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Chongalulu

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  1. Not nearly as preposterous as virgin births,transubstantiation and resurrection.
  2. Because it’s still a very significant part of the Thai economy and with the recent publication of Thailand’s poor and worsening position in PISA educational tables is not going to be replaced by lucrative higher skill industries . They have the existing infrastructure and are reasonably good at it given it suits the relatively low skill set of the average worker. They certainly need to cultivate and improve on its shortcomings and stop taking it for granted,but I’d suggest that’s an easier task than turning around their education and skill set issues. Not that those aren’t vitally important,but there’s little will or capability with the current political system to address those.
  3. Apparently that's part of the procedure...along with snowballing.. 😜
  4. Sorry to hear of your experience...unless it was consensual? 😜
  5. No,I believe he's still wearing skirts. Cheers 🍻..hic.
  6. Reading this I'm so grateful of my decision 20 years ago to bring my 9 year old Thai stepdaughter to the UK and putting her through the state education system.Now possessed of A levels including English and Maths and a first in Business Economics she has a well paid job in e commerce. That said I think she's exceptionally bright vs the average Thai student. I shudder to think what a waste of her talents leaving her to the Thai educational standards would have meant. Thailand's underperformance has held back it's development and that is going to be accentuated further in the modern environment where academic skills are becoming more paramount to function properly.
  7. You could benefit from a computer correcting ”math's "(sic) test and other punctuation issues. There is nothing wrong in using a calculator in certain aspects of maths tests, they are an everyday tool in life and they need to demonstrate knowledge of how to use it. The PISA literacy tests are in their native language,it's a test of literacy. Thailand also fails very badly in separate measures testing English - the worst in ASEAN I understand,which is astonishing given the size and importance of their tourist trade.
  8. This is a problem with most policies,they don’t allow you to extend nor even commence a policy AFTER you have departed - unless the delay is an enforced event ,often a claimable one in itself.
  9. The standard cure for that is wire brush and bleach. 😣
  10. You're talking orders of magnitude of difference,just look at the actual scores. Secondly, and especially in Germany scores are being depressed due to the increase in immigrants.
  11. Groundhog Day on every single article about Road accidents .
  12. Concise and pithy comment….
  13. Agreed,or even a venerable honda Wave (125) . It's got gears but no clutch so almost as easy. Got a 9 year old one from new , regularly serviced. Never goes wrong. Cheap, cheap motoring!
  14. You'll have to do your own ”investigation" 😜
  15. Standard sound financial guidance is " work out how much you think you'll need to retire..then double it ”.
  16. It’s you that needs examination if you think people should be locked up for NOT breaking the law. Law by definition has to be precise,not how some vacuous,unthinking fool determines what should be the subjective ruling according to whim of the day. Now exactly what age difference are you going to stipulate should apply and would it apply to say someone 75 years old having sex with a 40 year old? Want to have another think..?
  17. Just the current incarnation of advertising and it is indeed work- lucrative work ,likely earning far more than you ever did.
  18. Generally they really don't like it, especially it's distinctive smell
  19. You can clearly tell he's from Canvey island. Can anyone refine it to the relevant postcode? There's a bonus for getting the correct house number...
  20. Sorry..for using words of more than one syllable,it slipped my mind that that confuses bignok.
  21. See your wit is up to the usual level of intelect.
  22. Ah,the usual give away when bignok is beaten,he accuses you of trolling. Change the record,it's not working anymore.
  23. As I understand it and if you Google TM 30 it is actually the responsibility of the landlord/hotel owner etc to file the TM30 NOT the alien and it is technically they that are liable for the fine. That said,I fully appreciate that in this sphere it is often the alien they pick on when next appearing in person.
  24. I can echo that experience with Korat immigration although it did take 4 Day s for an approval. Whether they're saving their ire for when I turn up in January for my visa extension remains to be seen!
  25. You appear to have to make up a lot of stuff to support your argument,which means you don't really have one.
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