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the symbolism of the money laid out neatly in the center of the otherwise empty table, in the center of the picture. Perfect depiction of Thai society and its attitude towards money. 

On 11/25/2018 at 11:41 AM, Jame1982 said:

I was thinking of staying with girlfriend who stay with her mother from January . this kind of incidents confuse me if this is a good idea to stay with her .  she is 22   I am 52 . mother in law 60 . 

you and your "girlfriend" = 30 years age difference.

you and "mother in law" = 8 years age difference. 

wanna make mommy happy? Do a threesome. You're closer to her age anyway. 

First, take her to a doctor for God's sake. 

Second, educate your wife, please. 

8 hours ago, CLW said:

I guess that paragraph says it all:

"Based on the study, the department came up with the CC figures for at least seven parks, including Similan, which stood at 1,600 people per day. However, these figures have not led to any further regulation and controls desired by the department, due to various factors including the lack of policy and serious enforcement, Dachanee says."

You can held hundreds of meetings, establish committees and make new laws if it is not enforced at the end.

TIT. Where it's all about talk, talk, talk, eat some lunch, drink some sweet bubble tea, talk talk talk again, and go home. Repeat tomorrow. Nothing gets done. 

Tops used to have decaf instant coffee from Tchibo... not ideal, but better than caffeinated.

The problem is the methods. Too theoretical, too grammar-focused, zero understanding of children's development, zero effort on trying to understand linguistic aspects of language learning, and lack of effort on finding quality teachers as well as lack of appreciation for teachers in general and too much emphasis on the teachers' skin color and country of origin and not enough emphasis on the teachers' history and actual teaching skills. 

If someone were to insert a finger in their anus, would they still not call it rape? Just wondering whether they would think differently if it were them. 

Does "Mr. Prosser" happen to be Thai? The mindset seems to be so Thai. 

9 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I did mine yesterday. N2 moved very slowly and needed a copy of my work permit which I hadn't expected. All in all, the transfer, then getting new extensions, then new re-entry permits took about 5 hours. Could have been worse!

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I was actually called right after posting that, and 9:55 I was out of there. 

Whatever, I still find it good that they manage the lines at the counter where you need to get the queue numbers. People tend to jump lines over there. Even when outside is fine and disciplined, once you get to that counter, it turns into a zoo. 

Sitting at CW right now. 8:53 I was called in, counter N2 (N1 was for all the visa extensions). Now it's 9:45 and I'm still waiting for document approval in the middle back of the N counters. Takes forever for them to check the 5 sheets of documents and put 8 stamps in my old and new passport. They pay attention to every little detail. 

5 hours ago, Hayduke said:

 

I was there for a retirement extension this morning. Don't know about passport transfers but three hundred people by noon sounds off. Maybe depends on how you count.

 

The check in process was better and they’re getting people into the system faster…but then it goes into the usual slow motion. And they’re still insisting up silly things like drawing maps and making repeated runs for copies that waste a lot of time. There were also a generous number of agents doing their typical queue-jumping…which wasted more time.

 

I saw the IO at 0915 but didn’t get my passport back until after 1100…so the overall ‘hurry up and wait’ factor was similar to last year. The staff are still very much obsessed with minutia.

 

On the bright side…the Re-Entry section was very fast…and best of all……there were “NO TIPS” signs all over the place.

 

 

 

This is exactly what I was worried about. The lady who told me she arrived around noon and they'd already finished 300+ numbers... can't really be trusted since I trusted her words once and got sent around in circles cause SHE said "mai mi panha", but the folks at CW said "mi panha". This lady likes to give fake assurances. I don't believe that CW can change that quickly from 90 numbers until noon to 300+ numbers until noon... riiiight. 

I'd appreciate it, thank you. 

2 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

There was a post on the Thai Visa Facebook group, that someone got to CW today at around 1pm (after lunch) and had got their Re-entry permit by 2.30.

that sounds normal for re-entry. How about the N counter? 

My German (he was Italian, but born in Germany) boss often forgot to pay my salary until the 20th. When every 15th I had to pay for health insurance and if I don't have enough money in my account, I get fined. My boss usually paid us between the 9th and 12th of the month, but on the months that he forgot, guess who had to pay the fines from the health insurance??? It's not all rainbows and flowers in Germany. Just saying. 

Also, if it states in your contract that you will get paid on date x every month, and that's what they do, and you agreed to it, then you really can't expect them to give them your money on the first, now, could you? If you don't agree or you want your money always on the 1st, then you need to work at a school who pays on the 1st. 

so someone just told me today that they have changed things at CW. This person said that she went there yesterday around noon, and they have already finished 300+ numbers. Can someone who have recently been at CW confirm this? 

I have to move my existing visa from my old passport to my new one. 

Question 1: do I have to go to Changwattana? Can't I do it at Chamchuri?

Question 2: If I have to do it at Changwattana, which counter is responsible for it? Is it counter N, the same one that handles all visa extensions? How long should I expect to wait? 

Has anyone had any similar experiences?

On 10/24/2018 at 12:22 PM, Justgrazing said:

Skimping on the Shrimping exempt ..

At least no plastic or foam containers used there....

was it a meetup group? I remember having seen something like that in one of those... How much did you spend?

10 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

They didn't just decide to round up Indians and Cambodians.  You do realise that don't you?  You think they did that because they don't spend enough money here and they didn't go after westerners because they do?

 

Plenty of Westerners have also been caught and deported.

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At no point did I mention they were rounding up only Indians and Cambodians. Don't blame me if you missed the entire context. Since I feel generous, here a screenshot for you so your finger doesn't have to do some scrolling exercises. And FYI, Jimmynewbie was replying to someone else saying that they don't do anything about the many Thais working illegally in western countries.

Why not publish her name? Defame her. She more than deserves it. 

13 minutes ago, jimmynewbie said:

yes i was getting confused and mostly westerners on this forum haha

Problem sending Cambodians home who will do all the hard work....

and indians make the best suits

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yeah I know what kind of people this forum consists of (mostly)

well.. the Burmese haha

No comment on the suits

2 minutes ago, jimmynewbie said:

sorry i guess you talking about burmese, cambodians etc.

I was more referring to westerners that spend the money here

although with wages more on par now with neighbouring countries and price of living here higher doubt they have much to send

I thought the topic of this thread was that Indians are the majority? So I'm talking about them, as well as the runner up (Cambodians), etc. Individualistic retired westerners don't need to send money home. They bring money to Thailand to support their new teenage Thai wife, the kids, wife's "brother", wife's parents, wife's neighbors, and the family buffalo ???? This is the type of foreigners that Thailand wants to keep in. Not the overstaying Indians and Cambodians....

maybe the littering tourists see littering as part of "Thainess" and they're only remembering the phrase "When in Rome, do as the Romans do". I don't think the same people would litter in Singapore....

1 minute ago, jimmynewbie said:

what do they live on fresh air?

agree about the thais abroad though

They live, yeah, but the cash that they earn in Thailand goes back to their countries. Same situation with Thais abroad, no?