star kicker

unfortunately, like most countries, thailand doesnt have a genuinely forward thinking charismatic leader who puts others before himself.

a lawyer friend of mine worked on the truth and reconciliation initiative a few years ago and resigned when she realised it was a whitewash, a façade and complete waste of time

So how do they know he shot himself if everyone at the scene of the incident left and have not been tracked down yet. He shot himself while the others tried to get the gun off him - or perhaps someone else turned the gun into his chest and pulled the trigger, Whatever, you don't take a gun to a game of petanque !

There was a second shooter behind the hedgerow!

there was a second cambodian shooter behind the hedgerow

all you need to do is take responsibility for your own actions and no one should ever have to overstay unless they are physically unable to leave the country.

the UK media has started to refer to him as 'Australian Rolf Harris...'.

he used to be national treasure in the UK, now he's an Australian.

this has been going on for years. everyone knows its been going on.

if the police had done something to prevent /stop this abomination taking place they would be getting glowing reports.

you reap what you sow

makes a change from the foreigner getting mad easily

talking things out? in my experience some do and some dont but its kind of difficult to talk things out if her english is not good - unless you speak reasonable thai.

communication is important in any relationship and there are plenty of thai girls with reasonable english...

down a small soi off soi rambutree in banglmapu you can get a bed in a dorm for 80 baht a night.

a few months ago saw a foreigner living at the protest site at pan fah, guess that was cheap

What sort of people would rent their house out to 22 druggies ?

I'm sure their families will be immensely proud to see their siblings in that photo.

Most probs people with greed on the mind. 10,000 THB a day for rent, and on top of that a deposit would have to be paid. Not really sure how much wear and tear you would get after a party like this !!!!

I've never been to a sex party, never really felt the need, but the numbers seem a little out of sync to me ? If i was to go to such a party, then I would want those figures reversed. 15 women and 7 fellas sounds like more fun to me. I wonder if they have a spectators gallery for all us old ones that prefer to just watch these days ?

why assume everyone at the party is heterosexual?

hello 'hansum' man

troll. inconsistent and intentional grammatical errors.

OP find another way to amuse yourself. yawn.

the 'journalist' who wrote the piece and the sub-ed who cleared it both need to go back to school and learn the past simple. <deleted>.

how many contact hours are you contracted to teach?

if they expect you to teach extra hours i would speak to the school principle and tell him/her how much you will charge for the extra hours.

if you are expected to teach more hours than contracted - work for free - then i'd leave.

i was teaching in mongolia and my boss asked me to run a workshop for local english teachers and do some promotional work in schools i agreed on the basis my teaching hours were reduced. negotiate calmly, clearly and assertively.

its more human nature than thailand.

my sister lives in aus and loves to hate the place as do many ex-pats she knows there do

a mate lives in japan and loves to moan and complain about it

another mate lives in france and dont get him started...

its noticed in thailand because we are in thailand!

James it may be relevant if you let us know how long your wife stayed in the UK after she came in March 2013 and September 2013 and how long she has spent on holiday in Thailand. Their thinking may be that she is spending too long outside of the UK and is not a true resident living in the UK. I seem to remember a recent topic about this I will try and find it and post it. Might be helpful in understanding the questions

Here it is

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/727716-holiday-entitlement-on-a-settlement-visa/

agree, immigration are likely to be looking at the bigger picture and have the right to check your wife is actually resident in the UK which is defined by the number of days she spends in the country. i forget the number.

immigration are getting sharper, some call it big brother but i am all for it. there is far too much economic immigration to the uk.

Firstly, if the child has a valid up to date passport from your home country and your wife does not have legal custody of the child, then you can legally take the child back to the home country or anywhere within the EEC with no questions asked.

Next, once back in your home country, hire the services of a reputable lawyer, immediately file for divorce and file a claim for full custody rights over the child on the grounds of your alleged desertion by the mother.

