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A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand
- Thread starter Leongsam
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Visited JB today
Decided to eat at this restaurant called teochew chengdul
Friendly staff
Close up of the pictures
Of course you need to eat their famous chengdul it's their signature dish
The assam laksa is another signature dish
It looks like friend chicken but it's actually some type of fried carrot cake thing
This dish is known as mee jakwa
Decided to eat at this restaurant called teochew chengdul
Friendly staff
Close up of the pictures
Of course you need to eat their famous chengdul it's their signature dish
The assam laksa is another signature dish
It looks like friend chicken but it's actually some type of fried carrot cake thing
This dish is known as mee jakwa
What does JB have to do with thailand you might ask. Well the streets and the pace of life is more on par with thailand compared to sinkieland. Kuala lampar is more on par with sinkieland.
Jb streets
I think this is the little india section
A man repairing clocks
Their stalls are like buffet where you can take as much as you like
Close up
Jb streets
I think this is the little india section
A man repairing clocks
Their stalls are like buffet where you can take as much as you like
Close up
Here's the chinese section
Hiap joo bakery and biscuit factory
Look at their menu
Got a box of banana cake
Now to eat it at a nice old fashioned kopi tiam
Seems like it was from the 19th century
Does this banana cake look good. Baked in old fashioned clay type of oven
Hiap joo bakery and biscuit factory
Look at their menu
Got a box of banana cake
Now to eat it at a nice old fashioned kopi tiam
Seems like it was from the 19th century
Does this banana cake look good. Baked in old fashioned clay type of oven
Anyway travel further into johor to ksl city shopping mall
Checked out the surrounding streets first
11 century hotel
Finally decided to eat at this wanton shop
Prices
Signboard
Boss preparing the food
Here's the noodles. Small size
Large one
A customer
Checked out the surrounding streets first
11 century hotel
Finally decided to eat at this wanton shop
Prices
Signboard
Boss preparing the food
Here's the noodles. Small size
Large one
A customer
Anyway also tried this nice japanese shabu shabu restaurant inside ksl.
Shabu shabu is japanese steamboat i believe
Here's the restaurant
Raw ingredients
Ready to cook
cooking
ready to eat
Shabu shabu is japanese steamboat i believe
Here's the restaurant
Raw ingredients
Ready to cook
cooking
ready to eat
Quite delicious.
Even a simple wanton noodle tastes better in mudland JB compared to sinkland.
Went to a Chinese restaurant along Ramintra Road near my place
Sharks fins
Fish maw
Beehoon - this is unique and nice
Kailan with oyster sauce
The inside
Was a simple meal, 2 pots of large sharks fins, fishmaw, beehoon and kailan and teas costs only 3150 baht or around $130. Very reasonably
Sharks fins
Fish maw
Beehoon - this is unique and nice
Kailan with oyster sauce
The inside
Was a simple meal, 2 pots of large sharks fins, fishmaw, beehoon and kailan and teas costs only 3150 baht or around $130. Very reasonably
At the heart of allegations of thai human trafficking.
Thailand struggles with dark side of vital fishing industry
Bangkok Post Published: 25/12/2014 at 12:12 PM
Thailand, the world's third-largest exporter of fish and fishery products, is facing something of a crisis for its international reputation.
The glamorous packaging of Thai seafood in supermarket fridges around the world stands in contrast to the picture that emerged this year of the industry's abuse of trafficked workers, including 20-hour shifts, beatings and deaths.
According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), nearly 17% of workers on Thai fishing boats have experienced forced labour. In June, the United States downgraded Thailand in its annual human trafficking report after revelations of slavery in the supply chain of the shrimp industry.
"Withholding meals and lashing with iron rods" were widespread forms of punishment, said Sompong Srakaew of Seafarers Action Centre, an organisation that helps victims. "Some boat workers witnessed the deaths of their fellow crew members."
The international outcry led the military government to announce a series of initiatives to shore up the reputation of its 8-billion-dollar fishing industry, which employs an estimated 300,000 people, although official figures are not available.
The most recent plan in November involved sending select prison inmates to work on fishing boats in return for good behaviour.
"Convicts can replace illegal migrant workers," said an official at the Department of Employment. "But this will be done on a voluntary basis."
"There is a significant labour shortage in the fishing industry because no one wants to work in a hard manual labour job that pays very little," the employment specialist explained, requesting not to be named.
