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    Farangs, Hated Or Not?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Not a nice thing to say Cobra.Because some farangs have limited budget,whatever that means,there is no need for ridicule.I have friends who live here on min 200,000 baht a month and wont pay silly prices for farang food,drinks,but they spend 50,000 baht a month on condos,and have huge houses.

    live and let live i say,there is a place for everyone here.

    Well said. As for me, I like to cook myself. So does my girlfriend. I prefer western food and I spend 20,000 baht and more each month on groceries. But always when I go to the supermarket I hear some Thais bickering "falang poor", "falang mai mee tang", etc., despite the fact that I spend 1,500 baht and they perhaps just 50.. :)

    Farangs, Hated Or Not?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    I can only speak for myself I suppose.

    as a Thai, I do NOT hate farangs

    As a "farang" to a Thai: I've tried for years to find out what the word "kamok" means, which has more and more been used instead of the word "farang". Could be either "cheap falang teacher" or "smelly foreigner" or "sun-tanned falang" or just "fuc_k off..." :D

    I come to Thailand in 1997 for the first time. Years later I came here for good, because I liked the friendly and laid-back people. However, over the past 7 or 8 years things seem to have changed: less smiles and more rude words thanks to Taksin's nationalism (?) and the sluggish economy. So sad. :)

    Name The New Central World!

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

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    <h3 class="r">Phoenix (rising from the ashes)

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    Name The New Central World!

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

    Posted

    <h3 class="r">Phoenix (rising from the ashes)

    </h3><h3 class="r">Red Square</h3><h3 class="r">Flame of Taksin</h3><h3 class="r">Taksin's Revenge</h3><h3 class="r">Thailand's Hub of Pyromaniacs </h3><h3 class="r">Nightmare on Rajdamri Road

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    Name The New Central World!

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

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    <h3 class="r">Phoenix (rising from the ashes)

    </h3><h3 class="r">Red Square</h3><h3 class="r">Flame of Taksin</h3><h3 class="r">Taksin's Revenge</h3><h3 class="r">Thailand's Hub of Pyromaniacs </h3><h3 class="r">Nightmare on Rajdamri Road

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    Comparison Of Pattaya And Sihanoukville.

    in Cambodia General Chat

    Posted · Edited by 7

    Sorry for the, perhaps, strange comparisons and question; if you were a single guy, who likes to party once in a while, but not necessarily daily, if you liked a relaxed life-style but in a place that is not too quiet - not working, looking for some fun a la Pattaya: would you rather settle down in Sihanoukville or in Phnom Penh, and why? :)

    Which one of the two is the better alternative to Pattaya?

    New Bar Laws..

    in General Topics

    Posted · Edited by 7

    Rule One – No alcohol to be served before 5pm on any day.

    Can't understand the reasoning behind this

    This is discourage school children from skipping school in order to go out drinking. This way they will be prevented from doing so until the school day is over and homework is completed.

    Agree. Seems that they want to prevent school kids from having a beer in the bars. :D

    Funnily enough, the rule of not selling alcohol between 2 and 5 pm doesn't seem to apply to mom&pop shops, judging from what I have seen over the years, i.e. the kids buying the booze there and drinking right in front of the shop. --> TiT... :)

    One For The Foreign Teachers...

    in Teaching in Thailand Forum

    Posted

    learning conversation always means transliteration, a process that actively stops you learning (and completely cuts you off from assistance by normal Thai people as they can't read or understand transliterated Thai).

    Besides, how many Thais speak "standard Thai" as you can find in a textbook? I know enough Thais, living in nearby provinces, who hardly understand each others Thai, cause the accents/dialects are very different. I also know a number of Thais who can hardly read Thai after six years of schooling. What's the point of learning "Bangkok Thai" when outside of Bangkok you are not understood, or you're not able to understand Esarn Lao or Southern Thai, etc.?

    Unfair Dismissal (and contract violations)

    in Teaching in Thailand Forum

    Posted

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    Mind you, I took all the grading sheets with me, so they'll have to start from scratch, in the same way as I started in the middle of the term.

    It sounds as if you have decided to punish the students for what the school has done to you.

    Well, even in the past it happened that the Thai teachers significantly 'upped' the foreign teachers' marks to make the school and the students save face.

    Unfair Dismissal (and contract violations)

    in Teaching in Thailand Forum

    Posted

    Whether the dismissal is unfair or not is probably a moot point. Does it contravene Thai Labor Law is the better question. Were you dismissed while on probation?

    No, shortly (4 days) after the probation ended. They let me finish lesson plans and exam papers, before coming out with the bombshell. As how they did it, it was clear that they wanted to save the money for the visa extension. They are paying me until the end of the month, though. Mind you, I took all the grading sheets with me, so they'll have to start from scratch, in the same way as I started in the middle of the term.

    Unfair Dismissal (and contract violations)

    in Teaching in Thailand Forum

    Posted

    You get the feeling that for some reason someone doesn't like you at this school. Doesn't matter what anyone thinks for some reason they don't want you. You're not going to win in the long run and only going to make more waves for yourself. No it's not fair I agree that it would be hard to know everyone names. But that's life. Good luck finding another job.

    I presume, that they want to save money. Recently they replaced the majority of native speakers with Filipino teachers, giving those a much lower salary. Main reason for my dismissal seems to be, that they want to save the fee for the one-year visa extension. As for my position, I'm the fourth or fifth western teacher in only one year(!) - the previous one was fired for smoking! Avoid this school at any cost; they either won't provide you with proper paperwork (as happened to several native speakers before me), or, at best will do so for only three month (as happened to me). Oh yes, the school is a large government secondary school on Soi Udomsuk, in an alley with a 7-ELeven at the corner.

    Weekly Shopping Bill For A Family Of 3

    in Pattaya

    Posted · Edited by 7

    Mileage will vary:

    800ml Milk - 42 Baht.

    1kg Chicken breast meat - 50 Baht.

    630 ml Leo beer - 43 Baht.

    5 large apples - 40 Baht.

    1 litre gasoline - 33 Baht.

    Can of Coke - 15 Baht.

    1 kg Rice - 25 Baht.

    1 kg Wheat Flour - 21 Baht.

    Having lived here in LOS for a while, how much are these things back in Old Blighty now?? Anyone have comparative prices? Never mind the Leo beer.. :)

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