Hua Hin Forum

I went cold turkey in Feb 1997, I have put on 20Kg, but I am determined now to get it of.

At the same time it was also announced that VAT will stay at 7% for the next two years

I put it down to getting old, but hey it is better than the alternative.

I have heard that it is going to be similar to the one in Ratchaburi.
That one opened about 5 years ago, it spacious with a nice high roof with fans
It has reasonable parking, which is going to be the problem here.

Sorry I was responding to Nille quote "My 2 cents. Fluency in Thai is by far more important that fluency in English (it will come anyway) for us. I have met so many international students with a thaiparent that have thai as their second language (living in Thailand). Personally I think that is ...

A few years ago I was interviewing young Thai graduate engineers and the one lad was from British/Thai background, born and educated in Thailand. His technical knowledge was good and his English was excellent and I was keen to employ him. Once I had finished interviewing him the next step in the pro...

Thai English Center in Soi 80 tel 0837079898, friend of mine had one on one lessons in preparation for his permanent residency interview there and he reckons their pretty good.

Redshirt protesters force Immigration Bureau HQ to close BANGKOK: -- The offices of Immigration Bureau HQ in Bangkok was forced to close after lunch today Monday, after redshirts protesters holding a rally at the nearby Election Commission's office in Chaengwattana, and threaten to storm into the bu...

by Thanaporn Promyamyai BANGKOK (AFP) -- Tens of thousands of red-shirted Thai protesters overran the streets of Bangkok Saturday, swarming into the capital's tourist heartland in a renewed bid to overthrow the government. Bemused foreign visitors looked on as the supporters of fugitive former premi...

Interesting article in the New York Times Thai Protesters Shed Culture of Restraint THOMAS FULLER March 31, 2010 Protesters wearing trademark red shirts gathered in Bangkok last Saturday. Thomas Fuller/International Herald Tribune BANGKOK — Thailand is a country of 145,000 Mercedes Benz sedans and a...

Well said Big Boy, the whole article is full of inaccuracies and it is obvious that it is just a sales pitch for the author’s book. I am sure if Som had been able to get her side of the story heard at the trial then the gutter press in the UK would have had a field day. There is no question that t...