11 hours ago, EricTh said:

I smell something fishy here. If he has no money, how did he survive in Thailand for one year? 

 

No friends or family to help him return back to Australia is also fishy. How did he fly to Hong Kong in the first place to do his 'business'?

There are many who are barely surviving. I had no idea until I made a short trip to the North a few months ago. All the farang around me where I live in Korat are OK - older guys on retirement or married visas, they have Thai wives, have pensions, have homes and cars, and regardless of covid they are living the good life. But when I went to CM and Pai I saw younger backpacker types who have been stuck in Thailand since March, so many look destitute. I have no idea how they are managing, perhaps family members back in their home countries are sending money, perhaps Thais are helping them. But there are some sad cases out there. Plenty of people all around the world who are stuck in foreign countries unable to return to their homes.

17 hours ago, moouaan said:

If he really wanted to leave he could have left. There are lots of airlines that are flying to Australia, but he might have to do a few layovers to get out. There are flights leaving on 22 January if you use Google travel.

Please show me a flight BKK to Perth.

17 hours ago, Liverpoolfan said:

Swim? ???? 

Too dangerous...sharks in the Indian Ocean. ????

I've got several Scots friends retired in Pattaya with their Thai wives, I clearly remember last time Scotland held the referendum, my Scots friends were sh*tting themselves with fear it would be a YES vote and their UK pensions would be in jeopardy.

I'd be sitting on out on the balcony of my 5th floor apartment in Perth, looking at the sunset over the city skyline as I enjoy a nice chilled glass of Margaret River red. 

15 hours ago, VBF said:

As I said (again), wait and see - that article is now a month old, so revision is (IMO) likely.

And as @TSF said  "Not correct, those people's medical records, including vaccinations, are stored in the hospital/doctor's records. So if/when they need proof of vaccination they can get it easy."

 

Don't forget that this is (still) a largely unprecedented situation. When I get called, I'm going to take my Yellow / Blue book and ASK for the vac to be logged. If not, it will probably be shown on one's NHS Health Record - here's a screenshot of part of mine:

 

 

Immunisations

14 November 2020 10:59 am

Administration of first inactivated seasonal influenza vaccination

Thing to remember is that the majority of people won't need or want any proof of vaccination. All those old folk in age care, or just old folk at home, doubt any are making travel plans so they have no need for any proof. So for now it's really going to be the frequent travelers who will need to show proof, plus some people who'll require it for work purposes.

+ 1 for facebook marketplace, you could also just walk around looking in the bike shops in town, could also drop the word to some Thai friends and they inform other Thai friends who no doubt could use some cash and sell you a bike, or find one for you.

2 hours ago, RR2020 said:

The UK has now vaccinated over what......3 million now ?

 

Zero vaccination certificates issued.

 

Zero apps.

 

All over the world vaccination has commenced..........tens of millions of people.  And no vaccination certificates have been issued.

 

 

Can you not get that into your heads........all you "vaccination certificate" freaks.

Not correct, those people's medical records, including vaccinations, are stored in the hospital/doctor's records. So if/when they need proof of vaccination they can get it easy.

For the past 20 years when it was renewal time for my retirement ext I got the multi-re-entry at the same time, as I was making making frequent trips out of Thailand to the neighboring countries. Last July when I renewed my ext I didn't bother with the re-entry and saved myself 3,800 Bt plus a valuable page in my PP. 

This second wave came from international flight crew who didn't have to quarantine and went shopping and dining.

25 minutes ago, cormanr7 said:

For those interested, the fourth 'western' vaccine to be potentially authorized is the Johnson & Johnson viral vector (a la AstraZeneca or Sputnik V) vaccine. This one is potentially quite important as it is intended as a single shot product (though a large trial with two shots has also been initiated). The JJ vaccine uses the same vector as their Ebola vaccine. The company claims to be able to produce 1 billion doses this year, though anecdotal evidence suggests that production is lagging. Interim results from the phase III trial are expected end January/early February. According to a spokesman from the Warp speed (more like Walk speed) project (so not the company) the efficacy is around 80%. The EU is a big client for the JJ vaccine (400 million doses) whereas the COVAX project has an MoU for 500+ million doses..

In other news, the EU is expected to authorize (or not) the AstraZeneca vaccine on Jan 29th. Also ordered an additional 300 million doses of the Pfizer-BionTech vaccine. 

