hehe thanks for the suggestion. I am actually planning to get a Philippine visa before I go to Thailand as well. I believe all ASEAN visas with English text is valid all over ASEAN for up to 3 months at a time.
ah thank you. So, any visa (or even exempt) is OK but and long as I'm in Thailand as tourist I will keep getting 2 years temporary license instead of 5 years standard... I can live with that. Thanks for clarifying. 👍