not5150

Yes, Mo Chit BTS shuttles are called "Impact Link" and cost 30 baht each way. Journey can take up to 1.5 hours.

It's doable on the weekday, but forget it on the weekends. There are too many people waiting and too few shuttles running.

If you take a taxi, do it from CentralPlaza LadPrao/Phoholn Yothin instead of Mochit.

I've been covering the Motor Show almost every day since last Tuesday and the commute is killing me.

I don't know all the details of this case

She wasn't a diplomat at the time of arrest, she was a consulate employee. Therefore no diplomatic immunity at the time of arrest.

India gave her diplomatic status after the arrest hoping to retroactively shield her from prosecution.

Yeah, that's an important detail.

Doesn't change my opinion that this wasn't worth it.

Prosecutors aren't legally obligated to pursue convictions on all cases, you know?

Probably didn't predict the blowback on this. Maybe they SHOULD have?

So you support wage slavery and the treatment of the housekeeper?

Successfully filmed Asoke and CentralWorld last night. as a bonus got the Rachaprasong Happy New Year lights before they shut them down.

Tried Emporium, but will have to redo the shot.

Good call on Asiatique... when I was here in March the ferris wheel was still there, so I guess it's permanent?

Wish I had an octo, then I could pop a 5d Mark III on it. I only have a DJI Phantom quad with a Go Pro Hero 3 Black Ed.

I'm making a video with nighttime aerial video of all the large Bangkok electronic signs/video walls

MBK frontage

Siam Paragon (obvious)

Asok intersection

Rama IV bridge

Wat Arun

Central World

Central Plaza Lad Prao video wall

Am I missing any obvious cool night places?

On the idiot front...

I present to you, russians launching fireworks AT a boat. (filmed last year in Jomtien)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yooiVzHz3NA

EVE Online is my poison of choice....

Tried play WoW while in Thailand, but the lag is pretty brutal when you try to do anything in battlegrounds or instances.

Thanks for all the tips.. managed to find whiteboard and markers at Big C first floor. The markers they have available were Horse, Pilot and a couple thai ones.

Maybe a fellow instructor/teacher will know this... is there a good place to buy dry erase markers and whiteboards in Pattaya? I'm going to try Big C later, but wondering if there's a better place.

I LIKE THE FRONT BUMPERS ON THOSE SSanYONG MODELS

Rated for at least 10 km/hr impact

Was there as press today... long day, but had fun.

Ssangyong Models

Toyota Models

There are a couple nicely equipped camera/video stores in MBK. I purchased a shoulder rig for my video DSLR there, so you might be able to find the V-Lock charger.

I think they are on the 4th/5th floor... it's a cluster of camera places in one spot.

Years of training and preparation at terrorism school went out the window when Saeib encountered his first Bangkok taxi driver.

And now everyone in Starbucks is staring at me because I'm laughing so loud.

Cafe Le Mar +1

Food is good and wifi is fast and free. The password is the phone number on the bottom left of the banner.

Would it run on Solaris for Intel ?

The app I have must run on a SPARC cpu... apparently won't run on an cpu emulator either.

I know this is a long shot, but is there any place in Thailand that has SUN Sparc hardware for sale? I'm looking for a SUN blade to run some legacy SPARC application (yeah, freakin dinosaur code)

I'm in Jomtien/Pattaya... couple questions.

1. By mangled, how exactly is it damaged?

2. Was it on when it was damaged?

3. When you turn it on/plug it in, what sounds do you hear? (clicking, whining, hard knock, etc)

By external, do you mean a small palm sized drive that plugs into USB or a larger unit that requires an extra power supply?

External drives usually are just enclosures that hold a regular desktop or laptop-sized drive inside. It's possible that the enclosure is the only thing damaged. In that case, you can carefully open the thing up and wrench out the drive.

Forgot to add, stop trying to plug the drive in until you find someone to repair/recover the data.

Drop the lawyer completely.. if he's trying to scam you, it's detrimental to keep him for the paperwork portion.

If you can't trust him with your money, how can you trust him to do the papers?

Stayed at Dynasty Grande a few years ago and accidentally left a Canon 70-200 f2.8L/IS lens in the room. For you photography buffs, you know how much this lens is.

I completely forgot about the lens and return to the same hotel a year later. The check-in lady said, "you forgot something sir??" and put the lens in front of me as I signed in.

i think you could have done all this on a single entry visa :

fly to thailand and get 30 days free visa exempt (don't put your visa number on the arrival card).

then pop out the country and re-enter using the 60 day tourist visa then extend 30 days,

in total 30 days plus 60 days plus 30 days.

I could have done it if I was staying 30 days on the first time... but I'm staying 37 days.

Now if he really believes he can add the days and not have to extend second entry you are correct - he will be in for a game change.

I'm not adding days... I just don't want the hassle of getting an extension on the first entry. I know I have to extend the second entry

I went to the Thai Consulate on Larchmont today to apply for a double-entry tourist visa (60-days each). Going for double entry because I plan to stay 37 days on the first entry and 78 days on the 2nd entry. I didn't want to waste time in country extending the first entry and didn't want to do visa runs.

Parking - I found free street parking in the neighborhood behind the consulate. If you are traveling south on Larchmont from Melrose, take a right after you pass the consulate.

Total Time in Consulate - 20 minutes

I'm a US citizen and brought the following documents.

1. Signed application
2. Passport
3. Copy of passport (IMPORTANT!!!!! This isn't stated in the Visa app, but it is in the Consulate FAQ)
4. 2 passport pics from Costco - first and last name, date penned on the back
5. $80 money order from the post office - $40 for each entry

I also brought the following documents, but was told they were not needed

• Bank statement
• Inbound/outbound plane ticket printout
• Printed out TM7 extension form (in-country 7/30-day extension for tourist visa)

Checked in with the security officer on the first floor... Nice guy, been there for years... probably a Russian agent. Went up to the 2nd floor and walked up to the "Start Here" desk. Gave the lady my application, passport and pictures.

I was a bit confused about what to put for the "Proposed Length of Stay" line because my 78-day stay would be longer than the standard 60-day tourist visa entry. The lady told me I could extend my stay an extra 30 days on the entries. She also said it was, "No problem" to put 37 days and 78 days on the proposed length of stay line. She paperclipped all the documents and sent me up to the VISA window.

Gentleman behind the window was pretty cool and gave me a receipt after a flurry of stamping all over my application. Told me to come back Monday for the visa.... so basically next business day service since tomorrow is Veteran's Day.

Fire away with any questions....

Couple more clips

Smoking hot AAS Group models

Mega clip of the now famous Chevy Cruze models (9 minutes worth )