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My wife and kid just got on board from Japan to Thailand. She made a mistake not getting the letter from embassy but it's application form. We emailed from airport to the consulate with photos of the passports, doctor certificates, tickets and the application form that has such information as ID number, Thai address, etc. Then called the consulate, saying that the flight departs in 2 hours. Despite being before its opening hours, the consulate prepared the letters and emailed back to us in 10 minutes! Bless these guys!
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I agree that proper education and law enforcement is the only long-term solution. At the same time, where I lived (a bit outside of the city), I need to cross a local highway on a daily basis. Getting out of Soi to the big road, starting on the left lane, weaving a bit by bit to the right lane, reaching the U-turn point half a kilometer's away, finding the right timing to turn, weaving back again from the right lane to the left, finally coming to the point just across the road from my Soi, all against recklessly speeding trafic... I am sure a bit outside of the town, there are may places like this. They should invent a better way for motorcycles to cross the road.
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Thai prison is a heaven compared to Lao one, according to some who've been there. In Lao prison, the family actually needs to feed them.
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We all know that the UK team spearheaded the rescue operation and marveled at their bravery and expertise. But I don’t think those Brits themselves cared at all which country should get the most credit. In fact, they are the ones who called in cave diving specialists from all over the world and the Aussie doctor based on individual quality and not nationality. Funny those posters sticking to this issue.
By the way, the operation also required significant logistical coordination to build up the support system and keeping the system alive. Keep supplying air tanks, setting up and adjusting guiding ropes, operating water pumps, keeping track of who went in and doing what, to name a few. I am pleasantly surprised by Thai army and officials’ ability to pull such an enormous coordination task up under time pressure as I gave up on Thais’ ability to plan, organize and coordinate – i.e. getting necessary things done on time with advance planning! Well done!
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As someone said, Thai authority is more strict on such documents as: birth certificate, consent from both parents, parents' identification, etc. This is because of (a) prevention of human trafficking and (b) disputes on custodianship. A 16-years old American boy may not look like a victim of these and you may not think in these terms, but the law is the law and the immigration officer may apply them strictly. My Thai wife always has to prepare these to take her niece with her on international flights, and many have a problem when the other part of the marriage is not cooperative. If divorced and no way to get her produce required documents, I suggest the proof of custodianship.
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These are old country folks. Tougher for them to fit the urban life. I also understood that in their culture (or in other Asian countries too), marriage is social, and not just between individual man and woman. So, I made an effort to make my stay a bit more comfortable there.
- The bathroom was really a wooden outhouse with a clay pot of water. In the second time, my wife suggested using the aunt's living next door, which was at least tiled and with running water. If the folks stayed longer there (they moved into her sister's when got old and sick), I would have bought and fitted a western toilet and pulled in water. Labor is cheap and you can buy some comfort there.
- I used to go there stoking up the books. Changed to e-books later.
- When we moved to a new apartment, sent up the old bed. Normally, the grandma and kids sleep on it. When I went there, they naturally gave me the right to sleep on it.
- A couple of times, I rented a car nearby the airport to get there. Such a difference it made to my sanity. No longer the feeling of being stuck in a place, knowing that I could go to a nearby town or to a lake to enjoy the beauty of nature, as I wish. Definitely worth the cost. Once, I dented it, but the nearby garage perfectly fixed it and charged me the wholesome amount of 100 bht.
- Young girls (and some wives too) are always curious and make excuses to come and peek on me. I smiled at them and watched them as foreigners do. This eventually led my wife not to take me there.
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10 hours ago, lanista said:
Thais go to prison for up to 2 years if they dont pay around 8 -10,000 b for killing a soi dog.
The Thai probably has access to money otherwise he woudnt be drinking in a farang area.
If he has some money he should be able to post bail for killing a 'drunk farang'. (it'll be his excuse)
Up to him if he wants to flee back to Nakorn Nowhere province.
A soi dog is far more important than a farang in Thailand because it was born here and could be the re encarntion of a Thai's uncle or mother.
No money...then maybe some prison time...post bail ? sawadi !
