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This is not uncommon! True you normally get that message when the funds requested are not deposited/available
Just one other thing I NEVER use SCB ATMs. They seem to be operating on some version of Windows, which does not inspire confidence!, and you will often see a Windows Error Message on the screen. I find no problem with KTB/Kasikorn/BBL. Hope you get your money!
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What on earth is that supposed to mean?. A girl wins the lottery. Lucky her. As above not likely to be poor girl given what it costs a foreign student to study in the UK.I fail to understand your problem. But of course I am not a westerner! And your reason for living here, if you do?
What handouts? She is a student at a UK University. Do you know what that costs? And she needs health insurance not the NHS. I can't believe the racist ignorance on TVThere seems to be some misunderstanding. If someone posts a message on ThaiVisa that you dont agree with, it does not mean that person is stupid or a <deleted> .It simply means that they have a different opinion to you. It is my opinion that the thousands of Thai people getting all the free handouts in Britain should be made to pay if they become rich. After all it is me a British taxpayer who is supplying them with the handouts.I am not stupid.It is my opinion.
Thank you hotsoup for rushing to the front line. I often find myself doing that, but I feel more and more tired to try and oppose rational thoughts to idiotic, racist, prejudiced, antediluvian, nasty, judgmental, stereotyped and self-agrandizing attitudes of self-righteous Westerners here who think that the West has it all, understands it all, and achieved it all without causing any harm to the rest of the world.
... And who nevertheless came to live here... for some obscure reason.
Again, thank you, hotsoup, may your soup never get cold.
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What handouts? She is a student at a UK University. Do you know what that costs? And she needs health insurance not the NHS. I can't believe the racist ignorance on TVThere seems to be some misunderstanding. If someone posts a message on ThaiVisa that you dont agree with, it does not mean that person is stupid or a <deleted> .It simply means that they have a different opinion to you. It is my opinion that the thousands of Thai people getting all the free handouts in Britain should be made to pay if they become rich. After all it is me a British taxpayer who is supplying them with the handouts.I am not stupid.It is my opinion.
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Selfies: I knew iphones had cameras, but guns? Who would have thunk it?
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I am having an amusing day!!
We have a living room of c. 38 sqm. One air conditioner, 4 sealed up windows because of the skeeters. Normal sliding doors onto the patio
When I work, in my digital nomad mode, I like to turn on the fan and the air to c.22 degrees, keep the doors open for fresh air. Today we have pandemonium. Wife:!If you turn on air and keep doors open the city electricity will collapse, the house electricity will short, you do not understand Thai electricity (that is true) you are causing global warming. Amazing how wife suddenly became an expert on electrical engineering and global warming?
I mean I know cows 'emitting' methane gas and fossil fuel power stations are considered a problem...I mean I am not evenfarting, in which case there would be good reason to open the doors
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I am defeated by this!
In France we drink wine, simple!
In LOS wine ranges from the undrinkable to the unaffordable, often both at the same time
Heineken, Tiger and Carlsberg make you fat. Singha has too much formaldehyde. Leo and Chang have yet to discover how to make them taste of anything
Lao Khao? I think not!
Thai spirits. Mekhong, Saen Song are unpleasant and particularly so when mixed 1 part spirit to 300 parts soda.
Johnny Walker the same. Decent whisky wrecked by the proportions
I like Pernod and Campari, but like so many things..not appear to have the same taste here.
Have taken to drinking Bloody Marys, and Screwdrivers. OK. But not for all the day!!
Beginning to understand,too, why the British and Dutch Empires were floated on Gin!
Am not prepared to go along with the Buddha Police...what is to be done?
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I think many members are a bit confused about the 'purpose' of schooling in Thailand. We tend to think in the 'West'. wherever that might be, that the purpose of going to school is to learn what has been scooped up into subjects which are then examined and on the basis of gaining good grades in those exams we establish our place in the academic and occupational hierarchy. I believe it is called 'credentialing'!!In the best places competence in things like critical thinking and problem solving has been promoted.
