skylar
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You're right. We should blame crappy media outlets like MTV that brainwash the young with crappy hip hop instead. Never mind if we belong to that generation or not The Dude, it was better in the old days, wasn't it? Or something.
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####1 MTV
Pushing Hip Hop culture on Thais youth is hands down the worst of the worst. Soccer and fast food very tame compared to MTV. The Thai youth thinks hip hop is oh so cool
And I bet you've forgotten what it is like to be young.Edited to say: it's Ragnarok, not 'Ragnorak' greenwanderer.
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We have two Korat cats (see sa wat).
My favourite picture is this one:
Your cats look like they've been the objects of a taxidermist's affections in the pic you posted... a little eerie.
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I visited or lived in these countries for the first time between 1981 and 1997 (since birth - 16 years). Sadly, I have been nowhere new since then.
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Magic, that is a really lame joke.
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A little help for the yank here what is marmite ?
A paste made from yeast excrement that Brits like to spread on toast.
Smells like dog doo. Probably tastes like dog doo too.
Aussies/Kiwis love it too, least you forget.
That figures
No, they like Vegemite. But only a small quantity of people enjoy Bovril. My partner quite enjoys shepherd's pie, as well as steak and kidney pie.
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Speaking of tsunami films, did anyone ever see a DVD of tsunami footage being peddled about? I'll be crass and say I did buy one, but I didn't understand the language the footage was narrated in. I am guessing the language was Indonesian. Does anyone know anything about it?
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He also went to Patana as a child and his childhood nickname was Cookie.
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While the age of consent is set much lower (16, I think) that only holds PENDING the parents' approval (typically for marriage purposes, I suppose).
It's 15 for females.
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I'm hoping to get some feedback from members who are considerably more experienced in the world of business than I am.
I'm in my mid twenties and embarked on what looked like a promising career in market research. The main reason for entering the industry was that with enough senior level experience, I would be able to work overseas in a wide variety of countries. Due to company losses I resigned/was made redundant simultaneously with a few others... a very weird situation... and due to a dearth of suitable jobs in the industry in Sydney, I am rethinking my choice of career. I cannot relocate as I have a partner to consider.
I have been asked to consider employment in business analysis (not IT, sales related), but am wondering if I am able to move around in Asia (to Thailand first and foremost) before I make a decision. I don't want to wait forever for the 'right' job in MR to come along... or is this what one does? I'm not experienced enough to know, but I don't want to keep switching industries as I would like to start specialising and gain more industry specific skills.
Thoughts?
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Yes natural colour eyes.
Not half Thai though, half asian half caucasian.
Ive seen a halfy with red hair, but dont think ive seen a blonde
One of my partner's friends is half Caucasian, half Chinese and has green eyes and black hair... his saying "life's a breeze when you're half Chinese"!
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oooh, the Pattaya Water Park. I had so much fun on that big concete white thing and on the water slides as a kid!
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Ethnicity and nationality are two different things to a lot of people, and are the same thing to a lot of people. However, greenwanderer himself is luk kreung.
Apparently in the States, people make a great effort to find out their geneological history and are quite proud of their mixed backgrounds. From my experience in England, nobody mentions their cultural heritage if they can get away with it.
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With Easter upon us, I'd like to raise the word order of chocolate egg in Thai. A couple of years ago, a Thai teacher of mine insisted that it was ช็อกโกแล็ตไข่. We students were confused, as we firmly believed that it was ไข่ช็อกโกแล็ต - the egg that is chocolate. i can't rmember his reasoning behind ช็อกโกแล็ตไข่, but it did make sense that the time. Which is it?
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Crossy, that is hilarious.
Y'all, check out the scotch ostrich egg, complete with photos. Amazing.
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Pretty much all of the major modern fiction books have been mentioned, bar Chart Korbjitti's books. A lot of Thais have got a bee in their bonnet about his novels, particularly Mad Dogs and Co with the beach communities. I have to admit his novels are very un-Thai as they are extremely negative and confronting.
I haven't been able to find any of the classic Thai novels bar Botan's Letters from Thailand and MR Kukrit Pramoj's novels... even at Chula, people told me that they were very old. I find it hard to believe that An Elephant Named Maliwan and Jan Dara aren't in print in either Thai or the translated versions. I gave up on trying to read A Child of the North East in Thai... the language is so confusing that I found it hard to enjoy. I couldn't find a translated version.
