thaibutty

I am a 28 year old German who has been living in Thailand for 7 years. Due to family related problems I had to move to Germany in September 2011. Now I am looking to get back to Thailand. I am interested in any opportunity, part-or full-time. However, earliest start for a location dependent offer would be in mid October 2012.
Some of my qualifications and background:

- 7 years in Thailand
- extensive travel experience in other Asian countries, both business and leisure travel, specially, Singapore, Malaysia, HK, Japan, Korea, China, as well as most SEA countries.
- Regional Sales Manager for Asia, (sales of building industry related products)
- diving instructor, worked in daytrip and liveaboard
- hotel management
- online marketing, blogging, social media, SEO
- German, English and Thai fluency
- sales and marketing experience
- management experience
- had my own business
- certified nurse

Please PM me for any interesting job offers.

This is an opportunity for an individual or couple to make an extra or  full-time income in direct sales. The company offering this job is an  internationally renowned, fast growing company, with a great product,  outstanding management and a fantastic compensation plan. Training and  tools provided for free.

This is a great opportunity for everyone, with both a Thai and  international background and network. And the best is yet to come; This  company only started a couple of month ago in Thailand, after becoming a  huge success all around the world.

This could be your chance. Please send me PM for more information.

I am looking for a place to sell around 50 used books, both English and German. I have already been to the book shop in Phang Nga road in Phuket town, but they are not purchasing any books, apparently they have more than enough. I also checked out the one at the traffic light, on the way to the Zoo, but they only give you 40 Baht per book.

Does anyone know any other shop that is currently purchasing any used books and paying a reasonable price.

After almost 6 years in Phuket, me and also my wife, Thai from Nakhorn Sri Thammarat, who has been in Phuket about the same time as me, both are thinking of moving to Chiang Mai.
Phuket is nice and everything but I guess it is time for a change. I have been to Chiang Mai several times on holiday and enjoyed it, but of course holiday and living are different things.

Personally, I believe that Chiang Mai would suit my and my families, my first child is due in October, current interests and lifestyle requirements better. I am not into bars and going out a lot, as I did this to excess the first three years in Phuket, as you can guess for a 20something at the time, but prefer privacy and extended weekend trips with my wife. I guess there is a lot to explore around Chiang Mai for a newbie.
From what I can see on this subforum, living tends to be a bit cheaper than Phuket, and schools are cheaper but with an comparable standard.

Overall, I believe that Chiang Mai would be a good option, especially as I am not bound to a location for work.

Is there anyone who has moved from Phuket to Chiang Mai and has any thoughts to share? Of course, anyone else is invited with ideas.

ETF's - Exchange Traded Funds, have been a popular choice with many investors in more mature stock markets.  Tracking whole indices there is less risk involved,  as with buying individual shares. More aggressive investors are also investing in Emerging Market ETF's...

The SET offers ETF's as well, for the SET, SET50 and SET100 and MAI. Does anyone already have experience with the Thai ETF's are they a good way of investing in Thailand or is it better to choose individual stocks?

Looking at the Dow and S&P one understands why ETF's are interesting as these have had  the tendency to rise over the long-term. The SET however, is way below it's historic high, but has been on an uptrend this year.  So an ETF might be a good way of profiting from the rise, the SET can be quite volatile and not very interesting over the long-term.

If you have any input or advice, would be great and I guess some other novice investors might be interested in that as well.