Nickthegreek

the laminating is only a plastic pocket, cut it and the original document can be removed.. as mentioned good for humid countries 

my Mrs has done all hers  and our daughters not been an issue

until recently I was in a yellow book, on moving I was told in Rayong that yellow books are no longer issued and I  was added into a blue book, I don't have PR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw the inner blanks advertised a few years ago and they were 1000 dollars each if You bought 10 !! size was 6 x 3

I can remember clearly who it was and they will remain nameless as that's the forum rules, but the same size today installed is 500K baht, so that a very nice margin,

What I fail to get and I have covered this on other topics is how the price in Issan can be 270 k baht for a concrete pool but around Pattaya that does not exist..so many people paying over the odds !!

IMHO,

Sadly unless You have 2 million baht to spend they dont travel !!, however it shows You want can be done though and for how much..

Thanks so !much never seen this perfect just what I need

Thank s IMHO, yes that was including everything, just seems a lot when You can but a boat for around 200 k using the same amount approx with more fittings for that price; but as You mentioned little Competitor, maybe it's it's a new business opportunity.

Hi,,

I have a small area that I am considering putting a plunge pool type thing into and, sized at around 6 m x 4 M x 1.5 metres deep. had a price of almost 500 k baht today which seemed a lot to Me for a fiberglass pool, so i did some phoning around and gained a price from a Thai company for the pool only @ 290 K baht for 6x4 and 220 for 6x3,, this still seems high to Me for such a small size, any comments advice ??

Thanks

For Me would be Whitesand beach Koh Chang, whilst the Novotel is nice its in the middle of No where....in My humble opinion, but would save on wasted travel time..

I had first had experience of a death in a hotel a few weeks ago and I will leave out some details as it may well be ongoing, as to say a Western guy died in his hotel room about 44 years old.!! odd thing, had been to this hotel before and everyone( Thais's) could not understand ! why his Girlfriend (maybe) left it till the morning to call the hotel when he died the night before !!!!! in his room, when asked she said " her was sick for some time and didn't want to get help" it was a stomach bug !!

I went back to this hotel on My run home after my holiday to the south and then We found out that He died of a heart attack !! FROM DRUGS!! so she waited till she was no longer high to call the Hotel and relevant people RIP poor man who knows You may have survived ! had you have got early help, then again You may not but the selfish cover her Girl clearly was not tested and walks free..

It all boils down though to death By misadventure...

No way......... the real big money is trapped inside Thailand.

The ruling families here have all their money in THB, not a easy convertible money. Also, lots of Thai property owned here.

The economy is not in the hands of the foreigners here, much as they may think the Thai world revolves around them.

I see no reason to worry as long as the ruling families run the tanks. Lets think deeper.

For Me you ahave abosolutely nailed it and I have said this to Myself very often, sad thing is those of Us that have lived here a while can see the actual wealth in some of these Thai families, I gave up thinking that Thais were all poor years ago, the Chinese Thai porperty Tycoons here in Rayong have so much wealth it beggars belief, then there are those who are now reselling property here in Rayong from the crash of 97 which they bought in auctions from the bank then sat on them..quick lick of paint and 4 million baht OMG..!!

But looking at Pattaya, its overbuild. They keep building and very little people buy.

U look at this new projects they empty..

And then 28sqm studio in jomtien cost 50k $, and real value of it is 15k $

In my opinion the bubble is close to burst...

They spend/took loans to build it but not many are sold. And theres many under construction...

You ask about a property crash in Thailand but only mention Jontiem. That might crash but lots of Thailand has reasonably priced property. Most property in Thailand is under 1 million baht.

Yes, 28 ssm for $50K in Jontiem seems high but people thought the same in London and prices have tripled since they thought it was too high. People are always expecting a crash. It's impossible to time. Instead of crashing, prices could just stagnate. e.g. stay at $50K for the next 20 years until they are reasonable value. They don't have to crash to get back to reasonable value. They can just stay and wait for inflation to catch up.

I think you'll be waiting for a very long time. If in your example the condos are really worth only $15K and the developer sold a few for 50K, then he's probably covered his costs and any unsold units are free to him. So he can hang on forever waiting to sell. He isn't forced to sell, and with so many cash buyers, there are a very limited number of distressed sellers. It's a very different market to the West where most properties are bought with a mortgage.

