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Nobody can be nominated for Nobel Price, the decision is made by a panel of "experts" that do the nominations within the panel.

I would like to see a comparison with the rest of the world. Maybe then the picture will be different?

As I understand, every Moobaan should have a set of rules and regulations that all owners agree to follow when they sign the contract. These rules are similar to the rules for condos. I think these rules and regulations are registered with the land office. I have seen some examples of such regulations and they all include how to properly take care of pets in the moobaan.

There should be a board or committee that collects fees from owners for such matters as gardening, guards, roads cleaning, street lights electric cost and minor maintenance. This board or committee is also responsible for enforcing the rules and regulations for the Moobaan.

The developer may still be taking care of these things as opposed to a elected committee, usually because of lack of interest from the owner community, in which case the developer may be making of with quiet a handsome annual profit from the community fees.

Nobody sees the filth in the midst of a drunken stupor night out on walking street

What is it with Russian and those Ugly pants they wear?

I have done a few 10 day courses with Goenka, And I would recommend you pursue that path to enlightenment rather than trying to become a monk in Thailand, unless you join one of those sincere temples that actually practice real vipassana meditation as prescribed by Buddha.

There are many ways to get more and more involved in the Goenka path, finally becoming a teacher. To become a monk is just a display of commitment although it helps you to focus because you are supposed to abandon all your earthly belongings and so on. But if your ultimate goal is becoming more enlightened I think this can be achieved without becoming a monk.

You think its bad now?

Wait till Asean 2015. Then you will see how many Thais will have their jobs taken by foreigners.

For a sneak preview, go look at the UK right now.

Yes, I have met very few Britts that actually speak a language that is understandable, I can understand why they are loosing their jobs to more linguistic people...

I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but the name of the new movie is "THE COUP"...??????

Hmm..so if you are a Muslim with 7 wives and have joint account with some of them and then some of the wives has joint accounts between themselves, how does this affect the regulations?

Moreover you have several children of which some have joint accounts with you, some have joint accounts with somebody else and then.....and then....

What happens if you have a joint account with a male retiree friend?

I think in the "root" of all this is the basic class struggle that all European Countries went through many many years ago between the rich and and the poor or the "have" and the "have nots".

It does not really matter who is the focus point for the "have nots", in this case it happened to be Thaksin who popped up in the right place and time to accelerate the issue. Any new election will serve to further divide the society until the basic problem of the poor in Thailand is addressed properly.

One may argue that voters can be influenced to vote in a certain way or for a certain person by monetary means, but deep down I think the vote is cast anyway not for the person but against the "elite".

"To help her cope with the situation, the girl will be staying with the Youth and Family Welfare Centre in Chonburi province. Notably, the centre has become controversial in August after the officers let a 4-year-old girl get raped under their supervision."

I am sure all her relatives and mother and herself feel extremely comfortable with the placement of the girl in above mentioned institution?

Like in most countries, sadly it is the immigration officer who has the ultimate power of approval or refusal.

I assume you live in Bangkok? Otherwise have you maybe considered trying one of the other immigration offices such as Chachoengsao (very friendly) or Pattaya (also very friendly)?

I do not know if living in Bangkok makes it necessary to go to Chaengwattana (according the rules maybe yes) but for me living in the provinces it seems I can visit just about any office I choose although according the rule I should use Prachinburi office I think.

But of course I never did the marriage extension, maybe that one can only be done at Chaengwattana?

Can someone please explain why one would buy a fake watch on walking street that looks like a very expensive watch but everyone knows is a fake, instead of actually buying a good functional watch for the same price from any brand that comes with 1 year warranty?

I mean what is the point of buying a fake watch?

I take for granted that the wife/sister/killer and her boyfriend/killer are free on bail !

And soon to be joined by the "milkman" ?

Yes and then they all will go to the "Driver fled the scene" village somewhere in Isan.

when I resided in my own home country I followed the laws of my country (that was 16 years ago) at the time and place. Now I reside in another country and follow its laws and regulations. It is very simple.

There are many areas Expats are not allowed to work in, Farming, Fishing, news printing are some of the areas expats are not allowed into according Thai Law.

The law is very clear, any work that as a foreigner you do not have a permit to perform is work that is illegal! very clear.so if you are in Thailand as a retiree and you do your own gardening you are working ilegally in Thailand, very clear indeed.

I live up country too. Mikebike, all I can say to that what you said. That farang teenager that you mention I really hope he is of sound mental health and wish good luck.

Like I said, you get nabbed washing your car, instant deportation. Unless....yes the unless detail.......500 to the copper and all is forgotten...

from a legal point of view, as a foreigner in this country, You can not even wash your car without breaking the law. Because you are depriving a good Thai (read kamen or pama) worker of his due income.

My Thai wife's young cousins are attending public school here in Thailand, I once saw a text book of theirs and I was shocked from what I saw. It seemed that a host of different subjects such as Mathematics, History, Social science, Biology and so on was covered in one thin A4 100 pages or so book. It looked like one of those colouring books I played with as a pre-schooler, with fill in questions and multiple choice answers.

That is when I realized how far behind the Thai education system is, they will never catch up to the other ASEAN countries.

When I was about the same age as these kids I had a very thick book for every subject, and that was just for one semester.

Now my wife tells me the main reason for the books being so thin and covering so many subjects in one book is that there are no lockers at the schools???

That cannot be an official excuse I hope.

I tend to think and express myself in burst, thats why these things are coming in several different messages, sorry for that, (maybe this is abnormal and other people are more pacient, I just dont know).

Please be aware, there is no official Thai governmet translation to any language (including English) of the Thai condominium act. However there aer a large number of different "translated" version of the act. No translation to English of the act has ever been recognized by the Thai government. Bearing this in mind,using unoficall translations....

I hate to be annoying, but this thing just bothers me. There is nothing wrong having a party on occasion, I was young too, but still if you did not know the condo regulations before moving in, please buy a tent and stay on the beach. That is our response to the idiots.

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