As I understand it, Wall Street Institute School of English is offering a 1 million baht prize to their best student - one of my subordinates is studying hard to try and win it.
The picture below is from an advert I saw on BTS. It shows various people dreaming about what they would do if, after studying English so diligently that they were the best students in the school, they won that prize.
The last two people are thinking the following (translated from the Thai):- I'd go to France to
I recently had my apartment sprayed for the insect pictured here:
http://www.pantown.com/board.php?id=14332&name=board3&topic=32&action=viewWhat is its english or latin (species) name? My Thai isn't good enough for this page.
Very few people seem to even know what it is. Most Thai people I've talked to refer to it simply as "µÇ¹Õè!" (this creature!), or claim to have never seen it before. Yet several farang I've talked to have seen it and know exactly what I'm talking abo
I've long had an interest in keeping fish as pets - from a bowl with a goldfish, to an aquarium with a large tropical oscar, to a 13,000 gallon pond with 200+ goldfish (I bought 100; they took care of the rest themselves).I also have an interest in water conservation and greywater reuse. A Basic example of greywater re-use is letting your laundry machine drain into the base of a tree - the water is used to by the tree. (we'll ignore the soil stability issues and potential for lawsuits for now)S
The view from the window of my new apartment, at dusk:
And, my new nemesis. Poop poop poop. Does Tesco sell meshed fencing for birds? Metal, preferably, so I can electrify it.
Foodland sells a big bottle of Singha for what, 42 baht? 1 SGD = 22 baht http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?amt=1&from=SGD&to=THB&submit=ConvertAlas, in the grocery store near my apartment in Singapore,
4.60 SGD = 101 baht
3.90 SGD = 86 baht.
Gingseng. Tastes like dirt. Beer. Tastes good. Usually.
Thumbs down. Anyone want to take a stab at a clever remark about the combination of a purported sexual enhancement herb (ginseng) and alcohol?
In the lobby of my hotel in GuangZhou, China: Apparently, these evil-looking children are supposed to put me in a festive mood for Chinese New Year. Instead, I'm worried that they will try to kill me and eat my brain(s). Zombie children with evil eyes.
Otherwise known as the failed search for 龙虎凤。(tiger fighting dragon)I'm in GuangZhou, China looking for interesting food. So I asked my hotel for directions to a restaurant that serves 龙虎凤 - a mixture of cat and snake meat, among other things. This is the name card of the restaurant they referred me to: Alas, the restaurant they directed me had discontinued serving that dish. How regrettable. However, they did have a wide variety of seafood and reptiles for consumption, of which I was persu
Between soi 5 and soi 7 Sukhumvit, there's a pharmacy.
Here's a picture of their frontage, large size:
And here you can see what I'm looking at.
Obviously, they sell Viagra.
At least that's what anyone that can't read Thai would think. But the Thai script above "VIAGRA" says "mai mee" or "not have." Meaning that they don't sell it. I'll make a guess, and say that most of the people that are looking for Viagra on Sukhumvit road can't read Thai.
I've been laughing at this sign for a
Being that it's summer break, I've decided to take a trip to Japan - after which I'll swing back through Bangkok for a week or two, before returning to my studies in Beijing.
As usual, I purchased a copy of Lonely Planet for the country I'm headed to. This being Beijing, the only place seems to carry that kind of book is the Foreign Language Bookstore in Wangfujing. Easy to find, good selection. Foreign titles.
While reading the book this morning, I noticed a peculiarity with the map on t
