kerm99

Hahahahahaha!!!!!! Good one ;-)

How long have you been in Thailand?

You just made my day! Thanks

Ahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good one!!!!

You will need an export permit for your pets. For us and our three cats, all we need to do is get a vet certificate then show a day or two before departure at the Vet place near the airport (sorry, don't remember the full name). Be sure to get that permit as there was a couple there that missed there flight because they did not have it.

We did go through the US, but our final destination was Canada, so I don't know if the same rule applied. But a person from the airport inspected the kennel.

You will also need to book your pets with the airlines and there will be a charge. Be sure to make it ahead of time as there is a maximum of animals in the plane per trip.

As to coming in to Thailand, it was extremely easy. Once you landed, you go to the pet and animals office (again, not the right name.. sorry) and registered your pet. You will need a vet health certificate and proof of vaccination. Be sure to have the address where you will stay..

All in all, we were nervous before leaving but it was extremely easy both way. Also, the stewardess will love you and will come often to your seat (but not too see you, hehehe)

If you have more question, don't hesitate to PM me)

Cheers and good luck

Fair enough comments. Let's agree to disagree.

While I can respect your view, you should accord me the same respect and not call my view platitudes. I'm sure you would have a hard time saying this to my face.

Cheers,

There was no coup after the last election in 2008 - the army achieved its aims by interfering in the formation of coalitions which ensured a Democrat government. Without an overall majority win, PT will be in exactly the same vulnerable position.

I've read a couple of other people making similar statements, but without proof. Could YOU be the one to offer some proof of this?

Here we go again.

There is no proof of anything. But if you look at what happens, it is clear that the rise to power of the Democrats was engineer by the invisible hand (sarcasm).

By the way, this opinion does not mean I am a red/Taksin lover. It is simply a view of what happen. Stop being blind by your political affiliations. the statement be DNPBCO is bang on. History will repeat itself.

Cheers,

"There is no proof of anything." Yes, that certainly seems to be the case. The rest of your statements are at best platitudes.

The army performed the coup d'etat after K. Thaksin overstayed his time as caretaker PM. The next two PMs were Thaksin proxies. After them, K. Abhisit was elected to the position as per the Thai constitution, just as his two predecessors had been. I haven't seen anything that shows the army "engineered" K. Abhisit into the PM slot.

I respect that you are not taking sides. I'm not blinded by any affiliations, either - but I'd like someone to back up those statements. So far, no one has...and if I read you correctly, no one can. So, in the absence of proof, I rationally choose to reject those statements.

There was no coup after the last election in 2008 - the army achieved its aims by interfering in the formation of coalitions which ensured a Democrat government. Without an overall majority win, PT will be in exactly the same vulnerable position.

I've read a couple of other people making similar statements, but without proof. Could YOU be the one to offer some proof of this?

Here we go again.

There is no proof of anything. But if you look at what happens, it is clear that the rise to power of the Democrats was engineer by the invisible hand (sarcasm).

By the way, this opinion does not mean I am a red/Taksin lover. It is simply a view of what happen. Stop being blind by your political affiliations. the statement be DNPBCO is bang on. History will repeat itself.

Cheers,

I would highly recommend Father Joe.

http://www.mercycentre.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=81〈=en

Last time George Bush came to Thailand, he visited his operation. It is very humbling to visit what he has build.

Cheers,

Father Joe is running a great place in Bangkok. He help with young kids and help people with HIV/AIDS.

While his movement is Christian, I hope you would see above that and donate to whoever needs help. These epopel truly need it.

Thanks.

Ps. I dream of a world without religion where this non sense would have no place

There is actually a place.

Soi Klang Racquet Club

Soi Klang Racquet Club offers its guests and members many different attractions like rock climbing, courts (badminton, tennis, squash, racquet ball), gym, swimming pool, snooker tables, sauna and steam rooms and a selection of relaxation services (foot/body massage, aromatherapy). Additional services include Pro Shop, Juice Bar, Lounge, Convenience Store, Internet, Coffee Shops, Restaurants and Shuttle Service to/from Phrompong BTS station. How to get there: Soi Klang Racquet Club is located on 6, 8 Amara 3, Sukhumvit 49/9. It’s within a walking distance from Thonglor and Phrompong BTS stations.

