The week that was in Thailand news: Investing in Thailand? Plenty have done very well, thank you very much.

[rooster59]

The week that was in Thailand news: Investing in Thailand? Plenty have done very well, thank you very much.

 

 

Whenever a news item mentions a foreigner who got their investment fingers burnt in Thailand, out they come.

 

Fool! What idiot would invest in Thailand? What simpleton would buy a house rather than rent? What buffoon would deposit money in a Thai bank? What imbecile would start a business especially employing lazy, unreliable Thais? What birdbrain would even consider putting any roots down in a country that exists merely to skin you alive, spit you out and send you packing when they have made money from the fruits of your labor? What blockhead would invest in the stock market? Blah, blah, blah....

 

It is revealing that these negative curmudgeons are also the first on threads - methinks they have plenty of time on their hands because they have nothing better to do than rattle off interminable nonsense from behind a keyboard based on their boundless experience of the Land of Smiles that has never smiled on them, and never will.

 

As we say in Scrabble, put an S on MUG and you get MUGS or SMUG.

 

When someone pops up who has been successful in Thailand they are aggressively pooh-poohed as liars, lackeys and loons who, if they really have made a few baht, will have to give it all back. No foreigner, farang or otherwise, is allowed to have prospered in the land of protectionism where only Thais can succeed.

 

Give me a break. Because I beg to differ. Not all of my oldest friends made back in the 1980's and 1990's have stayed in Thailand but nearly all have been successful in one way or another. And I still believe people can be just as successful these days if they are willing to work hard, adapt to local conditions and LEARN!

 

Most of my pals started in teaching and like me gravitated from door to door and company work to the lucrative pastures of international schools. Everyone was successful in the specialization that they pursued, in my case teaching Thai. Two stepped out of teaching and started one of Thailand's biggest recruitment companies.

 

One of the partners was locked up for a day at the start after a former employer complained. Undaunted and confident that the law was on THEIR side, him and his mate went on to own Ferraris and real estate worldwide after obliterating the opposition and employing thousands of Thais. They recently received millions of pounds for selling a ten per cent share.

 

Some have married Thai women who presented them with lovely children but drained them a bit financially! But others have nurtured wives who have become successful in their own right with a bit of positive encouragement. Some have done very well after their children gained lucrative modeling contracts.

 

Yes, of course there are hard luck stories, there are losers in business just as there are in any country but the idea that Thailand should be off limits is absurd. For me it has, and I suspect always will be, a land of opportunity. Because despite being 60 next year I haven't stopped believing in my adopted homeland and believing she will always be there for me. Besides, I still love her so....

 

Not all investments and ideas work out. I have gained as well as lost on property buying and selling. Seen homes both plummet and rocket in value. Experienced rental values that were so low I'd be better having money in fixed deposit. Made a million on a condo flip in six weeks. Been crippled by illness that saw me unable to earn a bean for months.

 

I was reminded of one of my less than successful forays in to the watch market after a story from Pattaya this week in which a man called Mark - described by a friend as a "lovable rogue" - was arrested with fake Rolex and other fancy brands after a police sting. Methinks that this expat might have chosen a field of endeavor that was not already saturated with mischief!

 

I remember taking Patpong Rolex to England in my undies in the eighties. It paid for my flight. An unexpected search of my luggage didn't find the counterfeit goods but what was that brown stain....It was clear I wouldn't be a good smuggler. A decade ago I teamed up with a Thai entrepreneur to market his innovative watches but it fell flat. Yes, I made a few bob with my Scrabble brand but it wasn't worth the effort.

 

Watches, as Mark may ruminate on in the cells, are a brutal business! I suggest he starts watching back episodes of Dragon's Den or Shark Tank to see what might translate to success in Thailand! Either that or have a word with DPM Prawit about his methods.

 

QUOTES - the Queen Of The Eastern Seaboard - continued to dominate the Thaivisa forums this week. Early in the week a group called "Pattaya Watchdog" outlined everything that was wrong out East and called on Pattaya lovers to help solve the infrastructure problems. They added somewhat pessimistically that it probably was already too late!

