Obey Thai laws. Is that so hard to comprehend?

I can recommend AUA for adults learning Thai.
I have no idea about Thai adults learning English.

Usually the direction of instruction is commensurate. Good luck.

A long-time OU fan (and alumnus) I've grown tired of the perennial hype surrounding my school. Sure the school has a good pedigree, but it doesn't mean every team is going to be world-beaters. The Big 12 is done. Kaput . The universities that ran out last year were smart. They'll be better for it. I...

I bought a new Hilux cash-in-full in Udon Thani and the service is outrageously crap. It's the worst new car purchase experience of my life. And I've had several. I wanted leather seats. They didn't have any available. I asked if any nearby Toyota dealers had it available. Their response: Go to KK, ...

Nice work if you can get it.
Quiet, unassuming guy from Nashville.
He beat the world's #1 by nine strokes, the world #2 by eight strokes and everybody else by at least three.
Nicely done.

If they don't cut across and drive against traffic for 100m, they have to go all the way down to the Nong Bua intersection to turn around. That's a good four minutes and 3 baht worth of fuel. The safety of your family and vehicle, and other drivers and their property and disregarding Thai traffic la...

The incompetence of Thai government workers is often shocking. I had the same run-around -- for two years. They asked for the the same nonsense embassy paperwork certifying my passport is "original." What source document might they need? My birth certificate? The same one necessary for the passport ...

Hard to speak rationally with people who are bombing the rat's ass out of you. And claim to be victims.

Issan is great, it's like camping. Some days the electric will be on, other days, not. Some days a construction project six km down the road will result in your shower being interrupted mid-shampoo, other days not. Think of the great familial bonding potential in April when it's 43 degrees and you'v...

A bit outside your parameters, but there are several (at least a dozen) old wood barns filled to the rafters on the road between Ban Phu and Tha Bo. It's a few km NW of Udon but worth a look. My limited experience in buying 2m-long hardwood crossmembers for concrete clothesline poles, is that it's v...

I'm with pienmash. Too many farangs here are naive buffaloes with itchy wallet-fingers prepared to unfurl a paper-fan of silvers at the slightest insinuation they've made any sort of transgression. They're petrified of being accused and tried for anything -- even something for which they played no p...

I've been a Big 10 fan since growing up in the midwest. Always cheered for the perennial powerhouses of wholesome, dignified schools like Penn St, Ohio St and Michigan, and against the faggoty California freaks and Big-Halftime-Band centric SWAC. Wasn't much impressed during the late 80s when showbo...

The rules are vague for a reason. If you think you've figured them out, you're naive.
This ain't Kansas or Kent.

I had a leaking toilet flapper-valve once. My wife scrubbed the edges of the flapper-valve -- seems there was some salty sort of buildup on it. It wasn't seating cleanly on the sculpted, artistic, rounded edges of American's Standard. The ground water here isn't very clean and after a while (a year ...

Get a plastic squirt-bottle (sports bottle) and fill it with 100% bleach. The next time you see the mutts in the street, give them a face full if they chase you.

As a bonus, you can tell your neighbors to watch out for the white-headed attack dogs.

What if your visa extension expires Jan 5? Do you really need one "this year"?

Bhuddists set up temples in every western country. Muslims, Jews, the same.

It's a giant circle jerk. If you want to criticize one, they're all the same.

Religion has killed far more than it's ever saved.

The document I was given by Immigration outlining what I need to present ... That doesn't matter much when the immigration officer demands otherwise and gives you seven days to produce (frivolous) documents. Try pointing out the checklist requirements to the uniformed officer across the table and y...

I am told both bank letters and proof of pension are required irrespective of which method (monthly deposits or lump sum maintained) are used. I once had more than 2 million in my Thai bank and was sent to Embassy in Bangkok to get proof of pension on a 7-day permission to stay extension. :? Of cour...

What is needed to extend a marriage visa. Original Copies 1. Application form 2 2. Passport front page 1 2 3. Original visa 1 2 4. Entry card 1 2 5. All extensions (x 5) 5 10 6. Map to house 2 7. Wife’s ID card 1 2 8. Wife’s Family Book 1 2 9. Marriage certificate 1 2 10. Bank letter showing deposit...