richard10365

I could probably make a lot of money talking about ASEAN.

There was never any intention to open the borders and allow free movement of labor. Even the MRAs come with requirements that must be met prior to allowing labor mobility. The much touted freedom of movement was a political ploy to gain votes of either people who were against it or those who were for it. Either way, most people are unable to understand the various ASEAN rules because they are too complicated for the average person to understand. ASEAN is pretty much delivering everything it promised. It is impossible to understand every part of ASEAN because ASEAN is gigantic. Most everything that applies to every part of your life is likely part of an ASEAN agreement. Keep in mind too that the AEC is only one third of this massive machine known as ASEAN.

Here is an idea of the monster known as ASEAN. Most of the agreements are pretty technical but if you have a question about any please feel free to send me a message and I will try to point you in the right direction.

I wasn't able to attach this in the last post. Unbound cross border trade is not allowed for tourism agencies in Thailand. But you can invest upto 49% in a tourism agency in Thailand.

According to WTO docs, Thailands doesn't allow that kind of trade.

I dont want to read the entire thread so Forgive me if this was already mentioned. "Iflix" is cheaper (100 baht/month) with more content.

What about the hospitality indusrty? The Asean Mutual Recognition Arrangements on Tourism Professionals awards a certificate for demonstrated tourism skills. The cretificate allows a person to work in any Asean country. English is a requirement for this. If she gets an international degree in tourism or hospitality she could increase her chances for jobs after study.

I would advise the daughter to improve her English. Asean has a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) on Engineering Services which could help get her a job in places like Singapore or Malaysia. I've attached the Asean document explaining the program. Happy new year.

Asean MRA on Engineering.pdf

I'm having problems finding the name of the test or scale in which 7 put of 10 was scored. Can someone help me with that?

I thought the movie was great! I saw it at Central Festival.

You are way off the mark.

Read again, think again.

Quick points: Improvement yes, but still very poor. 7 years as a student isn't going to get you much experience as staff is it. As I said, I stated facts (read again).

Do your homework son.

Did you pass your degree, in?

Hired as what, after your studies? Any senior positions? 4 years working in the place you got your degree, isn't hitting high on the experience counter is it.

Still not seeing any concrete counter rational argument, solid experience based evidence, or specifics.

Homework?

Enjoy.

What facts?

Thai uni standards are...well...not the best. In fact, the concept of standards is fundamentally lacking. Rampant plagiarism, whinging to boost a grade, gifts, theft aka kmutt, ...cancerous shenanigans, and that's just at a minister level.
Avoid like the plague.

Thanks for sharing your opinion.

It's all fact up to "minister level". The last sentence is opinion.
Best of luck.

Lucky for us you are around. Usually facts have a source. Can you share yours so we can be better educated about the Thai education system. Thanks for your help.

Sure. I am the source. I have worked in Thai Unis for > a decade.

My efforts to establish standards, and a lot more, as relevant to my comments, were not well received.

Plagiarism is thoroughly covered by other authors, outside of TVF. Search and you shall find, easily.

Look at the Times Ed uni rankings.

Fingers crossed.
It was kmitl not kmutt
http://m.bangkokpost.com/news/451740?refer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.th%2F

So in 10 years you became an expert in the 71 private universities, 80 public universities and the 21 community colleges throughout Thailand. I can't imagine why you werent successful your educational reforms throughout the country.

Prey tell the basis of your expertise, Dick.

Try to deal with the issues, with some substance, and a bit less attempted wit...it isn't working for you is it.

As I said, I stated facts. The opinion part is up to you.

Best of luck, Dick.

Your opinion, like my opinion, is limited by our equally limited experience in Thai universities. You've only seen negative while I've seen the negative improve to a positive. I'm quite skeptical of people who make blanket statements of a system based on their limited experience of that system. I'm sorry it hasnt worked out for you but that doesnt mean everyone who studies in Thailand or works in its universities will have an equally negative and wasted experience.

I've spent 7 years studying in a Thai university and 4 years working in it and seen massive improvements in how things are done. So I'm a bit more optimistic from my experiences while you're highly pessimistic from your experience. I hope things improve for you and your university.

Thai uni standards are...well...not the best. In fact, the concept of standards is fundamentally lacking. Rampant plagiarism, whinging to boost a grade, gifts, theft aka kmutt, ...cancerous shenanigans, and that's just at a minister level.
Avoid like the plague.