Probably his money source was his 'girlfriend' hanging around in a farang bar. It is not unusual that a guy lives off the girlfriend selling her body to farangs, and humiliation (deserved) accumulated to the point of this eruption after getting drunk. Not to excuse him but to see why it happened. RIP, Leo.
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Sad... Sure, it is her fault but they are not educated nor have role models who can show how to manage the life. This hand-to-mouth mentality or culture keeps otherwise a nice person into deep shit. You can judge her as you want, as if she is one of your own people, but that is not fair. I am not suggesting we should help those who were screwed up by ignorance, but why stamp on them?
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Sorry about the mis-info on conscript. Upon checking, it was about the army career and not conscription.
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Oh, one more thing. Don't worry for conscription. You are not qualified. My son, with my non-Thai nationality, does not qualify for army career.
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Let me chip in. I am not a British but an Asian. As an advice to your generation, I would say, looking for opportunities in Asia, where the business is fast growing for the next few decades, is not so bad as others think. If you are entrepreneurial, this is where the big future is made. The economic gap will certainly narrow, and an average farang landing in Asia to have a good life might become a thing of the past.
I understand you got tired of classrooms and exams. I was like that in HS because it was forced. But I found a way. It is simply to getting myself interested in learning something specific, and focus on it. You could find technical/vocational schools in computer programming, architecture design, railway operation, hotel management or tourism business operation, real estate dealing, fashion design or dress making, whatever may interest you. Then, you got motivated to learn. You could study Thai for a year and go for Thai college for a couple of years for the vocation of your interest. You already have an advantage of English, and it should land you something. You could always go back to general education or higher anytime. You could even bring your Thai connection and language ability back to UK one day to find a company who wants to enter the market, or work as a business consultant for them.
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Fascinating topic. I hope it does not degenerate into personal attacks. We should recognize that there are two types of love. One based on adoration and lust, one which we dreamed in our teenage years and went through in our young years. The other is the one characterized by a caring companionship, closer to a family love, similar to the love you give to your parents or children. Many of us, certainly Thai girls, go through both. They seek good-looking young men when they are young, some lucky ones have successfully turned the young love into a long-lasting companionship. Some others are not as lucky, often get divorced, and hope for the next relationship with which they can develop family love. In the West, we often confuse the love based on adoration and lust with long-lasting love and care, and the high divorce rate is the testimony to it. An academic study has estimated the love based on adoration and lust to last about six years. In many traditional societies, this difference is more recognized. In the human history, most of the marriages were indeed born out of arranged marriages. Also, there is a difference between men and women. Women care much more about ‘being loved and cared’ than men. Women care more about developing a long-lasting companionship than men, who tend to be more often motivated by lust and adoration. I believe those who pay closer attention to develop it as the caring companionship, and not pretending it is the extension of teenage love, have a higher chance of successful and long-lasting relationships even with age and cultural differences.
In traditional societies, this caring companionship includes men providing financial support to the women and family. If your partner is from the traditional society (e.g. upcountry poor family), this is ingrained in her head as a common sense, and it is a potential time bomb since many of you do not mind caring for her and children, but not for the extended family. She cares for the family since it is the only guarantee for survival that she has when things go wrong. This is not a social welfare state. Because you approach her with the Western concept of marriage, that it is an agreement between two independent persons based on love, that marriage contract could hence be broken when the love is lost, she cannot put her whole life on it. The key therefore is for you to make her realize your love and care is lasting, and not based on short-lived lust and desire. This takes time and effort, and patience. The success comes when she refers you (and your children) as the family, to protect and be nurtured for long time, whose financial well-being to be watched out, and not those who live upcountry waiting for you to send money.
My two cents.
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Restrictions can be lifted, but very gradually, experts say
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I think this is a nice concession to the lower-income population. Many poor families, especially single-mother ones, rely on selling food and necessities (exempt from closing under conditions), running hair salons or laundry shops, etc. in the soi's and villages for their livelihood. They serve the close community and, if the infection breaks out, they are easier to trace and contain within the neighborhood.