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I am not married.

One more question. My company has informed me they require my passport to cancel my extension of stay and will return it to me on the day my work permit is canceled. Is this correct?

Do not surrender your passport! Provide the company with a photocopy of the pages they claim that they need. Ask them for the written instructions that require them to obtain your passport. Keep in mind that so long as you do not have your passport in your possession, you are stateless.

The solution to this scamming and extortion is to stay the hel_l out of Kind Power Duty Free. The owner is one of the "influential people" of Thailand and could end this crap with a phone call.

.... as they chase and walk next to you...... just "accidentally" cough in their face............

They are not impressed

Is shooting them against the law in Thailand?

I am looking for a part time teacher (native) to help me in improving English conversation. The class runs from 17.30 – 19.30 hrs, Mon – Fri, at my office or coffee café or anywhere around Asoke or Huaykwaeng (in Bangkok). The period of teaching is three months (approximately 120 hours). Payment is 300 Baht per hour and will be made on every Friday of teaching.

The candidate has to present his/her teaching plan for my consideration. My objectives of learning are as follows:

1. able to listen and speak English as well within three months

2. able to communicate in English business with foreigner as appropriate

3. able to think and use English with automatic

Required teacher:

- Male or Female, age 30-45 years old, native

- Graduated bachelor degree

- Having a teaching experience in English Conversation for adult.

- Responsibility, friendly, sincere, positive thinking, non-lookdown, polite

- Able to be a friend though the duration ending

For my information, please see below:

- Graduated LLM, female, age 33 years old, have worked as a legal manager in an international firm

- Reading and writing : usable, listening : fair, speaking : poor (broken structure)

If the teacher can help me to attain the objectives above, there will be a bonus as appropriate (15000 - 30000 Baht). Moreover, I could suggest new learners continually.

If interested, please send a cover letter, resume and teaching plan to me BY PM within 30 July 2009. Only qualified candidate shall be invited to interview and present the teaching plan at my office (Asoke).

Should need any information, please feel free to contact me via PM.

How blatantly ageist and Napoleonic this advert is. I am 77, more than meet all the teacher qualifications complete with a PhD in linguistics and am teaching English in a Thai school very successfully. ||Is this a thinly disguised "lonely hearts" advert?

I am looking for a part time teacher (native) to help me in improving English conversation. The class runs from 17.30 – 19.30 hrs, Mon – Fri, at my office or coffee café or anywhere around Asoke or Huaykwaeng (in Bangkok). The period of teaching is three months (approximately 120 hours). Payment is 300 Baht per hour and will be made on every Friday of teaching.

The candidate has to present his/her teaching plan for my consideration. My objectives of learning are as follows:

1. able to listen and speak English as well within three months

2. able to communicate in English business with foreigner as appropriate

3. able to think and use English with automatic

Required teacher:

- Male or Female, age 30-45 years old, native

- Graduated bachelor degree

- Having a teaching experience in English Conversation for adult.

- Responsibility, friendly, sincere, positive thinking, non-lookdown, polite

- Able to be a friend though the duration ending

For my information, please see below:

- Graduated LLM, female, age 33 years old, have worked as a legal manager in an international firm

- Reading and writing : usable, listening : fair, speaking : poor (broken structure)

If the teacher can help me to attain the objectives above, there will be a bonus as appropriate (15000 - 30000 Baht). Moreover, I could suggest new learners continually.

If interested, please send a cover letter, resume and teaching plan to me BY PM within 30 July 2009. Only qualified candidate shall be invited to interview and present the teaching plan at my office (Asoke).

Should need any information, please feel free to contact me via PM.

Here I am just sitting down to eat and I check my Email to find that Thaivisa has again provided me with an ample supply of "whine" to go along with my dinner. Most hotels and guest houses have been doing this for years. It is nothing new, other than enforcing the law.

The expat whining contained in this dialogue is tiresome and immature. After living in Thailand for seven years and encountering and observing thousands of expats I am resolved that at least half of them should never have been admitted through Thai immigration in the first place. I would not want them in my country and much less my home as their conduct is disgusting. I don't blame the Thai authorities for clamping down~! All you whiners pack up and leave!

Any recommendations on a good model please that is being used please.

Possibly one that can provide a quickish booster that can be used when an unexpected flat battery occurs.

Also a fair price guide for it.

Thank you

The brand they carry in the tool shop on pattaya Nua is Telwin.

They have nice starter/chargers that can start up to 100Ah.