Thanks for sharing your opinion.

It's all fact up to "minister level". The last sentence is opinion.
Best of luck.

Lucky for us you are around. Usually facts have a source. Can you share yours so we can be better educated about the Thai education system. Thanks for your help.

Sure. I am the source. I have worked in Thai Unis for > a decade.

My efforts to establish standards, and a lot more, as relevant to my comments, were not well received.

Plagiarism is thoroughly covered by other authors, outside of TVF. Search and you shall find, easily.

Look at the Times Ed uni rankings.

Fingers crossed.
It was kmitl not kmutt
http://m.bangkokpost.com/news/451740?refer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.th%2F

So in 10 years you became an expert in the 71 private universities, 80 public universities and the 21 community colleges throughout Thailand. I can't imagine why you werent successful your educational reforms throughout the country.

Thai uni standards are...well...not the best. In fact, the concept of standards is fundamentally lacking. Rampant plagiarism, whinging to boost a grade, gifts, theft aka kmutt, ...cancerous shenanigans, and that's just at a minister level.

Avoid like the plague.

Thanks for sharing your opinion.

It's all fact up to "minister level". The last sentence is opinion.

Best of luck.

Lucky for us you are around. Usually facts have a source. Can you share yours so we can be better educated about the Thai education system. Thanks for your help.

Thai uni standards are...well...not the best. In fact, the concept of standards is fundamentally lacking. Rampant plagiarism, whinging to boost a grade, gifts, theft aka kmutt, ...cancerous shenanigans, and that's just at a minister level.

Avoid like the plague.

Thanks for sharing your opinion.

Still, the USA has 6,825 more firearm deaths than Thailand.

I do understand what you mean. The first couple of roasts might take time to learn to do right but after you get the hang of it you will find it takes about 20 minutes to roast about 250g of coffee. Its about as difficult as making rice. I wonder if I could make money giving coffee roasting classes?

Blue Cafe behind Big C Extra is one of my favorites. Great atmosphere, delicious coffee, and tasty treats. Its a bit pricy but more premium features also comes with a higher price.

However, if you're only after coffee and not the associated experience, then learn to roast your own coffee. Its very easy to do in a wok and a fraction of the cost of store bought coffee. Best of all, it taste great! The average cost of home roasted coffee is 5 baht compared to 60 to 70 baht in places like Starbucks.

With foreign teachers from the west Thailand has very low English ability. I think what is really happening is they are clearing out the western English teachers so they can hire the cheaper ASEAN teachers.

Just be glad they don't require foreigners to register like it is required in the United States (SOURCE). The US Census shows 18 million currently under the threat of a draft in the USA but the difference is only Congress can call them up. According to the story, the Ministry of Defense can call them up.

Just curious, how old is your wife? The excellent spreadsheet Ayg made for you shows 15 years assuming you will live that long (no disrespect). What are the chances your wife will live beyond that? Does the half of your pension that goes to your wife also get annual increases? If so, you might want to consider keeping things as they are rather than taking the money now.If you are both of similar age, it will be 11 years before the cumulative 4,000 will surpass your current set up. You will be 79 years old then. Worse case scenario, you live to 120 and you lose out on the profit your current set up will provide you.

Asean is an organization and Southeast Asia is a location. With the Asean Community a reality beginning in 2016, having a place to find answers about the integration may be an additional attractive feature of ThaiVisa. Even the Nation and Bangkok Post newspapers now carry Asean sections.

But true, it is connected to Southeast Asia.

Thanks for the quick response. Now may I suggest having an ASEAN forum?

When looking for member's post on Southeast Asia I could not help but notice all the ThaiVisa news stories crowding out the members posts. Can you give the news stories a sub-thread? It's way too messy as it us now.

Good post MatteoBassini. You sound like a good student focusing more on learning than on complaining. Im sure everythings not perfect but even in less than ideal situations you still can get a great education if you want to.

Something tells me that regardless of the law and the statistical data of the negative impact of marijuana, some people will still choose to break the law and put countless others at needless risk to satisfy their selfish desires that places their needs above the needs and well being of others in order to get high. Then they will rationalize their decision of their twisted logic in order to make themselves feel better about the choice they made. For the sake of everyone else, I hope they are right and I am wrong.

Pot Fuels Surge in Drugged Driving Deaths

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/pot-fuels-surge-drugged-driving-deaths-n22991