masuk
-
Posts
4452 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Downloads
Posts posted by masuk
-
-
I transfer my pension from Oz to BKK Bank every 3 months. It costs me $30.00 a time, hence it is not done monthly.
Certainly seems to be standard.
-
Well, the electricians must have great faith in their work, as they work bare feet on the tiles floors!
Nice to see we've retained our sense of humour!!
-
I've just moved into a new place, and all my new appliances have 3-pin plugs and warnings that these must be earthed. The whole house was 2-pin.
An electrician came over and installed plugs as required, including one in the spare room for my computing gear.
Now, the question is this: I bought a 3-pin overload and lightning protection board last trip to Oz, but when I plug it in, the warning light comes on to say it's not functioning correctly.
So I put a multi-meter into the outlet, and it shows the correct voltage across active and neutral, but it also does the same from active to earth i.e. 240 volts. Whenever I did this test at home, the active to earth voltage was way lower.
The question is: are these outlets really earthed? I know he's run a copper earthing rod deep into the ground, correct cable and so on, in fact a very professional job, but what happens if the microwave or the washing machine go live? Houses here don't seem to have Earth Leakage Detection.
-
Do all Thai school teachers requite a degree, as farangs must?
Have all Thai teachers qualified in Education, as most western countries require?
Should the students be blamed for the poor results, or the teaching methods?
I am curious to know how the general knowledge of the average Thai student compares with say, The Philippines, where English is started before they start school.
-
1
-
-
Hmmmm. Interesting. my mother had one but I could never find the switch/on button!
-
It seems to be fairly common throughout Asia. Failing is just not part of the curriculum.
I know of one farang university lecturer in a nearby ASEAN country, who was told to go on leave for a week, after he failed a large percentage of his economics class.
On return, he was advised that the students had re-sat the exam, and wonder of wonders - they'd all passed!
He quit and returned to farang land.
-
I've followed suggestions on the list and have enrolled with Dr Morgan (GP) and found the treatment and tests etc excellent. Fees are very reasonable and many of the common medicines for blood pressure, cholesterol etc are available at the surgery.
Dr Varaporn (Dentistry - RAM Hospital) is one of the best dentists I've come across, and while charges are probably not as cheap as some others, the quality of the work done is very professional, and the costs are still way below Aussie costs.
-
Yes, it's an older term for hydrochloric acid.
It's in my toilet cleaner if that's any help! Not sure of the strength, and little warnings on the bottle.
I don't think you'd need a very strong solution for brick cleaning, It certainly took the stains off the toilet tiles!
-
It would seem to me that there are no licencing/training requirements for estate agents in Thailand.
I viewed some properties which were totally filthy, cockroaches, weeds, rusting gas stove, and a new moo baan with tiny little rooms and fireplaces! In Chiang Mai!! The agents could well have advised their clients to smarten up.
However, I struck it lucky with "ChiangMaiHouse", (next to the YMCA in Sermsuk Rd) a delightful crew there, all spoke excellent English, showed me a place in the area I'd specified and the rent was exactly what I'd asked for.
I've now moved into a delightful house in the Maejo area, and the agents continue to be helpful. 3 bedrooms, nice western style kitchen, 3 bathrooms and two toilets. (yes, they are not the same).
After 6 months in a condominium, where I hardly met the other inhabitants, it's nice to be out in the 'burbs, chatting to the neighbours, helping each other.
-
I have read and spoken English for well over half a century. I worked and studied in the Science field, but I wanted to teach English after retirement and did a TEFLA course in Australia, and was amazed and what I didn't know about my own language.
My advice is that no matter what you might have studied and obtained a degree in, be it Ag. Science or English Lit. , if you're going to be a specialist in the English language and teach it, then do a TEFLA or CELTA or similar course.
If you make spelling mistakes or punctuation errors, the students might be polite enough not to say anything, but they'll pick it! At least, that was the case with high school students in Indonesia.
Good luck.
-
2
-
-
It would help a lot if you have had some teacher training in the subject. TEFLA is a good way to go. There's a lot more to teaching the language than just speaking it.
might pay to check your spelling too! The students will catch you!!