I don't read any of the bar scene books because I am not interested in the subject matter. This is because I have no similar experiences, nor do I wish to learn about the bar scene in Thailand. However, there is a market for books on this subject as there is a large number of people who can relate to them.
Pira Sudham's books have become the source of much debate on this thread. Pira's books were aimed at English speaking farangs in Thailand and overseas who do not have access to Thai society and culture. They were not intended for farangs who socialise with Thais. The writing style is simple, yes, but the themes he chose to write about give a reader who lives on the circumference of Thai society basic insights as to how Isaan society and Thai society interact and operate. These books do have their place in early 90s to pre-Economic Crisis fiction, but not beyond that. Does anyone know why he has picked up the name 'Canning'?
'Sightseeing' by Rattawut Lapcharoensap. Lots of short stories about modern Thailand, insightful, and entertaining. Perhaps some dont like it because of the subtle anti-Americanism that runs through some of the stories, but I did!All these stories are about modern-day Thailand. I initially despised the first short story, called 'Farangs', for the slutty way in which it portrayed the American female. Then, after I calmed down, I realised it was the stereotypical image that Thais have about Westerners that was really the theme. It isn't anti-American or anti-Westerner. I really enjoyed the subsequent stories, however, especially 'Priscilla the Cambodian'.
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I could tell you my major and uni but i do feel the desire to maintain some form of privacy in this forum.
Well, we already know your name and uni since you signed off on your first post as Kevin @ Bangkok Uni. However, the name Kevin does not strike me as being a particularly Dutch name...
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I don't think the author of the article was being condescending towards the new wave of tourists, but was just asserting that they were more unique in that the author visited the area when it was largely unknown.
Many people like to think that they are individuals, so instead of becoming inflamed with comments of this nature, take it with a pinch of salt.
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shits me up the wall
you're a dag
pov
are some of the ones I learnt at school.
'you've got buckleys' is something I heard from some old accountant.
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Why would anyone start up a conversation out of the blue with a random?
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Looks like a hentai shot to me.
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Hum, it's interesting that you note that about some Japanese people with gaijin. I know a Japanese girl who is simply lovely. She is Westernised - and she can just get along with absolutely anyone. She invited me and a couple of work colleagues to her birthday party, and her Japanese friends are some of the most awful people I had ever met.
One of them took it upon themselves to half bake a takoyaki for my colleague (that is batter with octopus inside) and shriek with delight when my colleague bit into it and squinched up her face in disgust. Another person gave me a bowl of porridgy noodles and told me that I probably wouldn't like it. I actually did like it, which the people sitting at my table didn't seem to enjoy, so a guy next to me started imitating my voice and gestures, at which everyone roared with laughter. They then shut me out of conversation, so my colleagues and I decided to leave.
I don't really like my cousin's wife - she's Japanese, and I was talking to her about Thailand and my favourite things to do while I am there, and she said something along the lines in the beginning that I probably liked it because it was different to what I am used to. I thought the way she said it was a bit condescending as she already assumed that was why I liked it. I told her that heaps of Japanese people live in Thailand, which put her out a bit
But they're not all like that.
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I've heard more bad stories than good.
Patients coming home to Australia and have local plastic surgeons try and rectify the damage that Thailand surgeons created.
Our current affairs programs on television have shown many sad and bad cases.
You might save some money by using the Bangkok hospital but your face could end up a mess forever.
A Current Affair and Today Tonight are not exactly what I would call current affairs programmes. I was disgusted with their initial segments on medical tourism in Thailand - it was no more than Australian surgeons being browned off at losing business. The coverage was not balanced in that there were only negative aspects being shown. It was followed up with similar stories in the tabloids and over the radio. That's not journalism. That's PR. Proper journalism covers both the positive and negative aspects of a story. Australia's got its fair share of rotten surgeons - Jayant Patel anyone? How about that coke snorting brain surgeon on the Gold Coast?
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in Plants, Pets & Vets in Thailand
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Hmm, I know how you feel. My ex-street cat became pregnant before we could spay her and although her four kittens took a little while to rehome, it was well worth looking at those sweet little faces every morning for two months! She was spayed as soon as it was possible afterwards! Try advertising at the international schools - takers for our kittens all came from the school community.