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^interesting way to look at this ordeal

Sean...i'll try the finger thing next time :cheers: glai = far glai = nearby :D :D first stop at right or left add 'muen' to kwa or sai kwa meun or sai meun meun actually means 'hand' to give the driver some idea about how far try; pai iek song roi met, krap / go another 200 meter... kwa meun, krap ...

... it might refer to hot spicy food more than the weather... :roll: paet = spicy rawrn = hot :cheers: http://www.geocities.com/aseanmorn/gall/icon_rofl.gif :rotflmfao: Now I understand why everyone used to laugh so much and someone would almost always come out with "khun pood pasa Thai geng m...

Discussing the Weather. I can only remember two, or perhaps three phrases that might be right when there is a change in the weather, and these may or may not be correct because pasa Thai is not my native language. If you're out in the open air with friends when the afternoon sea breeze first blows ...

we have cross walks....but people still get run over

but you're right...more crossings would help the situation.

TESOL certificate/ degree would be helpful. As rayan posted, his links would be pretty helpful as they are specific to this topic. Best of luck!

The face thing certainly has its roots in the class system. It teaches the poor and uneducated to accept their lot and never to complain about anything. The higher up the social scale you go the more they expect and the more they can demand of those perceived to be lower than them. Is one of the wo...

^indeed the white lie is definitely a part of saving one's integrity, pride, or is just a way of 'looking out' for another. Yet to go back to khun NAB's point...there comes a time when this 'saving face' is ridiculous, and yet Thais still go along with it. Perhaps its just the inherent Confucian bac...

to answer the point of this thread...why farangs live in this paradoxical land is the same as why marginalized asians, and latinos and whoever-else choose to live in America and suffer its indifference towards blatant/ institutional racism is because they're willing to tolerate it, and they themselv...

Sorry to be so late. Just read your words of wisdom, mate! Only words I can think of in reply in a hurry are, "Aroi mai?" but that doesn't do justice to a coherent reply like that one of yours. :cheers <-- do youse guys gat one-a-dem chon gai smilies or what? lol thanks man, cheers to you...

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