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Sometime school is not only for education nia......his future int'l school class mate could be his business customers, boss, wife/husband, doctor etc. A lot of them send their kid to int'l school with the plan in mind for future.

If they go local thai school, mostly their friends will be kee lao, kee niao, kee ji, etc.........not all, but a less a big potion of them will be.

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you can look for International Degree programs offered in local thai uni. they are english based programs but maybe not many types of degree or programs available.

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Local Thai schools cannot make it lah.
Even Thais will prefer go private hospital if they are not too broke even public ones are practically free.

Yes attend International School is not just about hiso education but to network amongst classmates and between parents too.
Who knows your BFF classmate could be the future prime minister then you hosay liao loh 555! :D

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Most international schools in this part of the world are sub standard. The common myth is expensive will be better, esp schools originate from States, UK and so on. I won't waste money sending them there. If u want to mix with hi so, there are other ways.

Of cause there r good school but....

Pls trf 1k usd to read the rest of the comment...

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If u throw me in a pool of pretty Russians, I can speak Russian after a few yrs. AGG gers dun study in international school but their English is good.

I set up and manage an international school before. I know the good n rubbish.

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More than 1k.... International school making big money, unless u are running a charity school. On avg, 1 teacher costs less than or about 2k USD while this teacher can teach a class of 10 or 20 students... u calculate the money involves.

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Nice idea... I will rent property in Bangkok (https://tranio.com/rent/thailand/) this winter for 3 months and would be nice to join your meetings and parties ))

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interesting topic
im curious to find out about others as well
but i feel huge part depend on which part of thailand n type of lifestyle

my estimated breakdown as below
please note im base in the ulu kampong area where cost are lower than bkk

car loan - paid finish but use to be 10k/mth
house loan - 12k/mth
petrol cost - straight 4 small car, about 3k/mth , note that no traffic jam here
food n home stuff - about 5k/mth
leisure, drink n smoke - about 7k/mth, note i buy myanmar cig way cheaper than 7-11 n everyday 1/2 bend + snack for leisure
water n ele bill - my wife settle i duno amount but small amount
total all in - 37k/mth = about 1.5k sgd
this is consider quite sabai sabai compare to thais 10k min salary/mth

hope to see other input :D

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nope we work together split salary
so actually house loan we share
food n house stuff see loh, sometime i free i buy, sometime she buy

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oh:D:D for lieng dek
i think mostly depend on engine of the dek
my side kampong dek small cc if want to lieng easy, about give 10-15kthb/mth enough liao, sabai life for them to have easy money 15k /mth

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ya my accountant salary 18k/mth

actually would be nice to know other bros living in thailand
how much expenses /mth
1.5ksgd for me can nvm get this kinda of life in sg
but problem is when i go back sg n chong with friend... spend sgd heart very pain... :(

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outskirt usually open hong, 1 kom only 300+thb, ice soda also cheap
but i usually go for reg, 1 bend 300+, kom 600+, + snack 1 night not spend more than 1k

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Countryside a lot stay wooden house much cheaper i think.

A small cabin (1 bedroom only) with sheltered balcony area, whole house on stilts = about 200k baht. All done nicely.
Got ready made 2 storey wooden houses, easily can live for family of 4.
More atas people get people to design and then build the whole house from scratch with wood on the land. Can build almost like mansion, all wood.
Of course u cant just buy a wooden house and put on empty land and stay like that, need to buy / lease the land u wanna occupy as well.

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county side also have roadblock, but easiler to clear.
like my side here, is a small community, police prefer to catch motocycle to meet their quote.
but end of year will also catch car cause need to show result.
when i 1st came here, i went to my usual hangout n i saw roadblock
i ask the boss n cust there how? ok a not to drink
they told me dun worry, 11pm police wull go home liao, true enough, 11pm close shop go home