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As any airlines, Thai pays their FA less than before I guess.

Steward have better payrolls than Air Hostess just because they end up with a better schedule (more long haul flights).

Now it is computerized so you randomly get your schedule according to your status. air hostess = AHY (newbies) AHE (not newbies) AHF (allow to do First class), Same for stewards but replace the H by an S.

Based salary is between 15 and 20k I guess. Add to this is their perdium which vary with the change as they are paid in local currency or USD if it is a destination like JP or KR...

If they get a "hia" schedule (lots of dom or quick turn flights) they could get 30K in perdium. But with a very good schedule + some swapped flight, they could get up to 80K in perdium. Average will be 50K perdium.

both are french nationals... they do stunt for foreign movies shot in LOS

Picture taken in the emporium suite car park, 1st place on the right, I might have been lucky cause never see it again since then!

You could have bought it for the affordable price of 165m Baht... lol

But, it won't be the most expensive car in LOS as next year, the Aston Martin One-77 will be available for 225m Baht according to the Bangkok Post...

what about that?

Big plans for Cha-am

By: KARNJANA KARNJANATAWEPublished: 5/03/2009 at 12:00 AM

The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) and TCC Property Development of Thai Beverage tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi have agreed to launch a mega tourism project in Phetchaburi.

The 10-year project covering development of 13,335 rai (around 21 square kilometres) of land in Cha-Am district of Phetchaburi will require an investment of around 60 billion baht.

The first phase of the project calls for building of resorts, spas, hotels, a botanical garden and healthcare facilities on 1,366 rai, or around 10 per cent of the land earmarked for development, with an initial investment of 2.4 billion baht, and IEAT and TCC are expected to sign an agreement to that effect within this month.

The next phase will see the building of film studios along the lines of Hollywood, followed by convention and exhibition facilities.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/travel/travelne...lans-for-cha-am

''The French are league leaders in two categories and mid table in a third and nobody bashes them ...''

You did bashed them in rugby last night ! ... and deservely so ...

yes it is alphabetically listed. Anyway, you should take a close look at what kind of french they are... If it's the same people who create troubles in France, then you should rather look in the direction of Africa...

Noticed this on Bk magazine http://bkmagazine.com/feature/international-relations

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Cheers

Just a quick clip of the vineyard I went to with some of the others

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Wow, funny to see how they do it

Merci beaucoup for posting

Cheers

Hello everybody,

What do you think about it?

Live ammo isn't used during shows, only during specific live ammo exercises.

Soldier arrested after 16 shot at military show

A military shooting demonstration in south-east France ended in disaster last night after a soldier fired real bullets instead of blanks, injuring at least 16 people in the crowd, many of them members of soldiers' families

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/30/france

It happens everywhere...sadly

The fatal training for D-Day,

Survivors recall 750 killed in D-day exercise

Disaster off Devon beach kept secret for 50 years

On April 28th 1944 a large-scale training exercise for D-Day went terribly wrong, resulting in the death of over 750 allied servicemen. this article explains about Exercise Tiger in more detail.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/apr/24/s...dworldwar.world

Quickly translated with google translate

http://www.20minutes.fr/article/284598/Fra...pect-ecroue.php

THE MAIN SUSPECT JAILED

Paris - The man, a 36 years old Portuguese cook, met young women through ads ...

The main suspect in the investigation into the murder Tuesday in Paris of two Thai prostitutes was indicted Monday evening for "theft and aggravated murder" and placed in detention. Earlier, the Portuguese resident in Luxembourg, had risen to confess.

The man had been found in possession of the weapon that was used in the crime after his arrest on the street, Saturday at 11:45 at Saint-Germain-des-Pres. It will be brought Monday afternoon to Paris prosecutors.

The runway client privileged

Sunday at a press conference, the prosecution of Paris and the Paris judicial police had reported on this issue "for loads weighing on that person." "The objective, as part of the spoils, in any case of personal effects stolen from the victims were found in the hotel room of the suspect and the weapon alleged double homicide (a knife) was also found in its possession, "stated the representative of the Procuracy.

