wolf5370

Hi,

just moving house and (for the first time in a year and half) going to get WETV put back in as the new house is in the covered area.

Still awaiting a site check (even though others near by have it, so seems pretty sure that it's available) - Mrs is going to call today for an update. However, just checking their phone number online, it seemed the web site (wetv.co.th) was down. With further checking, it seems it is expired and in a Status Regestry-Hold (i.e. it has expired and can't be used for a period until release to general public again - see Who Is result below). To my way of thiing, if they can't afford to keep up a web site domain, are they on their way out? Digital a step too far? (may be all that advertising along Mahidol road did it???)

It expired on the 26th of July this year.

Is the TV still being pumped to users?

This may just be a oversight (maybe they are changing the company name or something, though usually one would redirect existing user online rather than just leave the URL to die) - or plain incompetance from their web masters, but worried frown now applied to forehead.

Domain: WETV.CO.TH
Registrar: T.H.NIC Co., Ltd.
Name Server: NS1.THAIHOSTSERVER.COM
Name Server: NS2.THAIHOSTSERVER.COM
Status: REGISTRY-HOLD
Updated date: 22 Jul 2011
Created date: 27 Jul 2006
Renew date: 27 Jul 2010
Exp date: 26 Jul 2011
Domain Holder: World Entertainment Television Co., Ltd. ( บริษัท เวิลด์ เอนเตอร์เทนเมนท์ เทเลวิชั่น จำกัด )
36/1-2 Huay Kaew Rd., Changpuek, Muang, Chiangmai
50200
TH

Tech Contact: 168565
บริษัท เวิลด์เอนเตอร์เทนเมนท์ เทเลวิชั่น จำกัด (WETV)
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50200
TH



>>> Last update of whois data: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:17:17 UTC+7 <<<

Hi,

was a post here earlier (could not find it in a search on 'id cards' or'identity' hence this thread rather than reply - Mods feel free to link if you can find it) about the new requirement for ID Cards for 7+ year olds. Some schools are being visited by officials to make it easier (apparantly), but this gave way to questions how to do it for kids in Intenational schools or home schooled etc.

Anyway, yesterday got two ID cards for my girls, this was the process:

Took the girls to the main Amphur (Meung) in the city - smaller (area) Amphurs do not issue ID Cards apparantly.
Kidsmust be in attendance and required clothing that covers their shoulders (i.e. shirt/blouse or long sleeved T-shirt etc) - fell fail of this and had to return home for a quick change out of summer dresses with shoulder straps and into polo-shirts,
Need Tabien Ban (House Book) and two copies thereof.
Need parent's ID Card and two copies thereof (for the Thai parent - foreigner not needed).
Birth certificates of Kids and a single photo copy thereof.
We also took Thai passports which they looked at and used for verification - but this is not a requirement (makes it easier for them to approve apparantly, so worth taking).
No need for photos as will be taken there.
No need of marriage certificate (we took but it was not looked at or asked for).
No fee (though nice little plastic holder to keep it damage free - one hopes - cost just 10B)

Process:
Wait for your turn.
Hand in paperwork and watch girl type up the form on a computer.
Fingerprints and signiture of kids.
Photos.
Wait for card printing.
Buy plastic covers.
Go home.

With queueing the whole process (not including return trip for clothes change) took about an hour.
All quite painless.

Hope this helps clear up any fears or confusion for people with Thai national kids.

Here's  a ping to a Bangkok Server (TV Speed Test) from a few minutes ago - after refreshing my IP - this on a 4M ADSL line - maybe I should pay their bill at the same differnce in speed between expected and actual (i.e. I pay them in about 2048!)


Download Speed: 120 kbps (15 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 177 kbps (22.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 570 ms
08 July 2011 09:38:09

Hi parents,

for the last 9 months or so I have been home schooling my kids. I belong to a Yahoo Group called Bangkok Homeshool, which is very active and has meetings/swap books and curiculums/kids days/etc - just wonderng if there are any  Home Schoolers up here - enough to make something simular - nothing that requires real effort, just a connection that we can share curiculums etc.

The BKK Homeshcoolers group has both Thais and foreigners in it - it has been legal to home school here since 1997 (education reform laws - and re-inforced in 2003 in a specific law), regitration can be made to the MoE. FYI: There is also provision to teach your own kids or a group of up to 9 (inclusive of your own kids) other home school kids as a group - shared teaching amongst parent (not hired/volunteer teacher/tutor - which would require a specific work permit! - must be a home school parent) - though personally I only teach my kids, they do music and Thai lessons externally though.

I have the MoE curiculum (in English) for 2010/11 (this year) - though in my case I have merged it with IGCSE and follow a formal timetable (incl. Maths, English (Lang/Lit), Science (Phys/Chem/Bio/Earth), IT, World History, Geography, Art, Music (External), Thai (External) and Latin) - but the curiculum is up to the parent (must be written and registered with the MoE - any formal curiculum will do - doesn't have to be their's), some in the BKK HS "club" even Unschool (form of natural learning - Google for info) their kids. It is really quite flexible.

Courses (IGCSE etc) can be purchased online - so as long as you can read and follow it yourslef, you can teach - though obviously better if you have some formal eduication yourself (MoE requires teaching home school parent to have finished High School at a minimum - certificated parents is all the better of course as is some teaching experience - though most parent have this as far as is needed to home school their own kids).

Home School kids still need interaction with other kids, so clubs are important (and external classes help too) - and is another reason to form some loose club with other parents for social interation too.

Anyway, if anyone is interested, then let me know PM - or post here (and I'll Pm you). Any question also post here - I'll try and answer them as best I can - but it is completely legal (and registerable with MoE - inscribed in law), is getting more popular here (with middle class and professional Thais in particular), is not too difficult to do, doesn't require a work permit (if you are teaching your own children) - so OK for retirees too.

It does take a fair amount of effort on the parent's side (of course) - personally, I also subscribe to a formal timetable and class times - also: homework; mock or mid-term exams; and finals each year. All of which takes time to prepare and mark. Soft copies of books are often available cheap or even free online - as are lesson plans, tests, learning aids, research for schools and so on. You can also plan you own holidays (I'm not a fan of 3 month holidays they get here - so we have more regular, but shorter breaks instead).

Hi,

in the Telescope thread http://www.thaivisa....3337-telescope/ several people mentioned they were trying to find local (of even online) suppliers of realistic priced microscopes (i.e. school quality as opposed to multi-million-dollar PCB lab quality).
I am one such person. It occurred to me that schools get hold of them here, and there are a fair amount of expat teachers on this forum - would it be possible for a few of you to ask your director (head of science etc) for a heads up on stockists - or even places they may sell out old equpment when renewing (though I guess most schools probably don't do this - use until death ot sell to students being preferable)?

Cheers.