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Fatal Motorcycle Accident Near Pattaya Claims One Life
I lived there in my 20s and also felt invincible. In retrospect its a miracle i wasnt killed -
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Wine In Checked Baggage
You lost me. I am traveling, buying wine, wanting to bring it home to Thailand to enjoy later. -
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Words sentences that are offensive
I didnt think you were old. Doesnt seem like youve learned much in your many years. What have you been using your time for other than trolling online? -
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Tobbaco
If you are trying to transliterate Thai, 100 would be most appropriately written roi since spelling in Thai uses the Thai letter with the r sound not the l sound letter. But if you are jibbing at those who can not pronounce r and l then ……. -
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Why Does Kamala Harris Disrespect Minorities by Imitating their Accents.?
But your orange moronic hero does exactly that which you accuse Kamala of. His disgusting mockery of a disabled journalist will never be forgiven. Stones and glass houses . Your post exposes your desperation. -
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Pickup Truck Driver Falls Asleep, Crashes into 2 Motorcycles, Leaving 1 Dead & 1 Injured
^^ Right and to call spades spades because for sure someone has to do it. The pickups driven by these reckless loco local males are the problem. Way too many of them. -
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Pattaya Bar/Go-Go Death Watch
I used to like the Cave, and went a lot, when it was an open bar with the band at the back. Not so good with the new owners and closed in.- 1
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Honeymoon Period Over for Kamala Harris Polls Show Tight Race
Wouldnt be so rich if obama had done anything for blacks -
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Fatal Motorcycle Accident Near Pattaya Claims One Life
Gruesome. Sorry for the first responders. These Thai guys think they're invincible and indestructible. -
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Honeymoon Period Over for Kamala Harris Polls Show Tight Race
Now they have Obama trying to shame black men into voting for Harris. Guess Black men shouldn't vote for a white president. -
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Foreign Tour Operators Flood Phuket, Taking Jobs from Locals
If your daughter is being educated in a Thai high school, she'll be well prepared for the nonsensical childlike treatment the university will treat her with, unless you find an exceptional program. It takes an excessive amount of research to really know what one is getting into, unless you're living/working in that industry and have direct knowledge and contacts. I recall talking with an Australian professor and his Thai colleague at Chula some years ago and they were candid enough to talk about the immaturity of the Thai students (and particularly international programs, there seem to be a lot of very spoiled and entitled students) and the frustration of trying to have a high level program. Most of the professors I've met at international colleges or international programs have their postgrad degrees from overseas, although some of the degrees are a bit suspect IMO (from little private colleges that are more like diploma mills), but many of them are very highly qualified. Whether or not they are able to teach or not is a different story. The Thai professors, from my experience are a broad mix, many completely inept and some younger, bright professors who wish the system would change and get the old fashioned ideas out and start acting like a professional body rather than a place to build one's ego at the expense of students. The foreign professors, on the other hand, surprised me. I was not expecting many highly qualified people, but more like people who couldn't cut it anywhere else. It was eye opening to find some genuinely excellent professors and many others who are very good. The inept ones were fewer. One of the things that was pretty amazing to me, when I learned of it, was that some international programs have maybe one or two international students in them! Some probably don't have any. Many of the programs are money makers for the college and that's the sole reason for their existence. I don't know if it's true, but I've heard standards are lower to enter international programs, although English ability needs to be higher. But I've seen some students in international programs, who somehow graduated, without being able to converse in English without some serious struggle. There's so much cheating and being carried along by other students, somehow they make it. Thankfully, bribery seems to be waning. I remember a friend telling me about one wealthy Chinese mother who came with a thick brown envelope, to let her son pass the program, who was sent home crying because the head of the department refused her and her son flunked out. Then, there's this professor I spoke with at a top uni... he would fail 80% of the class if he could (and he's a decent teacher, so I know it wasn't because of poor teaching), but he can't for whatever pressures are put on him. So, there are a LOT of students passing who should be failing. More than once, I've heard about Thai students coming to their professor on their knees crying and waiing, begging to be passed. Personally, if I were sending a kid to college, I'd avoid any program that is nearly all Thai students. I couldn't care less if it's at Chula or anywhere. Although there are a fair number of Thai students who studied high school overseas. Those on many occasions prove to be diligent students. You have your work cut out for you to find a good program for your daughter. On the bright side, a bachelor's degree is pretty useless anyway IMO. So, even if it's not the greatest program, it's not the end of the world, since the value is already low to begin with. Depending on the field, it can of course be important, but I personally don't put much of any weight on the majority of bachelor's degrees anymore (I don't care what country or university they are coming from). Postgrad is another story. Bachelor's diplomas have become the new high school diploma. One time ago, it was a nice achievement to graduate from high school. Depending on where one lives, that can still be the case, but in a relatively well educated society, a high school degree is expected to be the absolute minimum and a bachelor's is expected in many fields of work. In my circles of friends, I'd say that around 50% of the people have done postgrad work. But, again, it depends on the field of work. If one is going to be a tradesman, college is a waste of time and money. There are many careers for which college would just be an exercise to inflate one's ego while deflating their pocketbook. One of my closest friends is also one of the wealthiest and he never did a day of college. He learned his business as he went, directly from high school. I think most 18 year olds are completely clueless as to why they want a degree or even what they want to do for a career, in which a college degree may or may not be useful. It is a very individually circumstantial situation or decision. Good luck! -
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Pattaya Bar/Go-Go Death Watch
Yep it's been going on for 25 years that I know of. Chancers open a bar lose a lot then try and offload it to the next chancer that thinks they can "make it big" or have "a great retirement" or such -
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Its Happening - Law to Tax Overseas Income Now in Progress
Sorry but I need to come back to this again, just to set things straight. You have a bank account in Jersey which is a CRS member but you live and work in Japan and Thailand and you pay taxes in Thailand. "The CRS requires financial institutions to identify the tax residency of all customers and report information on customers who are tax resident outside of the country where they hold their accounts". It seems to me that you must be tax resident in Jersey, (unless you're flying under the radar) and probably are also the same in Thailand, or did I miss something here? I'm not trying to be argumentative or deliberately dense but I think it's important that members understand the reality of this situation so it will help everyone if you can clarify.
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Uneventful non-O retirement extension at CW last week: short report
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