I’ve read many tales about farangs overstaying in the Kingdom who ended up in jail or were blacklisted for the country. The Web is full of these stories, which obviously weren’t written by “normal” people.
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Finally, this is over! I got my Non-Immigrant B Visa for Thailand! It cost me my soul, but I have it!! Next step: work permit.

How could have things went smoothly with Thais? Yesterday they asked for a simple modification of the WP.3 form, today they asked my company to process it in the Labor Office of Bangkok… Not sure I’ll get my Non-Immigrant B Visa, departure postponed to Friday. Damnit.

No new posts, I know, I know: I’m enjoying the Malaysian sunshine, here in Penang. I’ll be back on Thursday.

If you ask me which MSN emoticon (smiley) set is the cutest on earth, I’ll definitely answer Onion Head!

Hard to find on the Web, Thai people use it all. This little onion-shaped character is damn cute, and comes with an army of emoticons, ID pictures and even more!
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