skylar
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I am a civil servant in HK. And my main job is to make sure the chairs and beds in my office do not get stolen or blown away.
Don't you have security cameras for larger items? It's the little things you need to keep an eye on. At my first workplace, pens would go missing should you be fool enough to leave one lying around. At my second workplace, it was calculators. I wonder what the lucky item will be in the next workplace I choose to enter.
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Okay, I'll post this picture of a baby quail to keep the masses happy. It's one of my mother's quails. The parents like to roll the eggs around the cage before sitting on them for some reason.
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But you're half Korean... surely this should make you less tone deaf than the average Aussie
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Non-native Thai speakers of English also do a lot of bilingual telephone work, where native English language skills are not as important as Thai language skills are. There are Thai teachers, interpreters and translators. A lot of families have businesses - one Thai family I know has a youth fashion business. Their garments are found in Myer stores around the country. Another Thai is a professional artist. Another Thai family has a clothing alterations business. They are there- it just depends on your circumstances.
The Thai community is much smaller in comparison to some other Asian communities and therefore the opportunities of working with a Thai are significantly less than working with a Chinese person or a Vietnamese person, say. A student doesn't have time to hold down what you would call a 'good' job. A child goes to school, not to work. The elderly don't work either!
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Try an International Day food hall at one of the British international schools? That stuff looks gross. Ranks right up there with chicken feet.
They are very tasty ... a favorite of mine especially with mash and sweet peas.
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:sick: all this talk of faggots reminds me of like items such as scotch eggs... -
I was reading this US online article at http://nymag.com/travel/spring/2006/sydney/, that happens to mention some Sydney slang. I've heard of some of the phrases, while others completely mystify me even though I have lived in Sydney (North Shore, St George and the Sutherland Shire) for five years. Do these phrases exist, and if so, which Sydneysiders use them?
Crack a coldie: Open a beer, quite possibly over a barbie.
Dog’s eye: A flaky meat pie.
Fancy a cheeky shampoo?: Want to get a drink?
Good on ya, mate: Thanks a lot.
Pacific peso: A$1; i.e., 70 cents.
Root rat: Sex addict.
Shark biscuit: Surfing novice, a kook.
Spunk: A hottie, especially a male (“what a hunk of spunk”).
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I don't know what you base your judgements on, think too mut... research has been done showing that 63% of the Thai migrant community in NSW are women, and many are married to Australian men. The Thai community isn't like the Viet community, where Viet-oriented suburbs exist. They're a lot less insular a community than the Viet community.
You'll find there are a lot of Thai postgraduate students concentrated at UNSW, USYD and Macquarie. Thaitown is on Campbell Street. As mentioned in another thread, you can find Thai people hanging out at certain places. There's the temples in Annandale, Bundanoon, etc where you'll be able to find Thai people. There's several Thai associations, such as the Thai Welfare Association, Thai Restaurants Association and so forth.
You're just not part of the community, which is why you don't know any of these things.
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Hi all, just letting you know that the festival was held today - brilliant weather, and the park was packed.
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ไม้จิ้มฟัน - toothpick
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There's also the Nonthaburi Equestrian Sports Club at http://www.nonthaburihorses.com/
Carol na Auydhaya is the GM.
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Either way, they are yummy.
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It's really common for Chinese from Hong Kong to choose English names. When they do, they are really old fashioned names. I have lost count of the number Hong Kongers called Doris, Dorothy, or Gloria...
A trend for Vietnamese who give birth in the West is to formally choose a Western name to go on their baby's birth certificate and don't even both giving a Vietnamese middle name. Of course, it must be something they can pronounce. That is why there are a squillion Peters and Johns.
Finally, my real name is similar to my Thai nickname. It's just easier for everyone.
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Curette?
Edited to say: Vaccum aspiration?
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Try an International Day food hall at one of the British international schools? That stuff looks gross. Ranks right up there with chicken feet.
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I read somewhere ages ago that a Sylvanian Families Restaurant serving Thai food opened up opposite Emporium in mid 2005. Is this true? If so, have you been there (with your children)?
Remember: "Nature, love and being together commence the most important basis of society which is family"
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Nevermind the pole hugging... how about the groups of passengers getting on the train before allowing passengers to exit first?
That's not a Thai thing. It happens in Melbourne and Sydney. No one bothers to line up at the bus stops, either.
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This is just about the saddest thing I've read on this forum.
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As a surprise whilst out one day I took her in to one of the shops and announced that I would buy for her. OK a little insensitive maybe we should have discussed it first.
I am English and I would be embarrassed and offended if my partner did that to me (more so in Thailand than Australia admittedly). You have acknowledged that it was a thoughtless act. Isaan people have an especially tough time in Thai society and therefore often have to work twice as hard to prove themselves. As mentioned, time is the best healer, sprinkled with enquiries... email her? Send her flowers, as has previously been suggested. Don't ask for anything. If you really care about her, you will wait and see if she comes back.
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This thread is so ridiculous that I decline to comment any further.
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Somebody has something against the owner. That's all I can deduce from this situation!
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The willingness of Thais to go into the streets and protest as well as abstain from voting, and the acceptance of these actions shows that Thailand as a democracy is maturing. Corruption is not unique to Thailand, and props to Thaksin for not forcing his way at this delicate point in time. There's quite a lot of government employees who ran away from Thailand in the 70s as they were being persecuted for being Communist sympathisers... so if they've managed to return, so will Thaksin. Eventually.
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Just bumping this back up. It's on this SUNDAY! The event's received massive media coverage in state and suburban papers and MX, and I know plenty of single Thais who will be going, both male and female. Again, it's a question of who you hang around with...
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Or if you want a bit of fun, head off to Leo Land... waterslides aplenty!
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If you go to KSrd, please take along some soap and throw it at the occasional passing backpacker. Soap alone won't do much good without a SuperSoaker. I still have my SS left over from previous Songkrans.
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I found out last year that Kiwis call eskies 'chilly bins'!