Will B Good

Cheers...wife has been to the Amphur....we need my passport validating in BKK, then it has have an MFA translation......I really am not fussed about doing this.....not sure why she has a bee in her bonnet about it.

Might have an early beer and go for it....cheers.

Forgot to mention......two trainees stood behind the IO were casting their eyes to heaven......and later said to the wife people come in everyday requesting the certificate.

If I catch her in a good mood....and I'm feeling brave.....I'll point that out.

You may well be right.... but with my wife on the case.....I might the first one...555

...and the pink card...5555

I"m not bothered either way to be honest.....it"s the wife that has got it into her head to do this......and I know better than to even query what she"s doing....55

Three hour round trip........had to go to Chaiyaphum to request a Certificate of Residence. IO: Sorry that"s not something we do.....???? Wife: Well we"ve had three before, all from this office IO: Why do you want one? Wife: I want to put my husband"s name in my blue book IO: Why? Wife: So he can get a pink card. IO: Leans over and gets the form to request a certificate of residence....????.....Fill that in. Handed it in to the IO.....wrong form. You need this one instead. Fill that one in. He checks everything and goes off somewhere. IO: There's a problem. Your name is not in your tabian baan.....??? Wife: Yes it is.....that"s my name. IO: There"s another problem. You had a different address four years ago.....??? Wife: Yes, we moved to our new address four years ago and we have completed a TM30 four times. Two hours later........two ******* hours....... we get the certificate.....only valid for four weeks......no use whatsoever to us. I am sick of this.

I imagine Thaksin has had a word in his shell like…...

Internal strife and political interference hinder Thai police reform……. ….So not rampant corruption, nepotism, extortion, kidnapping and blackmail……mmmmm?

Absolutely love day time drinking....but never do it....it kills me for days after.

How odd.....I mentioned it twice (not the war)....and both comments have disappeared.....how strange.

So did mine.........can"t see or read a b****y thing

Didn't Baloo announce recently that to graduate, graduands had to pass an English proficiency exam......more crazy policy on the hoof.

One of Tusk"s major concerns at the moment.

Toughing it out till mid-day then the air is going on......20 minutes to go.

What the hell does that mean?

Very true....Chaiyaphum

Done that a couple of times....wife was strangely unimpressed.

Yes, but there is no where worth driving to......you could plonk down anywhere round here and the view/surroundings would be identical....green as far as the eye can see with ramshackle sheds dotted about.

I feel physically every time I have to interact with immigration......there is (nearly) always some twist to catch you out....last time I downloaded all the forms and filled them in beforehand......"sorry these are old forms, you need to fill these in"......filled them in, no queuing system, fight to hand the forms back in....."no good....all forms must be in blue ink now...do again".....F.F.S.

Never even sat on a motorbike in my life....one of the many reasons I've made it this far.....555

Thinking about it, I am probably drinking less here.....but drinking purely for the sake of it..... in BKK I'd be out and about drinking and enjoying it

Lived there for two years and miss it....had a whale of a time.......Isaan and the quiet life is fine for a a few months......but after that....no thanks.

On a positive note it does save the RTP sending out gofers round all the tiny bars spread all over the place......much easier to centralise, making tea money collection easier