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good morning, beautiful sun near Robinson, it is sunny all morning, 

7 hours ago, cerox said:

It's my first year here.

 

Tuesday late afternoon I could see smog everywhere and my eyes were burning. Same for last week Sunday for the eyes but no smoke.

 

For some reason it has become better yesterday and today so I opened my windows.  Not sure what the reasons are, maybe my body gets used to it or the wind / no fresh burning etc. :)

 

@chiang mai: I remember you saying that Air conditioning only would be ok, but after a few days it really felt like the air is kind of stuffy in my room, although I used air conditioning. It became better after letting "fresh" air in. Maybe it depends on the AirCon unit or other things, I'm not sure.

 

wherfe did you see it???? i m here 3 years, this year no where

dear memebr, i urgently need info where in chiang mai I can cut quartz glass to the small pieces of one by on cm?

any recomendation is helphuuuul

thank you

On 1/22/2017 at 0:14 PM, thetruth revealer said:

....whenever i feel like, will do that...and who is forcing YOU to respond here in such manner ? surely you completely missed the point, but hey go on if you feel so.(My Post was refering to Tax payers compared with Retirees .)

 

BTW, soon i hang out at some other beautyful places , like Malaga , Costa del Sol ,Spain or Algarve in Portugal and you know why ?

Because i have free choice , but nonetheless im commenting here whats wrong or could be done more conviniently as long im feeling so.

 

And whats your alternative ?

Swallow the frog every day and enjoy the usual ANTI FALANG RIP OFF MENTALITY?  And keep on smiling ???

Thailand is struggling and everybody knows.

Now we cant speak out clearly, because of loosing face bla bla.

I DONT GIVE A DAMN S**T about that 3. World rules and based on RACIALISM. 

 

 

 

it is very funny, 

you are mentioning places that aso have dula pricing :D

On 1/19/2017 at 0:56 PM, thetruth revealer said:

considering what me and many others living on a pension spend here  and wire from abroad every month you would possibly have to adjust your tax rate and increase 100% to be equal....

 

move from thailand than, nobody is forcing you to advance thai economy

On 1/19/2017 at 0:50 PM, dick dasterdly said:

Except the usual Thai income tax rate is only 10%?

 

As thetruth revealer pointed out, retirees bring 'new' income into Thailand (as opposed to circulating existing Thai money) - plus, of course, they pay tax on things they buy.

 

and what? I dont see your point?

in thailand is the same as in many other developed coutries, if you are foreigner and not pay taxes you should pay more, and have less benefit from goverment and services. 

can someone explain to me why I know a lot of thais, that hold, thai french, thai spanish, thai british, even russian thai!!!! these are children from mixed marriage, and thai authorities knows that they have dual

4 minutes ago, wakeupplease said:

Learn to read and buy a vpn my friend, just do a bit of research please and hey ho you will know what I know

 

sorry not want to upset you but what a weekend of crap

have a good night

keep well

 

Dear, It is racist from you to assume that. I am so sorry of your hate.

1 hour ago, wakeupplease said:

You pay for what you get Holland does give vast sums of money to help others

 

But education is superior there and in Europe + Aus and the UK to what you get here

 

Name one Thai UNI that is rated above bad if you can

 

 

according to who?

2 hours ago, Paruk said:

Not true! Dual pricing is illegal in Holland for sure and most likely all over the EU. If it happens, walk up to police and they WILL get a fine.

 

Dear Paruk, prices of education and services are different for EU and different from non EU citizens in Holland,also one quick search in google denies you, entrance tickets for museum, 

Dear Thai visa members,

Dual pricing is common in Europe and you will see in most of the touristic places separate price for locals and separate for toursits and visitors.

It is common sense that people who pay taxes and live there should pay less.

I want to disagree with thai bashing here, 

please take a look https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/12/countries-global-higher-education-superstars-tactics-?utm_content=bufferca9ec&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

also take a look on Thailand in scimago ranking 

http://www.scimagojr.com/

In general, yes a lot of PhD professors, finished abroad,

my coadvisor didnt, he is super smart and capable person ( MCU )

Honestly, thai speak and write good English, even better than me, they publish in high impact factors and now they subscribe to TURNITIN,

BA; BSc, even most of MSc and MA are not so good, but there are some briliant teachers, and briliant student, honestly I dont see problem and difference from west.

