Silurian

I just did this process of getting my marriage registered in Thailand. Here is my US Embassy affidavit experience.

First, make an appointment with US Embassy using the appointment system that you can find on their WEB site. Print out appointment confirmation page. Obtain a blank affidavit form (found on their WEB site) and fill out blank affidavit with the appropriate information and add “For the purpose to register my marriage in Thailand, I, <full name>, declare that I married <spouse full name> at <City, State, USA> on <date>.” Do NOT sign the affidavit!

Go to the US Embassy at appointment time/date. You will need to show your US passport at the front door. Need to give them your cell phone and any other electronic devices (key fob, etc). I also gave them my Thai drivers license to go with my belongings to prove they were mine but I don't think that is needed. Go inside to the US citizen services area. Stand in line in front of window 3 for queuing. Hand them your affidavit and the print out of the appointment which they will look at and hand back with a queue number. Then proceed to cashier for payment of affidavit which is $50 USD. They take US Dollar, Thai Baht (1600) or Credit Card. Credit Card will be charged in the US so best to have US Credit Card. They prefer US Cash if possible. After payment, hand affidavit, passport and payment receipt to window 6 and wait in sitting area. I had my marriage certificate with me but they didn't require it.  For me, after about 50 minutes, I was told to initial and sign the affidavit which I did in blue ink. I then walked back to the front area and obtained my cell phone and other belongings.
I then turned right out of the Embassy and walked to a translation center. The place I went to charged 400 Baht for each page of translation, 1000 Baht service charge to deliver, process and pick up the affidavit from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and 400 Baht MFA legalization fee for a total of 1898 Baht (with VAT added). They wanted my name and address as shown on my work permit and house book for proper translation purpose. I didn’t have either with me so I told them I would scan them and send the information to them via email. They said they would translate the document in the afternoon and send me it via email for confirmation before sending it to the MFA. Paid the 1898 Baht, got a receipt and left.
Went home and scanned in the Work Permit pages that had my name and the company name. I also scanned in the blue house book page with the Thai address. I cropped the scanned image to just the information required and emailed it to the translation service. The agency sent the affidavit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and it was returned 3 days later.

Don't worry all Viagra users. Thai plastic surgeons are already gearing up for penile implants.  With this handy device, you can "pump" up your member for an all night marathon. You can now get this type of surgery done at all respectable hospitals as well as those shadier back Soi clinics. So enjoy!

"A penile implant includes a hollow elastomeric internal cylinder that is coaxial with an external cylinder both of which are rounded at the distal end and suitably secured to one another at this location. The space between the cylinders is designed to receive fluid through a laterally extending port for pressurizing the implant to achieve the erectile state. A root section is adapted to be fastened to the proximal end of the outer cylinder."

I ran Kies yesterday and the new firmware showed up. It first ran an update to Kies (said it was required for firmware upgrade). After about 30 minutes of Kies updating and the S2 firmware download/update, the phone is now running on 2.3.6. It seemed to change the widgets sizing a little bit. I don't really notice any battery improvements as stated in the release notes but maybe over time I will be able to tell.

I was a little nervous on the phone reboot after firmware update. At first it hung on reboot so I power cycled it and then it came up normally.

Now the wait for Ice Cream Sandwich (4.?) which is supposed to be early 2012.

Digitalbanana, on 2011-12-22 17:51:23, said:

I ran Kies this morning and no update. It shows I am running the latest version (2.3.3). Are you located in Thailand? What carrier do you use?

My wife went to that pet store near Big C Extra (Old Carrefour) Rama 4 yesterday afternoon. Of course they just sold the last large cat tree that morning. My wife stated that the staff were not very friendly and couldn't tell her when they would get any more in. Right now, I am thinking about trying to make it myself. My first plan is to go to the local hardware guy down the street and see if he has the parts and rope to make it. I have a small scratching post and have an idea of how to build a bigger one.