johng

 

I use this one

 

http://mediacompanion.codeplex.com/

Another year gone already

 

October 2016 Jomtien
    Original Passport
    x2 copies of the form TM.7 (must print on one sheet double sided, attach two passport-sized pictures)
    x2 copies of your Passport Main Page, Visa Page (Non-Immigrant O), Entry Stamp Page and Departure Card;
    x2 copies of your KhorRor.2 and KhorRor.3 ( double sided )( took originals but not asked to show )
    x2 copies of the Thai ID Card of your wife
    x2 copies of the House Registration of your wife ( took original but not asked to show )
    2 Original Photos showing you and your wife Together in your residence  one inside and one outside showing
    house number   stuck on A4 sheet + 1 copy
    x2 copies of a Map to your Residence;
    1900 baht

As a reminder for me  if using the 400,000 baht in bank method
Jomtien want to see a transaction in the bank book from the day you are applying, even though this will mean that the amount shown on the letter from the bank is now incorrect ( they can never be correct because the letter always shows amount from yesterday..... don't argue just do it )

1 x statement from bank showing  at least 400,000 baht for  2 months  + 1 copy
2 x copies of latest bank book page with transaction on that day.
2 x copies of bank book first page ( name,office acount number )
Special case just for me as I came into Thailand on Tourist visa and then changed to Non O in Bangkok
2 x copies of Tourist Visa page
2 x copies of last entry into Thailand with Tourist visa page.
2 x copies of all  previous marriage extension stamps ( new for 2016 ? )

as we don't have children we needed to provide a "witness"
( they didn't ask for a witness  years 2 or 3 but did on the first occasion )
Witness had to be someone who isn't a family member needed to bring
2 x copies of their ID card and house registration ( tabien bahn)
2 photos of witness, wife and myself  1 outside of our home with house number clearly visible 1 inside house
stuck onto an A4 piece of paper and  then copied

sign all pages except house map, marriage docs and wife's docs
wife to sign ID and house book docs.
witness to sign their document copies
sign more bits of paper  come back for answer next month.

On 06/10/2016 at 1:35 PM, lopburi3 said:

  Never tried to update as do not believe the lifetime DL is even available to Thai anymore.  

 

about 2 years ago my wife (Thai ) was able to update her old paper " for life" drivers licence to the new plastic one at Chonburi ( Pattaya)  DLT

they told her that no new "for life" licences are being issued but people with one already can update.

43 minutes ago, hansiver said:

Buriram erea or is it same same all over Thailand?

 

Probably the same all over Thailand.

 

You have to tell them what you want doing, make sure you watch them do the things you want or they might not get done.

most of the time  they work on the " if it isn't broken  don't fix it"  principle

  ..when the belt breaks then its time to open the cover and change the belt.

 

On 05/10/2016 at 7:35 PM, Anthony5 said:

 

 

So they have now moved them to right in front of the Waterfront condo.

 

Guess they have to amend their sales brochure with " condo with scrap yard view".

 

The boats have been parking in that tarmacked area long before the Waterfront condo was built 

they also use that area for the Christmas / New year and Music festival so at times its very very noisy. ( + scrap yard view )

 

The "super high tech marina" was supposed to have allowed the speed boats to stay on the water  but raised out by buoyancy floats

(so no need for trailers any more )

these are what you can see in my second photo ..all stacked up on the  shore line  broken before it even opened !!

 

All the boat trailers where removed from the sea side of the road where they put them I don't know , they didn't go under or on the fly over as I suspected they would, maybe the nice men in green found some land nearby to use.

 

 view in 2009

 

robotic parking park destroyed

 

It's tomorrow...any progress?

Yes they moved 99.9 percent of the boat trailers from the sea side of the road

bring back the benches !!!

 

@Pattaya46           did you have a feeling someone was following you this morning ???

 

 

 

 

@Pattaya46  taking photos ??

 

 

 

 

lots of room now for a new "luxury" condo complex right on the sea front.

Under is already full with boats.

When they opened Bali Hi, the speedboats moved there. Certain people must have made a fortune in parking fees.

For as long as I can remember the boats where parked on the big tarmac forecourt in front of the Waterfront building....they where moved for new years/Christmas to the strip of land under the Pattaya City sign,
In recent year's the number of speedboats seems to have at least doubled so they spread all along the road up to the "lighthouse"

Wasn't the now derelict marina supposed to solve this? 

