Women Learning Thai… and some men too ;-)

National Museum Volunteers Annual Lecture Series… Last year was my first chance to attend the lectures about Thailand, Thai history, and culture arranged by the National Museum Volunteers. Along with many events, their Annual Lecture Series was postponed due to the Thai floods. But, now that the new year is upon us, the series has [...]

Did you make it to the Charity Cat Party?… I wasn’t in town for @freakingcat’s wonderful Charity Cat Party but I didn’t miss out. I watched the concert online via ustream.tv. What talent! A huge round of applause goes to @freakingcat for arranging the party and to the fabulous performers: Trisdee, Somtow, Siam Sinfionetta and [...]

Consider yourself invited to the Charity Cat Party… Throughout the year @freakingcat throws parties notorious amongst the Thai twitter crowd. And while reading the party tweets can be totally entertaining, can you imagine what a great time you’d have actually attending a Cat Party? The theme for the December Cat Party is the Thai flood. [...]

The Thai floods just keep on coming… Flood tourism is now a popular sport in Thailand. And even if an area isn’t flooded, you’ll come across people crowded around klongs, leaning over to check the water level. And if I had the time and inclination, I’d drive around Thailand taking photos of people draped over [...]

FROC’s highway to… Both the Bangkok Post and the Nation covered, albeit briefly, complaints about FROC’s invasive ramp into the Energy Complex. Bangkok Post: Froc’s ‘VIP pass’ irks residents Residents living near the Flood Relief Operations Command (Froc) say a raised road built to allow access by VIPs is causing them flooding problems. The special [...]

Karn.TV Cartoons: Flooding in Thailand… During the past few weeks, Thailand’s 50 Million Blue Whales Flooding Bangkok were a big YouTube hit for Thais and students of the Thai language. Today I found Karn.TV’s cartoon offer… There are three more flood videos (just follow along on YouTube). Note: To keep up with the flood news [...]

Thailand has 50 million blue whales flooding Bangkok… Obviously, there are not 50 million blue whales flooding Bangkok. Not even one. And the flood is not only about Bangkok. But as bonkers as 50 million whales flooding Bangkok sounds, the contradicting flood information bombarding us daily seems just as wacky. Anyway. This post is for [...]

Bangkok Flood Info… Rikker from Thai 101 started a Google Doc, Bangkok Flood Info, to share important emergency numbers and advice. If you have information to add, the doc is editable, so please do. For those who’ve already left Bangkok, my post is too late. But for some it should still be relevant. Why didn’t [...]

Bangkok bracing for the predicted floods… For weeks we’ve been reading conflicting news on whether Bangkok will flood or not. First the Governor states that Bangkok is ready, come hell or high water. Then that very same day, Yingluck, the Thai prime minister, warns of floods threatening Bangkok. Soon after we had an expert assuring [...]

Five things to change about the Thai character… In Thailand, if you don’t read or speak Thai, or know someone who does, you miss out on all sorts of goodies. For instance, several weeks ago a Thai friend arrived all excited about a radio talk show. During the show a Thai politician expressed an interest [...]

Tiger, lion, bull, rino… politicians are WILD BEASTS! After writing about Thai politician Chuvit in two posts: Thai Politician Chuwit Kamolvisit: A Man. His Dog. Their Park and Chuvit’s Angry Man Campaign Posters Translated, it’s now time to feature another star of the Thai political show, the Vote NO! animal posters upsetting many Thais. The [...]

Chuvit: The Angry Man… The Thai press is calling Chuvit the colour of the election: สีสัน การ เลือกตั้ง /sĕe-săn gaan lêuak-dtâng/. And comparing Chuvit to the other candidates, who can argue? Chuvit is colourful, dramatic, and evocative. In your face even. So it’s no surprise that Chuvit’s powerful posters are the talk of the town. [...]

Chuwit Kamolvisit is one colourful Thai politician…. It’s party time in Thailand! And who living here can miss it? The country is slathered with campaign posters on light poles, along highways and sidewalks, and stuffed under the Skytrain even. Weekly, new posters go up, entertaining expats and locals alike. And what Thai party is knocking [...]

Visakha Bucha Day & Happy Birthday & VOTE?… There’s a lot going on today… We all know it’s Visakha Bucha Day but it’s also my birthday (yeah)… and… it’s the day voting opens for the Top 100 Language Lovers 2011 competition. If you look to my sidebar you’ll see that WLT placed in 2009 and [...]