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I would love to get a copy of this exam. If its anything like the education testing levels, questions will be at a level such as:
What are a policeman's main duties?
a) To protect the people
get rich through extortionc) lie and cheat
uur, dont know , can I phone a friend?
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"Oooh! Look. There's a lesser spotted pingu. Now what was it I was supposed to pretend to look at?? I forgot.
"Looking rather round, and dilapidated, isn't she? And who is it who fancies her again?
-mel.
Surely there are plenty captions to go with this photo
"Is that my poo I see coming out that pipe ?"
"Is this were they put those korea pumps my brother bought last flood"
"How long will it take to flood out those people over there, they seem to be shouting something..."
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bring it on.
The visa runners in Thailand will then have to go to India, China or Australia for the border run.
A lot of opinion on this matter. this visa run idea is the most interesting.
I cant see why other posters are fighting the concept. A free trade area is a massive endeavour and an immigration contribution of introducing a uniform visa hardly a pimple in the administration.
I can see a ASEAN 90 day visa coming in quickly as a concession to the region. After that slowly slowly as the impact of ideas is ironed out. How long has it taken the UK which is now EU compliant on most of the hidden agendas but not the public ones ( immig and currency).
Anyway the idea of a visa run to Australia seems to be coming in.........
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A bottle of Black Label in the right hands.....in advance.
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The south is more biscuit tin stuff. Thatched cottages and rolling hills. But dont ask me where as i am a northern guy. The north is for you if you like rugged. The further north the more windswept and bleak. Personally I love it. North England is a good compromise. The Yorkshire Moors and Dales and then Northumberland with the Roman Wall, The Lake District which is a bit twee in the villages but majestic on the fells.
If you like travel from say London go west and up the western side of the country all the way to Carlisle then go east into North Northumberland on your way back take in the East Yorkshire moors. Avoid the towns as they are not what they used to be. If you really like exposed dont do Northumberland go straight from Carlisle into Scotland and keep on up the west coast. It is beautiful. For a really rugged trip keep going upto the North coast of Scotland where the trees gave up fighting the sea breezes (!) years ago.
If you prefer a drink Newcastle upon Tyne is the stag night ( weekend) centre of The UK.
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Did I miss something??? I know of one guy who's been arrested... But the second supposed guy was never arrested and remains on the run, right? So why is the article above talking about two guys being arrested?
And the NSC chief is saying the "two arrested members only used Thailand as a temporary stop" ... a temporary stop to conduct a supposed bombing in BKK against Israeli related targets.... before heading back home... Is that the idea he's trying to get across?
Meanwhile, it's curious that this latest report simply states as a fact that the arrested guy and the other guy are members of Hezbollah.... yet Hezbollah says they're not....
Some/many of these reports from Thai authorities, and/or the news media accounts of them, defy credibility.
I think there is a clue in an operation being run by the Israelis, the Americans and Thais.
The Thai: Sh1t happens, maiben rai
Israeli; Give me two minutes with them in a cell, two is too much , one minute will be enough
Americans: Lookee heah you Thai guys. On a need to know basis. Forget it. You'll get it wrong anyway....
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To make children grow up into honest citizens, teachers must be living examples, said 73.3 per cent of the 1,422 respondents .....
The other 26.7% were teachers and they reckon that being a teacher is a privilege not a responsibility.....
National Teachers Day is when the students have to line up on their knees and shoeless to shuffle up to the teachers sitting, wearing shoes, and prostrate themselves while donating a flower of subservience.....
Maybe the students could learn to be good citizens like the teachers and so like the teachers they should sit on chairs and wear shoes on National Teachers Day.................
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oh oh oh, why have you brought me here ( sukhumvit rd) ? this is not short time place.
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There are now questions about the security at Suvannabhumi international airport.
Fantastic: next thing that's going to come up is the word "terrorism" and "indefinite detainment without warrant" & stuff...
There is no security at Suvarnabhumi now the duty-free-bags-stolen-item scam has been stopped..
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You're joking, right?Who would want to hits us over here in Bangkok?
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Soft Targets. Bali. Mumbai. Google is your friend ...
If the target was that soft (and valuable) surely we would've been hit multiple times here already -- is my thinking. Why now?
you are the sort of person who says that just because a building has stood for 200 years it must be safe!! or if they havent bombed here before then here must be safe
terrorism is moving onwards and upwards because now the wmd (or on a smaller scale explosive) is so much smaller and more accessible.
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A deputy police chief accepts there are presence of new groups of mafias at the Chatuchak Market, but they have not conducted any illegal activities so far.
I guess the fires at two of the used book seller stalls were just a coincidence and in no way were part of any illegal activities
An illegal activity is defined as one when the police are not getting their cut.
So the police have been obliged to note the existence of thse people but now can safely turn a blind eye
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Many sex workers refuse to take any tests....
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Seems like a lot of emotive rubbish here. Just because the animal carcass was left in the jungle wherever, doesnt mean it was inhumanely killed. Would the posters feel happier if the animal was completely consumed. Is the animal being put on the same sentimental level as our own pet canary,kitten puppy.
I think its appalling that so large an animal is killed for such a small take off. However Its just meat. I would have no problem if it was totally consumed. Would it make the same headlines if a kansas steer is turned into steaks and dog food while its horns live over someone's fireplace and a purse is made out of the ball sack.
I guess a lot of hungry animals unable to bring down an elephant would still enjoy snacking on the flesh.
What exactly are the posters griping on about. I have been in Africa and eaten of many animals not available in UK restaurants so to me its not about the food.
Is the problem about apparent fertility benefits of eating exotic animals. If so scholarship seems to be lacking from most posters arguments...
Problems with poachers, endangered species?
