New members of the Thailand forum, introduce yourselves here - 2021

Captaincarrot wrote:

Hi JayEsCee

I have been thinking about Portugal for quite some time. But recently, a good friend of mine was there on an extended trip. He loved it there, met someone special, and is probably moving there. Not to mention that Thai cuisine is one of my absolute favorites.
I would love to hear more about your experiences there.

It's funny how that special somebody always plays such a big role in where we live. I moved to Thailand first in 1993 after I met, which in grad school in the USA, a Chinese woman who's was from Thailand. I've been here 25 of the past 28 years. I also spent 2 years in Korea. I wanted to only spend 1, but in that first year I met a Korean woman who was my student in the first year so I stayed another.

Thai cuisine is very good, but I should warn you that it is different from what is served in the US. I know Portugal and Spain have some really beautiful cities and incredible architecture.

Captaincarrot wrote:

Yes! And I am excited to explore both countries, take my time, and see how it all unfolds. I guess I'll find out more about the food when I'm there.

Yep, I hope you like eating shrimp with the head, shell, and legs still on it. Seeing shrimp brains for the first time caused me to think, "no wonder these things are so stupid." That orange pasty stuff in their heads. 28 years later, I still cut off the head and give it to my mother-in-law who claims that is the best part.

Also, all the bones still in chicken and pork in soups. They just chop up the chicken, bone and all, and just throw it into the soup. Definitely need to chew everything thoroughly.

tonysmmail wrote:

hi,

my name is ton. i'm originally born and raised here in bkk. and just signing up for this website today.

during covid situation, i gotta work from home and it's boring.

haven't used my english for a while makes me feel unconfident, so i'm here to practice my english

cheers,
ton

My wife and I do some tutoring of math and English, but as of right now we only teach kids in our village due to the covid-19 lockdown. Still, your English is decent. I don't want to do any corrections online on this forum, but if you pm me I would be happy to help you online.

tonysmmail wrote:

Hi JayEsCee,

thank you so much for your reply. i just wanna have a chat with u guys, just to get rid of my boring day here. so, i'm not sure if this's the right place where i can use my english or not.

anyway, have a good day

cheers,
ton

You can send me a private message by using the icon that looks like a speech bubble. I don't want to bore others on here with private chat stuff.

I hope to see you in a private message. Or I could pm you first and say, hi.

JayEsCee wrote:

Interesting. You live on the east side of the city center. I'm in a province west of Bangkok.  So, a little far to just pay a casual visit. Do you have a website where you show some of your work?

It's really much better to encourage him to send you a private message.

When he keeps replying with business promotion links, admin is going to shut him down

johnwalsh70 wrote:

Hi my name is John and i am looking for a telesales job. My contact number is

I'm not sure you can post your phone number and a job search request in this section.

Good luck, regardless!

JayEsCee wrote:

johnwalsh70 wrote:

Hi my name is John and i am looking for a telesales job. My contact number is

I'm not sure you can post your phone number and a job search request in this section.

Good luck, regardless!

You are definitely right about any contact info.

It's said that the purpose is to keep forum members safe on the internet, and it's written into the forum code of conduct to not post any personally identifying contact information.

But it also makes sense from a business point of view for the owners of this forum.

Reading the code of conduct it's clear that they don't want this to be a personal ads website nor do they want any type of business advertising here in the forum, although it's allowed on other parts of the website specifically designed for that.

Business advertising definitely includes advertising by prospective employers and also prospective employees.

So here in the introductions thread, as well as elsewhere on the forum, it's okay for someone to say who they are and what they do.

However, if the administrators believe that they are crossing the line into posting a help wanted ad or a help available ad, then they will edit the post or delete it.

As you correctly indicated before, the only and best option here on the expat.com forums is to refer people to the private messaging system, which works very well.

Cheers!

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