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Help! I'm going on a trip later today and my trusty sports bag is unable to accompany me due to old age.

Can anyone recommend a good shop with decent quality and good value sports bags / holdalls or daypacks please? I don't want to spend a small fortune but I do want something that will last for more than a week. Normally I would look around town myself but I have very little time today.

What about Tesco or are there better value smaller shops out there?

Thanks in advance.

MF

Hi,

I have an 'extension of stay based on work' to a Non-Imm 'O' visa. My present WP is valid until 19 April 2011 but my extension of stay based on work expires on 27 April 2011. For some reason I thought they both had to expire on the same day. Am I wrong or can I stay in Thailand for an extra week after my present WP expires?

I am moving to work in a different province so I will have to apply for a new WP and new extension of stay in that province anyway but, if I have the extra week between present WP expiring and 'extension of stay' expiring, will I actually need to get the 1 week or the 60 day extension of stay based on marriage to bridge the gap between this present extension of stay and the new one I will have to get in the new province?

Thanks for your help in advance.

MF

Hi,

It looks likely that I'll be starting work in a new province for a big government school. They suggested that I will have to go to the Labour Office myself to get my new work permit. Having never had to do this before (done by my present and previous employers) could somebody please tell me exactly what documents/requirements (both mine and the school's) I will need to present to the Labour Office in order for them to successfully process my application? I have been told that there will be a waiver for the Teaching Licence, at least for the first year but I want to be clear on all the other documents/requirements so as to ensure everything goes smoothly.

On a related point, I will also have to arrange my own new 'extension of stay based on work'. I am currently on an 'extension of stay based on work' with a Non-Imm 'O' visa. What documents/requirements (both mine and the school's) will I need to present to Immigration  in order for them to successfully process my new 'extension of stay based on work' application?

Finally, my present 'extension of stay based on work' was issued in Chiang Mai. I will have to get my new one in Nan. Can Nan Immigration cancel my CM issued 'extension of stay based on work' if I show them a letter from my present employer in CM stating my last day of work (hopefully the day I actually go to Nan Immigration). If possible, I'm trying to avoid having to get a temporary extension of stay eg 1 week or 60 days based on marriage to a Thai.

Thanks.

MF

Hi guys,

Some of my students have asked me if I could help them prepare for their English O-NET test. Can anyone point me in the right direction to find useful information about O-NET please? I'm not very familiar with it at all.

Also, any tips on what I should do and get them to do to prepare adequately? There's a lot of stuff in Thai but 'pu Thai mai dai'!

Many thanks,

MF

Hi,  Does anyone know the Mass times for either Seven Fountains or Sacred Heart on Christmas Eve/Day? Especially interested in English language Mass but Thai is fine too.  Many thanks,  MF