Contact: Tel: 02-714-7200; Website: www.rqclub.com

Great place for racquet ball, tennis, swimming even rock climbing

Cheers

Back in November, we brought two cats from indonesia. It was a breeze. At teh far rigth end side after immigration, there is a small office that will process your dog. You will get the dog from the oversize lugagge. It cost us somthing ridiculous like 200 baht total. For a change, Thailand make it fairly easy to do. Just be extra careful you have all the proper document. And, you will need a fixed address, they almost did not let me go as i did not have the address of where i was going (just knew the street name)

Good luck and don't stress too much

Thank you all for your reply, espcially phaethon. This is giving me a very good overview of what i will be dealing with. The price of rent is way lower than i expected.

Cheers

I just realize that I probably post this topic in the wrong forum. My apologies. Can a moderator change it to the right one?

Again, sorry

Cheers

Hi,

I was living in Bangkok last year, but my job brought me back to Canada. I now have a chance to go back, but this time around, there is no expats packages. Whne i was there, i was living in luxury as my company was paying for everything. this time around, i will ahve to pay for everything, which is fine with me.

I just need to know waht i can look forward as for as apartement. I want something nice near a BTS, but obvisouly don't want ot pay huge sum of money. Any recommandation (area, price, ...) Also, i have not discuss salary with my possible new employer. To live decently in Bangkok, what kind of range should i be hoping for. I know there is alot of factor into my salary, but i am only looking for a range that would me make comfortable, good apart or condo, able to travel once or twice a year.

Any thought would be appreciate

Cheers,

Wow!!!! Simply Wow!!!!

I am speechless. talk about reconciliation!!!!

Not sure why you want to go to the embassy, but if it is to get a visa, forget about it. they will be charging you an arm and leg as compare to when you arrive in Egypt.

I am from Canada, so i could get a visa on arrival. Before immigration, there is small bank kiosk, they all sale Visa and they are legit and half the price the embassy was asking for.

One advice about Egypt: Every single person will ask you for tips, it's ok not to give some when you feel you should not. Here is what happen to us. We only had one bank card and it was not accepted in ATM there. we did over 10 different ATM from different bank. We were going insane as we would not have any money for our two weeks trip. We arrive at yet another ATM with absolutely no hope of getting money, but we were surprise when it came out, so we both let out a big "YES!!!!"

Right behind us, there was a Military man with a gun in his hand smiling at us. He said, "It work? Give me tip!!" We quickly walk away smiling and he never did anything, he was just trying. The will ask for tip for just about everything, so get ready for that.

We loved our trip, and i am sure you will

Enjoy

So, probably a silly question, but i am leaving the country at the end of the month. Can i go to Makasan with all my luggage and use it?

I lived right beside Cowboy and there is only Taxi on the street near to 9pm. Later on, its empty. I can sleep with the window open and i sleep like a baby

I simply can't believe that some poster here are advocating killing someone as just. Even if the argument is that the government had no other choices. There is always other choice. They are currently surrounding the rally site. Let's see where this take them.

i don't know who did the shooting or ordered it, but i do hope it is not the government. it would bode well for a country that just into the UN Human right council!!!!

I am not red, yellow black or whatever color you want to use, i'm just against senseless violence like that, whoever is the target

Did I hear someone cry 'wolf' ?

One thing for sure , all THAI are the same SAY I DO and DO Nothing , same in Business , same in Government , that way no one can be accountable !! Its the Thai Way

Is there something we can say about "all" Canadians? All Thais are this way? You got to be kidding? Is this based on their culture, or is it a race thing, how can you make such a statement? The one thing you do have going for you is newbie, and in most cases that means uniformed.

All Canadians can shovel snow and eat poutine. (Maybe that's only Quebec) There I said it. I'm a racist.

J/K of course

That's it!!!!!!!!!!! Where do you live, i am going to gather all Quebeckers in Bangkok, we will wear green (frog) and rally at your place for this insult. You should not insult the Poutine. i demand that you turn yourself to the SQ (Securite du Quebec) to be charge and see if you get Bail. Until you do that, we will rally at your place and fight you with our bare hand (and our spoons). Please let the Joe Louis and the Poutine in the rally site as we won't survive without it.

Vivre le Quebec Libre

They also said that all transportation system would be stopped, this include the BTS.

Any thoughts on what it means exactly? Personally, i see two options: 1 - Can't get off at station Chit Lom and/or Siam 2 - Entire line is stopped

What do you all think?