 

"Filthy, dangerous, rip-off, vice-ridden" screamed the headline. Jaded posters expected a more positive stories by sunrise. This arrived in the shape of two reports that arrived together next day rather in the manner of London buses.

 

The head of the Tourism Council said that tourist arrivals nationwide would only be up 5% in 2020 while the chief of the Eastern Seaboard hoteliers' association pointed to a lively New Year in Pattaya and a great year ahead if his members heeded his advice about engaging in online marketing. What innovation!!

 

The gist of the Pattaya Watchdog's assessment was that the resort needs to cast off its sleazy image and clean up its act. This was naturally treated with derision from the bar stool brigade who are living in the past eyeing yesteryear through the murky dregs of the bottom of their beer glasses contained in those ghastly holders I have heard called condoms. (If I ever am given one I hand it back and call for a glass; yes I am a confirmed Bangkok snob).

 

The Thais will one day reinvent Pattaya simply because they have to. But it will take more years than this columnist has left on earth. If someone of the influence of Sontaya Khunpluem cannot enact speedy change then I don't know who can. Though I concede to Pattaya insiders who suggest that the mayor is reluctant for change.

 

Depressingly the hunt for the killer of a two year old and two others during the previous week's gold shop heist in Lopburi stumbled along without conclusion. Clearly this was no "normal" gold shop robber and accusations flew thick and fast as "persons of influence" were mentioned in the Thai media and plod blamed the press for getting in the way. When found, this callous criminal may well find himself on death row as quickly as he dispatched his unfortunate victims.

 

On Sunday last week the head of the corrections' department gave the lowdown on the use of the death penalty in Thailand over the last few decades. A murderer was given the ultimate sanction - via lethal injection after some BBQ chicken and sticky rice - in 2018 after a nine year moratorium. Those vocal elements on the forum I mentioned earlier are usually the sort that want the firing squad back.

 

Maybe the man in the Lopburi case will face a shooting before he is ever in custody. This was narrowly averted in Chiang Mai this week when a garage owner who shot an incense factory proprietor was surrounded. After a long standoff his wife arrived in the middle of the night. Plod made it abundantly clear that her husband would be shot if he didn't give up. He had after all taken a potshot at the head of the Saraphi constabulary, not a wise move.

 

The suspect gave up at daybreak and has his wife to thank for still breathing air.

 

Meanwhile in Bangkok there were developments in the case of Apichai "Sia Ice Metal Box" Ongwisit, the wealthy son of a former market owner. Ice looks every inch a serial killer. After the discovery of a "sideline" girl buried behind his house, this week police divers found another corpse - headless this time - in a fish pond weighed down by a gate.

 

A witness had come forward to say that in December 2018 he been doing ice with Ice who asked him to go into the pond to see if he could find a body there. Lo and behold "A" found a head but Ice reneged on paying him 5,000 baht shooting at him instead. Police then gained a search warrant to look for another victim believed to be in his house in Petchkasem Soi 47.

 

The case has everything for us ghoulish crime lovers though I note that Thaivisa forum is usually more turned on by reports of easier visas. The latest one suggesting that visas in Phuket were now easier resulted in a thread that went round and round and contributed to more confusion than clarity.

 

Best visa associated story of the week was similarly misunderstood - funnily enough by those who either cannot read or who don't bother to read before expounding their enormous knowledge of the matter. It featured a woman and a man employed by a "well known school" to work in their visa liaison department. Yaya and Ton had teamed up to run a lucrative business on the side supplying false documentation to people applying for work related visas at the consulate in Savannakhet, Laos.

 

All the top schools - especially international ones with many expatriate staff - employ these personnel who build up many contacts with immigration. I had hoped to track down the school but essentially they were a wounded party not party to the fraud. So what with Thailand's draconian defamation laws it was probably not worthwhile to know.

 

Many on the forum (who never read the story) thought "visa officer" meant they worked for immigration and started spouting off. These people seem to be native speakers according to their writing ability but they obviously skived off reading lessons at school.