It is possible that your wife may crawl out of the woodwork in the future making claims on any assets, property, liquid assets, demanding child support and alimony etc using the legal system in your home country and there is nothing you can do to stop her making such legal claims on the grounds that she is your wife or even common law wife and her right as the mother of your child. As regarding her alleged abandonment of you and your child, perhaps she had good reasons for her actions and who is at fault must be determined by a court of law.

The bottom line is; first seek the advice of a lawyer in your own country and then you will have to go through the legal process of finalising everything between you and your wife and whatever the court decides is in the best interests of the child. You have no ways of avoiding this without the corporation and full agreement of your wife to lay no claims on you and the child in the future.

If you still love your wife and want her back this still changes nothing. She has the option to divorce her husband at any point during the marriage just on the grounds that she no longer wishes to remain with her partner and if there are children involved, in 99.99% of cases, she gets the family home and the kids, even if there is a new partner on the scene, plus child support and alimony. The woman gets paid even if she is the partner that dissolved the marriage and still gets paid even if the male partner and her don't legally marry.

So fasten your seatbelt, it maybe a rough ride ahead.

for info, in the uk 'common law wife/husband' does not give you any legal rights over assets or property of your partner. you can live as man and wife with someone for 50 years but if you are not married under uk law you are not entitled to a percentage anything in your partners name.

did he owe his friend money?

was his friend knocking off his missis?

or is he just an idiot?

go the junta!

hopefully they come down hard on the sex industry and the riff raff foreigners will go elsewhere and make thailand a better place for all.

nutter or character?!

will the junta set up a hotline number for foreigners 'farang-hot-line' to call to complain about whatever is bugging them about thailand so said junta can prioritise their tasks in order to keep said farang happy?!

lost my moneybelt and passport in tev aviv departure area. was walking around looking for it and this guy came up to me and said 'you must be looking for this'.

was inter railing (remember that?!) in austria or germany, woke up at the station i wanted to get off, grabbed my things and jumped off the train. was standing on the platform as the train pulled out and a guy in my carriage opened the window and threw my warm and vital jacket at me.

lost my annual travel card in london; value £2000.00. it had a list of my friend's numbers in the plastic wallet. a woman handed it into the police but noted down the numbers and called my friends to get them to tell me which police station to go to.

i have found wallets on trains and buses and seen people drop money, needless to say i always hand them back to the owner or to the authorities. karma.

i saw her interviewed on tv here, a forthright young lady who makes some valid points.

she said that her parents had to denounce her for their own safety and security - so dont read too much into the reports in the thai 'press'.

you must be living in some kind of bubble. i can remember having conversations with thais since my arrival here over 10 years ago. i am still friends with some thais i met in those days. i have conversations with thais all the time about all kinds of subjects.

an example; my gf is a lawyer, just the other day we met up with one of her colleagues who a few years ago was a intern in an anti corruption unit working on the 'truth and reconciliation' initiative. it was fascinating to hear from the inside what a waste of time and whitewash that whole business was.

another example; i was having my hair cut last week and had a long conversation with khun Panu who cuts my hair about premiership football/chelsea - as we do every time i have a hair cut.

maybe you need to change your circle of friends?

if your gf is from an educated /professional background i bet she will have friends who would love to chat with a foreigner.

if your gf comes from a more uneducated background this would be difficult.

if you are open minded there are an awful lot of thais to have interesting and humorous conversations with - even if you dont speak thai!

She doesn't love you!

She shagged a house out of you.

Now the game to winkle you out begins.

PS

Congratulations, I could actually understand your post.

And commiserations on being taken for a house.

assuming this is not a troll post then yes, she gave you what you wanted until she got what she wanted then she didnt have to do what you want any more.

at least she was smart enough to make sure the house was completed before ceasing physical activities. my mate had built 80% of the house before his lady switched off the sweetness and now he's gone and she's still only got 80% of a house.

i guess you were naive about thai's when you struck the 3 times a day deal with her, thais will invariably not keep their side of a bargain.

solution; take away something you give her, e.g. allowance, until she mends her ways or get a gik/mia noi, its what a thai guy would do and if she complains tell her its thai culture.