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That's very helpful to know. They definitely confused themselves.

I know about the immense problems of changing the Google Play region. It is also impossible to fool Google Play by using VPN etc. Checking Google play on my phone and it is clear that the Shopee App is the Thai Shopee App. The App is restricted by region so there is no solution via Google Play. Instead you need to use an alternative to Google Play such as Aptoide, which will not prevent you from downloading the Thai version of the App. Obviously there are security issues when downloading Apps from non- Google Play sites. Only you can make the risk/benefit calculation.

Every year since Immigration started demanding proof of the TM30 for extensions, I've simply presented the e-mail of the landlords TM30 application. But this time, the landlord handed me this: Is this a new thing? Is this adequate for Immigration as the required extension document? The landlord told me it is only valid for 7 days.

The AseanNow punditocracy will choose to deal with this article with dignity, concentrating on the existential phenomenology of the advent of dolls into our lives.

Putting the issues of the IDP aside, you must have the 5-year Thai licence (purple), not the provisional/ temporary (green) 2-year licence. Thailand will not issue the IDP for a 2-year licence.

I can offer its audio stream: http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/sbr_low/ak/bbc_world_service.m3u8 Play it in any radio player. I use it in 'Podcast Addict'.

** Important Day ** This is the first day where the people using the new electronic TDAC system will need to do a 90 days report. We are all very interested to know if they have to make the first report in person at the immigration office after returning from abroad. It is a reasonable inference to imagine that the new electronic system is connected to the immigration office so they will not require us to turn up in person. But I am not holding my breath. Please anyone who has used the TDAC, let us know what happens.

This is the real crime. You can easily get entirely adequate anti-virus software for free. Right now, I'm using Avast on my phone.

My tailor (located near Saphan Taksin) actually makes the suits. I've walked in on him making them. He also actively looks for fabrics; he went off to India town for a particularly challenging request from me. Most of the tailors on Sukhumvit are simply front shops for some giant factory of workers to stitch together a suit. Has anyone who is making recommendations on this thread actually seen their favoured tailors make the suits?

The 2nd July or 3rd July will be a very important test of this. The very first guinea pigs to go through Immigration's new electronic checks etc will have to do their first 90 days since arriving under this new system. It will be fascinating to see if they can avoid doing it in person. I suspect not but you never know.

Two-tier pricing. Fantastic....

Of course. But there are people who got bitten years ago who never went to the hospital. And I'm simply pointing out that best practice is to encourage them to attend despite the time that has gone by.

You should aim for day zero and within 1 hour of the bite. But even going to hospital after 5 years (!) it is worth it, if you got bitten and never attended.

Yes. And since they are less likely to act on bites or licks etc, it is particularly important for them to receive the pre-exposure jabs (PrEP).

There is some staggeringly bad and flippant advice in this thread. Having had an extremely healthy and fit friend die in his early 30s from rabies, I know what it can do to you. When I attended Mahidol for my first rabies injection, they informed me that between 3% to 5% of dogs in Bangkok have rabies. They are regarded as the experts on rabies in Thailand. If you live in Thailand you should definitely obtain the pre-exposure jabs which are available for free at government hospitals if you have social security with them. If not you will pay around 500 baht per jab. I have been bitten four times in Thailand so I am painfully aware of what has to be done. You must attend a hospital within 1 hour of the bite so a nurse can give you a rabies, tetanus (if necessary) and very carefully clean the wound with extremely strong chemicals. You then return one-two weeks later to get the second jab. If you are foolish enough not to get the pre-exposure jabs, then you need to get the painful and expensive immunoglobulin, and a lengthy course of normal injections. In the countryside you might find it extremely difficult to find any hospital with this supplied, and even more difficult to reach those hospitals by the end of day zero of the bite. Any sign of symptoms equals certain death.