the organiser of the Tsunami Volunteer Centre (TVC), Soontara Kaewpongpok, said yesterday.
Over the past six months, more than 1,500 volunteers from all parts of the country and around the world have arrived at the heart of the tsunami-affected area - at Khao Lak, in Phang Nga’s Takua Pa district - to offer their help.
About 100 of them are still there, although their work does not, these days, receive public attention.
And without public attention, many people might be tempted to believe that the work of volunteers is over, the situation is stable, the number of dead and missing people is finalised, those still suffering are known and help is being organised by the authorities, Soontara said.
In fact, it is not.
“Since February, efforts have concentrated on reconstruction, and many construction projects will run through this year and into next year,” she said.
At present, volunteers are helping to build 50 permanent houses at Ban Nam Khem and helping to make more than 50 boats in the Cape Pakarang Boat Yard. Over the past six months, volunteers have been involved in discovering corpses as well as identifying and consoling victims.
However, about 20 projects are presently under way and the volunteer force is focused on house construction, teaching English to local kids, and psychological and spiritual support - trying to encourage victims to think positively and to resume normal lives.
Responding to local needs, the volunteer centre has also been teaching English skills to local people because most of them will return to work in the tourism industry, once the industry recovers.
“We have been sending English teachers to train them since February,” Soontara said. “We are preparing them for the high season, or when the jobs come back.”
Many local people in Khao Lak have turned to earning money from making traditional products like batik and baskets woven from plastic, and the TVC helps them by distributing the products.
Volunteer schoolteachers have also been working in Khao Lak’s schools since February, especially native English speakers.
American volunteer Joa Keis, 25, who has been part of the TVC’s education project since February, said he regarded his job as an important one.
“Teaching language skills to the kids is important, because we know that in the future this place will rely on tourism. That will be a source of money for a lot of local people.
“In September, we expect there will be more American students on semester break who will come to join us,” he said.
At Ban Nam Khem’s World Vision temporary camp, a Christian group from Love in Action Foundation has been consoling the victims with religious teaching since January.
“We focus on helping locals relieve their trauma by consoling them with God’s words,” said Christian volunteer Chanakan Chanaphun, 40, from Hat Yai. “We plan to set up a church in Nam Khem, as well as opening an Internet centre.”
Sombat Boonngarm-anong, one of the TVC’s founders, said 80 per cent of the volunteers at Khao Lak had been foreigners. Thai volunteers are getting fewer every day.
He said the centre planned a public campaign to attract more Thai volunteers, especially from students, because there is much work waiting to be done.
“It would be great if university students could turn their traditional rab nong mai [freshmen initiation activities] and other student activities into joining the tsunami volunteers for a while,” he added.
--The Nation 2005-06-26
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I tried to get a Thai Drivers License based on the information from a Thai immagration website, http://www.thaiimmigration.com/tse/Driving%20License.pdf.
The information left out an important fact which is you do need a valid non-immagrit visa.
I found this out when I went to Nong Khai immagration. They said I can't get a Thai drivers license with a tourist visa.
I guess I'll have to get married.
I think it will be easier to find a wife in Thailand than to get a drivers license.
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It dosent sound expensive but still not sure if it is cheaper than the train to Nong Khai. 2nd class air for a little over 600 baht. How much was the plane ticket from Bangkok?
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Perhaps the PM and the others in Thailand are tired of the farang English Teachers who think because they are farang they are better than Thai people.
I have seen many farangs with their nose held high complaining about every little thing Thai people seem to do.
Perhaps, their non-humble attitudes and their low work ethics have bothered the PM and others to the point of hiring others from Asia to teach.
I am sure there are good farang English teachers out there and their schools will keep them.
For the bad English teachers, you had better start reading the section of this forum on how to do a 90 day TOURIST visa run.
It might not be a bad idea to have an organization for farang teachers to teach about Thai values and work ethics. It can also remind the farangs how lucky they are to live and teach in Thailand.
I am sure there are Thai teachers who are not too skilled, but they don't need a work permit to stay in the country.
How To Learn Thai?
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I have been studying Thai on and off for about 18 months.
For me, pronounciation of thai words became easier when I learned how to read and write the Thai alphabet.
The way I learned the Thai alphabet was by taking one character and writing it over and over on a sheet of paper. Like writing กกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกก....................
You get my point?
I also would take a copy of the Thai alphabet with me when I went running and say it over and over again as I ran.
I would also look at how a word in English would look spelled in Thai
for instance SATURDAY แสเทอเด
When doing my visa runs I would always take my Thai study book with me. The long bus and train rides can a little more bearable if your auctually learning something.