DrMJA

On 4/29/2021 at 11:26 AM, stevenl said:

His post was clearly about Samui. Why bother replying to a post if you can't properly read the post. And no need at all for the aggressiveness.

Okay mom, thanks!

7 minutes ago, Gulfsailor said:

Are you or your wife working on Samui? I was replying to posts asking questions about the process on Samui. 

The article in which you have been replying to starts with the title word: Phuket.

All of your replies to the article are concerning Phuket.

Glad to know Samui is in order, not like the rest of Thailand.  Especially, Phuket!

7 hours ago, Gulfsailor said:

As far as I’m aware most of these have been vaccinated in Feb/March already when the first batch of Coronavac arrived. 

My Thai wife is an RN (register nurse), and still has not gotten the second vaccine, as of 28 April. She does not work in the wards, she is front line .... stop talking in which you have NO knowledge!

In addition, as a westerner working for the Thai government, I have been put on a list for a vaccine sometime at the end of June.  Again, stop talking/ writing in which you have NO knowledge!

Just now, DrMJA said:

<deleted>!!!! Offered NOT distributed,  we as western government workers are told:  "sometime at the end of June." Stop your word play!.

23 hours ago, Gulfsailor said:

Phuket and Samui aim to have at least 70% of its residents vaccinated by early June, so they can open to foreign tourism in July without the need for quarantine. 
Foreigners who work in the tourism industry were offered the vaccine along with the Thais and the migrant worker population on Samui.

 

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16 hours ago, Gulfsailor said:

I just received my second jab on Samui...

Really (?) how is that possible IF you are a westerner. I work for the Thai government as a western (with many others) and None of us have got a vaccine! 

"It was not reported where he hoped these foreigners would come from or what they would be allowed to do after arriving in Phuket".  

Muppet in Charge!

So what you’re saying is in a society that makes “saving face” more important than .... well ..... life itself, .... And you think people are not telling the truth .

-muppet!

Its not about the 500฿, , it’s the principle! 
Apparently paying taxes every year, which includes an extra (double pricing) foreigner fee for every thing I do, doesn’t qualify for much! 

Not to worry, it’ll all come back to slap you upside your  greedy Thai politician head.

Ah, no thanks!

“Normal” 

What is normal, you Muppet!

Great Good Going, Governor Muppet.

Thank you! 

1 hour ago, Susco said:

I guess, you can't fix stupid

EXACTLY !!!

Maybe he is clever ... can someone say:  Hi-So Thai Tea Time?

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has confirmed that people arriving in Phuket from COVID high-risk ‘red zone’ provinces do not face quarantine in Phuket, but must follow other disease control measures.

The  REAL question is not quarantine or disease control measures:

It's  how ignorant or greedy is this man?       ฿ ????,

2 hours ago, J Town said:

Have you been arrested, put in chains, and forced to work as a slave? This comparison isn't even close!

2 hours ago, J Town said:

Have you been arrested, put in chains, and forced to work as a slave? This comparison isn't even close!

Neither did you, SO stop the  BS story! Affirmative action  Crying,

whining, spoiled entitled brats. Stop it with the Reparations for slavery ... what about the abuse, exploitation still to this day 2021 to the American Indian!  
Now That’s a tragic story!

3 hours ago, SoilSpoil said:

I spend 25% of my working time teaching, the rest is activities, administration and testing. Testing every week, quarter, mid-term, and semester. And very important to make sure that each student has at least a 60% score. No surprise these results.

Absolutely 100% agree!Absolutely 100% agree!

Let’s not forget the hiring of the NNE, because they cost less and are ... well Near Native English(?) 

hey buddy you have already made a huge mistake, you are supporting a Thai woman who has another Thai man's child. Dude, count your losses and run, this situation can only lead to a long life of expensive drama! 

When you finally arrive physically in Thailand, then and only then, start to look around .... slowly, find an educated Thai woman, a woman who has her own money (even if it is a small amount) and does not have a premade family or the Thai drama that will follow! 

Then begin to court her, take your time and enjoy getting to know her, after a few years of being in each others physical company (face to face daily), begin to talk about marriage and/ or children with her.

We are westerners our brains and lifestyles work completely different, as do our motives.  

By-the-way you are only in your thirties, relax.

The bottom line is a PhD in Thailand at a government university will only pay you between 35,000 - 45,000K base salary a month.

Private educational facilities a bit more. Both will require you to have proven publications outside of your dissertation publications and then continue to KEEP on publishing while working with a full teaching load.

In addition, the Thai's you are working with will want a free ride on your future publications, while adding minimal contributions, and with what they do add .... it will need to be edited from "TINGLISH".

IF you teach at the masters level you can earn a little more money.

Keep it simple, get your masters, and learn to read and write Thai, for yourself and your Thai wife.

In the future, if you decide to stay in Thailand and never leave, then do your PhD in country, it carries weight with the Thais that you did it in their system, then rise through the ranks at your preferred university of choice.. 

Best of luck and wisdom in your choices!

BTW: I am writing as one who asked the same question many years ago!

Illogical, yes Thai style.

150 Chinese That’ll stimulate the economy!

So a "Pino" (Near Native English) NNE who gets paid less than a (Native English) NE teacher, has the airfare and the 100K insurance, plus cash for the two weeks in quarantine with meals. 

However, you get what you pay for . . . . ????

Hum,

Properly trained staff for ALL the "ready to open" hotels?

Phuket has (and continues) to experience a massive exodus of Thai workers, in the hundreds of thousands. Phuket showed a paper documentation of 65,000 applicants to leave island just on the first day the Sarasin bridge reopened.

*Oh yea, "living here, I do not feel shunned"

Yeah Hello, the Thai's know you have been here (in country) THROUGHOUT the COVID-19 Lock down.

Fasten your seat belt, junior!