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11 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Excellent, my wife's UK asylum claim application is still pending Thailand junta doing it again

Heh, count me in. I need to convert mine to an asylum application as well.

I'm a lowly teacher who's never been left with much cash in the bank. But I've ensured there was always enough credit on my Visa to at least book a flight out. $750 got me to Osaka, then Los Angeles, then Idaho. Oh, then you'll need some Ubers too, to get you home, your new employer, and arranging your new driver's license, if you've been gone awhile like I have. They're now 15 bucks each way around town. Ouch.

See the white card in my avatar? If this American lady is really low income, and goes back to a kindly Midwestern state, and hasn't previously abused the welfare system, while waiting for the new job to begin she could get one with about $250 on it to buy food. God Bless 'Murica.

They did the same to Thanathorn. Found he was co-owner of a small travel magazine stuffed into the back pockets of airline seats. Ownership was transferred to his mom before he went into politics. They still got him.

Dig up any dirt you can. It's dirty. Wage a successful campaign by appealing to the people and the popular vote? Something like democracy? Nah.

After you've used up your waivers, it's time to get the full Thailand teaching license.

You'll need this form: https://www.coursehero.com/file/33373923/Form-KS01-1pdf/

Unfortunately this isn't the complete form. It's on the Khurusapha website, www.ksp.or.th, which doesn't seem to be working now.

You'll need your last school's assistance in completing this form. You'll need signatures from the school director, and 3-5 other teachers, to all vouch for your performance there. This might be difficult to do from outside of Thailand. It might require a trip back on vacation. And knowing Thailand, you might have to grease a few palms to get them interested in such a bothersome task, heh. But if you got offers from top level intl schools, it might be worth it.

Alternatively, you might try the ol' "new passport trick". Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. They might not see your previous waivers using a new passport number. It worked for me to get 5 waivers. ????

But now I'm done teaching and roasting in Thailand, and am currently enjoying a chilly 4 degrees C here in Idaho, with growing teaching opportunities.

One of the worst IOs in Thailand. Me and many others can attest to this.

Made me do my landlord docs over and over, even wanting to see his deed. Overcharging for copies. Young lady officers trying to make a name for themselves by pointing at old passport stamps and going "Ah hah, overstay!" Heh.

Many schools in this area, many unfortunate farangs taking the jobs. Doesn't matter how high level and prestigious it is, private, intl, they'll still send you to this office. Oh, look at you with your Singapore whatever academy badge and six figure baht salary, you're still dealing with the same BS I am. Haha.

Do not live or work in Samut Prakan. If you must, have the bucks to get an agent.

6 hours ago, SunsetT said:

I was previously excited about the internet opening their minds but sadly it is 99% Thai content + inane tic tok type garbage

Same here. It's hard to believe about 20 years ago there was once a program called "One Laptop Per Child".

The belief was that if we could create cheap laptop computers, give them Internet access, and hand them out to impoverished, disadvantaged kids out in some villages, my God, miracles would happen. With easy, instant access to information, the kids would soon fill their heads with knowledge, complete courses on their own, learn valuable new skills, learn about agriculture and farm machinery to take their reins from their parents, or discover new career paths.

Hahaha. The kids now all have powerful computers in their pockets, with the fastest Internet ever, and we all know what happened instead.

9 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Encourage her to keep asking questions, and  challenging her teachers.

Challenge her teachers, if and when they ever show up to class. Biggest prob at the schools I taught at was that the Thai teachers were hardly there.

They might write as assignment on the board, or drop off some worksheets, then take off to leave the kids to their own devices in the classroom all day, which is why they develop such behavioral problems. The teachers then hang out in the office, play on FB, browse through online shopping, take off to run errands, or are occupied by silly school chores like planning the decor for some event.

Of course the farang teachers aren't allowed to do that, they're some of the only teachers left to provide real classes, which is quite difficult when all the other teachers have given them free time. 

5 hours ago, soalbundy said:

You don't know when he bought it, when life was more benevolent to him

Yup. That's why many refer to gold jewelry as "the Thai savings account". People buy gold when they have extra money to spend. It's like putting money in the bank. GIven what banks are prone to do, Thais tend to trust gold more than the banks.

