Phuket electrician

if you think this story has any merit may I suggest you get back on the nest and keep your brood nice and warm  - jog on.

Take no notice of negative and condescending feedback. You make your own mind up. Get your money and your immigration status sorted. Stay relaxed and calm and see what happens.

if you have an agreement with a company or individual it is always prudent to fulfill that agreement. Otherwise you will be in breach of that agreement and unsure of the consequences.

Adult life is about being responsible for yourself.

Good luck and stay positive.

If you know anything about Thai culture being humble and subservient can get you out of trouble. The opposite has the potential to make life difficult. This is not the west where you can tell an officer of the law to do 1. 

Neither were caught working. Just checked by Immigration officers. As is happening in Phuket at the moment. 1 individual had overstayed from Jan 2013, the other from Feb 2011. 

Sorry the reference to Burma is that the unskilled staff are Burmese. The cashiers are Thai graduates, most of which are very fit and nice looking. There is also an excellent IT shop near the exit. A third of the price of similar outlets.

Scoff at supercheap if you have money to throw away. They openly sell knock off gear that ends up on Soi Bangla for 20 x the original price.

Without being c**tish I highly recommend it. Good selection of Alcohol and tobacco.

According to you lot  Thais' don't know anything yet one word from an official and you're all clucking like mother hens, grow a pair. If you are legit there is no problem.

How hard can it be?

As usual you're all incorrect. these two clowns were arrested for overstays, one from 2011. Bunch of spanners.

My view is that it is one of the best shops in Phuket.

Where your average Thai goes shopping. It is a little funky. But opens at 6am and smells very healthy at that time.

There are some nice Thai versions, small packets sold in every mom & pop shop at five baht for 25 gms. My favorite has a small black cat on the packet with a green band below a health warning picture of a diseased lung.

You can buy imported bacci but it's comparatively 10 times the price.

The Thais' have a local version of pretty much everything you can buy in the west just different packaging, possibly less additives and 1/3 western price.

Have fun looking - you can ask in Thai like this - Me ya sen maew dam, chai mai? Have tobacco, cat black, yes, no?

If you want to ask about Golden Virginia or western hand rolling tobacco in a store. Say - me (do you have) ya sen (tobacco) falang (western) mai (question)

The joy of teaching is the teacher gets paid to be a student also. To be a student one has to be open to ideas, points of view and different ways to do things. Too think any other way but your own, is the only way isn't a receptive outlook - I mean everything worth inventing has already been invented hasn't it?

Were a student to think this way, as a teacher I accept that now is not the right time for them to study, mark them as present and allocate scarce resources to those that want to learn.

See the point of view?

six teachers wanted at Rajabhat Phuket - apply in person.

I read you post and wish to share my personal experience.

Quite hot at the Thai border concerning ED visas. Immigration officers have the power to call the school to see if you have attended and if so, when was the last date you were there. if, the school tells them they haven't seen you since such and such date your visa will be null and void - the max overstay is B20,000 or a custodial sentence.

The point is not to expose yourself to attention from Thai immigration. They have discretionary powers, and as such enforcement of the law may appear to be inconsistent.

It is of utmost importance to be aware of immigration law. It can be a lottery if you are 'in the wrong'

The farang advisers incumbent at immigration offices are knowledgeable. Make sure you fully understand your immigration status.

I teach full time for B20,000 / month.

Everyone has a choice, why would anybody have kids, believe in religion, buy a mass marketed 'smart' pointless product, buy anything advertised as premium?

A teacher should inspire students and invite them to learn. Show them that we don't know anything and anyone that thinks they do is deluded. Have sympathy for negative sad people. They are a lot of fun and far to easy to agitate.

Nob ed's that turn their noses up at others aren't worth the time of day and should be ignored. The art of a good communicator is to convey a message, if it's received and understood then you have succeeded. Far to many sad losers on TV.

You were just unlucky. Pick yourself up, put it down as a lesson and try again, that's what life is about. If you have the right qualifications you will find another job.

Good luck.

There are a few 'dating' sites with Phuket girls. Have met some nice girls doing this. Never got involved with them sadly, always seem to be something wrong with them. More to the point l couldn't be bothered waiting around. Easy to find dating sites, there are some advertised on TV.

Also known as twaddle.

Look at the mess the west is in. Murdering shepherds? Messing about with kids. Eating garbage food leading to obesity, no respect or care the elderly, cheating at sport, seduced by mass marketing. Getting p***ed every weekend and having a dust up. It's much nicer here, although Thailand looks to be heading for financial trouble.

If only the farangs here realised, there's nothing to prove, you just make yourself look more ridiculous.

Just because a person doesn't say much should it be considered scandalous? Here in Phuket there are many people boring the rest with self obsessed drivel. The most difficult skill in any language is the ability to listen. Sadly many people couldn't give a hoot what others have to say.

Yet again - sarcasm and noting to contribute. Why bother? A forum is for the discussion of questions. Not negative half arsed cynicism.

I really do think some members have limited education. Public school in England is the private sector. Corruption in the private sector is illegal (enforce the law)

Quite boring when members repeat what others have said and have zero input.

What?

For those members that didn't pay attention at school the public sector is national government. Clean up the corrupt public sector, enforce the law, corruption solved.

Yes it is possible and it will happen.

Buried Sir David Frost last week. RIP

Everything you do here requires the correct piece of paperwork. Visa run to Ranong's a scam isn't it.

Corruption is at the root of every issue. At my workplace we have a huge departmental budget yet photocopying lesson material is restricted. The Holder of the purse strings sees it as their own personal piggy bank. If I wish to keep my nice little job I have to keep my mouth shut. Is it possible this is endemic?

These time wasting 'tests' are perhaps 'a nice little earner.' Why butcher a cash cow?