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I am wondering about the Thai teaching style, since my daughter is going to a Thai private school.

Just today a niece of our daughter is at our home. My girlfriend is helping her with some homework as apparently this girl has been lazy, not been doing her homework. Now she's doing math, basic addition and subtraction. This girl is going to a free government school.

But this niece (7 year old) is apparently having trouble doing basic calculations, e.g. 8 + 4 = 12. Now my girlfriend tends to become angry (raise her voice a bit, sounding a bit aggressive) as this girl is having trouble doing these calculations. I do feel this girl isn't as smart as most children her age, but I don't feel raising the voice and becoming a tad angry is helping her understanding. But I've been wondering: maybe my girlfriend is mimicking behaviour she saw from teachers back when she was a girl?

So my question: how do Thai teachers deal with children that have difficulty understanding a topic? Do Thai teachers tend to become a little bit angry? 

I wouldn't want a teacher exhibit this behaviour when our daughter would have difficulty understanding some topic ...

Another vote from the military beach from me.

It's maybe 15-25 mins drive south of Jomtien, near Bang Saray.

Clean water and less harassment by people trying to sell food or foot massages or other <deleted>.

My guess would be died due to complications of the vaccine - perhaps blood clots (as has been seen previously with AZ vaccines in Europe in a few cases). Remember: no vaccine is 100% safe and from every vaccine some people die. Usually states have funds to help relatives with some money after a person died from a vaccine, Thailand has such a fund as well.

3 hours ago, The Cipher said:

You know based on the criteria outlined in the article, this looks like a pretty good visa option. 10 year validity with no annoying reporting and revenue outside Thailand exempted from taxation? Nice! I really think I'll apply for this.

 

I still think that letting foreigners own land is a mistake, but if they insist then I guess it would be a shame not to oblige them.

They should at least put some limits on land size owned by foreigners - and perhaps they do. Say max 1 rai, maybe even less. Might also need to think of some inheritance ruling, maybe after foreigner dies and if descendants or significant other is not Thai, force them to sell to Thai people within 5 years.

Apart from the land ownership possibility, I think the deal is a bit crappy. Other countries give a permanent citizenship or even passport (valid for life) for this or less money: https://www.goldenvisas.com/country

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You know, we always say to ourselves that, if only we had met the right woman, then we could achieve our true potential, given their support.

I don't agree. Actually women distract men from reaching their full potential. Which is why some very highly successful men can't keep a solid relationship going. Because great men want to achieve great things and to achieve great you are ideally singularly focused and dedicated towards your goal.

I have been in a relationship and have a daughter, but I also have some goals and the relationship makes it harder to achieve my goals. I want to become self sufficient from my work, being able to stop working for clients. And to achieve these goals, I need to work hard, save a lot of money. If I didn't have a relationship I would have already achieved these goals by now. But having a relationship makes it harder, since woman are not careful with money, since children cost a lot of money and a relationship requires time that I can't use to better my skills and abilities. Also, for the sake of our daughter I am "kind of" stuck in Thailand, whereas I might have made more money if I moved to a different high-income country just to work there a couple of years and be done with it.

I think if you look in history you will find many men that achieved great (or sometimes terrible in case of Hitler, Stalin) things, were not reliant on woman to achieve their goals. Some examples: Elon Musk, Newton, Blaise Pascal, Marcus Aurelius, Nicola Tesla, founding fathers of the US, Einstein, etc...

To be honest if our relationship would be over in the future (which I feel might happen at some point due to different views and ways of handling life situations), I would not have another long-term relationship with a woman. Instead I'd life alone, sometimes hire a girl for some fun, but otherwise just focus on my work, my hobbies & my daughter.

I liked the Nok Air outfits of the ladies, so I am hoping this company stays afloat.

2 hours ago, Dialemco said:

Estate agents that I have see interviewed about  property market have all been bullish and stated how well the market is performing some saying prices are actually going up in tourist areas. If this is the case the market should be booming! Is it?

Do you think a real-estate agent is even gonna tell a potential client that the market is <deleted> and it's extremely hard to sell for the usual asking price right now?

Remember: these people get commission on sales. 

34 minutes ago, bendejo said:

At this age I say hear, hear for boring.

Priorities at this point in life are good coffee, good milk to put in it, legal cannabis.  When I get ready for bed at night I think about the coffee I'll have when I wake up.  Clean, good quality food.  Not having to be concerned that others will give me grief for not being like them. Emergency medical call facilities necessary, unfortunately.

 

Been in the northwest part of US since before pandemic.  In the past 18 months have personally witnessed not only the lockdown but also empty supermarket shelves.  Demonstrations by irate citizens that turn into violent clashes by those that oppose them, and went on for nights at end: let me clarify that this was confined to just a few blocks in the downtown area, and most of Portland was not affected.  Then there were the wildfires last September and the entire area was dark with ash clouds for about two weeks.

 

before

after

 

Both pics taken around 3pm from the same point, maybe 1 week apart.  The nearest actual burning was around 150 miles away.

The upside of the ash cloud was that gun-toting patriots began cruising around the state a few days before, oversized flags flying from their pickups and horns blaring, and the cloud put that to an end for the most part, but some tried to take advantage of the panic.  If interested search on "clackamas militia"

Then in February we had an ice storm, the 2 major towns in the state (including the capitol) lost electricity for 3-4 days of freezing temperatures (glad I stocked up on canned tuna and had a cooked chicken in the fridge).  Drove out of town, managed to find a McD's that had a generator, waited an hour for a cup of coffee.