 

Two stories concentrated on dumping relatives with care homes. In the first a Thai mother tragically left her three year old with a note to say that nobody wanted her. Mum claimed that she loved her but that didn't seem genuine to me. The child had many injuries and being taken into care might give her a better life away from her abusers. That was the only positive.

 

In the second story we were told that British people were dumping their dementia afflicted parents in Thailand. A poster from Ranong suggested this was a tad rum but Rooster imagines that looking after someone with Alzheimer's must be terrible and putting them in the hands of caring Thais - if one can afford it - seems more humanitarian than heinous.

 

Some mirth emanated from the House of Representatives after a Palang Pracharath Party lackey from Nakhon Sri Thammarat suggested naming a bridge from the mainland to Koh Samui after none other than Uncle Too himself. Whether the former general will be honored like Pote Sarasin and Prem Tinsulanond remains to be seen. The only certainty is that the brown nose of the MP is indelible.

 

On Friday the Thai Civilized party leader Mongkolkit S. (surname withheld as he seems to be a complete tool) suggested legalizing brothels and sex toy outlets to reduce rape. I suggest he reads up on that crime - he might discover it has more to do with power and force than primarily sex.

 

Then on the same day the release of Johan van Laarhoven - jailed for 100 years in Thailand - was announced. He will be repatriated to the Netherlands where the authorities accused him of all sorts of things after he ran cannabis businesses and allegedly laundered money. He has reportedly lost his Thai assets. Those who would say "There Rooster, a good reason not to buy anything in Thailand!" should bear in mind that your past sometimes catches up with you.

 

Finally, several pipes of differing descriptions were in the news this week. An unfortunate and young Thai man lost his future "wife's best friend" or "nong chai" (younger brother) after he stuffed it in a short section of aluminium pipe and left it stuck there for five days. Sadly the "Member for Krung Thep" could not be saved as it had rotted 90% by the time doctors got hold of it.

 

Then in Pattaya, the head of the Walking Street operators' association stated that he feared a negative impact on tourism from the laying of a flood prevention pipe running through the heart of his members' thoroughfare.

 

To boost tourism Naris's membership should invite all the top brass for a launch of the pipe once it er...gets laid in Walking Street. They could crack a couple of bottles of fake Dom Perignon over each end and come up with an appropriate name.

 

Now what would be good for something set to be trodden on by millions?

 

The "Chan O-cha Drain" has a nice ring to it.

 

Rooster
 

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[Puchaiyank]

What idiot would invest in Thailand? What simpleton would buy a house rather than rent? What buffoon would deposit money in a Thai bank? What imbecile would start a business especially employing lazy, unreliable Thais? What birdbrain would even consider putting any roots down in a country that exists merely to skin you alive!

 

The answer to these compelling questions may surprise you...look for a reflection in the window...☺

Edited January 18, 2020 by Puchaiyank

[techietraveller84]

What idiot would invest in Thailand? What simpleton would buy a house rather than rent? What buffoon would deposit money in a Thai bank? What imbecile would start a business especially employing lazy, unreliable Thais? What birdbrain would even consider putting any roots down in a country that exists merely to skin you alive!

 

Whatever the location, Thailand, Cambodia, China and so on, if one does their due diligence, stays disciplined, makes good contacts, and takes risks they can afford, success, whatever that means to them, is attainable.

[bluesofa]

13 hours ago, rooster59 said:

the murky dregs of the bottom of their beer glasses contained in those ghastly holders I have heard called condoms. (If I ever am given one I hand it back and call for a glass; yes I am a confirmed Bangkok snob).

I'm assuming you meant 'the bottom of their beer bottles contained in those ghastly holders'?

 

In that case I too must be described as a snob, as I just can't drink directly out of a bottle, For me I end up swallowing the gas in the liquid too - whether it's beer or pop. A glass is so much more practical in my opinion.

 

[Matzzon]

10 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

What idiot would invest in Thailand? What simpleton would buy a house rather than rent? What buffoon would deposit money in a Thai bank? What imbecile would start a business especially employing lazy, unreliable Thais? What birdbrain would even consider putting any roots down in a country that exists merely to skin you alive!

