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by bigideas
Tue Jun 09, 2020 5:17 pm
Forum: Coronavirus/Covid-19
Topic: Covid-19 News & Updates
Replies: 5756
Views: 532145

Re: Coronavirus (Covid-19) News

Iran becomes first country to report a second wave of coronavirus. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/04/iran-faces-crisis-amid-record-number-of-daily-coronavirus-infections [/quote] What a complete load of nonsense that headline turned out to be. Cases went up for one day and journalists w...
by bigideas
Thu Nov 07, 2019 10:48 am
Forum: News
Topic: Grandmother, 70, 'comes back to life' moments before cremation
Replies: 1
Views: 407

Re: Grandmother, 70, 'comes back to life' moments before cremation

How funny... and scary! I wonder if that doctor is still allowed to pronounce people dead.
Imagine if the original doctor was at the funeral and didn't want to lose face, they may have just cremated her regardless! :(
by bigideas
Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:22 am
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: Good GP in Hua Hin area
Replies: 25
Views: 6458

Re: Good GP in Hua Hin area

I'd second Dr Sumet. He has natural English and always has good advice. He's not afraid to ask if you have any questions and if he doesn't know the answer, will read the latest research then and there.
by bigideas
Thu Aug 23, 2018 4:38 pm
Forum: Education
Topic: Private Teacher/Tutor
Replies: 2
Views: 7065

Re: Private Teacher/Tutor

Hi there, I've been tutoring my 12 year old for the past 2 years. There aren't strict laws here with regards to private tutoring as long as it's small scale I would imagine. Though the end of next year seems very far away, I am in Hua Hin Mon-Thurs and teach in Bangkok Fri-Sun. You may want to send ...
by bigideas
Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:30 pm
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: Another San Paulo story
Replies: 23
Views: 4420

Another San Paulo story

So my daughter developed a sudden skin rash and we decided to avoid the queues at Hua Hin hospital and avoid the prices at Bangkok hospital, and to get it quickly seen to at San Paulo. It should have been fairly straight forward - perhaps anti-histamine and calamine lotion but my wife was concerned ...
by bigideas
Sat Jul 01, 2017 8:54 pm
Forum: Education
Topic: Evening education for Thai adults.
Replies: 6
Views: 12273

Re: Evening education for Thai adults.

Hi, my wife finished her education in Hua Hin. She went to a temple near the canal road. After that, she went to Klai Kang Wong (upper) school,where for 1 baht, they teach vocational education like cooking foreign cuisine, pattern cutting and mechanics and computer stuff.
by bigideas
Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:17 pm
Forum: Education
Topic: Mandarin Chinese Language Teacher in Hua Hin?
Replies: 2
Views: 11295

Re: Mandarin Chinese Language Teacher in Hua Hin?

Have you found anyone yet? I have 2 female Chinese teachers living on my soi. I could put you in touch.
by bigideas
Sat Dec 14, 2013 7:56 am
Forum: News
Topic: Abhisit charged with Murder
Replies: 10
Views: 2447

Re: Abhisit charged with Murder

In 2010 the Red Shirt protesters occupied downtown Bangkok for months. Abhisit's government approved the use of live ammunition under limited conditions and deployed sharpshooters during the demonstrations. He has denied the charges against him. Of course it's doubtful that Mark Abhisit was directl...
by bigideas
Mon Nov 25, 2013 6:11 pm
Forum: Education
Topic: Teachers who can speak English
Replies: 6
Views: 2099

Re: Teachers who can speak English

Somtawin School have an admissions test. As your son is already 15, an age where pupils will be in their 2nd year of IGCSE, it might prove too challenging. However, there's no harm trying. An alternative school would be Yamsaard School http://www.yamsaard.ac.th/EN/campus/hua%20hin/atmosphere.html Th...
by bigideas
Thu Oct 17, 2013 5:09 am
Forum: News
Topic: Thai Economic proposes 'Single' tax
Replies: 13
Views: 2799

Re: Thai Economic proposes 'Single' tax

I also received a tax reduction for being married with children, for a number of years while working in Thailand. However, if the idea is to increase taxes generally and then to sustain the tax reduction for families, I would feel sorry for the already cash strapped younger workers of whom the major...
by bigideas
Tue Oct 08, 2013 5:05 am
Forum: News
Topic: Thaksin to groom son as party MP
Replies: 43
Views: 4146

Re: Thaksin to groom son as party MP

I am not a Thaksin loyalist, and I'm pretty sure his son stinks. However, it is far too easy for some to forget the misdemeanours of the Yellow Shirts. I'm quite sure that there aren't many countries who would accept the occupying of the countries main international airport and the ousting of 2 demo...
by bigideas
Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:44 am
Forum: News
Topic: 26 Russian tourists hurt in bus crash
Replies: 2
Views: 687

Re: 26 Russian tourists hurt in bus crash

Mr. Pichit said he lost control of the single-deck bus because its steering wheel malfunctioned
Happens all the time to me, I steer left and the wheels go right! :bullshit:
by bigideas
Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:58 am
Forum: News
Topic: Thai govt: clicking 'like' could land you in jail
Replies: 10
Views: 1671

Re: Thai govt: clicking 'like' could land you in jail

"I can like whatever I like" surely you can't be thrown into prison for liking something! It is what's implicit in the liking which is the sharing and of course the assumption that you are trying to overthrow an elected government. However, any lawyer worth his money would be able to spot ...
by bigideas
Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:29 am
Forum: News
Topic: Tourist killed in Krabi for persistent singing
Replies: 7
Views: 1746

Re: Tourist killed in Krabi for persistent singing

Tragic, but again, if the tourist hadn't started acting like a fool, this never would have happened. This is the type of comment that people who have been in Thailand for too long make. They forget that they once were perhaps over-excited tourists who are perhaps unfamiliar with the vulgar opportun...
by bigideas
Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:40 am
Forum: News
Topic: British student, 20, gang-raped by four men in Thailand
Replies: 8
Views: 1558

Re: British student, 20, gang-raped by four men in Thailand

For what it's worth, it sounds to me like the boyfriend was only a boyfriend in the loose sense of the word - meaning that it's a convienient word for the police and the press to label what was really just a drinking partner or work colleague. His identity changed from Scottish to South African in T...