B Fuddled

Can someone please tell me where I can exchange 200k TB for US dollars.

Thank you

How many US dollars would you like? Tell you what . . if you can't be bothered going to the bank to do it, I'll give you $1000 for them.

Happy to help a fellow TV member.

So good of you to help out Bendix.

OP, where you live ?

Thank you. I am in central Bangkok. The exchange kiosks will not sell US money.

Naka.

Can someone please tell me where I can exchange 200k TB for US dollars.

Thank you

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Blues cd-Jimi Hendrix

Street Legal-Bob Dylan

My luk kreung son is now 2 years and 6 months old and is looking to get into the modelling profession for magazines, etc. He's done a little print work already and is eager to do more. Anyone with any connections for magazines or other media looking for handsome young little ones?

Would someone please point out to me where the man asks for opinions on child modeling. It seems to me he asked a simple question and a bunch of fargin self righteous ice souls are raking the guy over the coals.

Patisan politics = mindlessness.

Vote buying?

In the west politicians go for the special interest groups, who then quite openly vote en bloc.

The gay community votes for the gay friendly candidate. The religious community votes for the former minister or the candidate that brings God into every campaign speach. Do you think the military are going to vote for the pacifist, or the candidate on a platform that includes cuts in defence spending?

The TRT did a good job of placating the poor with bread and circuses. Real change will come when these people storm the Bastille. How many among us are willing to sacrifice our comfortable lives here in favour of promoting a real life for the majority of the Thais?

Give the man a fish and he'll eat today; give him the Net and he'll forget about food while he sits and posts mindless rhetoric.

Let me get this straight in my head. Thaksin and his henchmen ran the country like their own business and ladeled off the cream. They became hated by the country for selling a telecommunications company to the Singaporians which lead to paranoid panic amongst the populace.

Let me help you.

Thaksin and his henchmen ran the Country like their own business and ladeled off the cream?

According to who? The Junta? Why would you believe that propganda? The guy was a billionaire long before his political life.

Selling a Communications business to Singapore?

Yes, It was his company, started long before he got into politics. Didn't belong to Thailand. The Junta propoganda made it sound like he sold an asset belonging to the Country. Wrong.

The coup waasn't about Thaksins corruption. It was about his enemies wanting to rip off the country.

Look at the mess they made since the coup.

Please, correct me if I'm wrong. My wife has just informed me that Mr. Thaksin didn't just sell his communications company to Singapore. According to her, every country has a right to claim the air space above it in order to place and use communication satellites. Mr. Thaksin was granted a concession to Thailand's claim and this he then sold to Singapore. Beyond being a breach of ethics, the military belive it to be a security risk. Is this a fact?

He's the autistic son of the owner of the Landmark Hotel. Just hope 'autistic' will not be the new excuse du jour for the 'rebels without a cause'.

This was posted in a closed thread about this, does anyone here know if this is true? If so, then voting with wallets by not using the Landmark and the associated outlets springs to mind.

Regards

I very much doubt that he is "Autistic", but if he is, then it would make things a little clearer to know exactly where he sits on the Autistic Spectrum. I just find it highly unlikely that someone with "Autism" would be driving a car around with a licence and insurance without appropraite risk assesment. My own feeling is, that a diagnosis has probably been bought after the incident.

Thais misuse the word autism. To them it means any mental disorder from slow learner or retarded to Down's syndrome.

I use the same picture as my avatar. I find that having a picture of His Majesty reduces the cost of any computer repairs greatly. When the repair man opens it up there ia always an audible reaction. I am semi-computer-literate so I am in Pantip at least twice a year.

Thailand Public Holidays 2007

January 01: New Year's Day

January 02: in lieu

February 18-19: Chinese New Year

March 03: Makha Bucha day

March 05: in lieu

April 06: Chakri Day

April 13-17: Songkran - Thai New Year

May 01: Labour Day

May 05: Coronation Day

May 07: in lieu

May 31: Visakha Bucha Day

July 29: Asanha Bucha Day

July 30: Buddhist Lent Day

July 31: in lieu

August 12: Queen's Birthday

August 13: in lieu

October 23: Chulalongkorn Day

October 26: End of Buddhist Lent

November 24: Loy Kratong

December 05: King's Birthday

December 10: Constitution Day

December 25: Christmas Day

December 31: New Year's Eve

Thailand must have the record for public holidays.

