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    Which Airline Ls The Best ?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Who is best?

    What are your criteria?

    Who is best in an emergency?

    Who is best for service?

    Who is best for price?

    Who is best for ...... ?

    IMO it is hard to beat China AMS to BKK on price and service.

    For sure you do not want to be on KLM on long haul, the staff are too pissed off with the company.

    As they say in Thailand “ up to you “

    Regards,

    DeDanan

    Visa For Thai G/f To Visit Ireland

    in Visas and migration to other countries

    Posted · Edited by DeDanan

    Hi All,

    I tried the student visa route for my TG after she had been here on a three month holiday visa. I paid the school fee (refundable) and submitted all the required docs’. She got refused, after ALOT of phone calls and any political influence I could bring to the situation. The upshot was they did not believe she was a genuine student because of our relationship and her previous visit to Ireland with me a her “ sponsor” . I was informed that the student was very difficult to get.

    I know the owner of my local Chinese and asked him about work visas for non EU citizens, he can get work visas because he cannot find any EU citizen who is qualified to cook Chinese food!

    My local college in Athlone has a reciprocal agreement with some college in China regarding student exchange. No problem with visas for “genuine” students.

    I can tell you it is NOT easy to get through to the Irish immigration office on the number in the allotted hours.

    If you get a holiday visa it is possible to get a 1 month extension, that is 4 months total (this was the case, I do not know if this is still the situation)

    For the work visa to have any chance she will have to have some skill and qualifications that cannot be found in the extended EU. I had dinner in your restaurant “Confusion” on one occasion, is your GF a chef, if so then Thai Chef’s are in demand and cannot be found easily in the EU.

    Sorry I have not something more positive to say.

    I have been through the holiday, student, and spouse visa route and over the period been refused 2 visas. Now I have a spouse visa for my wife, but I want to get a visa for a family member to come over here, so I am motivated to find a solution.

    Regards

    DeDanan.

    Favourite Bangkok Restaurant

    in Bangkok

    Posted

    Hi All,

    My favourite is “ Harmonique” on Charoen Krung Ph: 02 630 6270. French name run by a couple of old Thai ladies in a old shop house filled with antiques. No air-con BUT food is top class service as only Thai traditional can do! Prices are ok. Good luck or bon appetite.

    DeDanan

    Visa To Ireland

    in Visas and migration to other countries

    Posted

    Hi Blowin

    Some seem to find it harder than others. The main thing you will have to try and show is that she will leave Ireland before her visa expires. But this is a case of “Guilty until proven innocent“ they (dept of Justice in Ireland) want to see social and economic reasons for her to return to Thailand. Any doc's that you have that can support this will help your case.

    Have a happy

    DeDanan

    Thai To English Audio Dictionary?

    in Thai Language

    Posted

    Hi All,

    I just bought “Spoken Thai” http://www.spokenthaidictionary.com/ it is very good and well worth it as most of my communication with my girlfriend is via “MSN messenger” video/audio chat (broadband on both ends) I can play the audio clips from Spoken Thai and she can hear them clearly at the other end.

    She AND I would like if we could get the same software for her BUT going from Thai to English. That is she would select a Thai word from a list in Thai script and it would translate it to English and allow her to “play” a audio clip of the English word.

    Thanking you… in anticipation :o

    Regards,

    DeDanan.

    Recommendations For A Show?

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

    Posted

    Hi Newworks,

    Bar fine 1 girl and her friend, pay each for long time (go to short time hotel) and offer to double fee for tip if Fully Satisfied… LET THE GAMES COMMENCE… he is the director… PB (Play Boy) Hotel near Sukhumvit has some interesting accessories (or so I am told).

    Have a Happy

    Love At First Sight!

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

    Posted

    Hi All,

    In reply.

    I did not post this topic here looking for advice of any kind. I probably should have posted it in a blog somewhere, if at all. I was just sharing an experience.

    “whore” I don’t like this term, not for what it means, but more for the derogatory way/tone it is used.

    I also do not see a big difference in the “morals” of a woman who accepts money for sex and a man who pays money for sex. Those of you who have never paid for sex can feel free to look down your noses at those of us who have, if it makes you feel superior.

    I have dated some “good” Thai women but never really clicked with most of them. (one exception). The chemistry just wasn’t there. Anyway I don’t feel a need to justify any relationship I have had with anyone.

    Some of you may say: there is no one blinder than he who just will not see! But maybe we all find our own level… eventually… and are happy there!

    As for “the long term” having been married and divorced, I do not believe in “forever” relationships. I do believe that a marriage / relationship lasts for as long as both parties are satisfied with the relationship. If one or other is not satisfied then it will inevitably end!

    If my original post raised a smile or a happy memory for some of you, then “Cheers, I wish you good health and happiness where ever you find it”.

    Have a happy….

    DeDanan

    Love At First Sight!