Yes the marina was supposed to be a high tech one that lifted the speed boats out of the water overnight..but just like the robotic car park it was never used 730 (odd) million baht down the drain.

I believe the area is between Wat Na Jomtien and the Ambassador hotel.

Where are they going to park all the boats now ?
The marina was supposed to house them but was never used and is now derelict....they'll probably park them on the fly over and road underneath it causing even more chaos.

I tried the above site   going through a tor proxy  UK exit node  and get

The connection has timed out

The server at www.ais.co.th is taking too long to respond.

 

down for everyone or just me  reports

It's not just you! http://www.ais.co.th looks down from here.

 

direct through TOT  works fine

 

so looks like they don't want foreign visitors...strange ehh ?

OK, to answer my own question  I drove past the AA insurance office at 12.30  this Sunday afternoon and they where most definitely closed

shutters down.

 

My wife also told me that the mini DLT at Big C is only there on Saturdays  and that I'm getting old and senile  for thinking they would be there on Sunday !    

 

So mini DLT at Big C  Saturdays 09-00 till 15-00     AA insurance  Saturday  half day  ???????

No it went years ago,they never had any bargains anyway.

 

On 09/25/2016 at 8:53 AM, Henryford said:

Thanks for that mran66 just about to go to Big C to do mine.

Where they there on Sunday ?

 

google street view of the test center on Sukumvit that joepattaya1961 mentioned ?

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@12.9242953,100.8981994,3a,75y,259.97h,75.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scpHC32CO46fmiO42yhWHIw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

the one that mran66  went to on South Pattaya road is quite new and doesn't show in google street view yet

( still 2012  images )

Surprised that the insurance company's where closed on Saturday,  I would have thought the weekend would bring them lots more custom

because of the mini DLT office at Bic C  on the weekend.

 

@mran66  I might have remembered wrong  but I thought the  mini DLT office at Big C was  only  open 9AM till 12 or 1 PM  Saturday and Sunday  maybe the insurance companies close for half day  on the weekends ???  after the DLT office shut there would be much less customers.

The other thing to do   to try stoping the  sd card corruption is mount the  file system as read only   not always practical though.

Yes the power cuts especially the brown outs are very bad for electronics  and the PI seems rather sensitive to power supply problems.

 

http://raspi-ups.appspot.com/en/hardware.jsp

and

http://raspi.tv/2013/testing-rs-5200-mah-usb-lithium-battery-pack-as-a-ups

 

or DIY from parts

http://www.repairhub.co.uk/content/resources/raspberry-pi-battery-backup

 

I'm using  RS 5000mAh Lithium Polymer PB-A5200   634 baht    but out of stock

 

http://th.rs-online.com/web/p/power-banks/7757508/?searchTerm=775-7508&relevancy-data=636F3D3126696E3D4931384E525353746F636B4E756D6265724D504E266C753D656E266D6D3D6D61746368616C6C26706D3D5E5C647B337D5B5C732D2F255C2E2C5D5C647B332C347D2426706F3D313426736E3D592673743D52535F53544F434B5F4E554D4245522677633D4E4F4E45267573743D3737352D3735303826

 

also here

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/power-banks/7757508/?searchTerm=7757508&relevancy-data=636F3D3126696E3D4931384E525353746F636B4E756D6265724D504E266C753D656E266D6D3D6D61746368616C6C26706D3D5E5C647B367D247C5E5C647B377D247C5E5C647B31307D2426706F3D313426736E3D592673743D52535F53544F434B5F4E554D4245522677633D4E4F4E45267573743D37373537353038267374613D3737353735303826

 

or

TeckNet? PowerZen G2 2nd Gen 9600mAh 2-Port (3.4A Output) Portable Charger External Battery Pack Power Bank with BLUETEK Smart Charging Technology

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FBD3MVA/ref=nosim?tag=raspiups0f-21

I seem to remember reading  that number plate making was done ( in some provinces )  by in mates at the prison

 dont recall seeing any evidence of them being made at the Chonburi DLT,they have always told me to come back for the new plates

( 5 times  )  maybe they keep a few  on hand for special V.I.Ps should the need arise.