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mvdf

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  1. Just pay and everybody's happy. Get the helpful officer's number and treat it like a bitcoin wallet's recovery seed phrase.
  2. Let me guess.... South African passport? A friend of mine renewed his SA passport and it took months to get the new passport. The SA Home Office in Pretoria is notoriously slothlike.
  3. There is nothing to apologise to me for. It takes more than a pinch or a slap to offend me. Travel restrictions, fellow humans offing themselves, financial misery here and there, economies languishing, business on the brink of ruin, once happy families in tatters as they live off their meager savings, demand and supply chains in a state of lunacy, an upward incidence of terminal Karenitis. These are certainly dark times. It's been two years with no end in sight as this virus continues to mutate with gusto. Can't really use the sun and weather as yardsticks. They've always been "out and sweet" in times of peace and war
  4. Ah gravity, that often misunderstood and ignored concept. Never underestimate the painful consequences of g = GM/r2
  5. So many exacerbating factors contributing to mental health decline in these challenging and dark times.
  6. This is an incredibly complicated and expensive payment method. A friend in Singapore SWIFT-wired $50 to Cambodia with SWIFT fees of $20 for a total of $70 which you then transferred to a Thai account. Why couldn't you have directly sent the money to Cambodia via Dee Money? Cheaper and almost instantaneous. Next, ABA deducted their own fee of $10 from the $50, leaving just $40 for final credit to the beneficiary. So now you have to reimburse $10 to that person who processed the visa.
  7. Oh that's just a yummy bowl of soup with all 'em goodies thrown in. Those strains are ever evolving: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/antibiotic-resistant-strain-of-gonorrhoea-detected-in-london
  8. I use Marimer spray and can recommend it: https://www.marimer.com/nasal-hygiene I also use Avamys (Fluticasone) prescribed by a doctor at Samitivej. This one however is a nasal spray corticosteroid.
  9. With an investment of upwards of USD 1m one qualifies for permanent residence or even CITIZENSHIP in some of the most economically stable and prestigious jurisdictions on this planet. An investment rewarded with residency rights which are valid for LIFE, rather than just 10 years, without any obligation to report every 90 days. An investment that allows employment privileges sans restrictions and property purchase sans conditions and dual pricing risks. I use the word "upwards" above because anyone who intends to invest $1m in a 10 year visa is presumed to have liquid and disposable assets of far more than $1m. I don't understand the intracranial dynamics whirring in the heads of people behind this visa-for-investment schemes. It is extremely expensive and very very very one-sided and selfish. The investor is shamelessly urged to inject at least $1m in the local economy whilst also being reminded "this is all you get in return, mind the time limit, report back in 10 years for expulsion"
  10. It almost sounds like a paid advertisement. Paid for by a certain... oh wait, never mind, i might end up facing defamation charges.
  11. Then their lawyers will gleefully eat you alive.
  12. Settle extrajudicially and be done with it. The stress, hassles, costs (of lawyers hungry for income in these lean times) and lasting mental trauma of a court case (which can turn uglier and more expensive if it goes on and on till the cows come home) at a time when there are other stressful factors to contend with (second hand effects of Covid etc) are all best avoided. Comes at a price slightly more than your envisaged 30k budget but in return you get closure and peace of mind. Give lawyers, courts and other third parties a wide berth.
  13. Separate entrances, separate check in and immigration lanes, separate jet bridges, an impenetrable wall dividing the aircraft from front to rear, separate baggage retrieval belts, separate exits. Separate everything. I don't want to be near unvaccinated Karens and Kens.
  14. Don't listen to the naysayers ???? Proud HODLer here too.
  15. Shameless and audacious OP. You complain about how inconvenient the KYC procedures are, about how difficult life has become for you as a result of advancements in the Cambodian banking system, about stricter rules to curb money laundering and other criminals activities. You seem to be angry because Cambodian banks are no longer as relaxed and flexible in matters concerning KYC and due diligence. Your shamelessness and sense of entitlement are unparalleled. You might have forgotten that your home country's banks are just as strict and inflexible when tourists inquire about opening accounts. It is a very good thing if they refuse you. You sound dodgy and suspiciously off. You come as a tourist and want to open a bank account. They either refuse you or restrict what you can do with the account. That's perfectly normal. You are a non-resident and the bank reserves the right to make inquiries about source of funds and who you are before they allow you to freely move money across borders. Look at this guy above throwing a tantrum because banks won't allow him (a tourist) to simply open an account without proof of residence. As if his country's banks do not impose the same requirements. As for adjustments in interest rates, Cambodia is a sovereign country with a banking system that has nothing to do with the "perfect" banking system you're used to. They can adjust their rates and fine tune their monetary policies and if those adjustments and fine tuning don't fit well with whatever nefarious transactions you have in mind, then that's just unfortunate for you.
  16. Sentencing guidelines for judges and prosecutors: Jail + hefty fine + deportation for foreigners Wai + 2 weeks monkhood for Thais
  17. From the authoritative Thai version of the Oxford dictionary: lend /lɛnd/ verb gift something to (someone) on the understanding that it will never be returned. "Ratanaporn asked Henry to lend him 50k baht" = "Ratanaporn asked Henry for a 50k baht gift" Synonyms: to write off, to donate, to give (a freebie), say goodbye to (phrase used by a foreign giver with reference to a sum of money), to dispense (from a walking ATM)
  18. How exactly do they envisage reenacting the molestation or sexual abuse element of the crime? On an adult? A doll? This is disturbing.
  19. Crime everywhere. Third year in a row and no end in sight to this pandemic. One variant after another wreaking havoc with mounting desperation. Good luck selling that iPhone. It can be traced with the Find My app on another Apple device with the same iCloud account. Tja... Hunger macht böse
  20. 1. Envious stares with that "i can't unsee what i just saw" facial expression 2. Lag-free surfing, chatting, dating, online banking, crypto trading, emailing, skyping, netflixing, scamming, boiler rooming etc 3. Wishful thinking that the phone is warranty protected if it ever gets bricked or accidentally flushed down the toilet. 4. Cameras that give one that warm fuzzy feeling of a Jimmy Nelson clone.
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