1 shot seems like a better idea. I image quite a few people getting the 2 shot vaccines may just have 1 and never get around to having the 2nd shot.

Been through this several times myself, it doesn't quite work like it does back in farangland. If you bring an outside mechanic with you to the caryard the Thais at the caryard will talk to your mechanic and influence him. And if you speak Thai they'll talk in a dialect to lose you. They'll pull nationalism on him (support Thai not farang) I once got around this by bringing an English mechanic I met, but his Thai wife told him the Thais will get him one night and beat the cr*p out of him, so he freaked and backed out. Another time the Thai mechanic I brought along wasn't truthful and advised me that a car was in great condition when it wasn't as he was planning on getting the repair work. Anyway, I bought a new car so I don't have to deal with this BS.

10 minutes ago, Dart12 said:

At the moment, I don't have anything personally.

But there are sites like Upwork and Freelancer that you could post your skill sets and what hourly you'd like to earn...and take jobs at leisure.  Or you could apply for jobs. 

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But already being comfortable with what you do, teach English.  I'd make some posts on your timeline, FB marketplace, and "local" groups that you are starting a tutoring service, and of course outline your experience as you have here...and I'm 99% sure after a week or two you'd have a few students.

For engagement purposes on FB just to get the ball rolling, you could offer X hours for free for one student or just volunteer your service for one student so you get some bites you can follow up on.

*I'd actually start a free FB group (English for Chinese Made Easy?). where you invite these people in and you give some free lessons to the group weekly.  Then softsell at end of each lesson that you offer more hands on lessons for $xx

This way you set your terms, your time available, $$, guarantees, who you work with, if you want to fire them as clients, etc etc..

If you get enough interest, you then do Group coaching.  Make more money for less time involved.

Get more ambitious? record your sessions and make them planned...so eventually you could put them together as modules in your very own English course you could sell for some extra Heinekins.  Zero extra work from what you are doing already while tutoring, only you are creating assets the first time you do the lessons ???? that can be repurposed.



You really are in a prime position having no "needs" and having a skill backed up with credentials.

I might have just made it all seem difficult?  If so, all you need to do to start is drop a post with your teaching offer on your own timeline and see how many bites you get.

My team has closed 8 figures in USD the past year with this model in FB an expanded scale.  It works very well at the moment.

 If you have any questions, just leave them here or feel free to PM me.  

 

Very interesting and many thanks for informing me. I do have my FB account, however it my personal FB with lots of photos of my wife and myself on holidays and sitting in restaurants with bottles of Heineken on the tables, so if I was to go ahead with your idea I'll need to open another "professional" FB account. I'll mull over what you have outlined here, also I'll look at Upwork and Freelancer. I have done some editing for Thais in the past, and that is another possibility. I also worked for many years in journalism, and have taught business English. Thanks again, you have been very helpful.

6 hours ago, BTB1977 said:

I know a couple of people that do it. If you really need the money to live, sure go ahead. But if it's just a hobby it will freeze your social life. They had to commit to their hours every day. Always in the evening from 4 to 8. If they wanted a day off it had to be cleared a week in advance.  

Not an issue, I'm living out in the boonies of rural Korat, it wouldn't matter to me if I taught 2-3 hours at 3pm or 3am, my social life is me sitting alone with a bottle of Heineken and a bowl of salted peanuts. If I have to commit to 4-8pm I'll crack my first coldie for the day at 8.30pm. ????

23 hours ago, puchooay said:

If they are earning 500 a month for 30+ hours a week, they are doing something wrong.

 

Cambly, probably the easiest company to get on with, is a good choice for someone who is not sure of what time, what day, how long, etc. Lots of student from Saudi and Turkey. South Korea, Japan and China complete the top 5. Saturday and Sunday afternoon time in those countries listed will earn you a few quid.

 

Not great money but good flexibility.

Thanks for the tip, I'll look Cambly up.

4 hours ago, Dart12 said:

So, money is not an issue and you are just looking for something to do?  In teaching field only?  or anything online?

**And do you have a FB account or willing to get one?

I wouldn't say money is not an issue, I certainly could use some more, just I'm not desperate. I could consider anything online, provided I felt confident, I'm only looking at teaching as it's something I've done for many years and know what I'm doing. Yes I do have a FB account. If you have some plan/ideas that may interest me then send me a PM and we can look at it.