 

The answer to these compelling questions may surprise you...look for a reflection in the window...☺

So, still here even as you left Thailand for much greener opportunities. My advice is that you concentrate on not making the same mistakes as in the country you left.

[Puchaiyank]

40 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

So, still here even as you left Thailand for much greener opportunities. My advice is that you concentrate on not making the same mistakes as in the country you left.

I love you man...thanks for that outstanding advise...????

[Jane Dough]

3 hours ago, bluesofa said:

I'm assuming you meant 'the bottom of their beer bottles contained in those ghastly holders'?

 

In that case I too must be described as a snob, as I just can't drink directly out of a bottle, For me I end up swallowing the gas in the liquid too - whether it's beer or pop. A glass is so much more practical in my opinion.

 

Yes, I'm clearly getting my bottles and my glasses all mixed up. Looks like Chiang Mai and the dementia farm for me. The children have always said when they are rich enough that is my "fate".

 

Rooster

[Jane Dough]

3 hours ago, Matzzon said:

So, still here even as you left Thailand for much greener opportunities. My advice is that you concentrate on not making the same mistakes as in the country you left.

It's been scientifically proven that the grass in the US of A is 17.3% greener than Thailand. 

 

Trump said. 

 

Rooster

[Matzzon]

3 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

I love you man...thanks for that outstanding advise...????

Your welcome. There is nothing I wouldn´t do to try to get somebody´s mind back on track. The big question is if you are going to take the advice, or not?

[Matzzon]

6 minutes ago, Jane Dough said:

Yes, I'm clearly getting my bottles and my glasses all mixed up. Looks like Chiang Mai and the dementia farm for me. The children have always said when they are rich enough that is my "fate".

 

Rooster

It must be nice to have such caring children. I wish them a hasty prosperity and all the best in life. ???? 

[Matzzon]

6 minutes ago, Jane Dough said:

It's been scientifically proven that the grass in the US of A is 17.3% greener than Thailand. 

 

Trump said. 

 

Rooster

Yep, that man would say anything to get his daily kick of Twitter likes.

[izod10]

14 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

What idiot would invest in Thailand? What simpleton would buy a house rather than rent? What buffoon would deposit money in a Thai bank? What imbecile would start a business especially employing lazy, unreliable Thais? What birdbrain would even consider putting any roots down in a country that exists merely to skin you alive!

 

The answer to these compelling questions may surprise you...look for a reflection in the window...☺

Id say gormless,never mind eh!  once skinned alive never to repeat(not enough skin left)

[Antonymous]

19 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Fool! What idiot would invest in Thailand? What simpleton would buy a house rather than rent? What buffoon would deposit money in a Thai bank? What imbecile would start a business especially employing lazy, unreliable Thais? What birdbrain would even consider putting any roots down in a country that exists merely to skin you alive, spit you out and send you packing when they have made money from the fruits of your labor? What blockhead would invest in the stock market? Blah, blah, blah....

I am one of those who did all of the above, frequently against the advice of those who know nothing but think that they are experts.

 

I have worked hard, employed hundreds of Thais, made smart investments and while none of it was easy, I have learned alot, prospered greatly and am living a fantastic life here.

[ThaiBunny]

3 minutes ago, Antonymous said:

I am one of those who did all of the above, frequently against the advice of those who know nothing but think that they are experts.

 

I have worked hard, employed hundreds of Thais, made smart investments and while none of it was easy, I have learned alot, prospered greatly and am living a fantastic life here.

There's always one person who's the "exception that proves the rule" who thinks that everyone can do what they have done. Thailand is a country for the "rent-seeker" type of business

Edited January 19, 2020 by ThaiBunny

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, Jane Dough said:

Yes, I'm clearly getting my bottles and my glasses all mixed up. Looks like Chiang Mai and the dementia farm for me. The children have always said when they are rich enough that is my "fate".

 

Rooster

Rooster on a farm, what more could you want? I bet you'd be able to hear the cock crowing.

 

[ThomasThBKK]

48 minutes ago, ThaiBunny said:

There's always one person who's the "exception that proves the rule" who thinks that everyone can do what they have done. Thailand is a country for the "rent-seeker" type of business

There's always that one that doesn't have the balls to even try it and then lectures others about their supposed failure.

