Lunchbob

On 1/22/2021 at 3:31 AM, ubonjoe said:

The will probably want that when you cancel your extension of stay based upon working before applying for the extension based upon retirement.

Update: finished changing the extension from work to a 1 year retirement. No major issues except the bank did not print the correct bank statement showing the months, etc...So, a trip back. No surprise.

Next step is moving to Hua Hin. As far as I know the last hurdle is to visit Hua Hin immigration with my lease and report the new address.

Fingers crossed.

Hello,

Does anyone know if immigration will want information about my wor kpermit and its cancellation? I am switching my extension from work to retirement.

Thanks!

Hello,

I am moving from a green zone in the Northeast to Hua Hin early February (which might see the restrictions ease anyway) but I was told I need a travel document regarding necessity which I can get from the village head, etc....Anyone know anything about the doc? For example, what are considered vallid reasons, etc...

Thank you.

18 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

You will not change your visa.

You will only be changing the reason for your extension of stay from working to retirement.

Best to do the change before moving since you will need to have your current extension canceled before you can apply the new extension.

Thank you very much, Ubonjoe.

Hello,

I'd like to quit working, change my visa from work to retirement and move to another province. Should I change the visa where I live currently and the report the new address in the new province? Or some other version of crazy, I mean immigration procedure...

Thank you...

On 11/25/2020 at 8:28 PM, spidermike007 said:

When no real effort is being made to improve the system, improve the proficiency of the teachers, or the methods, nor to use the outside world as any kind of gauge, comparison, or resource, then you fall backwards. On top of that the schools here seem to instill a lack of confidence, a feeling of inferiority on the part of the students, and a continuation of the tribal mentality of obedience, at all costs.

 

I was hanging out with a friend the other day. Her son is about 12. Good kid. Speaks some english. He is in a sailing club, and his mom is nearly fluent in english, so he picks up alot there too, and seems to take what he learns in school seriously. I told him he was a smart kid. He shook his head no. I asked him why do you say no? He did not have an answer. I asked him, have any of your teachers ever told you, that you were smart? He said never, ever. The teachers seem reluctant to praise the kids, and give them confidence, and this would appear to have an extremely corrosive effect on society. 

 

Is the educational system here deliberately inferior, one might ask?

This is it. The culture is creating failure. It appears in many ways- all mentioned in this thread. It can''t be easily solved because it requires a core change in the culture from small things like the wai to big things like the quality of unis....

I tried this for 7 years and it was just like what you describe. Always had the impression from the labor they were doing me a favor. It's too hard even with the help.

This means non-Thai investors are buying all of the bad loans as bonds from the Thai government? 

This:  public will be assisting each subdistrict in the country, by promoting jobs, community-based tourism, environmental conservation, and strengthening of community enterprises.

Does this: The campaign is expected to create 60,000 jobs, and involve some 80 universities, that will participate in the integration of knowledge and local wisdom, to effectively solve local issues.

Debacle. Unless they're just basically handing out that money for whatever.

I guess they are trying to hold up the prices, but I don't think it works like this. Prices fluctuate. The laws are supposed to be stable. But, this is the start of the conversation. It will naturally spread to all of the other aspects of residency, ownership, villas, condos, etc...

If you are starting fresh there are better places. If you are over 50 and already have some connections here it's still better than the west, currently. The economic turbulence should create some more opps too.

And if they take it off, what happens? Arrested?

Give all Thai teachers, staff, administration IQ tests. Reassign jobs based on the scores.

They need to go through the process- offering more and more as the prices fall and fall. It will end up at very low prices and some kind of PR...Wait it out.

PR for life the only enticement that would get my interest. Even then leasehold isn't comfortable.

When do you think the prices of houses and condos will start going down and how far? How much did prices go down in 97 and how long did they stay down?

What happened to people's bank deposits in 1997?

Hire 1 million if you want, but nothing will change until you change the culture of the education system.

19 hours ago, Barnabe said:

Not doubting you, but where did you see the data for the NPL?

Just seeing articles here and there in the news.

Hello,

With such massive NPL I am wondering about deposit protection insurance for non-residents and if it exists at all how reliable it is....

what insanity to trust these guys

or simply the number of infections is actually unknown and much higher than reported

I have been teaching here for many years now, but only at universities. The high paying unis require a lot of time and effort. I was teaching 4 or 5 classes per semester to smart, demanding students. So, big money and a lot of work. Also, have worked for Thai unis that pay the usual 30k. But, it's much easier. Still teaching 4 or 5 classes, but the content is so simplistic and the students so dull it's quite easy. Have huge amounts of time to pursue other goals. You can earn money elsewhere if that's what you want to do or write books or paint, chase girls, whatever you want.

Learning English is really a skill, not an academic subject for lectures, etc...You practice a lot and must have a serious desire to do it. There is an entrenched cabal of older Thai English professors with huge egos at the government unis who protect their systems and ideas at any cost. These older profs, frankly, do not deserve their positions because of their poor skills, very outdated thinking, and superior attitudes. They're very sensitive, I have imagined, because they must truly know they're imposters. The younger Thai profs seem very capable and proficient and can't get a damn thing done and hardly want to bc it's like going into a war. 

Just put on their diplomas: Thai Language Only Engineer