Tips for Getting Through Your First Week in the EFL Classroom Abroad
When I was getting ready to teach my first week in an EFL classroom abroad, I must admit I was terrified. Not having much experience teaching non-native English…
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Have Fun and Protect Yourself on Songkran, the Thai New Year Festival
How to have fun, behave and protect yourself on Songkran Next week, it’s Songkran in Thailand. Songkran is the Thai New Year and is also known as the…
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Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC): Exhibits of Thai And Western Artwork
The Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) is an excellent art museum The Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) opened a few months ago in the downtown area…
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Top 10 Things I Don’t Understand About Thais and Thailand: I Love Thailand but that Doesn’t Mean I Don’t Think It’s Weird!
I have lived in Thailand for five years now, so am quite familiar with the culture. However, just like most westerners living in Thailand, there are still many…
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Valentine’s Day in Thailand: Are Thai Teenagers and Young Adults Having Sex?
Valentine’s Day in Thailand is huge, but is it all romance or are Thai teens having sex? Valentine’s Day in Thailand is one of the country’s biggest holidays…
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How to Have Polite, Respectful Children: Teach Them Thai Values
Thailand has a reputation as having some of the world’s nicest people. As a teacher in Thailand, I have always noticed that Thai kids do not behave like…
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Should Thai Students Study in Overseas Universities? Look at Pros and Cons
Thai students study in overseas universities more and more, but should they? I have recently started thinking about how Thai students study in overseas universities because a lot…
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Counterfeit 1,000 Baht Notes in Thailand – Don’t Get a Fake
Counterfeit 1,000 baht notes are cropping up all over Thailand When I lived in the US, I was once chased down in a movie theatre because I had…
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Why Natalie Glebova (and Pailin Rungratanasunthorn ) Were Eliminated from Amazing Race Asia 3
On the third episode of the Amazing Race Asia 3, ex-Miss Universe, Natalie Glebova and her partner, Pailin Rungratanasunthorn from Thailand, were eliminated. For those of us who…
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Bangkok International Film Festival: Asian Movies in World-Class Theaters
Bangkok International Film Festival is a great way to see some amazing movies Every year, Bangkok holds the Bangkok International Film Festival. This year, the festival will be…
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Travel + Leisure Magazine Votes Bangkok Best City in the World
Bangkok best city in the world according to Travel + Leisure magazine For the first time ever, Bangkok has just been voted the world’s best city in a…
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Funeral Pyre Design Finished for Princess Galyani’s Funeral
Funeral pyre for Princess Galyani’s funeral now complete According to Thai television, the design for the funeral pyre for Princess Galyani Vadhana of Thailand has been completed and…
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Sex and the City Movie Premieres in Bangkok, Thailand
On Thursday, I am going to see the new Sex and the City movie here in Bangkok, Thailand. It opens almost a week later here than in the…
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What are the New Teaching Qualification Requirements in Thailand?
How will the new teaching qualification requirements in Thailand impact you? Thailand is in the process of instituting new teaching qualification requirements for Western teachers in Thailand. If…
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Bangkok Bank Is One of Thailand’s Top Banks, But Should You Have an Account There?
Bangkok Bank is one of Thailand’s largest and most popular banks. It tends to be somewhat of a more hi-so (high-society) institution, as fees are often higher than…
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How to Do a Thai Wai Correctly – Traditional Greeting in Thailand is Beautiful
The Thai Wai is the Form of Greeting Used in Thailand, Here’s How to Do it Properly The first thing you will notice when you come to Thailand…
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Thai Policeman Shoots and Kills Canadian Tourist, Injures Girlfriend
A Canadian tourist was shot and killed by a Thai policeman, in the small northern Thai town of Pai two days ago. The Canadian man was shot and…
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Superstition in Thailand – What It’s like Living in a Country That Believes in Curses
Superstition in Thailand permeates all of Thai life If you live in or have visited Bangkok, you are probably under the illusion that Thailand is a modern society…
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Princess Galyani Vadhana, Sister to King of Thailand, Dies Age 84
Princess Galyani Vadhana has died, aged 84 The King of Thailand’s sister, Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana, Princess of Narathiwat, died at 2:34 am this morning –…
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How to Be a Tour Guide in Bangkok When Friends Come to Visit
Being a tour guide in Bangkok is fun I’ve been playing the part of a volunteer tour guide in Bangkok this week as a woman I met on…
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Thai Government Stopping Pedophiles in Thailand Teaching Children
Pedophiles in Thailand now have it a bit more difficult For many years, Thailand has had an unwarranted reputation as a place where Western men could come to…
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Welcome To Tasty Thailand
We’ve lived in Thailand for more than 10 years and, during that time, gained more weight, bought more things and seen more stuff than we’d care to mention….
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Thai Super Model and Actress, Paula Taylor, Chosen for the Amazing Race Asia
This week, the new teams were announced for the second season of the hit show, Amazing Race Asia. This version of the popular American show, The Amazing Race,…