They hold onto the gold as long as times are good, and get to show off their prosperity. During Songkran I saw a lot of gold proudly come out. When times are bad or an expense happens to come up, such as a new baby, then they part with the gold. In most cases they take a slight loss, but depending on how the gold market's been and the timing, they might break even or come out slightly ahead.

In this case the poor dad got taken, thinking he bought 1000 baht worth of gold, when in fact most of the necklace was simply gold colored.

300 baht/hr minimum. If they balk at this price, tell them $10+/hr is what all the online services are paying, so you could just teach online. In fact I prefer teaching online as it eliminates much of the hassle, waiting for students, no shows, trying to collect payment. With the online services you always get paid on time. With in person students on payday, I frequently got all the lame excuses.

Minimum price means basic conversation, basic editing, grammar correction, homework help. More advanced teaching would be for the IELTS exam, university applications, essay writing, business English, for which you should charge more.

Let me tell you a story. Out here in the Issan moo ban there's a once beautiful, two story structure with a rooftop balcony, on a nice raised plot of land. I watched it being built, and upon completion saw the farang proudly strutting around it, taking photos.

Wife knows all the moo ban gossip, told me the whole story about them. Apparently a nice couple. I asked her, it's all in her name right? She goes oh no, he got a lawyer, knows how to do all "that company stuff". Uh-huh.

Months later, the place is smashed up and abandoned. Apparently the relationship fell apart, and he could get nothing out of it but a little revenge before he left. Now years later, there it still sits. So it goes.

Yup, prices are indeed up, nearly double.

Highest bill last year at this hottest point was just over 2k baht. Now it's 4k. The whole moo ban's talking about it.

Got my flight out next week, looks like I picked just the right time, so the farang will no longer run the air con.

Haha, could they please protest the shameless, public use of YABA out in my moo ban?

And in the last draw on April 16th, on another digital app, someone so happened to buy 19 identical tickets to collect 114 million baht. What are the odds of that?

They supposedly want to shut down the corrupt apps. Heh. It's not a matter of which is corrupt, but which one cut the right deals.

Indeed. I recommend to everyone planning an extended stay in Thailand, whether for work, retirement, or just getting 30 more days on a tourist visa, DO NOT do it in BKK, Patts, CM, Phuket, or any other changwat with too many farangs and burnt out, sadistic imm offices. You must come to Issan.

20 minutes ago, george said:

"My personal opinion is that we will see the first international flight land just after the election, although I won't speculate on the significance of that date."

Hehe. Sounds like he knows the new guy/gal being elected will make something happen, that the present one cannot. Good.

Wow, also, "MOU" has become quite the hip business buzzword. The Thais are really keen to such things. The teachers have been throwing it around my school since like 6 months ago.

20 hours ago, Mark1066 said:

And they are all very good friends with someone high up in the army and live next door to someone high up in the police.

And their Thai wifes/GFs are all uni educated, with high degrees, and high positions in govt or a multinational corp. But given the vast amount of poverty and inequality in this country, I reckon I've heard that much more than is actually possible.

I actually love telling people, particularly my students, that my wife only finished P6 (6th grade), then had to go work on the farm, then factories, then finally in BKK hotels and restaurants. It serves as a great example of when having the right attitude, motivation, and exposure, they too could learn English.

Not an accident. I think someone's sending a message loud and clear.

Thousands of poor, elderly Thais queueing up at the banks for their welfare cards and few hundred baht each. Their kids can only help so much as factories have shuttered left and right, the tourists are back but with stagnant wages, and debt keeps climbing. Meanwhile, the Army gets to play golf.

Farang flings an insult, and they fly off the handle.

Pity they can't use some of that energy for when their children and grandchildren insult them by being disobedient, lazy oafs, and of course, when their govt insults them every day.

Oh, I too had to do a Songkran beer run. As I had bought the first case of Leo, which of course soon ran out, father-in-law's visiting sis produced a crispy 1000 from her purse, talked to one of the kids, and another case soon appeared. Amazing Thailand!