Expat Tom

Who, like so many other UN agencies, is worthless. The UN is nothing but a massive welfare state employing thousands of people for which the American taxpayer bears a disproportionate share of the burden. 

This has nothing to do with Trump. It is simply a statement of FACT.

Will this apply to expats living here with visas? Probably not.

When living in any foreign country (one that is not your native home) do not become confused. Whether you agree with it or not, no matter how seemingly ridiculous, it is their country and their laws. Never allow yourself to believe that the rules of your country apply in another country. Finally, stay out of local politics. Thailand has speech restriction and internet restrictions. A good VPN will get you around the internet restrictions but be careful of what you say or post.  

Maybe it is a good thing that the hoards of Chinese and Indians are replaced by Thais reclaiming their own country. 

Obviously, domestic tourism exists but they do not bring in needed "hard currency" to the country. Nevertheless, it is good to see Thai out enjoying their beautiful country. 

Let's see? Where did the Wuhan virus come from? Isn't Wuhan in China. Second point...is the Thai government so naive as to believe ANYTHING that the CCP tell them? How welcoming will the average Thai be toward the Chinese tourists? Most Thais never cared much for them even before the Wuhan Virus arrived....idiots all.

The currennt situation is great for expats with foreign incomes but terrible for the Thai people.

The Government should just sell Thailand to the Chinese. They will eventually own it anyway. Holding back the Chinese is like trying to hold of a plague of locust. 

Corruption in the police in Thailand? Who ever heard of such a thing? Will anything be done to the wrong goers? I seriously doubt it. It would be interesting to see what their fate in 6 months from now. Anyone want to wager that they will all be working?

The best Thai doctors were trained in the West. I do not see much from Thailand in the home grown medical sector.

Having said that, I have had three operations done here, all at Bunrungrad, and the lead doctor in all thre were trained in the USA.

Did you actually expect a different outcome ? This is not a Thailand problem. This is a worldwide problem. There is a two tiered justice system in the West as well as in Asia. There is one set of rules for those of power and privilege and another set you you and me. 

Everything changes eventually. Sometimes for the better and sometimes not.

The man must certainly be mistaken. This is Thailand and he has the "right" to do exactly as he is told to do....period.

Gee! I have no guns...I must be from the UK. Whether he has guns or not, is an ex-marine of not, is an American or not...the man has some problems. 

Oh! By the way, the governemnt will immediately invite 10,000,000 Chinese back to Thailand as soon as the restrictions are lifted. Maybe the government should update its info. China has another outbreak on its boarder with Russia and has locked down 100,000,000 Chinese just a weeks ago......WELCOME BACK CHINA! THAILAND LOVES YOU!!!

With numbers of corona cases low or zero, there is only one reason that the government want to maintain its

boot on the neck of the Thai people....._________ fill in the blank yourself.  

Freedoms and liberities are easily taken and only returned grudgingly. History is full of examples and this is not unique to Thailand. In WWII America rounded up people of Japanese ancestry and deprived them of their freedoms for absolutely NO reason; kind of the the Corona Boggey Man.

First, let me say that I am an experienced English teacher and a Farang from the USA. I currently teach online and formerly taught at KMITL Katkrabang where I was the head of the foreign English teachers program and hired and fired a lot of teachers. I also taught specialized classes for Thai English teachers at Assumption School in Bangkok. 

There is no reason for me to critique this teacher. Watch the video for yourself. 

Let me point out a few facts about all language learning. There are four skills in learning any language; 

in order of acquisition, listening, speaking, reading and writing. 

Listening and speaking are acquired organically through modeling. If you learn from a native of England you will likely acquire and English (British) accent. If you learn from an American or Canadian, you will acquire a North American accent. If you learn from a native Indian speaker, your English will be as understandable as the average Indian. 

If you learn from someone who has a "Thinglish" (Thai-English) accent then you will learn "Tinglish" and not "English". The reason that Thais and Filipinos are used as English teachers is that they can be paid less. The Filipinos are far better than Thais but the learner will still acquire a Filipino sing song accent.  As an online teacher, I am paid more than a GREAT Filipino. I don't want to learn Thai from and American and a Thai should not want to learn English from another Thai. The bottom line is this....you will get what you pay for.

Yes, we can trust Thailand to invite 10,000,000 Chinese here who spend no money, degrade the infrastructure, clog the roads with tour busses, crowd the attractions, insult the Thai people, spit on the ground and bring the next wave of disease......yep...Trust Thailand!!!! 

When will the international flights resume? This is just too "Big Brother" for me. I'm outa here. One can easily see how this data will be used for more devious purposes. The end of freedom!!! 

I enjoyed my last flight on Thai Airlines but for the past several years, I did not find them to be competitively priced.

Too bad but, "The world, it is  changin'".