kaorop

qualified water safety and swimming instructor, leaving the country soon here.

(no chance of employment in that sector, but obviously seriously under staffed) 

saddens me to read this every year. 

I seriously doubt they have halved the numbers.

But who would believe any number that's put out here.

It's rubbish that there is not enough money, this place is as wealthy as many western countries.

one of many that have gone missing, tho most would be "sold on" not become ant and lizard food.

unless someones fallen foul with someone "above" the dsi reopening is all dog and pony show in the hope of a better human rights score..

On Sat Jun 23 2018 at 9:11 AM, missoura said:

Many years ago, I was asked by a large Thailand university to help teach school teachers the Western way of learning. I traveled to many provinces for these talks and met tons of elementary and high school teachers. On one trip a driver picked me up in a homemade car and drove from Bangkok to Udon by the back roads. I heard later that he was the president of the university.

 

My lesson was simple. Build a paper airplane using any design that will fly the farthest. The class was divided into small groups and work began.  After the first contest one aspect always stood out. All of these adult students had built the same style of airplane and they all flew about the same distance. When asked why they did not try to build something new, their response was always about the same, ’we only know one way to do it.’

 

They were then sent back to their groups to try and build a paper airplane different from what their original teacher had shown them.  Some of the new designs crashed while others flew a good distance.

 

In reality, I did not care how far their paper airplane flew. I was just trying to get my students to think for themselves. Tough.

a few things here that do not add up.

a uni president would not be seen dead in a " home made car" unless it was some specialized off road thing.

how did you travel so far and not learn that he was the president?

ive done the paper plane class and i got 4 or 5 designs.

and yet they still produce satang coins, one of the most bizzare idiotic happening.

im pretty sure that creates toxic polution...someone in  very high places must own the factory.

On Sat Jun 16 2018 at 9:46 PM, kwilco said:

Firstly Australia has a relatively poor road safety record themselves ..until recently nothing to crow about and horrendous accidents make the national news on a weekly if not daily basis. In fact it is a characteristic of the Aussie media to give horrendous crashes a lot of column.

As for crashes with alcohol involved - and be careful to find out what that means - it is fair to say from stats available that Thailand, along with most countries including Oz have about a 30% rate of alcohol involvement.

Conversely them is means that 2/3s of all deaths are caused whilst the driver/passengers are sober.

Unfortunately in Thailand properly compiled stats to international standards are unavailable and it is virtually  impossible to determine with any great accuracy what the number collisions fatal or otherwise is. However by taking the more detailed figures from the holiday periods which do offer more detailed stats, it is reasonable to suggest that on  a per capita basis, there isn't a big difference between Thailand and most other countries. So one has to conclude it is what happened immediately after the accident and over the next few hours that determines Thailand's appalling death rates.

australia relatitively poor record?

in relation to who?

a daily bad crash makes the news, really?

thailand could run a 24hr bad crash news service and then some..

not a big difference with other countries, well if you are talking about the worst 5, but far far from the best 5.

and btw as incompetent as im sure many are, rescue services and hospitals dont want dead bodies, they cant pay.

about the only part you got right is the last part.

geuss not enough money was flowing to the top' which in any organized crimmy is the golden rule...

got sick of seeing directors doing 'better' than themselves..

14 hours ago, Cadbury said:

Funny that no one wants to seize the assets of those "unusually filthy rich" generals who make up the incumbent junta government. Particularly those generals who deliberately refuse to declare their wealth; like watches and shareholdings. 

See youre not looking at it right..

doubt theres any general without quite large sums, so they cant be charged as unusually when they all are..

it all works out for the good of the people..if you believe them..

2 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

"...suggested that a committee be set up..."

 

Wow! A committee? That is some powerful stuff!

 

 

Why is taking proper action such a difficult thing to do in Thailand? Even after all these years I am still bewildered by Thailand's adamant determination to do nothing when faced with difficulties...

i would say petty jealousies and competing interests styme many many projects here. 

although they bang on about 'the greater good' and 'for xxxx and country' you see very little in practice and it every family/clan for themselves..

On Tue Jun 12 2018 at 2:56 PM, kannot said:

well, its doesnt really work like that, its 12  months  from planting to getting at a  minimum, last year they didnt  have enough to go round, price 12 baht  a  kilo, price now 1.4  baht a kilo, costs almost 1  baht to buy the plant to start with, Ive just brought up 100 pineapples to Bangkok to give away for free to the folks in our condo building here, Id  rather give em away than let them rot on the ground. I dont grow  them for profit, I grow them to make the land look tidy and not a jungle.