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

    Posted

    We talk it must be two or three hours, (who’s counting) I invite her back to my place (No discussion about payment for services rendered)

    I wake, she’s asleep,… thinking… many different scenarios … how will my last night in BKK play out???

    Skip to BTS (sky train) direction, Silom and beyond. For the first time in a long time I am happy to have someone by my side, EVEN to hold hands, (shit I must be loosing it!)

    I try to rationalise what’s happening, been here before, seen my friends here before, I try to be cynical about this, BUT….. I enjoy her company, REALLY enjoy it! She is fun to be with.

    Alas, I have to go home today and decide to chalk it up as what might have been. To the more cynical of you reading this, I did “help” her a little before I departed.

    We have kept in contact by phone, sms and email, the usual stuff, “miss you” etcetera.

    Then: she sends me an email offering to be my housekeeper! For a small remuneration. I reply saying I am not looking for a housekeeper, but a wife / lover / life partner etc….

    That’s about it to date; my head is all over the place!

    First, is she too young at 25,… actually come to think about it her young age is the only major stumbling block.

    I remember a quote from a friend when he was asked about an indiscretion “I would prefer to regret the things that I done than regret the things that I did not do!”

    Have a Happy….

    DeDanan.

    Love At First Sight!

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

    Posted

    Love at first sight!!!!

    Geeessssss at my age (42) I should know better!

    Note: I am no stranger to Thailand and the intoxicating effect of LOS, I have been here 14 times in the last 4 years. (Lucky me, part work / part….)

    On this trip I bring my young sister and her boyfriend to see LOS, I am forever talking about the place they decide it is time they see what I am talking about!

    This trip is ½ day work 13 ½ cay holiday. So I show them. All the good Temple’s, Shops, Markets and whatever in BKK, Hua Hin and Chaing Mai.

    On our last night in BKK I decide that I should leave my sis’ and b/f to enjoy BKK alone.

    So off to O’Reilly’s in Silom I go. Happy hour over and full of Satay chicken and potato wedges, its time for pool (game of) in Country Road Soi 19 Sukhumvit, and then on to Country Road Soi 21 (Asok). I spend the next few hours between those two bars with the same name in two different Soi’s playing pool and exchanging details with the locals ( What’s Ur Name, where U from?, how long U in Thailand ect’)

    Shit! I need a brake, so off to 24hour coffee shop on Soi 15 or 17 (not sure) but I find it ok.

    I order “kaafaa yen” <deleted> the air conditioning is good here. Then I see her, outside, at a table alone! Make eye contact , make eye contact, MAKE EYE CONTACT! Ok, invite her to join you……

    WOW, LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT (not sure, but after I get to know her a little more, about 20 minuets, I am sure)

    (I am too tired now, so part 2 next time.)

    Chok dii khrap,

    DeDanan.

    One Lifetime Or Many?

    in Buddhism

    Posted

    Hi All,

    Why complicate a simple message, If you want to attain/enter Nibanna follow the Eight Fold Path. Even by any logic you can see if you can truly follow it will lead to happiness.

    BUT… some of us chose not to follow this path, we prefer to keep our attachments to family etc’ so maybe it will take us many lifetimes, before we can turn our back on what we all hold dear…. I personally think, over a number of lifetimes I will do the FAMILY THING / ATTACHMENT THING, the NON ATTACHMENT THING, and variations of the above.

    Now in this lifetime I am in the attachment phase, while I am aware this will not lead to eternal happiness, I am not prepared to give it up, this is where I am right now!

    Those of you who have progressed beyond this stage may think I am strange that I do not grasp the obvious. But for me I am now where I should be!

    This for me is the true meaning of many lifetimes!

    I have found a certain amount of happiness in understanding where I am in the cycle and not trying to force myself into a different position (state)!

    Be Aware (of your surroundings and your self)

    Take care,

    DeDanan.

    Moving To Thailand

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

    Posted

    she has gone back to Thailand for the birth of our baby due in November.

    Hi Mark,

    Don't get me wrong on what i am going to say, i respect culture as much as the next man.... BUT.... This is your child, and as such you should want the best for the child, and by all means if you think that bringing up the child in Thailand is best for the child i am with you on that.....

    BUT WHAT THE <deleted> ARE YOU DOING! if your child is born in Thailand it will have a Thai passport and Thai nationality, with ALL the restrictions that brings, if your child is born in the UK, it will have a UK passport / national and all the freedom (of travel) that brings that we all take for granted.

    THINK about it, give your child any benifit you can!

    Take care and "choke dii khrap"

    DeDanan

    Monsoon Restaurant

    in Hua Hin and Cha-Am

    Posted

    Hi All,

    I recently spent two nights in Hua Hin. One of the evenings I went to a beautiful old style restaurant called “ Monsoon” I really liked the style of the place and would liked to have taken some pictures of it but did not have a camera with me. If any of you have any pictures of it can you please post them on Thai Visa or email them to me at [email protected].

    Thanking you.

    Regards,

    DeDanan.

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