-
I don't know if I should blame the Postal Service or what, but I was pleased my weekly copy of 'The Guardian' arrived on Friday, for a weekend's reading.
Settled down and thought the news was a bit old, so checked the front page - July 3!!
Ah well, it's nice to read and know what's happened in the intervening 2 months.
The photos in the Nat. Geographic are quite interesting, thanks. Worth checking to see if this issue is on line in their archives.
-
"AMORN" shop next to the computer shops also has a good range of cables for audio and TV.
-
I'm really confused about who to use: I move out to Maejo in a week. I already have 3BB up and running there.
However, I was told WE TV was great, but it's only in the city it seems and is not a satellite service.
Had a talk to TRUE TV in Kad Suan Keaw today ,and it seems that one would be paying for a great many Thai channels using their Platinum package, whereas I'd like to get BBC News, CNN, Oz TV, and pay extra for BBC Entertainment package.
Are there any decent alternatives?
-
Genuine Viagra only 200 THB ($A6.00) each? Arrrghh.
I paid $A16.00 each at a cut-price pharmacy in Oz.
. Normal price is $A80.00 for a pack of four. .... and that excludes the doctor's bill if you aren't bulk-billed.Happy days in Thailand.
-
as suggested, order a large van at the desk. the ordinary cars (120 baht) have a tank of LPG in the boot and no room for luggage.
Pay 150 baht, and wait for the van to drive around to where you're waiting and off you go.
-
Yup, new rules on entering Oz; 50 smokes or 50g tobacco. Soon it will all be drab green packets and more cancerous eyes!
At least they're realistic on the booze. Two and a half litres, of whiskey or whatever. no use bringing wine in - it's cheaper than bottled water in the shops. $11.00 for 4 litres of nice claret. sighh!
Whinge for the month: my 1 litre of unopened Duty Free Drambui was confiscated by Malaysian Security; it had come from Australia on AirAsia, no problems. But as the plastic bag was not sealed (tho the bottle was!) they took it off me for the flight to CNX. Glare of the month was when I wished the lady in black a good party that night!! I might add that Duty Free Stores Gold Coast refunded my money as their staff should have sealed it.
-
heaps available around the city. Even on sale in a little shop at my condo near Kad Suan Keaw. Kasim's have a few stores here and have it as well as Rimping.
They also stock Vegemite!
-
If you're after 75 watts of light or more, but 12 or 15 watts of power and heat, why not use a 'warm white' energy efficient lamp?
As for the comment about reading from the ceiling, there is a good deal of diffused light from this, and good for using the computer, watching TV.
-
When is the Moon Festival? Chinese celebrate that.
I somehow doubt they're celebrating US Labour Day, or even Show Day on the Gold Coast: maybe it's just the joy of the first day of Autumn? Spring if you're the other side of the equator.
A nice display seen from high up in the city.
-
Make sure the DVDs are high quality or archival, as the dies can deteriorate and you could lose the material with a couple of years.
You're probably aware that VHS tapes can grow some wonderful moulds in the tropics and have to be stored in airtight boxes with a drying agent, just in case something goes wrong with the DVDs.
I've insured things a bit by doing full copies of each of my DVDs onto a 1 Tb Hard drive. Digital copies keep a lot longer than many DVD copies.
-
I was sold a used lamp on arrival here, and it's been so good. It's a floor standing light with a dome pointing to the ceiling for general diffused light, and a goose neck which goes behind one's chair or bed.
Worth looking for but sorry, don't know where it came from, but certainly in Chiang Mai.
-
My GP issued me with a medical certificate. Phoned ahead, and it was waiting at the desk.
-
Thanks for the advice.
The newest Kia is somewhat larger than the 2008 model, which I really liked, with 5 doors, air con that pushed you back in the seat, never a problem. I bought this new in Oz for 512,000THB.
As you say, the taxman seems to be doing OK here.
. Normal price is $A80.00 for a pack of four. .... and that excludes the doctor's bill if you aren't bulk-billed.
All Systems Go For Don Mueang's Take-Off
in Don Mueang Airport Forum
Posted
I checked the Duty Free shops in BKK and also Chiang Mai last time I went overseas. The prices were out of this world, and I just did my buying when I arrived in another country.