Only problem, that thai culture is so crazy sometime and I think most of thais dont want to internationalize.

she has thai passport?

On 11/23/2016 at 4:08 PM, pentae said:

I run a startup with 10-20 employees in Chiang Mai. The gov is making a lot of noise about Startups and innovation but the problem is there's simply not enough skilled university graduates. Anyone who has attempted to post a job looking for thai people with even basic web development skills have a better chance at finding a snowball in hell. Because of this, most of my staff are foreigners (We had to set up a BOI company which allows this). They do require us to bring in thai staff to train but most barely know how to use a computer or speak english after completing university.

 

On the other hand, there is a huge amount of talented foreigners in the country that are software engineers, digital nomads and so on. So far the Ministry has made absolutely no attempt to take advantage of this foreign resource inside the country and cross pollinate talent between foreigners and thais. After reaching out to them none of the programs are available unless you are a thai citizen, all the startup programs are 100% in thai and not in English. They simply aren't interested in talking to you unless you are thai. This is the wrong attitude. 

 

Most countries are doing everything they can to attract highly skilled foreign talent, Thailand already has them here but they aren't smart enough or don't show any interest in taking advantage of that. Stupid.

 

Last time I checked computer coding was done in English, so why are all these startup programs in Thai with people who can barely speak/read/write English?

 

There are also no attempts that i've seen particularly in the north to train thai computer science graduates skills that are relevant in the real world. Unless they address education and bring foreigners into the program (on any capacity, even teachers) then it's a missed opportunity.

 

I wish them luck but they have already doomed themselves for failure.

 

 

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this is so so so true. 

I agree with everything, and i will copy and paste forward your observations.

However, I cannot understand "all the startup programs are 100% in thai and not in English. They simply aren't interested in talking to you unless you are thai. This is the wrong attitude. "

Like yeah, you are in thailand, of course everything is in thai, but all information are under 1997 Info act available by demand on english.

On 11/19/2016 at 11:35 AM, ubonjoe said:

When it is applied for at immigration they write it and print it.

I am sorry, I think you misunderstood me, I was thinking about residence form when you want to apply for driving licence and to buy car or motorbike.

Hello, there was a link for this certificate, I would like to know do anybody have it? so I can download it and print it .

On 11/13/2016 at 4:09 AM, Rhys said:

Farang Academic of course.....5555

I mean what indsitution

On 11/4/2016 at 11:25 PM, Rhys said:

Farang Academic out of control, trying to please the Thai administrations... so sad and embarrassing.. when the FA speaks at a meeting, the FA is extremely long-winded, self-serving...everyone takes on their cell phone and starts texting about the FA... way to go..

 

to whom you refer?

i am afraid of defamation since it is one stong uni on North, I already started topic on this subject but they closed it very fast

On 10/4/2016 at 0:48 AM, Rhys said:

 

Oh yes you do.... si.

 

one dean at uni on north, have only BA. can I link ? 

If you want to progress in academia and you dont have high research publication record, holding executive function is one of them

Just now, Kwasaki said:

From memory can remember something about Thai law is mainly based on French law but stand to be corrected.

 

There is a heading listed as below at top of General page or go and see a Thai lawyer.

 

" List of Thailand Laws & Regulations in English ".

 

 

thank you, 

very useful

but I am still struggling to find those terms,  

I am not sure if these laws exist in thailands, if they do, can someone please tell me what they are called and what juridical section they belong? 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_obligations

http://www.seio.gov.rs/upload/documents/ekspertske misije/civil_and_political_rights/law_on_free__access_to_information.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_information_laws_by_country

thank you very much

On 8/25/2016 at 6:59 PM, Morakot said:

 

I'm still not clear what this is all about.

 

You are talking about Thailand and there are academics without a PhD who want to become a Dean or something? They go for a DBA instead of a PhD...?  Why?

 

Or are you talking about why more professional doctoral programmes are on offer than research doctoral programmes? If so, the reason is that the majority Thai academics have PhDs from aboard. Doctoral programmes offered by Thai universities seem to cater for a local market, where potential candidates are not necessarily academics. Those who have missed the boat on scholarships abroad, or hadn't had the flexibility to go abroad because they already had a family,  or are outsiders from industry, might end up with a local degree, which incidently might be professional one.

 

It takes more or less the same time/ effort and (in the West) can be considerably more expensive than a PhD.

 

you dont need PhD to become dean in Thailand, and I think almost elsewhere