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Im thinking an Xbone soon basically just for Halo MCC, have you got that ?

I was wrong on the amount it was 2300 per head actually so I went for it as the room price isnt so bad as the hotel and grounds plus facilities seem good and so close to NY, thanks for the feedback anyway!

no thats for 3 people, you have to pay that it says even though its just two of us, I looked on the hotel website and its actually 2k per head but the room prices are about 2k per night cheaper via Agoda.

I guess I will go for it, the reviews seem ok

Its the Felix resort and hotel in Kanchanaburi, the reviews are mixed but tbh my standards arent that high and it looks pretty nice

edit: but no one in the reviews Ive seen has mentioned the NY dinner

I know that a lot of hotels force you to pay for a dinner/party if you stay there on NY eve, I've never stayed at a place that does this and Im looking at a place right now on Agoda that Im thinking of booking but they have a dinner that costs 6,900 baht on top of the room, its for 3 people but it will only be myself and my gf. I have no idea what this dinner will consist of, its way more than anything we would normally spend but the hotel looks ok and I would like to stay there. What are these kind of dinners like? I think the main point for me is will that price include alcohol or not as if it does I think that might be ok for me

There's been a video of this going round on Thai social media, my gf showed it to me, pretty horrific stuff, as they are pulling the guy from the back you can see one of the guys in the front burning up, I think he's either already dead or unconscious though

just did this for an ED visa there in mid Oct, sent it Monday royal mail special delivery, it was picked up next day and signed for, not sure when it was dispatched back to me as the Thurs was a thai holiday but I had it by Friday. I did have all my paperwork in order though

Are arcade games even made anymore? I thought they were all pretty much killed off in the last 10 years as game consoles got better and better. Aside from SF4 what else has there been?

I guess it would be fun to go to one as a novelty but thats all it would be and I doubt anyone would go there to really play games, damn I remember in the 90's some of the most recent games cost 1 GBP which would kill your wallet unless you were really good and could stay on it a while!

Which school are you signed up with? You may be in for a shock when you go for your 90 day extension. Right now the immigration officers here in Thailand who process your extension couldnt care less about what the consulates have issued you its all about the school you are at and the number of hrs you are doing per week.

Getting the visa isnt the problem its getting the 90 day extension later at the immigration offices in Thailand that is the problem and they are changing the rules all the time and can do as they please. Its highly unethical actually as the embassies and consulates still get to earn money from the fees and couldnt give a damn that people are unaware that the '1 year' course they signed up for can become meaningless in a heartbeat.

Well, its back again and this time barely 6 weeks since it was 'fixed' so much faster than before. Im assuming all they did last time was clean it and top up the fluid and no leak has been identified...

I just paid for a new 1 course at LX school after getting MOE approval at end of Sept and then flew to UK where I am now to get a new ED visa and Im flying back to BKK tomorrow. Not sure what I should do now though, I dont wish to study 8 hrs per week nor 4 days per week and its not what I signed up for so most likely I will ask for a refund.

Did the UK embassy already give you the ED Visa in your passport? Was it in the past few days?

yes already go it, about 2 weeks ago, did it by post.

I just paid for a new 1 course at LX school after getting MOE approval at end of Sept and then flew to UK where I am now to get a new ED visa and Im flying back to BKK tomorrow. Not sure what I should do now though, I dont wish to study 8 hrs per week nor 4 days per week and its not what I signed up for so most likely I will ask for a refund.

ok thanks, I think I will just get it in TH anyway as on closer inspection it seems the prices are exactly the same if not slightly cheaper

http://store.apple.com/th/iphone/family/iphone/compare

Im in the UK now and thinking of buying an iphone 5c as they are cheaper here, it will be an off contract one but can I use it in Thailand or will it be locked to a carrier still?

The best price I have seen so far is 299 GBP in an Orange shop, is that a good deal?