She added that "at this stage in its custody, the suspect had" spent a number of confessions, in any case detailed statements should be clarified, "justifying the extension of custody sight for 24 hours. "The track seems to stand out is the customer. The man was one of the last customers of these two young Thai women engaged in prostitution in this apartment where they lived, the judge added, stressing that "the circumstances and conditions of the transition to 'act "remained unclear.

A meeting by ad

According to the deputy director of the judicial police in Paris, Philippe Bugeaud, the Portuguese cook had met these young women "through ads found in the street with a phone number." "The contact is made by telephone and was quickly on a commercial basis," the officer stated.

"Everyone has recognized that he had visited the site, he had an appointment and after gallant, things have gone wrong. But there is still obscure points, "added Philippe Bugeaud, citing in particular the question of premeditation, the exact conditions of the transition to the act or the use of narcotics by the alleged murderer.

Residing in Luxembourg, the man came to celebrate in Paris where he was staying at the hotel. "He lived in France before and had a stable relationship for three years with a young woman and, since January 2008, was out sentimental," said the head of the criminal prosecution Naïma Rudloff, and that this failure was not probably contributed to its "nomadisation and desocialization".

Quickly translated with google translate

http://www.europe1.fr/Info/Actualite-Franc...ue/(gid)/190627

Double murder in Paris: the suspect confesses

After the murder of two Asian women, on December, 23rd in the heart of Paris, a man was taken into custody Sunday, before moving to his confession, Monday. The knife was found in his hotel room.

The alleged murder Tuesday in Paris of two Thai prostitutes, a 36-year old Portuguese resident in Luxembourg, rose to his confession, said Monday morning the police headquarters in Paris.

Sunday, events had accelerated with the announcement of the arrest of a suspect and his placement in custody. "At this stage of the investigation, a number of important charges against that person," said the head of the criminal prosecution, Naima Rudloff. "The objective, as part of the spoils, in any case of personal effects stolen from the victims were found in the hotel room of the suspect and the weapon alleged double homicide was also found in his possession", a detailed the magistrate. "Finally, at this stage in its custody, he spent a number of confessions, in any case detailed statements should be clarified," she added justifying the extension of custody for 24:00. "The track seems to stand out is the customer. The man was one of the last customers of these two young Thai women engaged in prostitution in this apartment," continued Mrs. Rudloff stating that " circumstances and conditions through "remained unclear.

The portrait emerging of alleged murderer: "This is a young cook, totally unknown to the police who lives and works in Luxembourg and was fitted for the holidays in Paris where he was staying in a hotel," said reported the representative of the prosecution. "He lived in France before and had a stable relationship for three years with a young woman and, since January 2008, was out sentimental," said the judge added, explaining that this break had probably contributed to his "nomadisation and desocialisation ".

The facts back to Tuesday 23 December. By early evening, two young Asian women Thai passport, each aged 28, were found dead at their home in the eleventh arrondissement of Paris, after being brutally stabbed. The suspect, aged 36, was arrested Saturday on a street in Saint-Germain-des-Pres, around noon. Placed in custody in the premises of the Criminal Brigade of the Judicial Police Saturday, he saw the measure renewed for 24 hours Sunday.

The evening of drama, a coastal returning to his apartment in a building of 15 Crussol street, a small artery of the eleventh district behind the Cirque d'hiver, had noticed significant traces of blood macula the floor and walls. He had also discovered a body lying and gave the alert. In the apartment, investigators had discovered the body of a second young woman, also Asian, which had a gaping wound in the neck and major injuries on the rest of the body. Doctors had found the two deaths at 20H10.

Quick translation done via google translate www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hK6QubCblyeZAIE-gYaOpoX6zSZA

PARIS (AFP) - A suspect was arrested Saturday in connection with the investigation into the murder of two young Asian women Tuesday evening in the eleventh district and its custody should be extended to 24:00 Sunday, as parquet de Paris.