Sorry I wouldnt normally write anything, but where do you get the idea that most property in Thailand is under 1 million baht..take Rayong for example, not many Westerners here and property selling like hot cakes, the condo boom here has been amazing for 32sq m 1.2- 1.4 million up....Thais are buying here with no fear of the economy doing anything, I was recently in Khon Kaen and Korat on Holiday and I saw nothing for a million baht there either, the start prices for 3 bed house now seems to be around 3.5 million baht everywhere, whats holding up thses prices god only knows, but Rayong has gone up.just my tuppence worth

Have to say sorry I am in favour, tired of being made to feel I have to rent chairs or buy their awful food if I want shade, goes for Mae Rampueng too...sooner they do it the the better..cleaning and rubbish issues all need firmly addressing to make it a natural hot spot again

Scb last time I asked wanted 100 k baht on deposit for every 100 k I wanted...

I wonder if they charge the farang double or triple price to see the jellyfish .....

As always as we take up more space of course Thai's 40 baht...Rest of us 200 baht...

Most newspapers are written at a 6th grade level. For the average Thai person a 7 year old native speaking and comprehension level would be great.

further evidence you don't have a clue what you are talking about

High school students today are reading books intended for children with reading levels far below those appropriate for teens, according to a recent report.

A compilation of the top 40 books teens in grades 9-12 are reading in school shows that the average reading level of that list is 5.3 -- barely above the fifth grade.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/22/top-reading_n_1373680.html

The average high school student reads books on a fifth-grade level, according to a comprehensive survey whose findings point to why American teenagers lag so badly in literacy and knowledge.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/nation-illiterates-high-school-students-reading-5th-grade-level-new-study-finds-article-1.1053539

What does Meyer find after crunching 2,125 stories from newspapers as diverse as the Grand Forks (North Dakota) Herald, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Houston Chronicle? Only 25 percent of those stories could be understood by someone who reads at an eighth-grade level or lower. The other 75 percent needed an audience of people who at least struggled through high school English, including a few who opened the Borzoi Reader in college.

Meyer creates a ranking for the 40 newspapers he surveyed based on the difference between their Flesch-Kincaid readability score and the education level of the people who live in their home counties. Those newspapers with the biggest difference - that is, those that write most below the reading level of the community - rank highest.

No. 1 on the list is the Grand Forks Herald with a reading level of 5.04 - a fifth-grade - five levels below its community; No. 4 is the Houston Chronicle with a tenth-grade level, just about on par with its community.

What I want to write is this: In other words, the dumber the writing, the higher the readership.

http://www.timporter.com/firstdraft/archives/000418.html

Reader's Digest magazine has a readability index of about 65. 13 year olds is 60.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch%E2%80%93Kincaid_readability_tests

End of quote.

You've gone off and googled - well done but understanding English takes a little more than that - several years more in fact - You really are having problems here.....most people on this thread will have a reading age of between 7 and 13 and yet they still think they can comment on EL education.

This as a reference is indeed fantastic and really highlights to me that the very very knowledgeable Americans on this particular thread must have worked twice as hard to master the English language to then be able to write in such an informed manner.

What a shame you didn't stay in America to help improve the sadly lacking standard there.

Wilcopops

If I had said that I have seen no improvement over 8 years, I am sure you would have another witty comment !

Incidentally after 8 years I now speak Thai to a very high conversational level and I am approaching my 50's..Go figure

I see Thai Children and a daily basis,at My Daughters school and at My wife's business and whilst I can communicate with them in Thai, none of them ever speak to me in English... So I must be wrong then to base my assumptions on what I see.

In an ideal world, Thailand would spend its money wisely on education and hire native English speakers from Country's which first language is English, sadly due to funding they hire Filipinos who seem capable,but its now clear that they are really a degree educated, lower paid option than the Tefler who resides here, or comes here to work in a gap year.

I am of course biased being British and of course I think it should be British teachers, as after all its where the language originates from.!

I am sure other will disagree for a number of reasons, but I am entitled to my opinion.

Perhaps, perhaps not. Is a layman permitted to treat sick patients?

So lets check your qualifications?

Degree? Advanced degrees? Languages spoken? Years teaching a language?

Years in the Education business? Number of Filipinos you have worked/taught with?

Other nationalities you have taught with? Advanced or basic language teaching skills courses you have taken?

Do you really have a qualified opinion?