On average, workers on fishing boats earn about 200 US dollars per month, less than half of the minimum wage on land.
The inmates plan was derided by rights groups in Thailand and abroad.
"It would be a human rights atrocity roughly equivalent to sentencing inmates to the death penalty since some boat workers go out and never return," said Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Among other measures aimed at improving working standards, authorities are working on a database for boat and worker registration. The Fisheries Department is also working on a system to monitor fishing boats more closely.
Relevant ministries and departments have been directed draft law amendments to protect migrant workers and making the registration process easier for them.
"Our main focus is to fight human trafficking and illegal overseas fishing," said Viriya Sirichai-ekkawat, the president of the Thai Overseas Fisheries Association, part of a coalition of producers including Charoen Pokphand Foods, or CP Foods, Thailand's largest food export firm.
Such plans have not won over the industry's critics, who believe the problems of Thailand's huge fishing industry - in particular its reliance on illegal labour - may be too entrenched.
"The problem with the anti-trafficking effort in Thailand is that it too often remains on the policy level and is not implemented vigorously," said Annette Lyth, a regional project manager for the United Nations Action for Cooperation against Trafficking in Persons (UN-ACT).
"There is a significant labour demand in the industry that has not been met" by the legitimate labour market, Lyth explained. "Workers, mostly migrants, are brought by brokers to meet it."
HRW's Robertson agreed that the system seemed to be institutionalized. "Human trafficking appears to be a business model used on the fishing boats," he said.
Industry representatives say it would be impractical to increase the tracking of personnel.
"The owners of the boats usually don't know the origin of the workers," Viriya said. "Only boats going overseas will require documentation from workers," he added.
The European Commission, which in November warned Thailand about its efforts to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, said it was watching the country "very closely."
"The EU is still concerned about the serious allegations," said a representative of the European Union delegation in Thailand.
"Substantial progress is still needed on a number of important points, notably on enforcement, inspection and prosecution," she said.
The UN has also called for more to be done. "Although Thailand has taken some important steps forward in fighting trafficking, there is still room for improvements," Lyth said. "We are not seeing significant progress," Robertson said of the government's recent efforts. "It is a failure in political will."
Thailand struggles with dark side of vital fishing industry
Bangkok Post Published: 25/12/2014 at 12:12 PM
Thailand, the world's third-largest exporter of fish and fishery products, is facing something of a crisis for its international reputation.
The glamorous packaging of Thai seafood in supermarket fridges around the world stands in contrast to the picture that emerged this year of the industry's abuse of trafficked workers, including 20-hour shifts, beatings and deaths.
According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), nearly 17% of workers on Thai fishing boats have experienced forced labour. In June, the United States downgraded Thailand in its annual human trafficking report after revelations of slavery in the supply chain of the shrimp industry.
"Withholding meals and lashing with iron rods" were widespread forms of punishment, said Sompong Srakaew of Seafarers Action Centre, an organisation that helps victims. "Some boat workers witnessed the deaths of their fellow crew members."
The international outcry led the military government to announce a series of initiatives to shore up the reputation of its 8-billion-dollar fishing industry, which employs an estimated 300,000 people, although official figures are not available.
The most recent plan in November involved sending select prison inmates to work on fishing boats in return for good behaviour.
"Convicts can replace illegal migrant workers," said an official at the Department of Employment. "But this will be done on a voluntary basis."
"There is a significant labour shortage in the fishing industry because no one wants to work in a hard manual labour job that pays very little," the employment specialist explained, requesting not to be named.
On average, workers on fishing boats earn about 200 US dollars per month, less than half of the minimum wage on land.
The inmates plan was derided by rights groups in Thailand and abroad.
"It would be a human rights atrocity roughly equivalent to sentencing inmates to the death penalty since some boat workers go out and never return," said Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Among other measures aimed at improving working standards, authorities are working on a database for boat and worker registration. The Fisheries Department is also working on a system to monitor fishing boats more closely.
Relevant ministries and departments have been directed draft law amendments to protect migrant workers and making the registration process easier for them.
"Our main focus is to fight human trafficking and illegal overseas fishing," said Viriya Sirichai-ekkawat, the president of the Thai Overseas Fisheries Association, part of a coalition of producers including Charoen Pokphand Foods, or CP Foods, Thailand's largest food export firm.