I have just been looking through there catalogue (no prices unfortunately)

The model called the Leader 400 would probably suit your needs, but from my experience starter chargers are not that a cheap an item.

I was going for it's big brother the dynamic 520 at 18,500B for staring my boats, but ended up buying 10 metre jumper cables (I made out of welding cables) and jump power from boat to boat when needed.

You can pick up the regular charger in there from about 1000-1500B.

it's a good tool shop they only stock power tools and welders and stuff like.

I have run myself ragged looking for a 1/2 to 2 amp 12 volt trickle charger that works on 220. Do you suppose that this shop is the place to look? I looked for the Telwin shop but cannot find it? What am I missing?

If you think that trash (litter bugging) is bad here in Thailand, just go to any big American city or a park. Trash is everywhere (and I don't just mean the people). Bangkok is pristine compared to Los Angeles. New York (Manhattan) is a shit hole.

With older people the usual cause would be severe depression, serious disease, or a combination. Probably a different dynamic than with adolescents where really trivial seeming social problems can trigger it.

This armchair diagnosing is silly. I am an older person (77) and I do not have any of the usual symptoms of severe depression (Bush is gone) nor a serious disease (everything is in great working order). Read between the lines here. This was a sexual act that got out of control.

Now that a large number of people have died, maybe the authorities will look into the design of coaches and buses that is permitted in Thailand

.............and look into the excessive hours these guys use to increase their revenues. In addition, I have seen these guys, while driving, gulp those small bottles of pure caffeine to stay awake for those long hours and then just drop suddenly from exhaustion when the body decides to rebel and shut down. No wonder the driver "dozed" off. He probably collapsed.

In places in the US where food is bought and sold, such as supermarkets and restaurants, there are clear signs: "No Shoes, No Shirts, No service." It's a violation of health codes.

As a former public health officer in the United States I can assure you that there are no health codes extant addressing the no shoes, no shirts, no service to which you allude as a violation of health codes. It would be interesting if you could come up with code citations to support your thesis. The "No shoes, No shirts, No service" phenomena was created during the Regan years by right wing religious leaders and conservative members of the legislatures and congress as a rebuke of the so called "hippie" generation movement. It was a very lame method of attempting to control the hippie behavior. It did not work as shops with the famous sign posted simply lost business. After about two years, the signs disappeared. It was never a public health issue.

I seemed to have got embroiled in a discussion about this new ATM charge of 150 baht per time on another forum and we agreed to take it here instead.

My view on this is that it is a pretty insignificant charge and that i truly believe most people's objections are not that the charge is 150 baht but that there is a charge at all. They just don't want to pay for the service at all because it used to be free.

As an ex banker i can see that its fair there should be a charge (after all its a service allowing you to withdraw cash in another country ) and i think we have all been lucky that up to now its been free.

My advice on the other forum was that if people refrained from getting trivial sums out almost daily but instead got out the maximum they can in one go , then this charge would surely seem insignificant each month. This seemed to provoke hysteria amounst the "carry no cash with me " brigade . I have no idea (someone enlighten me ?) why people walk around both in the UK and foreigners in Thailand with next to no money on them. I always have a wallet stuffed with cash (not arrogance BTW just a fact) and credit cards which despite having them i almost never use. I am constantly amazed how people will queue for ages at an ATM and then get out just £10. Why not get out £500 and be done with it?

One poster who was sputing venom at these charges then went on to say he goes to the ATM (in thailand) almost everyday . I mean ... words fail me .

So my simple solution is ... get as much money as you can out of the ATM in one go and then you will minimise these charges to the point where they don't matter. Alternativally go into the branch and withdraw the cash .. no charge at all usually.

The only people who really suffer (if thats the right word for a trivial 150 baht charge ) in all this is those stubborn people who HAVE to go to the ATM daily and won't change their ways . But then its like those who live their lives on credit cards and don't pay back the full balance at the end of the month. They also get charged a lot but will they change ? ...never. Almost all bank charges are avoidable (i don't pay any and i'm sure millions of others are in the same boat) , not because i don't spend any money .. far from it .. but because i know how the stystem works and avoid doing what costs. Simple really.

yaketyak misses the point. Most foreigners piss way 150 on stupid "made-in-China" souvenir crap. The point is that only foreigners pay the charge. Along with the taxi thugs and two-tiered entrance fees, this is just another way to gouge foreigners and further erode the tourist trade. The 150 fee should be for everyone or no one.

Why would you want to return to that miserable United Kingdom social mentality and superficial morality? There is more to life than a bunch of Euros.

