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And the joke is that originally--at least as I understood it--the 800K was to live on. If you have to keep it in the bank, you are not living on it. If you are not living on it, then how are you supporting yourself? You are not allowed to work. Of course, implicit in my argument is that it doesn't makes sense, and making sense is just not important here, it is just not an issue one way or the other.
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It sounds like you (Canadians) may continue to use the affidavit method as before. I hope that is correct, for your sake. It would be fascinating to know why the Canadians are still choosing to issue the affidavits. HOWEVER, to the extent that you can, I would have a back-up plan because after throwing a hand grenade into the box and shaking everything up, who the hell knows what the hell Imm will ask you for next extension.
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"Wishy-washy" is a cultural phenomenon. It is deliberate, whether it is done consciously or unconsciously. Vague, wish-washy, ambiguous, circular are all means of exercising power and maintaining "face." That way, nothing is really a "mistake." No one can be held accountable. Pesky falang are kept feeling perpetually insecure and off-balance.
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BREAKING NEWS Plan to ban alcohol on Thai New Year
rexall replied to Jonathan Fairfield's topic in Thailand News
Sorry, this is a myth, and old wives tale. Certainly people LIKE to let off steam, and in their opinion, they "need" to. Sure, I guess some people do get nasty when they can't do what they want to do. But that doesn't mean that it is "therapeutic" in the way people think it is. There are much better ways of dealing with stress, anxiety, frustration, boredom or whatever than "acting out," behaving in reckless and dangerous ways, and misusing or over-using intoxicants. -
BREAKING NEWS Plan to ban alcohol on Thai New Year
rexall replied to Jonathan Fairfield's topic in Thailand News
I think Thais, like everyone else, are afraid of dying. However, some rationalize reckless, dangerous behavior with a kind of perverse, fatalistic interpretation of Buddhism which says something like: "If it is my day to die, I am going to die, and there is nothing I can do about it. But if is not my day to die, I can do whatever I want!" Of course, that does not account account for the people that you might kill while having reckless, sanook mak-mak . . . but then, then being responsible and accountable and adult would spoil the sanook, wouldn't it? Sigh! -
BREAKING NEWS Plan to ban alcohol on Thai New Year
rexall replied to Jonathan Fairfield's topic in Thailand News
Nothing is "wrong" with Singapore, but they ain't got no sanook! What would this world come to without nanook, sanook, sanook, mak-mak???? -
BREAKING NEWS Plan to ban alcohol on Thai New Year
rexall replied to Jonathan Fairfield's topic in Thailand News
People are not teapots. They do not need to "let off steam."