How do some people not realize how difficult it is for victims to come forward against powerful aggressors without cover of some sort? The fact that many women are coming forward now that they have cover is not surprising at all (review the timeline of Cosby's demise as reference). Does this mean they are all genuine? No. Does it give credence to the accusations? Yes.

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

How about Thais you sort of know casually.Wouldn't it polite to say a little something to acknowledge the situation? If so, what? 

 

I asked my Thai friends and they said "Sait jai duay" would be appropriate...

I would have thought something like "siat jai duay" would have been more appropriate.

What phrase should I use when meeting mourning Thai people?

1 hour ago, yogi100 said:

 

No one tried putting his tongue in anyone's mouth with or without a warning. I don't know if you think we're all a bunch of perverts in London but if someone had done what you said to us he'd have got the same reaction from us as he'd have got from you.

 

All we heard on our media is an old partly garbled recording with a few bleeps in it of a bloke saying how his money gets him his women and one woman in particular blanked him. It was said light heartedly and was not said in a nasty or malicious tone.

Except he was describing exactly what he IS alleged to have done... as with Bill, Trump has a long history of alleged sexual misconduct.

19 minutes ago, stander said:

I liked:- “Honest Abe never lied,” Trump says. “That’s the difference between Abraham Lincoln and you.”

Except, if we have got beyond overly-simplistic grade-school primers, we know that Abe was a political animal without compunction of lying to get his policies thru. Very similar to the Clintons in fact.

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2 hours ago, jonbalion said:

...as for getting around, motorbike, i think if i can handle BKK and PARIS i can handle anything

Obviously you have not spent much, if any, time in HCMC... HCMC traffic makes BKK and Paris traffic look like a walk in the park.

37 minutes ago, Scotwight said:

What would you call making me fill out paper work twice that you already have the answers to and dumping said paperwork in an inactive file that no one ever reads or refers to?  

Tedious but not harassment.

3 hours ago, Khon Kaen Dave said:

Johnny cash? Love him.
One of my favourite songs contains the immortal lines.

'When i was a young boy,my mother told me,son.

Stay away from liquor,and dont mess around with guns'.But i shot a man in Phuket,just to watch him die,etc etc.

Posters licence.

2 minutes ago, clokwise said:

Good advice, thanks everyone. One of the older used devices may be closer to what I'm after, I'll go check tomorrow. I'm surprised to see cassette players are still being made today, good to know!

How are you planning to convert to digital if you use an old analogue player? Just playing it and recording through computer mic? Much better reproduction with a cassette to USB...

1 hour ago, davo2003 said:

"Those people are called 'conservatives'. They fear change... they would be stagnant back home as well."

 

Odd statement. I've never known a connservative to fear change. Plenty of left wingerz I do know that fear change so much they won't even sit with a right leaning person.

conservative 

adjective con·ser·va·tive \kən-ˈsər-və-tiv\

Simple Definition of conservative
        : believing in the value of established and traditional practices in politics and society.
        : not liking or accepting changes or new ideas.

Those people are called 'conservatives'. They fear change... they would be stagnant back home as well.

Lovely morning for a run!

30 days in NST.

Daytime suggestions taken too!! LOL!

I am forced to spend a few nights in the neighbourhood of Don Muang. Any suggestions for night life?

Thanks ubonjoe. The Canadian Marriage Certificate is in English. This is the first year we have been asked for a translation. They are quite insistent. My extension went through no problems but my wife got the 30 day until we provide the certified trans. We will contact the Legalisation Department. Didn't see that section on the MFA website (but if all in Thai I may have skimmed past it...).

1 hour ago, sas_cars said:

First of all, the original marriage certificate has to be notarized/certified by canadian embassy in Bangkok.

This part has been done and accepted by NST Immigration! It is only the trans which now requires certification.

3 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

The translator service should be able to make the certification for you for a fee.

 

Unfortunately our translator is unfamiliar with the certification process... we did ask!

Any suggestion of another translator/translation service who is familiar with the process would be appreciated!

Hi All!

This year my wife and I require a Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand 'certified' translation of our Canadian marriage license for our annual visa extensions in Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Has anyone been through this process? Can it be done by registered post or must we attend the Ministry in BKK?

Numerous calls to the MFA and being transferred to a variety of people has left us bewildered and without an answer. Our Thai is limited, as is the English of the people we have spoken to at the Ministry.

We have a translation of the document done by a very good translator in Nakhon Si Thammarat and our preference would be to mail it to the Ministry and have the certified document mailed back.

Any thoughts appreciated. Also happy to have a contact (phone or email) at the MFA who we could communicate with in English.

Thanks TV experts!!

50 minutes ago, rjw said:

Correction then: full working rights as far as being an intern is concerned.

Mmmmm, not so much.

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Section 5. In this Act,

"alien" means a natural person who is not of Thai nationality;
"work" means engaging in work by exerting energy or using knowledge whether or not in consideration of wages or other benefit;

There have been updates to the law, most recently 2010, I believe, but this part from 1978 remains...

20 minutes ago, Oxx said:

 

Not sure why "Mechanical Engineering" isn't a prohibited form of "Engineering", though.

Everything I have read on Prohibited Occupations states only Civil Engineering as being Prohibited.

Otherwise, intern or not, the OP would require an appropriate Visa and Work Permit.

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