I have been hearing this too, I first overheard the staff at the school I go to tell a potential new student that it was now 8hrs per week, at the time I was picking up my docs to apply for a new ed visa in the uk and I had paid a month prior based on 4hrs per week and asked if this would affect me too and was told it wouldnt and was coming into affect in 2 months. However since then I have heard from someone else I know who is signed up at another school that they have all been informed its now 8hrs a week and that some people have only been getting 2 month extensions at CW instead of 3 as they arent doing 8hrs per week (or something).

I have just been issued a new 1 year ed visa in the UK though without any issues, apparently its when you do the extension that problems start apparently...

I love Balotelli.

why is it always not him?

thanks!

ok thanks, about this

assport or travel document with validity not less than 6 months and its copy

I have a new passport (old/current stamps etc moved over to it already) so do I just copy those pages with stamps or the whole thing?

Im sure these questions have been asked before and I have read all the info but I just want to check I have everything correct here so if someone can confirm for me I would be most grateful!

Forms

Do I need to fill in and send BOTH the visa application and the non-immigration "O-A" forms?

http://www.thaiembassyuk.org.uk/?q=node/151

Date(s) of Previous visit(s) to Thailand

This is a question on the visa form, I spend most of my time in Thailand and Im on an ED visa right now, in the last 2 years Ive been back to the UK for a few weeks and 2 trips to Cambodia, what dates exactly for my 'trips' to Thailand should I put? The dates I flew back in from another country?

Fees

For a single ED visa I pay this?

- Non-Immigration Visa £50 for single entry or £125 for multiple entries.

Do I need to send any copies of my passport too?

thank you

thats the thing I dont know, I mean what are they going to do, not let me leave? And because a signature is missing on my previous extension of stay stamp? The current extension stamp is signed, its barely 2 letters scrawled too from what I can tell.

Ive just been at CW and done a 7 day extension before I leave the country, I also had my old visa stamp etc transferred to my new passport, everything went fine and got it all done. I have just arrived home and got a call from immigration saying the officer forgot to sign my OLD extension of stay stamp (the one for July 16th to Oct 14th) and that I need to go back to have this done. Im a bit miffed by this as its a huge trek for me, do I really have to do this? Im flying out on Sunday so what would happen? Its not even the signature for my current extension...

My ED visa expires next week, Im flying back to the UK a few days after it expires though, I assume its ok for me to go to Chang Wattana and get a 7 day extension without any hassles right?

I usually need lots of documents from my school when I do the 90 extension at CW, are they needed for the 7 day one too?

In the same trip to CW Im getting my visa stamp moved from my old passport to my new one, aside from the UK embassy letter is there anything else I need to do this?

thanks

Aha, vindication at last. Thanks, Pib. I *thought* I remembered leaking refrigerant being a potential cause of air con icing.

And a s....l....o....w leak many times can be very hard to detect due to location of the leak even with the most sensitive freon lead detection devices. Each and every time I've had an A/C icing problem over my lifetime it has been due to a low freon charge and of course the icing would always occur at the worst time like going into a hot summer weekend when most A/C repair shops are closed. I've have slow leak problems on two central home A/Cs in my lifetime....icing each time. And when I started having icing problems on one of my vehicles I bought a freon leak detector, vacuum pump, pressure guages, etc., off Ebay so I could service my own vehicle A/C--saved me a bunch of money of the years. A person can top off there freon charge to get the A/C working again, but with the small leak still occurring it will just be a matter of time...days...weeks...a couple of months...before the freon leaks off enough to get to just that right low freon pressure where icing occurs....and after it leaks off some more it just don't cool, don't ice-up, or do anything other than blow warm air. Yes sir, I've got the A/C slow leak tee-shirt collection...been there, done that.

thanks yes this sounds pretty much like my problem but Ive had the regular engineer out like 3 times a year for the 4 yrs Ive been here and now the manufacturers engineers, lets hope they have sorted out any leak this time