Whats it got to do with My degree status ? Stick to the points, I notice that have yet to reply to being British or American! Does one protest too much ??

I can only base my experience on what I see daily and I see little improvement in the ability of Thai children taught by anyone to be fair to speak English on a daily basis.

You are posting to two different people. I'm an American with ancestors on both the winning and losing side in the American Revolutionary war. I have taught on a college level in both Thailand and America. I have not noticed any difference in English language speaking ability between Americans or Brits. However, Brits seem to be able to understand Americans whereas Americans have a hard time understanding Brits. I think that is why BBC subtitles so many presenters when broadcasting in the USA.

I have worked in hundreds of American and Thai classrooms. The teacher is key not where the teacher was born. I think most educated folks would agree with me on that point.

It is difficult for Thais to say some sounds and it is difficult for Brits to say some sounds. I find Thais have a hard time with the, "th" sound and Brits have a hard time with the "Sorry I was wrong" sound.

You are entitled to your opinion Professor, I have nothing further to add, because as a Brit I am always wrong when there is an American in the room.

in the words of the good ole USA "Have a Nice Day "

Goodbye

In an ideal world, Thailand would spend its money wisely on education and hire native English speakers from Country's which first language is English, sadly due to funding they hire Filipinos who seem capable,but its now clear that they are really a degree educated, lower paid option than the Tefler who resides here, or comes here to work in a gap year.

I am of course biased being British and of course I think it should be British teachers, as after all its where the language originates from.!

I am sure other will disagree for a number of reasons, but I am entitled to my opinion.

Perhaps, perhaps not. Is a layman permitted to treat sick patients?

So lets check your qualifications?

Degree? Advanced degrees? Languages spoken? Years teaching a language?

Years in the Education business? Number of Filipinos you have worked/taught with?

Other nationalities you have taught with? Advanced or basic language teaching skills courses you have taken?

Do you really have a qualified opinion?

Whats it got to do with My degree status ? Stick to the points, I notice that have yet to reply to being British or American! Does one protest too much ??

I can only base my experience on what I see daily and I see little improvement in the ability of Thai children taught by anyone to be fair to speak English on a daily basis.

Whilst his Spoken English may be good, its not clear, I am British....the sounds are not the same and his native !! language is not English....so the video is a mute point..sorry...

By all means open it up for judgement !!

You have errors of spelling, punctuation and capitalization. You have used a comma splice. You have introduced totally egregious exclamation marks and you've managed to work in an irrelevance. I'm also not convinced that you understand what 'moot' (not 'mute') means. And you're just flat out wrong to say he's 'not clear'.

I spend hours ever week re -training all the words that my Daughter hears incorrectly so she understands what real English sounds like.

As long as you don't touch any written work which she has done, you probably won't screw things up too badly for her.

Wow you are amazing, thanks for that. I see that you ability to read is good too.

You must also have some ancestors in the UK

In an ideal world, Thailand would spend its money wisely on education and hire native English speakers from Country's which first language is English, sadly due to funding they hire Filipinos who seem capable,but its now clear that they are really a degree educated, lower paid option than the Tefler who resides here, or comes here to work in a gap year.

I am of course biased being British and of course I think it should be British teachers, as after all its where the language originates from.!

I am sure other will disagree for a number of reasons, but I am entitled to my opinion.

Not been a day in my adult life when I have failed to speak English to a higher standard than the guy in the video...

Nick I have heard 4 year old Thai kids speak better English than you every day.

Now I doubt that very much as I don't know you..!!

It has the same likelihood of being true since none of us has ever heard you speak.

I, on the other hand, have posted a video in which a man speaks perfect English.

Well done you...

Not been a day in my adult life when I have failed to speak English to a higher standard than the guy in the video...

Rubbish. Judging from that video, his English is perfect. There's no 'higher standard' which you could speak. You might think that you sound whiter and you might be right, but that's not better.

Whilst his Spoken English may be good, its not clear, I am British....the sounds are not the same and his native !! language is not English....so the video is a mute point..sorry...

By all means open it up for judgement !!

I'm willing to bet, however, that his written English is better than this sorry sample.

Do feel free to educate Me please, as at no point did I profess to be a Teacher, or in any way was I perfect in written English.. Not wanting to FLAME You which is against forum rules, I will let it slide, after I receive Your full essay on My written mistakes !