JimHuaHin

The web site has been down since about 7.00 am this morning.

I had a similar experience a few weeks ago in Hua Hin. It was about two weeks after I had extended my Non Imm O-A Retirement Visa. Two immigration police arrive unannounced at home mid-afternoon while I was sitting outside reading. I rushed inside to put on a mask, shirt and trousers. They had a copy of my latest retirement extension application, and just wanted to take two pictures of me at the front door and in front of the house next to the house number. Nothing to sign. Smilies and wais, and good-bye. No problems.

During my first couple of years in Thailand I saw Dr Niyom at Bumrungrad Skin Center, and he is very good. However, one year he was away, and I saw Dr. Nicha instead, and she is excellent - takes pictures of any moles which maybe potential problems and checks the original pictures when I have my six-month follow-up check. Cost is usually about Baht 2,000, without meds or treatments. I have yet to find a competent skin cancer dermatologist in Hua Hin.

As noted above, this is a controlled drug in Thailand, you will need to go to a (government) hospital and see a doctor.

I am surprised the names "Prayut" and "Prawit" were not proposed. 5 5 5

I have used Thai public and private hospitals (mainly the former) for a decade - and I have nothing to complain about. I have had an operation in a public hospital, and admitted on 2 other occassions for treatment, and I have nothing to complain about. The public hospital medical professionals are generally excellent (every country has good and bad medical professionals), but over worked and the hospitals are understaffed. In public hospitals, yes, in open wards families are expected to help (have you seen how many patients the handful of nurses on duty have to look after?) and some staff do not speak English; but this is Thailand, not Farangland, and Thai is the language used here - be thankful that at least some of the staff speak English, and your can communicate your medical problems and health needs.

What an interesting post - I shall try not to upset the site's administrator(s) and have my post deleted and myself warned/suspended. There are many super-smart/highly intelligent Thai (and Chinese-Thai) women in Thailand at any age; some of whom I have been fortunate to meet and befriend of many decades of visiting Thailand. And I must hasten to add, not all of these women have had high (read university) education - high intelligence does not necessarily require high education. Maybe if one has been unable to meet "super-smart" mature Thai women, then one has been moving in the wrong social circles.

Arrogance? Yes, but also ... As some earlier posts have noted - the need to keep the masses ignorant so that they can be controlled. There is the conservative "accepted" Thai version of history, and then there are the ever-changing "contested" versions of history.

I have had similar problems with Westpac and gmail login verification - usually I just wait a few minutes and try again; if not, wait 5 minutes and all is ok. Seems to be a temporarey glitch in the system, maybe.

My report on Non Imm O-A Retirement 1-year extension this morning: I arrived at Immigration at 8.15 am - 1 farang in front of me. However, I was third to be processed after the office opened at 8.30 am. Documents presented (here I am copying in part from the original post): 1) Completed TM7 front and back completed in blue ink 2) Passport copy data page, all previous extension pages, last entry stamp page 3) Bank Certification Letter + 12 month statement from bank 4) Copy of bank book pages since last extension updated at bank yesterday after a small transfer / transaction 5) Health Insurance coverage to Baht 3 million from local health insurance company.. Documents not presented (but which I had on hand) and not asked for - copy of house lease, map of house location, and copy of foreign pension income letter. Happily exited Immigration just before 09.00 am with 1-year extension approved. Once again great stress-free service.

Will these Royalists also be going to petition the Chinese and Russian Embassies?

Yes, Khun Pita is certainly what Thailand needs. The antithesis of the last Prime Minister - intelligent, well-educated, fluent in English, young, etc.

April 1 already?

Naughty Nong Aum, she should be wearing "traditional" Thai attire which Thai women wore 200-300 years ago, is that right Thai moral police?

I regret to say, that in my years of experience here, such ignorance of mainland south east Asian history amongst both young and old university-educated Thais is widespread. Even knowledge of generally (ie globally) accepted Thai history is shaky at best. As far as knowledge and history of the rest of the planet is concerned - very limited. Several decades ago, I spent a semester lecturing in an international Masters programme (which had a South East Asian focus) at a top Thai university in Bangkok - about one-third of my students were Thais, the rest from other Asian countries. My Thais students had a very very limited knowledge of the rest of South East Asia.

Correct - I have a similar document in front of me "Order of the Royal Thai Police no. 654/2564". Dated December 27, 2021; Signed by Police General Suwat Chaengyodsuk.

Wrong heading!!! "Golf course decimates elephant habitat - elephants seek to reclaim their stolen lands".

Sorry state of buying a new popular affordable care in Thailand these days; colour choices black, white, red and maybe silver? What happen to the blues and greens and yellows etc., have they been forbidden by the junta? What is wrong with the colour sense of Honda, Toyota, Mazda, etc in Thailand?

0.4 gm Tamsulosin (often sold here under the name Harnal) worked well for me also. Some doctors here say it "shrinks" the prostrate, but some medical sources state it is a muscle relaxant. A couple of my doctors here also say that I should take it for the rest of my life ( I am 67) to prevent future problems.

I would very carefully check that the professional staff have the appropriate (medical) qualifications, ie they are currently registered, that the food provided is appropriate and that the caring staff have received the required training. My ex Thai gf is a registered nurse, and she told me a few horror stories about incidents at a couple of privately run Thai nursing homes - medications not given to people, wrong medications given to people, doctors/ambulance not called when person was seriously ill, staff infrequently checking in on people to make sure that they are well, etc.

34 inside my home in Hua Hin yesterday afternoon.

Great to see some "colours" rather than the now boring off-white, off-black, off-red and off-silver which seem to almost the only colours on most brands made in Thailand these days.

Just another indication of how <deleted> 40% of Americans are.

Where can one get free hard copies of this magazine? I have not see a hard copy here for at least a year!

I went to the BluPort office at 1216 (accoding to the queing ticket I received) on Friday 17th, February, and there were only about 8 people waiting, and several more being processed. I needed to do a 90-day report. At about 1225 I was walking out of BluPort, report completed. No complaints from me.