BangkokHank

notmyself, on 2012-05-05 19:58:57, said:

Just how disrespectful can a person get while standing in line waiting for an immigration officer to check your papers? If showing disrespect includes not smiling like an idiot, then perhaps you have a point.

Naam, on 2012-04-29 13:54:08, said:

Have to agree with Naam.

http://etfdailynews....tch-the-dollar/

Bilateral currency swaps provide stability for both parties over the time of the agreement. They reduce the cost of trade and eliminate to a large extent the ability of speculators and bankers to skim off the real trade.

At the other end of the spectrum we have those with another "Big fuc_king Plan" to inflict a single world currency with a single world bank. One effect of this would be to further separate money from the real producers of wealth and stick it into the pockets of the bankers. Simultaneously all the worlds' trade and sovereign nations would be fastened into a straighjacket, similar what those EuroPrats have done with the Euro and the former sovereign nations, once able to make their own economic policies and now subject to the harsh dictatorship of the European Council and the IMF, with heads of state being non-elected instruments of the European Council.

http://etfdailynews....p-iau-udn-sgol/

Through bilateral currency swaps huge trade imbalances should not occur, and the power over your own fiscal and monetary policies stays with the sovereign nation. Which is where it belongs.

Not to a bunch of remote EuroPrats, not to a handful of Anglo-American bankers and not to a declining Superpower, self appointed global policeman and would be dictator of other sovereign nations.

Amras, on 2012-04-20 22:54:08, said:

I get really sad when I read a post like this, and I'm quoting this one just because it was the last one I read, no other reason.

Point 1, yes, it does happen in the rest of the world to a varying degree.

Point 2, I don't live in the rest of the world.

Point 3, it shouldn't happen there either.

Nisa, on 2012-02-24 14:24:14, said:

Yes Nisa, I am scared. As evidenced by innumerable reports over the years there have been very few instances, if any, of a falang responding to a Thai man's aggression and not getting hospitalised because he was beaten up by his friends.Thai men do not fight their own battles.If they are bested individually they will seek immediate revenge by summoning their kith and without any compunction they will rip into their victim without mercy inflicting as much violence as possible with as many weapons that may be to hand. It's the way they are. My rage stems as much from frustration at not being able to teach these lumps some manners but, you see, I'm not stupid.

Poor queueing etiquette in my experience is quite rare in Thailand although there are notable exceptions. The one that sends me demented wiith rage is invariably in a 7/11 where any number of us might be waiting patiently only for a scrofulous, filthy motorcy guy to waddle in from the street and hand a crumpled note to whichever cashier strikes his fancy demanding the immediate sale of his redbull or what have you. Needless to say, I do nothing certain in the knowledge that his colleagues will be outside and any remonstration on my part will only be met with mob violence, Thai men being the craven cowards they are.

Drives his people to utter poverty, famine and emigration, drives his country to hyperinflation, cholera epidemics and complete devastation of the economy and then private jets ferry him and his spoilt clan 4000 kms for medical treatment. So African.

For real.

If this were a Thai person, no one would have wasted a second on it.  They only get all "oh the humanity" when it's a farang.

this is thailand....if you don't like imcompetence, mismanagement, arrogance, racism, xenophobia, aggression, dishonesty, dangerous traffic, violence to foreigners, scams, cheating and lies....DON"T COME!

Pay peanuts, get monkeys. But the slick salesman has an answer - buy this magic pill (tablet) and everything will be fine.

Why would a government want to upgrade the educational system when your voter base is the uneducated, manipulated by the venal.

KRS1, on 2012-04-05 18:13:30, said:

By that, obviously, you mean someone like myself who worked his way through university, earned a bachelor's degree, spent 25 years working in the skilled profession he was trained for, retired, and THEN moved to Thailand.

And since I spent a good part of my career working in the education field, I know something about teachers and teaching. So I guess that also means having to deal with educators who consider the job more than merely a way to support one's youthful foreign adventures.

I don't have anything against the OP or against 27 year olds with no college education wanting to live in Thailand. But at least, if the OP or anyone else similar intends of inflicting themselves on students in a classroom here, they ought to at least first gain some training and preparation necessary for being some kind of a "teacher".

You need to have some skill or education that helps put you in demand, and within a sought after minority of the work-force. Individuals that seek, and successfully gain, international employment are by-and-large well educated or have a sharp skill set that is in demand. The wise thing to do, if you are dead-set on Thailand, is to get/finish at least a Bachelors level degree in the States and then furiously send your resume to U.S. companies that dispatch employees to Thailand. I can only make uneducated assumptions as to why you have targeted Thailand on this time-table. If you are chasing true love, or on a religious quest I would implore you to take heed of all the tragic posts on this forum, and others, that detail the tragedy that all-to-often becomes reality for individuals on this path with similar credentials to yours. Yes, teaching is a option here and you can make about 40-50K Thai Bhat a month working 6 or 7 days a week. However, I have employed some teachers in my company for per-diem market research assignments. In over 10 years I have only met a handful of these teachers that were not borderline suicidal and wrought with cynicism about life in general.(no offense to the teachers, there are many of you out there doing a great job and i'm sure some are loving life...this is just my experience) Also, you need to take into account the language issue, if you do not speak the Thai language, this will compound the negative realities that exist here exponentially.....by a factor of about 10X.

Despite the pop-culture of American bashing and anti-U.S. sentiment, on this forum and elsewhere, you are in a country with excellent/affordable educational opportunities. Further, even with the faltering economy there are great employment opportunities for a man of your age and ambition with a proper education. I do not  make these comments to discourage you, but, hopefully, encourage you to think a bit more long-term. These are huge life-changing decisions you are making and they will greatly affect your happiness and quality of life in your "successful" years. Believe me, you will be 40 years old in the blink of an eye. Do you want to reach that era in life, when you should have attained some success, looking back with regret, or to the future with eager anticipation of further the accomplishments to be made. These critical moments of decision truly effect your life's destiny. I wish you the best of luck!!

Swiss1960, on 2012-04-03 08:39:03, said:

I guess the question is: who made you judge and jury?  And why, if you have nothing helpful to say, do you feel compelled to talk sh*t?

Given your propensity for wrong answers (ATM transfer speed, remember?), maybe you could stick to answering things you actually know something about, however limiting that may be.

The guy simply asked a question.  If it was skirting the legal line, the mods are supposed to get involved, which so far they have not.  If you have nothing on topic to say, why not just move on?

They sound quite anal retentive.   If they start off with preconceived notions before the applicant is even through the door, then this is a school to avoid.

Wait until the end before asking for extras

Naam, on 2012-03-29 06:12:26, said:

And why not, what does the religion of er "peace" have to offer to humanity?

Misogyny, stone age beliefs, Sharia law, amputations, stoning to death, belief in an invisible dude in the sky?

See how happy your wife would be draped in a black bin liner and a face mask if the hard line Muslims took over Thailand and made it Thailandistan!

Open your eyes oh politicly correct one!