No more 90 day notifications at Chamchuri Square

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 11:25
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IMPORTANT!

Ninety day notifications at the BOI One-Stop Service Center for Visas and Work Permits at Chamchuri Square (MRT Sam Yan) are no longer being processed for those who did not obtain their visa or visa extension at that office. This follows a meeting of immigration officials at Monday lunchtime on March 8, 2010.

Customers who were already queuing with completed forms were turned away and told to go to the Immigration Center at Chaeng Wattana.

Trans-Cool Tokyo Contemporary Art Exhibition at the BACC

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 21:57
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Trans-Cool Tokyo (ผ่านโตเกียว 0 องศา) – an exhibition of contemporary art from the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo – opens at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC) on Thursday February 25, 2010.

Trans-Cool Tokyo Exhibit Trans-Cool Tokyo Exhibit

Rim Khob Fa Bookstore (next to Democracy Monument)

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 10:49
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Rim Khob Fa Bookstore (Thai: ร้านหนังสือริมขอบฟ้า) pronounced ráan năng-sĕu rim kòp fáa, is very easy to find being located next to Democracy Monument on Ratchadamoen Klang Avenue. Half of the store contains books on mostly academic subjects (languages, fine arts, history, etc.), but there is also a selection of travel and general interest books. The other half of the store is set aside for miscellaneous activities.

View of Rim Khob Fa Bookstore next to Democracy Monument

Bangkok International Book Fair 2010 (March 26 - April 6)

Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 13:14
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Bangkok International Book Fair 2010 (BIBF) is scheduled for March 26 to April 6 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. The 2009 BIBF had a total of 427 companies exhibiting in 869 booths and attracted about 1.5 million visitors. Discounts and promotions were available at many booths and we expect the same for this year.

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More details including a list of exhibitors will be posted as soon as they become available..

Download LEXiTRON 2.6 Bilingual Thai - English dictionary

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 18:20
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LEXiTRON ™ (เล็กซิตรอน) is a Thai <-> English dictionary produced by the National Computer and Electronics Center, Thailand (NECTEC). There are two versions of the dictionary (sound / no sound) that you can download and install for free.

LEXiTRON is maintained by Thai staff and its users can suggest new words and definitions. This may explain how some of the more unusual words, spellings and sometimes vulgar slang has worked its way into the dictionary. Nonetheless, for a free dictionary the overall quality is quite reasonable.

New Thai Parliament Design Exhibition

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 21:16
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New Thai Parliament Design Exhibition (รัฐสภาใหม่) is showing now until March 26 at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC). The show introduces the work of finalists, selected designs, and the winner of the competition.

New Thai Parliament House

Page One (bookstore chain) is coming to Thailand

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 13:29
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Admittedly this news comes a little bit late, but for anyone who missed it first time around Central Retail Corporation (CRC) has already started opening new branches of the foreign bookstore chain Page One, with several more branches planned for 2010. It's not clear if these stores will replace or augment poorly performing branches of B2S Bookstore, but at least one branch has been opened "at" B2S Central Chidlom.

With target markets including white-collar workers, children, families and people fond of arts, fashion and architecture (read: "pulp fiction, comic and picture books") there seems to be little chance of this store impacting on the dominant market positions held by Asia Books and the generally superior Kinokuniya. Let's just hope it's not at bad as Book Lounge @ Amarin.

Rama 8 Bridge (Saphan Phra Ram 8)

Submitted by admin on Sun, 02/07/2010 - 17:46
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Rama 8 Bridge (Thai: สะพานพระราม ๘) pronounced sà-paan prá-raam bpàet, is a single tower cable-stayed bridge that spans the Chao Phraya River. Elegantly designed, this bridge joins Bang Plat and Phra Nakhon districts of Bangkok.

Rama 8 Bridge viewed from the Chao Phraya Express Boat Service

Ban Oou Mosque in Bang Rak district

Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 21:07
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Ban Oou Mosque (Thai: มัสยิดบ้านอู่) can be found at the end of Soi 46 (Soi Ban Oou), Charoen Krung Road in the Bang Rak district of Bangkok, Thailand. Its name in Thai should be pronounced mát-sà-yít bâan òo.

Ban Oou Mosque

NO FREE Thai tourist visas from March 5, 2010

Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 11:31
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Free tourist visas were available at Thai embassies worldwide from June 25, 2009 to March 4, 2010. As this promotion period has now ended, all foreigners who apply for tourist visas must now pay an application fee (currently GBP 28.00 if applied for in the United Kingdom). Tourist visas are valid for a 60 days stay and may be extended at local Thai immigration offices.

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