About sabaidee

Currently Lives:

Nantes, 44000, France

Citizen of:

France

Some Forum Posts:

France: "France-ache"...:

I'm also a "sciences-po" graduate, but I don't feel any fun with that situation. The fact is that Le Pen has constantly tried to minimize the acts of the Vichy regime, he is deeply antisemitic and racist. He has always had simple answers to difficult questions. It is for sure that crime rate is raising, but I am not sure anyone has an answer to it. To me, Chirac played with fire using the insecure feeling as the only goal of that election. He could not be tougher than Le Pen, because at least he won't harm our human rights and democratical heritage. But for sure, the soccer match at Stade de France, when French-Algerian mocked the national anthem played a great role, as well as the burning of synagogues. I'm really afraid, because I you might know there is a strong French tradition of civil wars and revolutions and I am really afraid when 25% of the population wants that the 4 millions French-Arab people leave our soil... I'm deeply concerned cause my wife is laotian and she wanted to become French soon and now it's obvious it will be harder... But anyway, we won't give up. And there are still general elections coming soon... Just to remind you that during 1995's FN party, some skin heads drowned a French-Algerian guy, some of them also shot a French-Comorian teenager in Marseilles. Le Pen also esteems that the 1939-1945's German army was made out of "brave" soldiers, that Vichy "was evilized, though it was not that bad", that "Gaz chambers are only a piece of detail of World War II", that Jewish journalists must own "two citizenships", that fathers should be able to vote two times, that French family should get money whereas French families with foreign origins shouldn't...etc. He is dangerous, but most of the people who wanted him are fed up of the political system in France, made of always the same old people, where the ideology is nothing compared to management... I hope I'm pessimistic and that my people will always fight for freedom and Human rights. "Inch' Allah" ("If only God wants it"). PS : I quite understand your statement on George Dubelya... ; )

Burma: Looking for a graduate job:

French national looking for a job beginning in april 2003. This is a very long lapse of time but I'm going 4 months in China doing an university exchange program, then I will do a 6 months internship in Strategy for a French company in Beijing. And then I would like to begin my career in Thailand or in Myanmar. I graduated from a MD in International Relations at the Institute of Political Studies in Aix-en-Provence (Sciences po) last year and I shall next graduate from a MBA in French-Chinese Management at the university of Nantes (France). I speak fluently English, Lao and Chinese and I am operational in German and Thai. I have made a previuous 10 months internship in Vientiane (Laos) working as subeditor for a Lao newspaper. Any help, any advice will be welcome, Thank you for your attention, Grégoire Bossin gbossin@caramail.com

Thailand: Graduate lookinf for a job in Thailand:

Pom rai phasar thai nick noy. I don't know thai that much, but I'm fluent in lao, I guess I should learn very fast... I hope ! Thanks though for your nice comments on my CV, I hope you won't be the only one assessing it that way. How hard is it to get a visa to work in Thailand ? Have a good time in Pattaya (won't be hard, huh ?), lakon, Greg

France: macdo-free and happy:

As a french man, I totally agree with you. Macdo isn't a non-profit organization and if no French people ate there, they would close their French "restaurants". I guess the French are not an anti-American people. It is just a complex of inferiority that we have with the americanization, we are more and more adopting the american way of living, but we are ashamed of that trend. We do not hate the american people, but what we don't like is the US "hyperpower" as Védrine, the foreign affairs minister calls it. We don't really like the way the US are treating Europe, though it is the way we treat Africa... It is for sure that George W Bush extreme simplification of International relations, leads us to that feeling. We had a great empathy with America the 11th september, but now, Bush's aggressiveness towards Irak and Iran turns us mad. To end, Bové and its mates are not representative of the French feeling towards American. Just go to France, try to use the "merci" word instead of "thank you" and you will see that we are a friendly people, though not an easy people... Cordially, Gregoire

Laos: Expats in Laos?:

Sabaidee, I've made an internship in Laos from 1999 to 2000, so my informations may be a bit old... But I am married to a lao woman as well... If your wife has still her lao citizenship it should be easy for both of you to invest in real estate. Only lao nationals are allowed to own a house. It is quite hard to figure how much it can cost, to build a house, especially if you're a "falang", around US$ 15 000 to 25 000 is a normal price, depends on your negotiation hability... I was told that there are more and more expats living in Vientiane, so prices might be higher, especially since some lao think falang people are really rich. Sorry, but I can't tell you more the best way for you shall be geting there and take a look and why not get a piece of advice in Embassies there. For the visa it should be easy to get a business visa, the foreign expert card is more difficult to get if you or your wife have no special relationship with a civil-servant. Tsok dee, lakon, Gregoire gbosssin@caramail.com

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