And now it's fire season again.

So much for comparing life in the US with countries where living is difficult.  It's starting to rack up like Biblical plagues, anticipating a rain of frogs.

 

For those looking for a new country to live in, 2 words to bear in mind: rising shoreline.

 

 

Yeah rising shoreline ... sure. Why do banks still give out mortgages for seaside properties? Why haven't seaside property prices plummeted? It's all a wash ...

Sure the shoreline might rise, a couple of centimeters in 100 year. Doubt it'll be the end of the world.

19 hours ago, Broken Record said:

FiF, Farang in Fortuner, half drunk and wife or gf 30years younger texting her Thai boyfriend while he thinks he's king of the world. Add on the newly acquired Tattoos the grey hair dyed brown, it's an hilarious but somewhat sad sight, eventually most join ThaiVisa and spend the rest of their days moaning and whining, blaming Thailand and Thai people for the mess they made of their lives.

 

Guilty as charged ????

22 hours ago, cjinchiangrai said:

My nomination would be the traveller van/mini-buses. The drivers are super agressive lunatics and road bullies. High risk passing, tailgating, speeding, cutting people off.... they are a ruthless threat to safety.

These people seemed crazy to me around Bangkok, but in Chiang Mai province not too bad. 

Almost every Mercedes or BMW driver seems to be an <deleted> here by the way, expecting all other traffic to make room for them while they tend to drive at very high speed.

Might be better to look for more than just price.

I live in a farming village in Chiang Mai province. Our neighbour farms cauliflower, but wouldn't eat their own produce due to the massive amounts of pesticides used. I'm sure it's not the only people using lost of pesticides here. A lot of people are very lazy and using pesticides means there's little work involved and the produce will look very good (since no insects eating).

We have our own little farm and my girlfriend doesn't use pesticides except for some home-grown organic "pesticide". So we try to eat as much from our own farm as possible, as we know it's safe. We also know of some lady in the nearby amphur that also tries to do as much organic as possible, so we also buy from her many times.

12 hours ago, PGSan said:

per year or per month? 

Averages per year for my (now) 4 year stay.

So about 500.000 - 600.000 base, maybe 1.200.000 average when including one-time gifts. In the future there will be less gifts, so the average yearly spending should slowly decrease.

My aim is for us to live on around 500.000 THB a year and invest all extra income.

Probably around 500.000 - 600.000 THB. just monthly spending on food, insurance, school daughter, ...
 

If I include the one-time things I bought for my girlfriend (house, car, farmland, ...) the average would be higher, maybe 1.200.000 THB.

On 4/23/2021 at 2:40 PM, madmen said:

Family resort 

Takes a bit of boom-boom to make a family.

Last time I was in Pattaya, about 1.5 years ago, the swimming pool of the condo I rented got closed due to COVID.

I kinda feel like going to a seaside resort again, maybe Pattaya, but would like to have access to a clean, decently sized swimming pool for a daily swim.

So do the condos in Pattaya still keep swimming pools closed due to COVID or is the situation changed?

Follow the advice of Patrick Stewart: 

On 1/10/2021 at 7:48 AM, WinterGael said:

The question was not about my wife, per se. I was asking if it is a thai culrural practice to shower and clean ones body immediately after having sex?  And I ask because for three years this was not the norm. 

 

So far no one has addressed the question, only the actions leading up to the question.  

Me and my Thai gf always shower after sex. I like it that way as well tbh.

You could just study something else. Thai boxing, Thai language, cooking ...

and for those specific kinds of studies you could visit a small scale school.

Back when I studied, I went to Walen language school in Pattaya. Was 8 hours a week spread over 4 days IIRC.

You’d have plenty of free time and if you stay in Thailand it can be useful to know some Thai anyways.

Yeah it was a great game. It was fun persuading all people so you got a nice human shield around you.  

I played the original on a Mac, which probably had better graphics (higher resolution and/or more colours) than the DOS version. 

The 90s were a great period for gaming imo. Nowadays I don't play too many games anymore.

You can buy many classic games cheaply on GOG: https://www.gog.com

Many years before I moved to Thailand, I was always thinking at some point I would emigrate to Chile. One of the reasons were the good IT infrastructure, meaning it should be easy for me to find work as software developer. Or to work remotely.

Also central Chile has a Mediterranean climate. And also the country has deserts, snow, mountains ... a bit of everything.

So Chile would have been my first choice. But I never visited South America, so I can't tell from experience. Still on my bucket list.

View Talay 5 was nice imho, but can be hot in afternoon. Large square, great for making laps.

It's pretty close to the amount I calculated for myself. 

Previously I calculated I'd need about 350.000 USD and this would be assuming we wouldn't pay rent. We don't have loans. Investing the money pretty defensively (4% profit a year) should earn 0.04 * 350.000 USD = 14.000 USD a year or about 420.000 THB. 420.000 THB / 12 is about 35.000 THB a month.

Yes it wouldn't be wild living on that budget, but it'd be ok. 

Saving a bit more before retirement is a good idea though.