In all a very poor response to a news item
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On the other hand, she will know they are not doing very well and many will fail. She will lose face so she will pass them even though they do not know their work.
This is the best reason for employing non Thai teachers. We don't have this problem of face. I set and marked exams and was truthful about it. However the thais still wanted recognition so doubtless there was a second list of exam results.
Also I was surprised that I didn't invigilate exams I had set. This has nothing to do with good practice its just that the invigilators bent the rules and helped the students in ways that I wouldn't.
Another poster said:
"If students cannot calculate, read or write fluently, how will they be able to develop their knowledge further when studying more complicated subjects? "
They cannot calculate, read or write because they dont want develop their knowledge. They need to be taught enthusiasm first...learning comes later ( isn't that the basis for the suzuki music teaching system?)
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sorry, but sounds pretty spot on. There was massive flooding in BKK recently as a concequence of the dam not being able to hold water as we all know.
Was not exactly 31st December........ but not far off if ti was predicted 37 yrs back
Agreed. Also when the flooding was at its height the media used various devices to explain the size of the problem. The most famous one maybe was that the equivalent of a million blue whales were travelling south down the rivers. Another said an equivalent amount of water as held back by the Bhumipol Dam.
If the Dam had broken the tidal wave would have hit Bangkok never mind Trak Province...er it did!
it seems fortune tellers are only held back by the language they use.
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Everything has good points and bad points. I believe that Facebook, or Farcebook(ha ha) and Twitter have more bad points than good. Looks like to me they cause lots of divorces and problems in the world.
Are you sure its not your rabbit good looks.....?
Anyway how can communication cause problems. If someone wants out they dont need facebook to get some.
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"Thai young people's current distant relationship with their parents......................"
That's rich.
Most of the kids I know ( not many) dont know who their parents are. Working parents farm the kids out to relatives who have different standards and home comforts. I can think of several children who are socially inept, lost in no mans land and severely lacking confidence all through being passed round the relatives while the parents make a better life for themselves. These kids come and visit me and my wife as we are a consistent value, wow are they clutching at straws.
I would suggest that the main constant in these kids lives is the internet or communication that the internet provides
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Amazing, police doing their duty but only until 5th january
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Everyone who drives on the roads regularly knows that minibus and other bus drivers are the worst on the roads.
'worst' as in equal to the worst. I have been driven by many Thais and I cannot say the saloon cars are safer than the pickups or the motorcycles or even the buses. Touch wood I have never had a bad bus journey but I have had kittens in Mercedes and Toyota fronteras..........
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in the channel for documentary they showed people building " hand built buses "
without diagrams or plans...... and they talked about " pirate buses "
why don't the police check these things when they pass through the numerous police
checkpoints?
there is only one way to travel by bus safely in Thailand and that is this way:-
http://www.nca.co.th/firstclass.php
Asking for the police to check anything is going against the culture. The hiarachy in Thailand suggests everyone is beholden to someone, whether for a job, for peace of mind etc. The police are a very powerful system designed to extract money legally if possible and without declaring it passing it back up the chain of command. Black buses have just as much power money behind them as legit buses. Which 'family' is going to react kindly to a jumped up policeman ruffling feathers.
On another subject people talk about bad driving etc being a culture thing. This is rubbish. The culture predates modern technology. Culture is about feet, respect, corruption and feudalism not amplifires mobile phones driving skills or yaba.
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Here is why nothing will be done: NOBODY CARES!! very simple. there is complete apathy about pretty much anything here. Something as seemingly simple as getting information of how your children died takes forever with no answers at all???!!!
This is what kind of country it is. Love it or leave it? NO! Everyone has a right as citizens or visitors to get basic human rights..you can disagree if you want.
From the simplest things to the most complicated, Thailand does NOT care.
Everyone has a right to.............
Which planet are you from? No-one is automaticaly entitled to anything. Certain countries claim that human beings or shellfish or animals have rights to protection,food and access but that is hardly an instinct you are born with. Its a trait developed to make peoples lives more comfortable. All idiotic liberalistic views are forfeit when travelling.
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i would steer clear of night time travel on the roads. it would be interesting to see what % or fatalities happen at night, i expect a lot.
actually my experience suggests otherwise. Most of the lunatics on the road are back in bed by 8:00 lights out. Especially the motorcycles. There is a danger at night and that is the incredible volume of lorries. If I was told these were not allowed to travel in the daytime I would believe it as it explains the phenomenal volume. Anyway the lorries are well behaved as a rule but they are big and scary. Another problem at night is that the road surfaces are a deep black that seems to soak up the headlights. Its like driving in a black hole. Again I cant explain why they reflect nothing but if anyone has tinted windows then they have a serious disadvantage.
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Ask a Thai 'where is his favourite city?' places a burden on him that goes beyond honesty. I supect the answers reflect a) home town and
honourable loyalty.I can imagine the first answer as being 'what are the choices?
Ahh so Buriram isnt listed...
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A total waste of time. maybe there is some benefit for the ambassador if he had come to Thailand not knowing anything about expat grievances. So he has learned something but did he invite gripes or say he was going to be an ambassador on our behalf?
We know the problems and that there is nothing we can do about it. At best his excellency has passed our gripes back but for sure he isnt on our side. For example the cost of running the embassy is reflected in the services they offer; I guess a lot of people get invited to slap up dinners but they probably are on a free ride and not having to worry about the things discussed.
get rich through extortion
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Thai Police Entrance Exam Cancelled Over Cheating Scandal
in Thailand News
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When I first worked in Sales my manager wanted me to get into debt....paying the debt being an incentive to work.
Maybe my ex manager now works for the Thai police. 400k entry fee creates an incentive to be creative, and lots gets passed back up the line............