Kerm

They also said that all transportation system would be stopped, this include the BTS.

Any thoughts on what it means exactly? Personnaly, i see two options: 1 - Can't get off at station Chit Lom and/or Siam 2 - Entire line is stopped

What do you all think?

Kerm

At 4:30 AM on the morning of 26 November, three explosions were heard on the fourth floor of Suvarnbumi on the outside of the passenger terminal.Another explosion was reported at 6 AM. Several people were injured. It was not clear who set off the explosions.The PAD did not allow the police or forensics experts to investigate the explosions.

I guess this does not count in your silliness. Also, you might want to ask the people that were stuck inside when PAD arrive and blocked the entrance if they felt terrorize. My mom was in Thailand and she was scared. Look up the few definitions of terrorism and you will find that it fit the profile

To me both of theses two group are. But i remember peoples here on this forum stating the the yellow are not terrorist as taking an airport is not an act of terrorism (i would bet that the people inside the airport feel terrorize)

My question is this: Why are yellow calling reds terrorist when a few months back they were claiming that they, themselves, were not?

Looks to me that both group are/were doing the same thing, same tactics

Kerm

We have no reliable information about this conflict here in Thailand...nothing but slanted opinions, outright lies and propaganda to read...I've tried to put below what I know as fact and some of the things that I believe.

The reds have a manifesto, it's pretty clear what they want..it's expressed simply and it seems perfectly reasonable...they want a vote and some representation in government...not too much to ask for in my opinion...but some folk on here who claim to have some sort of divine insider knowledge...claiming that they somehow know that the reds want all sorts of other things as well, things that are desperately unpopular, such as the nonsense about weakening of the monarchy....it seems to me that the claimers of the divine inside knowledge are simply parroting yellow shirt, Democrat lies...and it's getting really tedious. The other tedious divine knowledge is all the guff about Thaksin....you farangs out there do not know anything at all about Thaksin's role, you have no privileged information and again are just parroting yellow shirt lies....

Here is what I know and don't know:

I don't know whether Abhisit is corrupt...pretty much every other politician seems to be...and he was deputy chairman of the democrats when a huge illegal donation was made to them...what is the saying about smoke and fire?

I do know Abhisit is incompetent and in my opinion he has blood on his hands from the April 10th massacre...

I also know that Abhisit tells lies...he said on April 10th that the troops had no live ammo (and then the next day the army asked for 6000 live rounds back)....for god's sake the man can't even lie competently....lying is essential in politics and Abhisit should resign on the grounds of total incompetence...

I don't know who the men in black are...and I don't believe that anyone else on this board knows either, nor do they know what the agenda of the men in black is...

I don't know who put up the posters on Silom calling for Thaksin as president....whoever did it knew that this would be desperately unpopular with the masses and would therefore discredit the reds...thus I think it was done by Yellow shirts or government (particualrly as Silom was crawling with army when the posters were put up)...

Abhisit is probably corrupt, I agree. Just less so than most others.

Abhisit does seem to be handling this situation pretty incompetently. Blood on his hands?????? I think probably not, just a total balls up and playing into the hands of what the red leaders wanted.

Abhisit tells lies.......well, show me someone that doesn't. His lies seem smaller than redshirt lies and at least he is honest enough to correct them - but yes, there are lies.

The men in black are Seh Daeng's army. Everyone knows that, he told us. Photographic and video evidence tells us. The noodle lady told me, even the soi dogs are talking about it.

The posters for president Thaksin were almost certainly someone out to discredit him, well done!

I will add some facts of my own.

Redshirt guards are armed and have been from the first days of the protest - I have seen this with my own eyes on numerous occasions.

The only section of society that hasn't been the victim of a grenade attack are the redshirts. Politicians, the public, the army, banks, shopping centres anothers have all received grenade attacks but not the reds. Hmmmmmmmm.

Chavalit wrecked the Thai economy in 1997 and we don't want him back.

Parliament is composed of elected MPs representing consituencies and those that were elected by redshirts are there to represent them. PT is still the single biggest party even after those members who were cheating were banned, but they lost the confidence of their coalition partners and some of their own members who joined the democrats to form a perfectly legal government in the same way governments have always been formed in Thailand "democracy" was introduced.