 

palleese!! jungle is much nicer looking than kms and kms of pineapples, creating toxic land..

 i would say you cultivation that land so you can 'own' it..as is the case here..i see tens of thousands of rai being 'cultivated' when its obviously unproductive...

and of course plenty of productive land and the oversupply that ensues as we see here...

Someone I know said he went thru 9 "check points" , buriram to pattaya...

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idiots prevail

innocent people die cops pocket bigtime..

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3 hours ago, brucec64 said:

You somehow still think this vile man has even a gram of decency in him? What rock have you been hiding under the last 4 years?

Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
 

this is english john, djamie reincarnated etc etc, a CBT. 

they are paid to incite reactions to their rediculous posts..block them... do not reply... they soon get flipped by the the admin.

for me easy to spot, cause they are either a cbt or so off kilter they cant possibly function in internet forum society for any length of time..

kinda get bored keeping others informed of these low grade 'marketing' tricks.

and how many actual society destroying corrupt gov officials should be in prisons, 50%, 70%?

fact is as society decays and social reforms are not in place, more and more turn to drugs and many end up in prison..

case in point

the current powers that be are quite happy to see that increase in use, they are top of the food chain and have the kitchens.

3 hours ago, Johnniey said:

 

My pal, who left school aged 16, with no degree earns 180,000 a month teaching Chinese 5 year olds in his underpants, online, wearing Mickey Mouse ears.  

proof or troll? sux to be called out so easy, hey?

14 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Ballroom dancing is not what a normal 17 year old boy should be wanting to do.

Scottish schools used to be the best in the world. The Queen of England even sent her sons  there.

 

..lol...."not normal" you do realize in a few years it will be you that is "not normal" hope you are around to face the biggotry you so profoundly express..

On Wed May 16 2018 at 2:43 PM, tebee said:

Yes, my step-son is doing this at the moment - he's out at a medium sized hospital in Isaan just about to start his second year there. Otherwise he would have to repay about half a million Baht and he's quite enjoying the experience. 

whilst not casting aspersions on the young man, an aspiring doctor from a big city, a few good looking nurses from ban nok and its gonna be a race on who can get prego first if hes not carefull..

7 hours ago, Neeranam said:

You allow him to do ballroom dancing!

Just say no.

so thai schools are better than scotish and ballroom dancing is bad..

right, got ya..you really gone bush.

ad in the nice deal of making hand me downs or trade in second hand clothes much less common , i speak of embroidering names on shirts..

in everyway on every day they scam a little and big too

On Tue May 08 2018 at 11:30 PM, worgeordie said:

So this one family has  6,000 rai (960 hectares),and probably more land in

other parts of Thailand, plus there are a lot more very large landowners,

and they are afraid to give even 100 square wah,to build a house on and

own it in his own right ,to Farang with hisThai family.

 

regards worgeordie

 

yes, rabies infected soi dogs have more rights and recieve gov help..

On Thu May 10 2018 at 3:56 PM, Eligius said:

I would also add, AntDee, that Thais are generally the most helpful people I have ever met in my life (for the most part) - quite amazingly so, often going out of their way to be helpful. They will really put themselves out for me in a way that my compatriots would rarely do. This striking willingness to help others (certainly me) is one of the things I appreciate most about the Thais - and which I think I (personally) and many of my countrymen and countrywomen could learn from.

 

Thailand's education system, however - is the pits!

agreed, i have been subjected to amazing help, from total strangers with no thought of recompense..

eg: out of benzin, already pushed bike 400 metres with around 1km more, said people asked what the prob was, went and got benzin and then would not accept payment for that petrol...

that said, ive recently been subjected to horrible gossiping and derision, with in ear shot, day after day, rude ignorant pigs who do nothing but play "lucky numbers" day and night..as usual this place is a dicotomy, on one hand astonishly good and the other totally disscusting.

28 minutes ago, InMyShadow said:

The Junta has been on the attack regarding encroachment right across Thailand. Nothing new if you have been paying attention

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yes but i would geuss it might be profiled to certain people/families and others might not feel the heat, speculation yes but par for the course..

7 hours ago, Expatthailover said:

All these certainties gathered from one's comfy armchair in a gated community.

Amazing eh

555 such lacking thought, 

such know nothingness,

such pointless trolling....

you getting paid for the rubbish you post?

anytime you want proof let me know, but you'd have to dump a whole load of cash at my preferred charity..first...

one things fer sur, encroachment is rife all across the country.

im out in those areas and it plain as day where it as happened.

you could place money that any place that ajoins the kingdoms land has probably been encroached.

and people in charge in these areas know about and obviously get a %