 

Zero respect to those.

 

If you fail 10x and then make it the 11x than you deserve respect.

 

PS: What he has done has nothing to do with "rent seeking".

[NCC1701A]

"When someone pops up who has been successful in Thailand they are aggressively pooh-poohed as liars, lackeys and loons who"

 

that is so weird that you should say that because that is exactly what happened to me on this forum during the demeaning poster of the year election.

 

I was told by the scum on this forum I was a liar, but not only a liar but a psychopathic liar and that it was impossible that I could have done any of the things I talked about in my life and career. 

 

over and over more than 50 comments had to be deleted.

 

also I started a topic "I am living the life in Thailand". I just wanted to talk about success and positive experiences I had.

 

But there were so many haters and trolls they locked my topic! 

 

Many sick haters here. The funny thing is my number one hater is not even in Thailand.  

[nobodysfriend]

13 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

"When someone pops up who has been successful in Thailand they are aggressively pooh-poohed as liars, lackeys and loons who"

 

that is so weird that you should say that because that is exactly what happened to me on this forum during the demeaning poster of the year election.

 

I was told by the scum on this forum I was a liar, but not only a liar but a psychopathic liar and that it was impossible that I could have done any of the things I talked about in my life and career. 

 

over and over more than 50 comments had to be deleted.

 

also I started a topic "I am living the life in Thailand". I just wanted to talk about success and positive experiences I had.

 

But there were so many haters and trolls they locked my topic! 

 

Many sick haters here. The funny thing is my number one hater is not even in Thailand.  

What do you care about all these miserable people who failed in life and want you to fail same them ...?

Do not waste your time with them and just ignore ...!

[Samui Bodoh]

16 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

"When someone pops up who has been successful in Thailand they are aggressively pooh-poohed as liars, lackeys and loons who"

 

that is so weird that you should say that because that is exactly what happened to me on this forum during the demeaning poster of the year election.

 

I was told by the scum on this forum I was a liar, but not only a liar but a psychopathic liar and that it was impossible that I could have done any of the things I talked about in my life and career. 

 

over and over more than 50 comments had to be deleted.

 

also I started a topic "I am living the life in Thailand". I just wanted to talk about success and positive experiences I had.

 

But there were so many haters and trolls they locked my topic! 

 

Many sick haters here. The funny thing is my number one hater is not even in Thailand.  

I have often wondered about those who feel the need to 'take others down' on the Forum; yes, I do get some crappy comments as well, but nothing like what you (and many others) have described.

 

Part of it is simply anonymity. I think we all fantasize about telling people off at times, be it a boss, a spouse, an in-law, a family member, etc, but because we are civilized people, we can't do it. However, on an anonymous Internet Forum, we can. It doesn't say much about the people who do it, but... Consequence-free behaviour/activity is a rare and alluring thing, and I get why some might find it appealing.

 

I think that there are other reasons as well. We are all socialized/conditioned from birth to react to a physical manifestation; what man doesn't melt at a woman crying? What person does not recognize when we have hurt a person standing right in front of us? The 'Keyboard Warrior' does not have those visual cues, and thus is freed from what is otherwise unheard of behaviour. Saying nasty words to someone's face is a difficult thing to do, but to type it anonymously? Easy as pie.

 

Further to the point above, I think some of it is simply that one doesn't quite understand how big of an A-Hole they are being. In one of my previous incarnations as a teacher, I recall learning that communication isn't quite what we think it is on the surface. The numbers fluctuate a tad, but scientists have learned that communication is approximately 35% body language, 57% tone of voice and only 8% actual chosen words. Take those approximations and apply them to the on-line world where it is 100% vocabulary to communicate; rather than being shocked at how much abuse occurs, perhaps we should be shocked at how little occurs?

 

Twenty years ago, one of my Profs said that the Internet was going to be the thing that decides if we as a species make it or not. I remember at the time thinking "you are an idiot", but now I think he was smart as hell.

 

Have a great afternoon in Paradise!

