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thaieuphony, please report when you get back with how things went!!

Boracay > Bohol

I read a brief play-by-play and there was no mention of any knock downs. Boring...<yawn>

Happy I never got up and made the 30km motorbike journey to closest bar with UBC.

I offered my tg 5,000 if she could lick her elbow. didn't mention that it was impossible. she was SO determined. should have recorded it. have tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. she tried every which way. jammed herself up against the sofa with her arm in a weird angle using her leg to push her elbow closer to her tongue. lol

Newly opened 7-11, coffee shop, gas station PTT I think, etc just opened between Korat and Pimai

7-11 is doing VERY well in terms of customers. Always people in there when we drop in...

Using patri's last name suggestion, thanks!!

Thanks for your speedy responses!

We'll go with CSS. Looks good to me. Family friend's daughter is registering for school.

Family friend has a daughter and wants to know how spell her Thai name in English.

I'm new to Thailand so not sure how the phonetics go!!

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52,000... What percentage of yearly salary is that?

The government should pay teachers to take the course. lol

2. There is no need for the money to be directly sent to Thailand or that all of it be used here.

To get the visa you don't have to show money in Thailand ?

Look at www.smilehomes.com

Thanks. Would you have the direct link to the specific plans?

I have a friend that likes a house <see below>. She wants to hire a Thai builder to make the house for her. Any ideas where to get the plans for this house online. It's a pretty standard house for Thailand.

I got a 30 day extension in the Korat office. So I assume they can do 7 days as well...

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^^^^

And we need their money. A match made in heaven.

For teachers it should be about the money first, education second. Same as the Thais are running it.

Prosperity. Not just Survival.

you can try yahoo.com with a dot and com

Poor guy has to deal with his 2 ladies now. Wonder if he'll get sympathy and get to keep them both in 1 house?

Watching the television station channel 7 icon in bottom corner.

Story showed man clime attena tower and job off with rope tied to his neck. Got to see him free fall, and stop hanging from the rope, got to see another dude cut him down, big crowed was watching his ordeal.

GF says that he was married and wanted to divorce and go with mia noi. Wife wouldn't let so he got angry and tried to kill himself by climbing 20-30 feet and jumping.

GF says news didn't say if he survived

Freaked me out that they'd show that on TV here when the block out cleavage.

TIT

try yousendit dot com

I've got Thai moms asking me everyday if I have farang friends for their daughters...I guess they think that us handsome men all know each other or something?

I am also juts outside Korat city.

Get everything in writing, email. When employers call me, I get all the information on the phone. I then say, "Can you email me all the details pay, schedule, etc" This way I have a written copy and there is no problems with communication. Check all details from email before going in for interview. Make sure contract follows what was discussed on phone and email.

If pay isn't where I want it. Ask for more. Highlight qualifications and experience. If they say "no", then say sorry but I was getting paid that amount at my old job. If they still say "no", forget them. Fortunately, I am not absolutely desperate for money..

It's up to us the teachers to grow the salaries. I doubt the Thais are going to sit down and say, "We've been paying our farangs XXXX for the last 5 years, it's time they got a raise."

The victim attitude of the farang teachers here is not helping wages.

Gracie Jiu Jitsu!

Will any of the Gracie's compete/be there/demonstrate?

Is it possible to connect 2 TVs to 1 UBC decoder and watch separate channels?

My friend purchased a new UBC decoder today and the staff at the local UBC office said it was possible. My friend is French with little English and the staff are Thai so I am sure there was some info lost in translation.

I went over to have a look at his instruction manual and there is nothing in there about having 2 TVs hooked up to 1 decoder. My friend raised a good point, why is it that in hospitals or hotels they only have 1 satellite dish but they have several TVs that can watch separate channels... ?

Boracay, Philippines!

If you work in Taiwan your family from Thailand can join you. But, you'll need a working visa first.