Such plans have not won over the industry's critics, who believe the problems of Thailand's huge fishing industry - in particular its reliance on illegal labour - may be too entrenched.
"The problem with the anti-trafficking effort in Thailand is that it too often remains on the policy level and is not implemented vigorously," said Annette Lyth, a regional project manager for the United Nations Action for Cooperation against Trafficking in Persons (UN-ACT).
"There is a significant labour demand in the industry that has not been met" by the legitimate labour market, Lyth explained. "Workers, mostly migrants, are brought by brokers to meet it."
HRW's Robertson agreed that the system seemed to be institutionalized. "Human trafficking appears to be a business model used on the fishing boats," he said.
Industry representatives say it would be impractical to increase the tracking of personnel.
"The owners of the boats usually don't know the origin of the workers," Viriya said. "Only boats going overseas will require documentation from workers," he added.
The European Commission, which in November warned Thailand about its efforts to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, said it was watching the country "very closely."
"The EU is still concerned about the serious allegations," said a representative of the European Union delegation in Thailand.
"Substantial progress is still needed on a number of important points, notably on enforcement, inspection and prosecution," she said.
The UN has also called for more to be done. "Although Thailand has taken some important steps forward in fighting trafficking, there is still room for improvements," Lyth said. "We are not seeing significant progress," Robertson said of the government's recent efforts. "It is a failure in political will."
Went to a Chinese restaurant along Ramintra Road near my place
Sharks fins
Fish maw
Beehoon - this is unique and nice
Kailan with oyster sauce
The inside
Was a simple meal, 2 pots of large sharks fins, fishmaw, beehoon and kailan and teas costs only 3150 baht or around $130. Very reasonably
How come you can changed your moniker? You Tua Kee than Ang Mo?
You jealous ah :oIo:? Well I bored with previous moniker so change la. Wil be changing regularly depending on my mood.
Sawasdee krup from Suvarnabhimbi Airport. Happy New Year.
In Thailand at this time of the year the basic greeting whenever you meet someone will be "where are you going for your New Year holiday?" Really boring to repeat and repeat and repeat but then your obligated to reply. The reason is because every new year Thais normal take a long break like 5 days to a week for travel, mostly going back home. So the exodus began two days ago, Friday. Now Bangkok is quiet and sabai sabai.
Well, I'm doing my part and going for a short holiday too.
Breakfast in the airport lounge
Eggs on demand any which way you request
In Thailand at this time of the year the basic greeting whenever you meet someone will be "where are you going for your New Year holiday?" Really boring to repeat and repeat and repeat but then your obligated to reply. The reason is because every new year Thais normal take a long break like 5 days to a week for travel, mostly going back home. So the exodus began two days ago, Friday. Now Bangkok is quiet and sabai sabai.
Well, I'm doing my part and going for a short holiday too.
Breakfast in the airport lounge
Eggs on demand any which way you request
Arrived in Gili Trawangan a small island off Lombok 15mins by speedboat. Flew from Jakarta to Lombok about 2hrs then another 2hrs by car from the airport to the place to take the boat.
The car ride costs 500,000 rupiah about $50. On the way stopped by a very local restaurant specialize in kampong chicken
Honey chicken
Spicy chicken
Lime chicken
Cumi
Gurame
Our waitress
Mt Abang the active volcano in Bali
Leaving Lombok for Gili
Gili Trawangan is an island with no motor vehicle only way of transport are bicycle and
To hotel
In front on hotel
The car ride costs 500,000 rupiah about $50. On the way stopped by a very local restaurant specialize in kampong chicken
Honey chicken
Spicy chicken
Lime chicken
Cumi
Gurame
Our waitress
Mt Abang the active volcano in Bali
Leaving Lombok for Gili
Gili Trawangan is an island with no motor vehicle only way of transport are bicycle and
To hotel
In front on hotel
In front on hotel
are the two in the water being executed by high tide for heinous crimes?
are the two in the water being executed by high tide for heinous crimes?
They are being sacrificed to the kraken
Did not post much yesterday because in Gili Trawangan island the internet connection was very slow and difficult to upload pix.
The hotel
Went to central of the island for lunch yesterday
Again by the horse cart
Mee goreng
Bee hoon goreng
The hotel
Went to central of the island for lunch yesterday
Again by the horse cart
Mee goreng
Bee hoon goreng
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