Samui is a tourist rip-off trap and expensive as hel_l.

Hello all

I introduced myself to this about perhaps two years ago and I was then away from Thailand on secondment so never really followed up much.

Thailand is definitely known (whether true or not) by expats outside Thailand as a country for those who wish to come to have fun rather than to live. It has always been known as a bit more difficult place in Asia to find young professional gay expats.

Just want to know a bit more people around really, please shout if you are out there!

Just wanted to be very clear that I am not insulting anyone who is not professional or not young. Just that I think we all need to know people of our similar lifestyle and age group from time to time. You will have similar issues and experience.

Thanks

Well, you are being insulting. I am gay, professional and an ex-pat, but old!. But then, why should I want to bother with you?

Pure and simple: the taxi drivers are thugs.

I think this could prejudice those tourists who have booked & paid in advance,surely these guests are those that the hotels wish to secure,the return market is the key to success.

The "Return Market" concept is not one seemingly understood by Thai tourism operators. "Soak the Tourist" however is well understood and practiced thus assuring no need for the return market idea. The two tiered admission fee concept is also well understood by tourist trap operators and thug taxi drivers who have no regard for the "return trade" idea. The Thai tourist business is constantly shooting itself in the foot! Perhaps the current world economic panic will drive these people out of business. Good riddance!

I flew Thai Airways and thought it was overrated, overpriced and the service sucked. When I've flown EVA AIR it's just about the best service I've had, and it's much cheaper. Also, they have a near perfect safety record. What's not to like?

They're also cool because they have the elite class, premium economy. However, opinions are mixed on this as you can see on this very thread. I plan to fly with them on my next trip to Thailand and I think I'll try it out if I can swing the few hundred bucks more.

I concur with the thoughts above. I commute via EVA (BKK-TPE-SFO) every 90-days and find the service consistently excellent. A recent BKK to Europe return was supberb so the service is universally 5-star. I especially like the pre-flight meals election service. The food always has been top grade. I cannot find anything negative to say about EVA.

This is definitely a Darwin Award event.

18 years for petty fraud when politicians and businessmen do the same type of thing on a massive scale yet escape punishment or are given a slap on the wrist.

In no way am I condoning this man's actions but the punishment should fit the crime and in no way does this punishment fit this crime.

Who was the judge? Attila the Hun?

PETTY FRAUD???????? What planet are you from?

My late partner and I adopted six children, all boys and all gay, and all hard to place because of their sexuality, hence "special problem" kids, whom, of course, turned out not to be special problems because their adoptive parents understood them (unlike their Christian parents that abandoned them). Kids are very high maintenance and unless you wish to have a completely free life-style, stay away from them. On the other hand, they can be lots of fun and laughs. Dinner time was always a riot of talking, debating and planning for the next trip to somewhere interesting. Being an adoptive gay parent is not for anyone who has a selfish bone in his body. PS: You really have to like to cook for a brood and be prepared to deal with homophobic teachers and school administrators (all swine in my opinion).

I just don't get it! What has the subject of this thread have to do with being gay?

There is something fishy about this story as reported. Sounds to me like someone is getting even with the guy about something else.

Send in that mighty Cambodian Juggernaut army - arriving in Toyota pick up trucks. That will put the fear of God into them.

This headline is inflammatory and dumb. I get a TV Breaking News flash in the email, and immediately check the BKK Post and Nation websites, expecting to see some update on the situation. Instead, what do I find? Nothing, because is a non story.

Thanks Pierrot....Next time, just shout "Wolf Wolf Wolf" like you're supposed to.

People in pick-up trucks have done a pretty good job at showing how ineffective the US military machine is in Iran and Afghanistan for the last few years so I wouldn't be making judgments based on the mode of transport the Cambodians might use. That of course comes after a rag-tag group of people in pyjamas and flip-flops chased the same military machine out of Vietnam.

EXCELLENT OBSERVATION! The world's greatest military machine I might add.

Give the doctor a medal and send the scummy farang back to Oz. Deport him! Dump the bitch in the nearest shit hole. The Aussie is probably a closet case anyway and should have his head parted to wake up. Why is it that Australia sends us its worst? These loud mouthed Aussie derelicts are all over Pattaya. Thailand does not need nor want them. But they are the darlings of the whores, the only people who pay any attention to them. The Lady Boys love them also but only until they have emptied their wallets and punched them out. The Lady Boys get the last laugh and the Aussie gets the street. Bah! Humbug!