Cheers bud, regards, Andy

ofcourse it could easily be fake and it´s sure pretty rare.

I also met young guys, who fucked whatever bargirl they wanted in bkk for free, that´s something I would have never believed if I would not have seen it with my own eyes.

this story sounds much more human, romantic and ok than some of the shit we all know many girls and guys inclusive ourselfs get or got there in real.

My girlfriend wants to get out of the massage shop and back into owning a salon, like she used to. It will take 100,000 bht to get it back. Her rent on it is 8,000 bht/mth and it comes with an apartment upstairs. With one other lady working, she can net 30,000 bht/mth. Its not as much being a lady of the night, but she really doesn’t want to do that anymore.
So I am editing a video for the kickstarter campaign to raise the money to make this happen.

A Young buddhist girl wants to get out of the sex worker industry in bangkok. She sends money to her family in the little village of Ubon every month. She wants to get the salon back, doing mani peddy’s, hair, color, facials.
Donate $10, get a mani peddy. Donate $20, get a haircut. Donate $50, get cut and color.
Donate $100 get the cut color mani peddy facial and shoulder/ foot massage.
We have an excellent 20 minute interview with her, she was amazing to work with…a natural…b roll walking down soi cowboy, waving at potential customers in front of her shop, cutting hair, walking a “customer” out of her shop. THis week she will go home to Ubon, I have given her a shot list to get her and her mother at the temple, her family on the porch, making dinner, laughing together…her father on the farm doing whatever…her playing with her young brother…
The video will be 2 minutes long.
When its uploaded I will post here and you can take a look, maybe donate to the cause!
The way it works is you set a time limit, we are going with 1 month. You only get the money if your goal has been met, $3000 for us. If at the deadline we have raised ANYTHING LESS than the original goal, she gets nothing.
Also I just produced a video for a client who was traveling through from ny.
Anyway, thats what’s happening now, lots of creativity here. Oh and I uploaded a mix for any of you that want to hear a sample of a set I do.
Again, this is fidget electro wobble house indie dance, definitely not mainstream or for everyone, but check it out…
http://soundcloud.com/philipbquick/bangkok-shakes

First off, English is a difficult language. The grammar and spelling rules are very difficult, IMHO. So, you need native English speakers to teach English. No offense but your English is horrible and if you’re telling me it was taught by non-Native English speakers, well, that sort of proves the point, doesn’t it?

Like Kevin said, the demand for English teachers is high and the requirements to teach are rather low. Many schools don’t even require a university degree though they’re supposed to. Again, the schools are willing to take on the (technically) illegal teachers because the demand for them exceeds the supply.

And you do find this very common in Asia. Korea, China, and Japan are other big destinations for expat English teachers. And if English is not your native tongue you need not apply because they won’t even consider you. So guess what kind of jobs most expats have? Teaching.

It’s not that people are unqualified to do anything else, it’s that that is an easy route to a work permit. Much like me, an American, working in Europe. I am not an EU citizen which means I am not entitled to work in the EU. When I do work there I have to apply for a work permit and I can only do that if the company has demonstrated that no local (EU) talent can be found. Fortunately, I work in very specialized area that there are few people worldwide who do what I do so my work permits go through rather easily. But if I was a software engineer, bartender, clerk, or some other job it would be very difficult to demonstrate that I possess some sort of talent that cannot be found in the EU.

The same applies here. It’s made especially true when being a native English speaker is right at the top of the list of job requirements. Getting a work permit is very easy in that case as long as you meet other minimum requirements.

And this is Thailand. Despite all the English schools most Thais speak mainly in Thai. If you’re looking to relocate to Thailand and try to find an IT job your choices tend to be limited to working for farang owned businesses unless you have a pretty solid grasp of the Thai language.

There are lots of niche jobs here. I know one guy who works for the tourism bureau. I know another who worked in a Thai government job. Some Thai companies market mostly to foreigners so they hire foreign sales reps and such due to familiarity of cultures. But unless you have a overseas owned company in Thailand it’s pretty rare to see large numbers of farangs employed in one company.

Last but not least is salary. A Thai IT worker might make 20,000 – 25,000 baht per month. I think most farang would have a difficult time living on that. Not impossible but believe me there would be few if any luxuries in your life. So, you can do IT and 20,000 – 25,000 a month or you can teach English and make 35,000 – 40,000 baht per month. With private lessons you might end up with 50,000+ a month in income. If you actually have a decent educational background you can get hired at some of the better schools and make 80,000 baht or more teaching (not at the beginning but I do know a few teachers who have been here awhile making that much or more). It’s not rocket science.

To be honest, probably your best bet is to come here and start your own business. The startup costs are very low compared to back home. Of course that requires capital and the ability to run a business. If you don’t have either of those and you don’t speak English natively then things are much more difficult for you. You have to have contacts.