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the correct spelling is "banh mi" and thats very hard to come by. try french baguette instead lol

switzerland is 4.4% and thailand is 1.9? now that's total bullcr*p. When i was living in switz I didn't see that any one sleeping on pavements (at least not during daylight), didn't see beggars...

oh wait...are those "me love u long time" girls considered employed? how about those guys making BBQ on the streets?

been here 3 weeks and i see the first coup d'eìtat in my entire life. should have stayed in vietnam where its safe.

actually its the people getting pissed off and start rioting that Im worried about. there might be robberies, rapes...hel_l break loose

that is bad then...I cant speak or read Thai...

maybe finding academic books in english is hard here but reference books will do just fine. I saw a lot of cooking recipe books...there must be reference books about, say cocktail recipes, setting up a banquet, setting up different type of mise-en-place for different types of services, food dictionary (english to french or italian or even thai)...books about procedures in a restaurant...

You see, I'm working in a hotel, F&B department, so any book related to F&B will do fine for me. BTW, the Kinokuniya in Paragon is bigger than those in emporium?

to thaihome: no, i didn't notice the Bangkok Bank. I was walking from soi 22.

G'day,

I'm looking for some bookstores with books on Food n Beverage and other hospitality related. I have tried those in Emporium but they don't have what I want. Do u guys know any like really huge bookstores where they might have what I want? maybe an academic bookstore will do. I live in sukhumvit area btw.

Also, i just started working here and I need to open a bank account. Which bank should I use? I need one with lots of ATM and fast easy money transfer.

Thanks a bunch

well my salary wont be 50K. Is this too risky to work without a working permit but just a non B or non ED visa? coz somehow my hotel kinda avoid talking about this. I mean do they really check if u possess a work permit?

How complicated it can get to make a working permit?

Hi guys,

i've just graduated from a hotel school in switzerland (glion..anyone?). Anyway I got accepted to work as a management trainee at novotel phuket. They asked me to get a B visa but after reading some information off the net I think you also need a working permit to work in thailand. is this correct?

Also they said I would have to renew/extend my visa every 3 months. However after reading some of u guys posts about visa run...do I need to do that too? Coz the hotel didnt mention anything about that.

btw, I'm located in vietnam and I'm new here...lol

thanks for helping