The victims, two young Asian women with a Thai passport, each aged 28, were found dead Tuesday evening at their home in the eleventh arrondissement of Paris, after being brutally stabbed.

The suspect, aged 36, was arrested Saturday in a street of Saint-Germain-des-Pres, around noon.

According to the police, the man of French nationality, born in Portugal and who is a cook in Luxembourg, was in Paris for the holiday season. Score two prostitutes, has been identified through investigations of forensic science.

Located by investigators, he then followed before being arrested Saturday and taken into custody in the premises of the Criminal Brigade of the Paris Judicial Police.

Investigations investigators, fed by both witness statements and forensic science, had helped focus a number of men on the day of close to the facts instead of double murder, according to a judicial source. The suspect arrested was specifically targeted, it said the same source.

He is unknown from the police and does not appear to affect psychiatric disorders, according to a source close to the case, it would "Pete a lead and killed the two young women.

Tuesday, shortly before 20:00, a neighboor returning to his apartment in a building of 15 Crussol street, a small artery of the eleventh district behind the Cirque d'hiver, had noticed significant traces of blood macula the floor and walls .

At the end of the corridor, the horror: a young woman, Asian, lying on the ground before the door of his apartment: bloodied, she wore a superficial wound to the neck and a very deep one arm.

The witness gave the alarm immediately and within minutes, police, firefighters and Samu teams were on hand.

In the apartment investigators had discovered the body of a second young woman, also Asian, which had a gaping wound in the neck and major injuries on the rest of the body. Doctors had found the two deaths at 20h10.

Driving on a weekly basis on this Phetkasem Road from Ratchaburi to KTM, I can only sadly confirm buses are flying there, and dangerously.

Translation quickly performed with "Google translate" ^^ sorry for any mistake http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/artic...7SA2vQ7qYqBN6yg

In the aftermath of the murder of two young Asian women stabbed Tuesday night in a building of the eleventh arrondissement of Paris, investigators Wednesday n'excluaient no track to trace the perpetrators of this double homicide which moves the Asian community.

It is shortly before 20H00 a neighboor regaining his apartment in a building of 15 Crussol street, a small artery of the eleventh district behind the Cirque d'hiver, notes significant traces of blood macula soil and walls.

At the end of the corridor was faced with the horror: a young woman, Asian, lying bloodied on the ground: it bears a superficial wound to the neck and a very deep one arm. The victim is at the door of his apartment.

The witness gives immediate warning and within minutes, police, firefighters and Samu teams are on site while the area is cordoned off by the police and the Chief of Staff for the prefect of police, Christian Lambert, arrives on the scene.

In the apartment investigators discover the body of a second young woman, also Asian, which has a gaping wound in the neck and major injuries on the rest of the body. Doctors see the two deaths at 20H10.

In the housing summarily furnished police found two passports in the names of two Thai women, both born in 1980, but no trace of the weapon that was used in the killings.

Until late into the night, the police forensic science collected clues while investigators of the Criminal collect testimonies of the first neighbors.

According to some residents the two young women engaged in prostitution: they were held light when they were killed, "a track as another," says a source close to the case.

In this case, they have been victims of a settling of accounts from the middle of the Asian prostitution or customer? Autopsies performed Wednesday at the Forensic Institute in Paris may help to enlighten the investigators.

Wednesday morning, Anh Dao Traxel, adopted daughter of Jacques and Bernadette Chirac, expressed "very shocked" after the murder of two young women stabbed "like dogs" in Paris, alerting officials of the State in the hypthèse a mobile race.

She wondered about that possibility while multiply, she says, attacks against Asians in the capital and claimed that "any shed light on the conditions and motives of this horrible barbarity".