 

PS Before someone comes on and states that I have said bad things on-line as well, let me say that they are correct; I am human with all the imperfections that apply. Loads and loads of imperfections...

 

 

[Saltire]

1 hour ago, NCC1701A said:

"When someone pops up who has been successful in Thailand they are aggressively pooh-poohed as liars, lackeys and loons who"

 

that is so weird that you should say that because that is exactly what happened to me on this forum during the demeaning poster of the year election.

 

I was told by the scum on this forum I was a liar, but not only a liar but a psychopathic liar and that it was impossible that I could have done any of the things I talked about in my life and career. 

 

over and over more than 50 comments had to be deleted.

 

also I started a topic "I am living the life in Thailand". I just wanted to talk about success and positive experiences I had.

 

But there were so many haters and trolls they locked my topic! 

 

Many sick haters here. The funny thing is my number one hater is not even in Thailand.  

Couldn't agree more, too many haters.

 

I have not been here too long (thankfully!) but I now rarely post anything, as even an innocuous post or opinion somehow gets twisted by what you accurately describe as 'scum' into an insult ar a put-down. There are a lot of lost-cause, bitter, dare I say old, men out there with not a lot to do. Why live in an exciting place like Thailand and sit on your computer all day looking for posters to wind up?

 

For a forum with alledgedly tens of thousands of members, it seems only a very small clique actually participate. I wonder why?

 

As to the OP, a very humorous look at the news. I should add investments at home can carry the same risk as here, as can virtually all investments. A flat I bought 8 years ago in the UK is now worth 10% less than my purchase price. Win some lose some.

 

Also the many horror warning post from 'losers' just backs up the theory that bad experiences are more likely to be aired than good ones.

 

Incidentaly NCC I voted for you but gave up on what turned into a boring thread (uness you were part of the clique, in which case it was probably hilarious ???? )

 

 

 

[Social Media]

Another chapter in the Rooster self appreciation society, why is this always about HIM, 12 paragraphs of an excerpt of his biography ? then we start to get relevant content to the topic title, not the life and times of Rooster !

More self waffle next week I guess.

[1FinickyOne]

20 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

What idiot would invest in Thailand? What simpleton would buy a house rather than rent? What buffoon would deposit money in a Thai bank? What imbecile would start a business especially employing lazy, unreliable Thais? What birdbrain would even consider putting any roots down in a country that exists merely to skin you alive!

 

The answer to these compelling questions may surprise you...look for a reflection in the window...☺

so. you come back here to name call and bad mouth people who live here happily and succesfully? 

 

no use in describing what a hapoy wonderful life I have with a terrific Thai family... 

 

but you are gone now.. why nasty bad mouth ours? Get a life. 

[Puchaiyank]

45 minutes ago, kenk24 said:

so. you come back here to name call and bad mouth people who live here happily and succesfully? 

 

no use in describing what a hapoy wonderful life I have with a terrific Thai family... 

 

but you are gone now.. why nasty bad mouth ours? Get a life. 

Because you would have no one to tell "the rest of the story"....Why don't you give supporting evidence to support your position...instead of attacking me personally? The Thai Immigration fiasco needs to be exposed for exploiting expats...

[GarryP]

2 hours ago, Saltire said:

Couldn't agree more, too many haters.

 

I have not been here too long (thankfully!) but I now rarely post anything, as even an innocuous post or opinion somehow gets twisted by what you accurately describe as 'scum' into an insult ar a put-down. There are a lot of lost-cause, bitter, dare I say old, men out there with not a lot to do. Why live in an exciting place like Thailand and sit on your computer all day looking for posters to wind up?

 

For a forum with alledgedly tens of thousands of members, it seems only a very small clique actually participate. I wonder why?

 

As to the OP, a very humorous look at the news. I should add investments at home can carry the same risk as here, as can virtually all investments. A flat I bought 8 years ago in the UK is now worth 10% less than my purchase price. Win some lose some.

 

Also the many horror warning post from 'losers' just backs up the theory that bad experiences are more likely to be aired than good ones.

