gerrythepoet

I am astounded, bewildered, and leave this to the illogical state that is Thailand.

March 17, alcohol free beer was sold at Tesco Lotus all day. March 18 the Police notified Tesco Lotus it must sell Heineken 0 beer as if it is beer thus not before 11 am and not between 2-5 pm. 

Licensing laws exists for products that have alcohol but that is a hard nut to crack to explain that to the Police!

20 minutes ago, Ks45672 said:

Hk or Singapore usually easy.... 

Is the affirmation of freedom to marry or certificate of no impediment endorsed by the Myanmar Embassy in Singapore as well as the one in Hong Kong? 

Thanks

Thanks Joe.

Hi,

I would appreciate any input on the possibility of marrying a Myanmar girl in Thailand or elsewhere, resulting from the Myanmar Embassy unable to endorse an affirmation of freedom to marry.

Thank you

Hello,

I really would appreciate anyone's insight on the possibility of getting married in Thailand or another Country with my fiancé.

We had planned to get married but have come across a Myanmar Law which prohibits marriage between a Non Myanmar citizen 

and a Myanmar girl. We came across this when finding out what we needed in terms of affirmation to marry and it may be that the

Myanmar Embassy may not endorse her affirmation.

If this is the case anyone can shed light on either Cambodia, Vietnam or Indonesia would be a suitable alternative to register our marriage.

Thank you

I have always been screaming the odds on this one especially in front of many 7/11 stores in Ubon Ratchathani, i would cycle and this crazy dog would cross the road from sleeping at the 7/11 and go for me on the bicycle - people would just say mad dog and that would be that. I would have to go to school down different roads added another 10 minutes to the cycling time.

People would bypass the dog to get in and sometimes it would go into the shops and meander around and none of the stop would do anything about it.

This is a 7/11 issue. 

• Deputy premier praises Surin province as model for road safety

The Irony in Thailand is so black and white.

I am of the opinion blessings can be done for anything from massage parlours to cars to Buddha images- and people have their beliefs so let that be- the real issue is that there are some monks who use the opportunity to go against the said teachings to make it a commercial entity. Until Thailand can get to the bottom of the false Monks such as the notorious Luang Pu Nenkham Chattigo who reportedly had very high connections is brought to justice and not be accepted for asylum in the USA then Thais will never get out of the cycle of being led astray as sheep and be conned at every corner.

So if one wants to catch a flight and it is said to be full that means plastic dolls have taken the seats - am i missing something here- a real human being cannot get onto a flight because of a toy has taken the seat. Thai Smile have lost the plot all it will do will bring in the revenue and boost their Skytrax rankings but completely not be an airline to operate for the benefit of passengers.

Totally ridiculous thankfully only one airline and not Air Asia/ Nok Air/ Thai Lion Air. So in the event of an emergency panic sets in while nutters are trying to take their dolls with them -considered luggage with those that have any common sense - apparently not with Thai Smile- complete and utter nonsense.

The heading says weapons of mass destruction-

i personally doubt they have nuclear weapons however chemical and biological is perfectly reasonable to assume that they have them. Syria, Iraq and Iran have them and have used them.

iSIL has the finance to strike when it likes and where it likes that has been proved time and time again.

Cannot hide from the inescapable truth they are not around for any negotiations in fact they have a feeling that they have the upper hand.

Their foes sit and debate they without any mercy or thought pull out a knife and the deed is done.

They don't listen or talk they act in a frightingl, ugly way. This is not an academic issue with regards to politics and how wars are started with agendas this is a pure criminal gang that use a totally barbaric distortion of Islam to perpetuate their unholy designs on destroying culture, terrrorising, raping and killing all that oppose them.

We need to stand firm and completely destroy them"

They were let loose from hell, time they were sent back or all hell will break loose in our known World".

Went to a local branch of the Bangkok Bank and the counter girl was nice and polite- spoke Thai to me I replied that i wanted to deposit 6500 THB into this account displayed on my phone.

When I said 6500 she then said to write it down on the deposit slip- i duly did. Gave her 7000 she gave me 500 back and waiied me and I looked puzzled.

Do you not want to know my name and she pointed to the receipient's name and i said no my name pointing to myself - she then exclaimed "Oh"

Gave me back the receipts asked me to sign my name and then gave me a copy of the receipt

I then said well can you please put my name into your system as the reference - she started talking Thai called a supervisor who looked at the slip looked at me and i repeated request to her

She then said no cannot do

I said how can anyone know who paid the money in cash suppose this was for rent

She said you can tell by the time

I said but my name is not there

" You can fax it to them"

I said i do not want to use the fax

Kasikorn Bank can put my name but you can't

Sorry my Bank cannot

END OF CONVERSATION

Well surely technology has moved well away from faxes to scanners and phones etc- how come the Bangkok Bank cannot move with the times especially with AEC just a couple of months away.

More to the point i confirmed the Deposit Slip/ Transfer slip is the one to use and looking at it the system typed 6500 which confirms the counter girl could not understand 6500 spoken even though she said please write the amount here.

