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For Songkran’s Sake
For the love of Songkran… I’m not even supposed to be here. A party pooper, during Songkran I’m usually found in locations not here, or hiding quietly away. This year I had tickets and hotel booked...
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Thailand, Please Bring Back the Bare Breasted Ladies of Songkran
Thailand’s bare breasted women… I like boobs. And as I have a comfy pair of my own, I’m fairly confident in saying that. But this weekend Thailand went all aflutter when, like Songkrans of yore, three...
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Interview: Snap is Getting by in Thai
Interview: Snap is getting by in Thai… Name: Snap Nationality: Australian Age range: 48 Sex: Female Location: Now, Chiang Mai, usually, Brisbane, Australia Profession: Office administration and...
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Thai Language School Review: AUA Thai Language Program
Thai Language School Review: AUA Thai Language Program… Review: AUA Thai Language Program Website: AUA Thai Address: 179 Rajadamri Road, Bangkok Thailand 10330 Telephone Number: 02-252-8398 Location:...
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Nang Songkran by Thai Artist Sompop Budtarad
Nang Songkran by Thai Artist Sompop Budtarad… About this time last week saw the beginning of the Songkran bare breasted ladies debacle. For those who missed it: Three extremely young lasses danced...
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Interview: Tod Daniels is Getting by in Thai
Interview: Tod Daniels is getting by in Thai… Name: Tod Daniels Nationality: USA Age range: 52 Sex: Male Location: Bangkok, Lower Sukhumvit Profession: Retired Web: Reviewing Thai Language Schools in...
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March: Who’s Talking About Learning Thai
Who’s talking about learning Thai… Goodness, the hot months of 2011 are just marching in! Ok, March was still sort of coolish but I’m typing this out in HOT HOT HOT April and it’s HOT! And while the...
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Jumbo Banquet & Jumbo Queen Contest
Thailand’s Jumbo Banquet and Jumbo Queen contest… I received a Dumbo sized disappointment this weekend. All over the Internet there were announcements of Samphran Elephant Ground’s Jumbo Banquet and...
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Slaves and Unpaid Servants in Thailand: Kaa-gao Dtao Liang
Slavery and Thailand… Once again, slavery and Thailand are linked in the news. Shocking (to me) US companies have been enslaving Thai workers for years (see Combatting Modern Day Slavery in Hawaii and...
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The Thai Challenge PLUS The 6 Week Challenge
The Thai Challenge PLUS The 6 Week Challenge… Once again Josh reminded me about the Read More or Die Challenge. But what really cranked me up was a mention of the 6 Week Language Challenge started by...
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Thai Language Thai Culture: Spicing Up Your Life
Spicing up your life Thai-style… There is a basic difference between the philosophy behind western food and Thai food. Back home, a cook will make a dish the way it “should” be made. One may add to a...
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HouseTalk: Miscommunicating with Your Thai Housekeeper
Miscommunicating with your Thai housekeeper… Have you been to your High Commission or Embassy lately? I have. I won’t say it was a treat, but it was certainly an eyebrow raiser. Do you happen to...
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Visakha Bucha Day & Happy Birthday & VOTE?
Visakha Bucha Day & Happy Birthday & VOTE?… There’s a lot going on today… We all know it’s Visakha Bucha Day but it’s also my birthday (yeah)… and… it’s the day voting opens for the Top 100...
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HouseTalk: What Do You Call Your Thai Housekeeper?
What do you call your maid?… When I lived in Japan I was just a short bit of stuff. It was too long ago to remember what our maid was called so I asked someone who would know: Tony Joh from...
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Please Vote: Top 100 Language Learning Blogs 2011
Please take the time to vote… Bloggers work hard at offering their readers the best materials they can. But how can we tell if what we are doing is worth the effort? Sure, there are stats, RSS...
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HouseTalk: Kinship Terms for Thai Housekeepers and more
Kinship terms for Thai housekeepers, nannies, drivers, and more… In the last post, What Do You Call Your Thai Housekeeper?, we learned about alternative names for maids in Thailand. During the...
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Thai Language School Review: PRO Language
Thai Language School Review: PRO Language… Review: PRO Language Website: PRO Language Telephone Number: 02-250-0072 Address: Times Square Building, 10th Floor, 246 Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok, Thailand...
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HouseTalk: Learn Basic Thai Cleaning Instructions
So you have a Thai maid. Yeah! Now what?… Thailand, like the majority of SE Asia, has a deeply embedded culture of employing house help. Housekeepers, cooks, gardeners, nannies and drivers are a...
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April/May: Look Who’s Talking About Learning Thai
Who’s talking about learning Thai… The results for the Top 25 Language Learning Blogs 2011 and the Top 100 Language Lovers 2011 are in. Thank you for your support everyone. I’m surprised where I...
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Thai Language Thai Culture: Does Written Thai Need Spaces?
Does Written Thai Need Spaces? Not! I recently read a post titled Reforming Thai Language Structure which advocated changing the Thai written language by adding spaces between words to make written...
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