Kenny202

I remember we had German and English teachers in high school only EVER spoke in their native tongue. Only once in two year did I hear a female German teacher speak in (fluent) English when she was so exasperated with a kid.... she said "do you really not know" or may have been "are you really that stupid"....things were different then

I hope the goal was not to demonstrate a fluency in English and grammar 5555

Seems to be the norm on Asean now.....narcy unhelpful throw away one liners or someone trying to be a comedian. One thing I will say for the Thais is they show a lot more camradarie, support and respect amongst themselves than Westerners do.

It seems clear to me the guy has good intentions but swimming against the tide. To many Thai's we are viewed as a different entity to Thai people. I was talking to a highly educated Doctor I lived with once. She was trying to explain to me why it was ok for the Thai women across the road to live with a Thai guy when her English "husband" left to go back to work in the UK every few months. She said when the Farang comes to stay, the Thai man goes away and she love only Farang. I said what do the other people in the village think about it? She said they think she is smart. She take care her mum really good. I said what if a Thai woman did it to her Thai husband if he went away to work? "Oh! Noooo good!" I said you work really long hours....What if I get a girlfriend in the day when you are at work, but when you come home from work I love only you? Nooooooo! She sort of got it in the end, and didn't realize I was baiting her but this does seem to be the attitude of many, that we are to be treated different. As far as the situation in the school goes trying to control the kids, it is as hopeless as two parents sending their child different messages or have different values. Kids pick up on it and exploit it immediately. Not sure how many private schools here put the kids welfare over dollars but would seem your only choice is to put up with it or try and find a school where they are actually concerned with the kids welfare, learning and discipline. Best of luck

Heard the same thing from many teachers I know here. Most either quit or go with the flow and basically turn up every day. Zero job satisfaction, other Thai teachers jealous and undermining and admin will rip you off or short change you at any given opportunity. Mate of mine told me only 2 weeks ago he was told at a job interview 3 months trial and future employment after that based on students assessment of the teacher. Hard to believe but a story I have heard over and over again.

We pulled our kids out of there a few weeks ago and found a wonderful little private school near home. No vendors, no candy or soda's.....and 10000% better environment. I notice the private schools seem to have much younger and more motivated staff than the govt schools who's older entitled teachers seem to think they are some sort of divine entity. This would be because obviously these younger teachers don't have the tea money to pass the government teacher test to get in a higher paying government school, therefore they work a lot cheaper and it would appear more diligently. How ironic?

And don't forget pluggers or double pluggers ????

A lot of the charcoal you buy seems to already have a "chemical / fuel" type odor. Seem to remember someone telling me some sellers add deisel to the charcoal

A good no smell one couple of paper towels dipped in veg oil and scrunched up. Works a treat

Inner tubes cut up into small strips / pieces are excellent, particularly for charcoal as are old thongs. Most of the tyre shops, motor bike shops will give u an old one

Thats not how Thailand works. Get the praise now and make the excuse later, most likely blaming someone else

Pretty pointless reading the news here. Story flips around daily.

Search Durex and other well known brands on Lazada, cant remember the size but I got some (bought a 12pk) were Durex and bigger than normal and very extra sensitive latex. Id get on the Durex site or google large condom or something the search for that type. Lazada often have stuff not normally avail in general store (7/11, Tesco etc). Just make sure the product and seller have good reviews. I think a lot of copies out there. I bought a bulk pk of 12 boxes and if u do check the used by date is a couple of years into the future.

Does setting up a pension stream mean you need to set regular per month withdrawals? I just want to be able to draw as required and however much I need

Thanks so much for the effort you went to there. I am actually 59yo but based on my maturity age I believe I can withdraw up to $200k before I turn 60yo if I declare I will not be working again. I am hoping this will also be tax free (my super very basic PAYG account, never paid extra or salary sacrifice etc)

Haven't transferred any money here (from Australia) for a couple of years but before used wise and found them excellent. Seen quite a few grumbles and problems pop up in the forums, though never really read them. Are they still ok and reliable? Transferring money from Australia to Thailand Any help appreciated

Coming up to maturity age and just wondering if I should leave it in there and draw down on it as required or should I pull it out and invest it elsewhere. I am hopeless with stock market etc and from past investigations don't have a lot of faith in financial advisers. I can invest it 100% safely for 4% though this is sliding but unlikely to fall much based on past experience. The downside of investing it for me is it will be taxable. Mind you my Supr company hasnt had a great track record at all (cfs) although seem to be on a roll atm My specific questions are 1) If I leave my super in the super account to gain interest and just draw down chunks of say $10-20k AUD, will I be taxed on the interest my super account earns in the future after my first draw down? I was kinda under the impression as long as you leave it in the original account the super matured in, any future interest etc is non taxable? 2) Without setting up a formal pension / monthly payment type thing, is it usually possible to draw down amounts as required? Is there any minimum limits you can withdraw? or limits on how often you can withdraw? Any help appreciated

I assume the online reporting is centralized in one area. Used to be have to wait for your local office to approve online applications which in my case often wasn't forthcoming without a phone call, and more often than not they would say system down, need come to office to report. Due to the speediness of approvals now I would say maybe they are approved centrally as well

Certainly used to be relevant, my god. I had a Mac and had to fill out the online form details in this random all over the place sequence to make it work or it would crash. I think I had to do the spam code first....then all the drop down menus in a particular order....then lastly text fields. And even then had a 30% strike rate. That was using Chrome, then to check status of application I could only use Firefox. Guys were reporting at the time only a certain version of Windows seemed to be relatively trouble free.

I found it works reliably after 9am week days , business hours. I got a newish computer with Windows 11 so that may help. A few years ago it was a nightmare

Gotta love Thai immigration these days. Been doing 90 day reports online for about 4 years and the last 2 years never a hitch and just seems to get better. Received a reminder email 2 days ago....did my report this morning. Got an acknowledgement back inc copy of application. 20 mins later got an approved email with a copy of my 90 day approved letter. How good is that! ????????????

I'm p_issed from 8 bottles and 2 G & T 's Just not pi$$ fit. Be sitting down to pee next ????????

Depends on which generation we are talking about. Same all over the world now. Why many kids coming out of school now unemployable. They think it's all about them

Best of luck with it bro. Problem is they never seem to learn or grow, just constant childish games of one ups man ship...probably better described as brinksmanship. Like a war where one person has to win and the other is kicked to the kerb. Practically daring you to finish with them when all you can see are the benefits of ending said unproductive relationship. I have always given fair warning and it never makes any difference. Even after being warned 50 times and told exactly what was going to happen..... when you finally do move them on the look of puzzlement on their faces and then 6 months of tears and trying to get back with you. And it is never a satisfying feeling more of sadness of why didn't you make some sort of effort when were together before it was too late? And now it IS too late.....

I think Line lite is still available but you wont find it on Lines official page or app store. Google around a bit I think you can still find it