According to his testimony, there would be an increase in "attacks against women from Chinese and Vietnamese neighborhoods in the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th arrondissements of Paris, the last six months: theft, insults in the street, attacks in the stores. "

Anh Dao Traxel "calls upon the Minister of Interior and the President of the Republic", asking to speak with equal force, "if the investigation reveals a crime to racial" They do "for the Jewish community in France and all other communities as is legitimate for heinous acts, and strongly condemn the perpetrators of crimes".

Chirac's daughter slams French racism

Paris - Former French president Jacques Chirac's Vietnamese adopted daughter hit out on Wednesday at violence against France's Asian community, after two of her countrywomen were stabbed to death in Paris.

Anh Dao Traxel, who was taken in by Jacques and Bernadette Chirac when she arrived in France amid the exodus of Vietnamese "boat people" in 1979, demanded a thorough inquiry into what she dubbed "a horrible and barbaric" crime.

"I am very shocked," she said.

"These young women were killed like dogs."

The victims, two women of Asian appearance aged between 20 and 30, were found dead on Tuesday in central Paris' 11th district, in an area with a large immigrant community also known for its fashionable bars and nightclubs.

Traxel raised the possibility that the crime may have had a racist motive and said that if this was the case her father's successor President Nicolas Sarkozy ought to condemn it as he would an attack on any other minority group.

"The French political class and the media should not be silent. They should react with the same energy as when the victims are Jewish, North African Arabs or Africans," the 51-year-old civil servant said.

French police and prosecutors have opened an inquiry. - Sapa- AFP

It's strange as they found two Thai passport in the appartment... so they can't be vietnamese...

I think she is a bit paranoid to focus on a racism act. I don't think we can kill two human being just because they are asian. At least not in France. I rather think they were murder because they were too much talkative with the Police regarding the crackdown on asian prostitution in Paris.

I think the daughter of the former President won't have made such noise if girls were from Eastern Europe... Their are a lot more girls (and problems) with those people...

And talking for Paris and its suburb... racism against africans bla bla... but no words for racism and violence comitted agaisnt "white french" from the same poor "victims"

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Hello,

Did you change the exhaust by yourself? if yes, would you mind telling me how much?

how does it sound?

A friend of mine just bought an XJR 1300 SP year 2003 with 10,000km last week. It's already under complete customizing... but still look for the exhaust..

Thank you

May I ask, what is the definition of a "Riff Raff Ferang"? It is a working class person or what? You people obviously think very highly of your own value in the world, just like

our hosts!

You will NEVER get a proper answer from them. All they do is pop their heads up, chant the same thing and then crawl back into their holes.

They remind me of THIS character:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgKYRaYk5PY

Penkoprod

thank you for that ()(")

Rich Man 2 was so funny too ^^

I don't think it's a great loss for Thailand - big spenders generally don't do visa runs but get proper long term multiple-reentry tourist or non-o visas in their home countries.

I understand what you mean, of course, you feel more peaceful when you know your visa is ok for 1 year.

However, I strongly think that getting 1% of something is better than 100% of nothing. So small spenders should be considered too.

But once again, I still agree with you everyone should get the proper visa prior to stay here.

NB: I often saw friends using these 3 months rule as a period to get their business starting or looking for a job before getting the visa and the work permit...

Update videos from the Thailand Motor Expo here:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Ford-Ranger-...09-t225852.html

Ranger Max at the Thailand Motor Expo

Anyone had the chance to see the new Ford Ranger Max truck yet? Comments and opinions?

yes ^^ and it's so nice http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Ford-Ranger-Max-t225815.html

<h1 class="headline">Bangkok feeling the pain of isolation</h1><h1 class="headline">

BANGKOK: The Four Seasons hotel has taken French oysters and artichokes off the menu. Frustrated orchid growers cannot export their flowers, so they are selling them on the local market for one-third the price. And FedEx is no longer the world on time, not when the package is stuck in crisis-struck Thailand...</h1>Press article

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/01/asia/baht.php