Many thinkers, from Aristotle to Mao have described the purpose of education quite differently' ie. its primary purpose is to prepare students to live pragmatically and immediately in their current environment and to prepare individuals to live as members of a society. In other words, theorists such as Adler and Counts felt the role of schooling was to equip individuals with the skills necessary to participate in the social life of their community. That is what Thai schools aim to do. The fetishes around personal appearance, singing songs, saluting, etc. are critical skills for managing daily life. It is of course, unfortunate that little intellectual learning and the acquisition of other competences does not take place
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Did you get your extension?
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Quite simple really DO NOT DO IT!!
My mate, married in UK to Thai in 2001. Marriage registered at Amphoe...Imported 2m Baht into his SCB Bank account to buy land and build a house. Transferred money to his wife's account. Land purchased and house built in 2007. 2010 wife runs away goes to bank asks for 1 million loan. Are you married?. Yes but the land house belong to me from before. She had the Chanoot. Marriage 2001 Chanoot 2007 !!!. Bank gave her the money. Mate goes to the SCB bank. to complain Go away, Thai business,,,,but..bbut..but..Go away. Gets worse....You have a problem? Get a lawyer. Lawyer 50K. Produces marriage certificate, translated and notarised. Bank: Oh well if you were married and money came from UK everything is illegal. Also you are liable for 500.000!!!!
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If he made a will, properly witnessed, after marriage, then will is valid,. Surely he must have had an affidavit of freedom to marry from the embassy/consulate translated into Thai and verified at Laksi? As long as he has a Thai marriage certificate and the supporting documentation, preferably in Thai and English and was married at an Amphoe office he should need nothing else. If he is ever going to need pension funds or widow's funds from the UK he should make sure past employers/providers have notarised English translations of everything!
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We go to Don Muang on AA once or twice a week. Its like using the bus. You just unclick all the things from meals to baggage and insurance and sit at the back of the plane. With a printed boarding card it is pretty much walk on/walk off. Not much you can do about airport fees. Pay on a Thai debit card or a UK one in GBP.......Cost from here to BKK is
c. 30GBP 1 hour 750 kilos. Train ticket from home to London 3 hours and 50 GBP and if you fail to book in advance
250GBP
Problem? I think not.
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There are, as always, a large number of factors not taken into account in these 'tables'
1. If you finish M3 in Thailand there are numerous vocational/occupational course options
2. Of course if you want to be a doctor you need preferably to have an international qualification
3. There is a huge 'self sufficient' Thai economy. I do not mean necessarily growing rice. There are plenty of people here who on smallish plots of land grow, tobacco, sugar, sweet corn on a nearly industrial scale.
4.There is a large pool of family businesses and SMEs and here considerable numbers of Import/Export entrepreneurs
Most of this requires literacy, technical competence and some math skills, but not much else that comes from a school .
Unemployment? Thailand 1% Spain and UK for graduates 25%
On the subject of Laos!!
1. The French, in spite of the horrors they brought, did make schools
2. Communists have a healthy respect for education
3. Have a go at this. Not a graet wiki fan..but this is not bad!: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Laos_to_1945..Like the assertion that there are more Lao speakers in BKK than Vientiane..but then there are more Teochew speakers than Thai in the Central Provinces
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A 'Thai' child is Thai regardless of where he/she was born. That presupposes the mother/father has an ID card. Your
name should be on the birth certificate. It is well nigh impossible to renounce Thai citizenship.if your wife has a Tabian Ban and the child's name is on it. As I understand it, there is no longer any 'requirement' at present to choose a nationality at any age.
A child should have a Thai Passport.Both you and the mother would need to go together to apply for that. There is some confusion as to whether a child needs both a birth certificate + a Tabian Ban to apply. It makes life simpler.
If you are a British citizen, born in the UK, then the child is British and can acquire a UK passport. If a child is born in Thailand, you would need to register the birth with the Embassy and they will then provide a UK birth certificate.