They seem to have a different definition of 'public holiday' from America.

I may be wrong, but I've never known any schools to be closed nor businesses to be shut down on Chinese New Year nor Loy Kratong Day. I teach at a government school and we have classes on both December 25 and January 1.

Edited to change the preposition after different to appease the grammar police

Hi, I hope this will be of some help. I can't remember the exact fee, but I think I paid 200 baht per document.

Good luck.

Have all documents certified at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. While only the English declaration needs to be notarized by the Embassy, both the English declaration and Thai translation must be certified at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs to acknowledge that the signatures appearing on the documents are recognized. This will take a maximum of two working days.

Documents for legalization can also be mailed to the following address with the application form and money order in Thai Baht payable to Laksi Post Office.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Legalization Division , 3^rd floor, Department of Consular Affairs

123 Chaeng Watthana Road, Bangkok 10210

Tel: 0 2575-1056 - 9, Fax: 0 2575-1054

Hours: 08:30 to 11:30, and 13:00 to 15:30.

I find the word 'about' to be one of the most misused words in the students' vocabulary.

From advanced students: Thailand has man famous about tennis name Paradon. I am studying masters about aerospace engineering. My father has a job about selling.

The fluency camp will argue that it's OK, while the accuracy camp will argue no way.

I agree, and would like to add spelling, if I may; past continuous.

I like to tell the students that the past continuous gives a background for the event you want to talk about. It's easier to explain with a time line; you draw a wavy line, past continuos, and and X for the event, past simple.

So sorry,

Michael Swan's Oxford Pocket Basic English Usage is the one.

I agree with Wilco. The majority of Thais know more about theory than the average native speaker.

Learning Teaching by Jim Scrivener and Michael Swan's Practical English Usage are invaluable resources. I prefer the pocket edition of the latter.

"...and fruit flies like a banana."

Best of luck, Dave.

Have you tried breakingnewsenglish? They have a ready made 2 hour lesson on the topic that includes a listening exercise you can use.

An invaluable site when you're pressed for time.

Live and let live.

I don't know much about immigration laws, but to be denied entry and to have a warrant out for your arrest seem to differ greatly in gravity. If it is the latter, then calling immigration could be setting yourself up for a sting.

If you could give a hint as to the nature of your transgression, perhaps someone could speculate on the risk involved.

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Excellent post. After all, it wouldn't be a third world country if you didn't blame the victim every time.

I would concede that it takes Two to Tango, Bfuddled. Just don't be the other, unwitting, careless partner. Or, you'll end up like your nick.

I agree 100%. Nobody DESERVES to be robbed, but third world and developing countries will never share our degree of civilization as long as they believe that the victim is fair prey. So, we should always be careful and never let our guards down.

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Excellent post. After all, it wouldn't be a third world country if you didn't blame the victim every time.

Tony... Bendix.... Naam.... what is wrong with you guys? A pickpocketing attempt is reported and you guys jump all over it... why? Im starting to think you guys get paid money to act so strange!

somehow we have to make a living Damian

They're priceless, Damian.

Please, leave them be.

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I find this quite disturbing. I'm not implying that I find anything wrong with what Christians believe, but there is no comparison to what I believe that Buddha taught. The underpinning of my Buddhist believes lie in fundamental altruism and basic quantum physics.

Do you think many Thais believe in the message in this text? What percentage do you think?

Conspiracy theory: It's a political ploy instigated by the politician whose wife has the contract to provide police with the X-ray goggles that will be necessary to see through the tinted windshields/’screens in order to detect whether the driver is holding a telephone.

There's never been a capable leadership that can plan the economy and an education system that produces workers relevant to the economy.

There was a capable leadership, but that leadership was unceremoniously asked to exit his job and his country.

Please correct me if I am wrong, but didn't that same capable leader undertake the education portfolio in his first months in office, until he was unceremoniously asked to exit within a few short months by the old guard in the MoE?