 

Incidentaly NCC I voted for you but gave up on what turned into a boring thread (uness you were part of the clique, in which case it was probably hilarious ???? )

 

 

 

Who won? 

[GarryP]

1 hour ago, Black Ops said:

Another chapter in the Rooster self appreciation society, why is this always about HIM, 12 paragraphs of an excerpt of his biography ? then we start to get relevant content to the topic title, not the life and times of Rooster !

More self waffle next week I guess.

No one forces you to read it. 

[PomPolo]

Agree with most of this - from my armchair warrior perspective 95% of the people I know have not created a succesful business in Thailand - I could be hanging around with the wrong people ????

 

But a brilliant post by Rooster I read this every week.

[1FinickyOne]

On 1/19/2020 at 5:19 PM, Puchaiyank said:

Why don't you give supporting evidence to support your position...instead of attacking me personally? 

supporting evidence? for what? you can attack all Thai people, calling them stupid and bad mouthing but you don't like to be called out for it?

 

and sorry, I do not see anything exploitive about immigration here. I meet the requirements and nothing has changed in 20 years... I would venture a guess that there are many who no longer qualify because they can't go into the embassy and lie and then swear to it... happy mlk day to you... 

[BritManToo]

On 1/19/2020 at 2:47 PM, nobodysfriend said:

What do you care about all these miserable people who failed in life and want you to fail same them ...?

Do not waste your time with them and just ignore ...!

Everyone fails in life, if they live long enough.

[Puchaiyank]

5 hours ago, kenk24 said:

supporting evidence? for what? you can attack all Thai people, calling them stupid and bad mouthing but you don't like to be called out for it?

 

and sorry, I do not see anything exploitive about immigration here. I meet the requirements and nothing has changed in 20 years... I would venture a guess that there are many who no longer qualify because they can't go into the embassy and lie and then swear to it... happy mlk day to you... 

Personally I refuse to use the word stupid...but in your case I will make an exception...????

[Mark mark]

Yes Rooster, this IS a True story, that I Put here below, ... (Cut from the Normal feeds ? But well ???) But now verified by the People that know these ? Poor men from Cambodia ?.....

 

....   Yes, .... I am Glad, that I got a technical Education ! and never had to Teach, in Thailand, ..or any there else. 

 

I have known that the Top Schools ? … Well, schools in Thailand have been doing this sort of moral corruption, for a long time now. … Like I make a joke that "Thailand is the only country that I know, where the Schools are more corrupt than the Cops" !!! ...

 

… Well possibly I do not know about to many Schools in other Countries I suppose. … Right ?

 

Yes briefly,

 

 .... There were 5 seemingly OK Brits working for a Top School somewhere in Bangkok, like Teaching, and also football coaches I think. .... The School had got them their work permits etc. .. Things went OK for a while .... or Oh about 12 Months I guess, if I remember the story correctly, ... But then one of them died of a clear, drug Over Dose. … And boy there apparently was a great scandal then !!!

 

… So the School decided just to sack them ALL !!! ... And they did !!! … And to add Insult to Injury, they considered that they probably were all guilty, so  they refused to pay them for their last month of work also ! 

 

… The men got a lawyer who said that the case was open and shut, and that the school owed them the Months’ Pay !!! … So they took the School too caught. !

 

…  So the School, then Bribed the Cops, so the men said, and they were arrested before the law case was able to be heard, on the Charges of having forged Teaching work permits !!! ... Like the Permits that the School had given them !!!

 

This was Bad, and they decided to make a run for it ... but got stopped at the Airport. ... and well, got offered the Choice of paying $4,000 US cash, under the table, or facing a Goal term, and they were then just detained in the police station at the airport.  ... Well they all decided to Pay, so were allowed to leave, ... but they were all Black listed also, and all of the rest of it. ...

 

I met them in the Number - 9 Guest House on the lake in Phnom Pen, the Great old Reefer and sunset over the lake, to the bells and gongs of Sweet music from the local Monastery !!! Place. ... The best Place in the world I reckon! Until the Korean developers Bribed the government there, and filed in the lake in and Build Condos and Shopping centres on it ! 

 

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