Thaksin has the blood of 2500 "drug dealers", 23 environmental campaigners, a significant number of people in the south and one of Thailand's leading Human Rights Lawyers on his hands.

Redshirts have created an atmosphere of fear amongst people who don't agree with them at their checkpoints.

Redshirts break the law with impunity and then repeatedly say it was someone else trying to make them look bad.

Redshirts repeatedly threaten an escalation in violence.

Redshirts threatened to assault me when I tried to discuss issues that could help the poor with them.

Redshirt guards drew a gun on me at Rachaprasong when I refused to let them search me. Obviously my refusal was immediately withdrawn.

Yellowshirt leaders should also be held to account for their actions, although shutting down an airport for a week pales into insignificance compared to what we are dealing with now.

Hopefully, Chavalit, Thaksin and all the other redshirt criminals will end up in a stinking cell together or worse.

(I didn't write that last bit, it was a "fake me", someone else trying to discredit me, perhaps even my third hand.)

Now we are talking.

Here we have a very respectful discussion between two person who don;t agree fully with each other. One is slanted a bit on the red side, while the other is slanted a bit on the government side. This is what a forum should be all about. No need to insult each other because we don't agree with your view.

I would like to thanks both of the writters. Well Done

Now, we can read then and make up our own mind as to what we believe or not. no need to insult either of

Cheers,

Kerm

It's getting to the stage that reading let alone posting on this site is a waste of time due to all the BS that is appearing daily, however there is still a bit of worthwhile news here and there and I will have one more go at a post.

For those of you who insist that parliament must be dissolved and elections held please think for a bit.

In the climate of fear, intimidation and yes terrorism that exists with the red machine in action there can never be a free and fair election. Candidates unsuitable to the reds would be prevented from campaigning and voters would be intimidated, there would be no need for paying voters or policies which is probably why PTP (the reds party) don't have any. The reds have shown repeatedly that they have no consideration for anyone or anything but themselves and their own goals and there is no doubt they would influence an election in any way they could even if it meant killing people.

The reds have built up a machine by recruiting thugs, crims, and yes the mafia, whether these people are paid or are just in it for what they can get for themselves the fact is they are there and hay a rifle or bag of grenades as a bonus at the end would be very useful for their normal activities.

Before there can be a fair democratic election this red machine must be dismantled and most people will know (certainly the PM does) that any machine can't be taken to bits from the inside first you must remove the "nuts" from around the outside. It would appear that this process has now started, a little late perhaps but I can't say that as I don't have the information the PM and his advisors have and I would hazard a guess that no one else on this site has that information either.

When the outside bits have all or mostly been removed the guts of the machine will be left confined behind their barricade and granny and grandchild human shields. By this time most of the outside intimidation will have been removed and people will be free to voice their opposition to a movement that is surely destroying this country.

Think how much money and effort is and has been expended on combating the reds then think what good for the country and the people could have been achieved if that money and effort had not been tied up and yes wasted.

More and more people are seeing this and are even now 'threats not withstanding' are coming out against what the reds are doing and surely this number will continue to increase.

This is absolutely correct - further, anytime during 2010 would be the worst time to have a snap election. Abhisit has stated his willingness to have an election in nine months time which still would be too soon. This mentality that a mob, whether at airports or in the center of Bangkok can change governments by extra-parliamentary means has to be squelched now.

Abhisit again today made clear he's not interested in being PM for life and that he's willing to face the electorate, but to face the electorate under more calm and rational conditions than exist presently. We need time to step back and away from the present chaos and anarchy or a national election will look like the circumstances we've had in Bangkok the past month.

Abhisit is setting the example of calm and the Redshirsts just can't stand it because the PM is wearing them down as we see in the Reds shifting of sites and strategies. The Reds are not the spent force some farang months ago thought they were, consequently they need to be brought into the mainstream which takes time. The Redshirts of the present moment would contribute nothing to a snap election campaign. Let the Redshirts learn they won't be able to do to an election campaign that which they're doing to the country since last month in particular.

At this point, an election would be better than nothing. I am so tired of the inaction of the government and of Abhisit. Just deal with it!!!!!!!!!!

Two options:

1 - Dissolve the house and have an election

2 - Remove the red shirt. I don't want to see violence, but the criminals cannot stay

Kerm

Sorry for previous post, i messed up the quote

;-)

Kerm