This is so strange - does this happens with other Banks in Thailand- crazy to look at your statements and not have a reference just Cash.

The same thing happened to me twice. I went to use the translation service on the first floor but they told me they could only do so many a day and we were too late getting there (9.45) so I used one of the touts who hang around offering their translation services. The documents were translated and stamped as a true translation so we submitted them and arranged to pick them up rather than have them posted as we were getting married a week later and wanted to be sure we had the documents. Went to pick them up and was told the translation was wrong so we found the translator and showed him. The problem was they rejected the translation of the spelling of my wifes name so we resubmitted along with her ID card showing the spelling was correct but they made us wait until closing time before they returned the stamped documents.

The second time was to have our marriage certificates translated and affirmed into English. Used the touts again as was too late for the translator on the first floor again and this time elected to have them posted to us as we were in no hurry. Back they came once again rejected on translation grounds the reason being the translator had put "I was divorced" and they said it should read " I had been divorced". So we went back to the mfa , found the translator and he retyped the document and to save us waiting he resubmitted it for us. We received it back the next day, stamped, by ems.

The translator told us this was a regular thing if you dont use the "official" translator on the first floor. So if you want to be sure get to the mfa office early and get in the queue to use the services on the first floor.

Thank you for highlighting the translator on the first floor- I will go there on the 5th October rather than trying to find another translator.

Why did the translator put ' London ' in there when it didn't say London. ??

crazy !! ........ I would send a letter of compliant to the company boss explaining what happen .... ( just to feel better )

then change translators ....

I got the translator from the list supplied by the USA Embassy- UK does not have a list.

Imagine you have carried out all the required procedures from acquiring your Affirmation to Marry to having it translated and handed it to the Department of Consular Affairs then to have it sent to you via EMS.

Now with such glee you open the treasured envelope and your heart just drops, you are stunned- there is an error in the translation

What? I went to an approved translator who has this wonderful stamp saying it is certified as a true translation

Well the end result we did not get married on the 7th September 2015, fiance cannot get leave to marry in September only one day a month during the week. Works 6 days a week with Sundays off.

I have no leave to get to Bangkok except for school holidays- so we are going to get married Easter Saturday,26th March 2016.

So during October I will have to do the whole process again.

The translator says" We can do nothing for you" admittedly they corrected the error and sent me via a 37 Baht stamp (EMS) the correction however it is of no use since we can no longer marry in September.

I contacted them yesterday could they just change the month of marriage from September to March next year- their response

Totally confused- first news report I heard about 30 minutes after the blast was on NHK TV-

There has been a bomb that went off near a popular shrine in Bangkok - 5kgs of TNT

Then a pipe bomb, then a backpack.

Looks like news reporters gather information from bystanders who wear uniform and talk as if they are fully aware of the incidents.

I am not Thai bashing I was questioning why react in such a way to move from one hospital to another when on the face of it a private hospital costs more than a Government hospital. Thank you for the comments.

The man was taken first taken to a private hospital then transferred to a Government hospital- for God's name why? The outbreak in South Korea has been confined to a hospital so to transfer him to a hospital with less resources due to financial constraints and less quality management ????

A police spokesman said he had no idea how the suspect had managed to evade arrest as no advance warning had been given only the mandatory release to the media that they knew he was and were obtaining an arrest warrant.

Why is it mandatory to inform the media who the suspects are and the police are in the process of obtaining an arrest warrant?

No need to bribe anyone the blasted media just shout their mouths off.

Education at its best-

through the untidy road of disbelief shines a gentlemen who faced the odds and turned it even- well done

IMHO looks like the Father wants better care for the kids so the surrogates knowing his wealth fancy their chances of taking care of these babies and getting paid for doing so. How many other babies have they tried to get back. I doubt they were virgins or maybe they were.

I was married to a lovley Thai teacher however she had a boy and a girl in their 20's who both had babies with their respecitve partners. End result she had no time for me for her children left the babies with her and went to the Phuket and Krabi to continue their work. Her Dad got cancer and with school and the temple and me working 4 hours away end result after 3 yrs of separation we decided or she decided that divorce was the only solution.

Her daughter got onto yaba with the father of her kid and ended up 4 years in prison.

Eventually ex-wife handed the babies to the grandparents of the babies not hers- could not cope with teaching.

Stick like glue to your wife and let the kids do their own thing without pulling you down with them.

As I said before work with her parents on a suitable weddding and getting him a job that he will stick at- find out what he likes hopefully with his wife to be that will keep him in line instead of flirting with others.

Carken- good to know her parents are now involved and will assist them that is the best way forward. Before I read your posting I was thinking that his biological father may be able to straighten him out- not getting involved with the past however he might just listen if he is around. If her parents want the marrage and the kids are ok with it then perhaps a joint effort would ease the tension and he will be on his way to a bright future. Good luck sir.

Arrived 22nd September 2006.

The tourist counter at the airport booked me in at Rajah Hotel Soi 4 Nana!

She said that is where all the tourists go for the night.