simon43

I have been waiting 4 months on the Phuket Labour Office to process my WP application (for working as manager of my own [new] hotel).  The delay (according to my good Thai accountant) was because she/me would not pay 'under the table').

Finally, the papers are ready for me to travel to KL or Penang to get a 90 day non-immigrant B visa, then return to the Labour Office to collect my WP, then go to KL or Penang again to obtain a 1 year non-immigrant B.

All ok, but there is a complication!

Every week I also travel outside Thailand to Myanmar, where I work as a volunteer.  So I travel out on Monday via Ranong and come back a few days later.  I currently enter Thailand on 14 day tourist VIA stamps.

Once I obtain the initial 90-day NIB visa, how can I continue to enter/leave Thailand every week without screwing up my visa?  Will KL or Penang issue a multiple entry 90 day NIB visa with just the WP3 paperwork?

Simon

This might be of interest to any ThaiVisa members who are EU citizens.

I'm always interested in studying for an additional post-grad qualification via online learning.  I'm talking about a fully-recognised post grad degree, not a degree mill/Khao San Road offering

(I already have an MSc and followed the Chula MA degree some years ago, but you can never have too many degrees..)

Often, the course fees for online, post-grad study can be quite high.  So I was amazed to find that certain Master's degree courses exist which are totally FREE for EU citizens.

The number of courses and subjects is not huge, but how about an MA in Adult Learning & Global Change

http://www.masterspo...bal-change.html

There are other MA/MSc courses on that web-site which are not related to education, but may be of interest.

If you are not an EU citizen, then course fees jump up to $10,000 or so   But it is interesting that the zero fees are based upon your citizenship, and not on your country of residence, (so a Brit living in Thailand can study for free)

Anyway, hope this web-link is of interest - I'm tempted to register for the above course since the fees will not affect my beer allowance...

Or maybe this post-grad degree is of more interest

http://www.masterspo...e-learning.html

Simon

It's possible that I may be taking up employment in a remote area of south-east Asia where terrestial mobile phone coverage is non-existent, as is the availability of Marmite

A mobile sat phone will work just fine, if I can find a shop in Thailand (Phuket of BKK) that rents them out on a monthly basis and can (hopefully) also supply the air-time.

Does anyone know where I can rent a basic (voice + SMS) Thuraya mobile phone in Thailand?

Thanks

Simon

This is probably the best forum to post on since i'm interested to get advice from other women who may understand my situation better than the guys.

After a stormy marriage to my first Thai wife, we amicably divorced a few years ago.  To remind long-term TV members, my first Thai wife was severely bipolar and made my life HELL (glad I got that off my chest...)

However, since our divorce, she is now only about 25% mad and we remain on good terms, especially since we have a young son who shares his time between my ex and his aunt in BKK (where he attends a good school).

Some time after my divorce, I remarried (yes, I know that maybe was not a good move.._)  The Thai lady that I married was actually my live-in GF when we lived in the UK in around 2002-2003.  So basically I came full-circle with her.

The problem that I have is extreme jealously towards my ex from my new wife.  We have been married for several years, but the sniping and comments about my ex never cease.  Since I have a son with my ex (who BTW has remarried to a really nice Thai guy), and since we both own small hotels within 1km of each other, it is natural that I keep in touch with the ex, also passing hotel guests over to her when my hotel is full etc. In any case, I cannot change what has happened previously - it is always best to look towards the future.

My amicable attitude towards my ex and the fact that I help her to manage her business clearly annoys my wife, and her attitude is beginning to annoy me also. Any small advice or favour towards my ex or here business is picked up by my wife and used as an excuse to moan at me.  I am beginning to understand why I left her for my ex all those years ago.

What can I do to persuade my wife to change her attitude?  (Actually, with my experience in Thailand and with Thai ladies, I think trying to change her is a lost cause). I have no intention of cutting strings with my ex, especially because of my good relationship with my young son, but also because she cannot successfully manage her business without my help, (and a stressed bipolar person is not beneficial for anyone within her striking distance)

I'm in the position now of considering employment away from my wife, so that I can have a more peaceful life! (I can manage my hotel business/bookings remotely).

Divorce is not on the cards, but I really see little point in living with her if her life revolves around sniping at my ex and criticising me for my 'lax' attitude with my ex.

What advice do the learned members of TV have for me???  I can imagine 'grow a set' might be top of the list, but if I take that path then I may need to sleep alone with a metal cricket box to protect my assets! BTW, there is no suggestion of any sexual relationship with my ex - it's simply my wife's position that I should not contact or assist her in any way.

Simon

To help me in my efforts to learn some Burmese, it would be useful to have a dictionary that offers at least Burmese-Thai-Burmese (with Burmese pronounciation using Thai script). By using Thai script for correct pronounciation of the Burmese words, it's much easier to represent the tones, as opposed to transliterating into English.

I use a Thai-Mandarin dictionary and phrasebook for learning Mandarin, and it's very useful to assist with getting the tones correct.

Does anyone know of a suitable dictionary, either hard-copy or online?

Thanks

Simon