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Famous last words.

Could be I am daft, but isn't the amount they are losing in lost sales greater than the tax increase money they would be collecting?

Was he wearing a helmet?

Apparently yes, he was.

Was he wearing a helmet?

I was at Central Plaza one day, sitting on a bench inside waiting for a friend. I saw an older guy open his clothing shop with the long metal poles they use to open the metal shutter doors. He then started using the metal pole to adjust the track lighting, by pushing the pole up into the light itself and moving it around. I kept watching him and he would look and smile at me and continue on with his little task.

Something in my brain wanted to tell him it was very dangerous to do but I figured he would just laugh.

At my school we have free dress days quite often. On those days students never dress to show off. They all just wear jeans and tshirts.

The editorial says uniforms create equality. You could also say they enforce conformity.

9 meters of water? Hmmm.

I can't believe we pay taxes to finance these stupid people and these dumb initiatives.

Actually, I must be the idiot for paying taxes.

you must be...! Virtually no-one pays taxes here...!!

I try not to think about the amount I pay to work here. I don't mind paying taxes, I just hate to see the money wasted and pilfered. Really sad.

What do you bet he is wearing bulletproof armor under that robe?

You need to watch them make the food. Khao mun gai is difficult as you don't know home much chicken fat they used in cooking the rice. I would say there;s at least three tablespoons of chicken fat in the rice, the chicken itself is usually breast and not that fatty, but if you have the skin it is. The soup can be fairly oily but not always.

The 'problem' with khao mun gai is that you are mixing carbs and fat, which is a no no.

For fried rice, watch how much oil they use....I don't eat much rice, but once in a while will order it. I tell the cook not to add any extra oil, just throw the rice in with the oil from the meat that is cooked first. also I tell them to use like half the rice as usual, and add more green veggies to it (I don't mind paying a little extra to get what I want). Makes for a drier khao put, but that is ok.

Agree with som tum. I tell them no sugar, and add some stevia in to it at home.

Possibly the rice was infested, and they had no choice. But any secret burning of that much rice needs to be investigated. Really sad.

Hundreds? Really?

In the second pic looks like she's getting ready to eat some banana!

Pretty scary. I hope no kids were hurt, looks like a lot of moving hazards there!

Thailand has enough to worry about internally. They don't need to try and fix the middle east just yet.

If I was caught looking at porn at work there would be hell to pay. Why should it be any different for them?

I'm tired of all these dinosaurs. Please get rid of them all and bring fresh new ideas to office. I know many younger Thai professional people who are sick and tired of all the politics and corruption and want straightforward progress for Thailand.

I am not surprised by the replies here. I am an African and am proud of that. I have been here for ten years working legally and it is funny to see people talking nonsense here. the police did a good job and I hope they find they catch other people doing bad things in Thailand. in every country, we have good and bad people.. so think about that and stop talking nonsense. thai people do beat or even kill foreigners all the time and that doesn't make all thai people bad.

I work with two Africans in my organization. Both great upstanding workers and contributors.

It's all about corruption. Just watch an ordinary person try to set up a spot to sell something on the sidewalk. They wouldn't last 2 minutes before they were either thrown off the sidewalk or extorted by cops.

Get those boats out in the river! It's propeller power time, boys!

Man, she slathers it on rich and thick!

"Chaturon said he had learnt English as a student in Thailand for 16 years but had never had any real English conversation during that period."

Should get out more

I privately tutored many Middle and High School kids when I first arrived in Thailand. Most often I was the first person they ever had a 'real' conversation with in English. Nowadays most school provide some foreigners in the school for conversation classes. Back then not so much.

I did something similar in Ankara quite a few years ago. It was fun for all and quite entertaining which is the way school should be. Sadly I don't think we have anything like that out here in the "sticks" (Buriram).

Teaching children is as much about entertaining as it is about imparting relevant information. Degree or no degree if you can't entertain then the little darlings will quickly fall asleep/start playing on their ipads.

The best method is to find a way to 'be real' with the students. If possible, getting them to talk about their lives, interests, dreams is the best. Focus on positive things and get them to try and really communicate and share. Also, get them asking one another, as well as you as a teacher lots of questions. Teach them the art of having and building on a conversation.

As they work to communicate, support them with appropriate grammar, vocabulary, etc. Hard to do in big groups, but small groups of enthusiastic students (of all ages) will learn a lot from it! This is my experience anyway. I taught thousands of students in schools and hundreds in small groups or individually for many years. I've moved away from that pretty much, but really enjoyed it the most when I could make a connection with my students.