Women Learning Thai… and some men too ;-)

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Overview of my 30 day Thai language trial… Well, that’s that. Finish. My 30 day Thai language trial is over. And I now have a new habit. Studying Thai. Daily. Yeah! But please note: I will no longer upload the Don’t Break the Chain graphics from my iPhone to WLT’s sidebar. (It was a tedious [...]

Talking about the weather… What better way to break the ice and start a conversation than to talk about the weather? I know it is a bit cliché-ish but, hey, it works. And in Thailand, the sentence, “The rainy season sure is late this year” is a much better conversation starter than “What’s your sign?” [...]

Week four of my 30 day Thai language trial… Here I am again. Reporting in. And just like last week, I’m here say that nothing has changed. I now have a new study habit. And the weird thing about it is this: it’s like I’ve had it forever. As before, I listened, read, and repeated [...]

Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Vern Lovic Nationality: USA Age: 43 Sex: Male Location: Surat, Thailand Profession: Internet marketing, writing, web development Website/blog: Thailand eBooks ThaiPulse.com/blog JoysThaiFood.com AimforAwesome.com YouTube: thaipulsedotcom (160 Thailand videos) What is your Thai level? It ranges from comfortable to very uncomfortable. It’s all in how the conversation goes really. There [...]

Zebras and tigers and chickens with questions… Agree or disagree, but I believe that I live in one of the most interesting cities in the world – Bangkok – in one of the most curious of countries in the world – Thailand. Living here is just like being 3 years old again. Why? Because my [...]

Reflections on Bangkok Found… I’m not a city gal. I enjoy gardening, country walks, and being able to see the moon and stars at night. And since falling in love with Bangkok in 2004, I’ve had a troublesome time explaining why to those who spread out north, south, and elsewhere in Thailand. Their lives are [...]

Week three of my 30 day Thai language trial… I am settled into a study schedule, so that’s it. It took three weeks for me to gain a new language learning habit. Nothing odd happened this week so I won’t post the results. I basically listened, read, and then repeated the Thai conversations. There were [...]

Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Colin Cotterill Nationality: British Age range: 50-60 Sex: Male Location: Chumphon, Thailand Profession: Writer Website: Colin cotterill Blog: International Crime Authors Reality Check What is your Thai level? Advanced. I’m not even fluent in English yet. Do you speak more street Thai, Issan Thai, or professional Thai? Although I’m [...]

Sloppy love overcomes the rain… Rak Bpon Bpon is a sweet love song about a guy living on the street. He dreams of finding love, but from experience he knows that pretty women will not give him the time of day. Finally, he finds someone closer to his heart. A woman just like him. Note: [...]

Wat Bang Phra… This weekend is the first three day 2010 Bangkok International Tattoo Convention. Ever. Not being up for a crowd (and full of caffeine), I called Khun Pissout (my fav taxi driver) to see if he was free for the day. He was. So as a tattoo substitute, we drove to Wat Bang [...]

Week two of my 30 day Thai language trial… The more I note the lack of sleep in the weekly reviews of my trial, the more I am getting pissed off. Insomnia has been a part of my life since my toddler days and I usually work around it. I ignore it if I can. [...]

Bangkoks very first International Tattoo Convention… If you are anywhere near Bangkok and are into tattoo too, then I guarantee 100% that you will not see me at the convention. Not that I don’t like tattoos (on other people), but because I’ve had my fill of crowds this week. And crowds, there will be! If [...]

Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Jonathan Thames 
Nationality: Third Culture Kid; USA citizen 
Age range: 20-30 
Sex: Male 
Location: Monterey, CA / Chiang Mai / other places 
Profession: MPA Student 


What is your Thai level? Let’s say “Advanced” because I am generally proficient and got into “Advanced Language Study” at my current school (Monterey Institute [...]

Contemporary takes on Thai proverbs… One of my (unnamed) New Year’s resolutions is to get out more. But… where? As far as I can tell, there is not one single resource listing everything going on in Bangkok. The bits are spread out everywhere. Magazines. Websites. Blogs. On advice, I picked up a copy of Bangkok101 [...]