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Re: Mercedes bus stop killer gets 10 years

^interesting way to look at this ordeal
by HybridEm
on Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:12 pm
 
Forum: Thai news stories
Topic: Mercedes killer Honda girl Red Bull heir
Replies: 69
Views: 336950

Re: Common Smalltalk in Pasa Thai.

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 ...
by HybridEm
on Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:13 pm
 
Forum: Tips for learning the Thai language
Topic: Common Smalltalk in Pasa Thai.
Replies: 9
Views: 6165

Re: Common Smalltalk in Pasa Thai.

... 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...
by HybridEm
on Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:51 pm
 
Forum: Tips for learning the Thai language
Topic: Common Smalltalk in Pasa Thai.
Replies: 9
Views: 6165

Re: Common Smalltalk in Pasa Thai.

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 ...
by HybridEm
on Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:19 am
 
Forum: Tips for learning the Thai language
Topic: Common Smalltalk in Pasa Thai.
Replies: 9
Views: 6165

Re: traffic

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


but you're right...more crossings would help the situation.
by HybridEm
on Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:32 am
 
Forum: Pattaya
Topic: Traffic
Replies: 2
Views: 13079

Re: PROFESSIONAL English teachers - requirements

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!
by HybridEm
on Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:49 am
 
Forum: Visa / work permit / resident / citizenship / dual passport - what's required
Topic: PROFESSIONAL English teachers - requirements
Replies: 11
Views: 8182

Re: About Face.

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...
by HybridEm
on Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:39 am
 
Forum: Domestic / cross cultural issues - Thai / Foreigner concerns
Topic: About Face.
Replies: 60
Views: 18558

Re: About Face.

^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...
by HybridEm
on Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:05 pm
 
Forum: Domestic / cross cultural issues - Thai / Foreigner concerns
Topic: About Face.
Replies: 60
Views: 18558

Re: Farang and their seemingly paradoxical ways

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...
by HybridEm
on Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:15 pm
 
Forum: Domestic / cross cultural issues - Thai / Foreigner concerns
Topic: Farang and their seemingly paradoxical ways
Replies: 57
Views: 28274

Re: About Face.

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...
by HybridEm
on Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:26 pm
 
Forum: Domestic / cross cultural issues - Thai / Foreigner concerns
Topic: About Face.
Replies: 60
Views: 18558
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