It is true that if your child is born outside the UK then your grand children will not be British unless they are born in the UK
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Get the NOK air 10.00 flight to Nakhon Phanom. Still would not reckon on making the 16.45 Air Asia flight back to Don Muang! Ground transport not a problem
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Lot of things do not add up here. (They usually do not!) Are you really married? Pretty difficult to marry a Lao girl..not like Thailand. You say the house is 'attached' to the mother's house...How does all that show up on land papers?.Again I have no knowledge of how it works in Lao as opposed to Thailand. How much did you spend? Source of money? Documented? Was it all legal? Can you afford to throw it all away? I think, for what it is worth, you have 4 choices!
1 If it is your house and can be proven, if you want, sit it out and see what happens
2.Sue for divorce..again presume you have the papers identifying source of money for assets
3.If you want to keep her, simply find the guy and face him down! Nor many people want to be confronted with a guy saying: 'Why do you want to f*** my wife? If he is difficult have you and the family find some Luk Nong!
4. Run Away
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For heaven's sake!! Where are you from? If from the UK take her back to Great Ormond Street. Alder Hay or wherever. if from France go to Lyon. if the US Boston. It is money sure, not rocket science. Sheryl says Srinakarindra is 'best' . If anyone thinks surgery is a solution..find the hospital EXIT now. PM me ?? If you are in real difficulty I will give you the name of a GP in London who will talk to you on skype/phone. Teaching hospitals? This your daughter. I spent 10 years discovering that private hospitals in Thailand are useless..and a few more finding the only one that was remotely competent. The post about your wife not being able to 'face down' a doctor' is critical, too. You have to do it.
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I thought a procurer was a Pandar or Pimp or Ponce?
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The only salient point is: Is this being applied nationally? If not..trouble!
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I am heading back, now, to what is still the UK. And off to Stornoway. I don't want to be stranded here without a Scottish Passport
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The gravy train that left Brussels this morning en route to Glasgow has been delayed 'indefinitely', we understand.
The train known as the Berlaymont Express was unable to depart from Calais. French Customs Officers detected, amongst other things, Huge containers of Scottish Euro Notes, Crates of contraband Whisky, labelled Glen Cameron, Several carriages crammed with Ukrainian ladies of leisure (like sardines), all carrying Thai passports, large quantities of T Shirts (Made in Thailand? bearing the slogan " Up Yours MucLeod (sic..spelled wrong). The UK Border Agency has so far declined to comment on whether its 'officers' have been 'attending the scene'. As we go to press a cabal of wealthy Scots billionaires have proposed: "Sod the referendum" "Let's get Nova Scotia"
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Of course the toffs are getting rattled. First Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth of Battenburg and Hanover is 'concerned' Now poor Kate's womb has been commandeered. Would not be surprised if an early announcement of the baby's name were not made: Robert, Bruce, Wallace, Brock, Ailsa, Bradana??? And while it is true that Scots used badger teeth instead of buttons,well obviously, I am assured there is no truth in the rumour that Scotland will be renamed Badgerland
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Ill Repute? Just another synonym for misogyny. Of course a chap is a 'Lothario' or 'a bit of lad'. Mystery to me why Thai women marry farangs with the mark of the brothel beast all over their limericks. "I'm getting married in the morning, get me to the ATM on time?"
PS. Here is a word everyone should know!!: **** Thai language removed ****-
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Never seen a blue traffic light! Mind you the guy up the road has taken the law into his own hands and instead of red/white or black/white has painted the pavement kerb stones blue/white..What does that mean?Visual impairment, will that include Red - green colour blindness so Thais actually know they've gone through a Stop light. ?
Oh wait, that's not important.
I have red-green colourblindness, as are one in ten men. However, I can tell red from green. Thankfully the test only requires us to differentiate between red, green, yellow and blue.
Never been involved in an accident in the UK or here. Nearly drove into the back of a songtaew once, but that was entirely the fault of the lady walking down the street in a skirt shorter than her knickers.
luk kreung, can I have citizenship or I am only alien?
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Not sure why you would want to be 'Thai'!
There is good advice here. If you were born within a legal Italian marriage, that is basically it.If your mother chooses to help you, maybe she can. Without ascertaining the identity of your father and gaining his consent to acknowledge you, (Does he even know?)you have very little to go on.We all have our lives as a consequence of some very strange liaisons. It would appear you are very lucky to have a loving Italian family.