Absolutely fcuking awful! I read the daily reports of these atrocities on irrawaddy.com... What will it take to get ASEAN off their backsides and to take some positive action? (No, I don't mean military action because that would never happen - but proper sanctions and action against any ASEAN countr...

I see that APIS is seeking an experienced Physics teacher. Does anyone have an idea of their pay rates/package? Unfortunately these details are missing from the vacancy listing on teacherhorizons and I don't want to waste my time (and theirs) if the pay rates are on the low side :) (I already have ...

I see that APIS is seeking an experienced Physics teacher. Does anyone have an idea of their pay rates/package? Unfortunately these details are missing from the vacancy listing on teacherhorizons and I don't want to waste my time (and theirs) if the pay rates are on the low side :) (I already have a...

Now one thing you would need to check is if those medicines are genuine or some fake copy made out of baking powder in a backstreet in Calcutta...

Not completely relevant to Cambodia, but maybe helpful nonetheless. Last year I helped my 18 year old Thai niece who had HIV that she got from some partner. She had shunned medical help because of the 'shame' in Thailand of being HIV-positive. On my return from Laos (I was 'stuck' there due to Covid...

I'm back in the UK and currently get up at 2.30am because I have to start teaching online at 3am, which equates to 10am in Thailand. It's not too bad since I finish my lessons by about 2pm.

... Think in their mind: they stop a barang, with a number plate they knever saw, from a country they have no idea where it is and coincidentially i was dressed in a white shirt: they are scared more about you then you about them, you must be very important and probably working for an embassy. I us...

Back in the UK having prostate cancer treatment (early stage, so should be able to sort it all out). Might have a sex-change surgary while the docs are pulling out my prostate! :) Then back to Mandalay to teach at an international school and continue my small educational charity work for kids who ca...

"... he was pulled towards it by the electricity"

Er... how does that happen? (Just asking as an electronics/electrical engineer...)

Still beats Myanmar hands down - they get 5 out of 100

https://freedomhouse.org/country/myanma ... world/2023