Women Learning Thai… and some men too ;-)

How to quiet your life…
There is no doubt about it, 2010 is MY year for personal improvement. And as my 30 Day Thai Language Trial was successful, I decided to follow with Vern’s 22 Day Meditation Course.
When I asked Vern how it came about, he replied:
In 1997 I began to meditate. I discovered [...]

Wats are full of turkeys and frogs, and sometimes storks too…
If you are an animal lover, one of the first things you notice in Thailand are the decaying dogs laying around scenic Wats.
Their scabby bodies make my heart hurt. Yours too?
Disregarding the sickly canine and healthy cats – why is that? – Wats are [...]

At last, a proper calendar for Thailand…
Awhile back I started chatting on twitter with Andrew from The Bangkok Bugle about the lack of available calendars for Thailand. Andrew compiled some pretty decent resources – Bangkok’s best what’s on magazines – but we all agreed that none 100% fit the bill.
Talen from Thailand, Land of [...]

Tiger Temple Sues Conservationists Over Abuse Allegations…
Thailand’s Tiger Temple has long been involved in controversy, and the complaints are many:

Drugging the tigers.
Abusing the tigers.
Selling off older tigers.
Putting visitors in harms way.
Breeding tigers unprofessionally.
The complaints go on and on…

I’ve been to the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi twice. Both times were instigated by visitors to the Kingdom [...]

The tattoo festival is happening this month…
Wat Bang Phra Tattoo Festival
Saturday, 27 February, 2010
5am (starting time) – 9am (main presentation from the head monk)
If you visit Wat Bang Phra during a regular week, you can pretty much expect peace and quiet. And as I’m a softly-softly type of gal, that’s what my previous post was [...]

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 [...]

Peter Robinson and the SET Foundation…
For those interested in reading about the life of a monk in Thailand, Phra Farang (written by a former farang monk), is a worthwhile read.
There are many excellent book reviews and interviews around, so I won’t do a repeat here. Yet.
What I’d like to focus on instead is the [...]

Shopping for Xmas cards in Thailand…
There isn’t much choice for holiday cards in Thailand. Not if you want to keep away from Hallmarks!
There are some fairly dull cards created with photos of Thai murals or such. And you can sometimes find quite ok Thai cards, but not always. This year’s pickings were noticeably thinner than [...]

The Loi Krathong song in Thai…
My Thai teacher just loves to sing. And sometimes, right there in the middle of a lesson, she will stand up and belt out a Thai song.
Often, she will drag me up too. Then, swinging her arms like a conductor, we prance around my sofa. In unison. Singing loud.
What [...]

Anthony Bourdain makes it to YouTube…
Exactly one week ago I wrote the post, Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations: Thai Episode, lamenting that his cooking show wasn’t going to be viewed on available channels in Thailand. Available to me anyway.
But here we are already… on YouTube…

Enjoy…