Nataraja

Try www.breakingnewsenglish.

Good luck

Having spent a great amount of time in these countries, I feel like there is a higher class of Westerners and Expats living in them. Thailand seems to attract the absolute bottom dwellers of Western humanity (a small majority like myself (young, handsome, intelligent) excluded. I suppose that this is because of the following reasons:

1. The other countries are very expensive so the bottom dwellers cannot afford to live there.

2. The other countries employ more professionals than Thailand.

3. Thailand has a reputation for certain vices which attracts the bottom dwellers.

Welcome back.

"As all books and magazines at Book Lounge will be previous versions, the company will offer 30-80% discounts for all titles. It will test the concept for about six months and if it is successful, it will open more outlets this year."

-- Bangkok Post 2008-02-09

This is a book clearance outlet. These publications are out of circulation, deletes. A few years ago they had a one week book sale on the ground floor of Amarin. I couldn't find anything worth buying and I regularly spend 1,000 a month at Kinokunya.

Buddha probably put that stupid farang in Lek's path because she made merit in the past.

The Ottawa Citizen reported at 6:15 A.M. Thai time that an Ontario professor is apparently OK after having a bollet removed from his abdomen.

Investigating officer Lt. Wirachon Buntawee said police believe the bullet may have come from a nearby building and could have been discharged by somebody trying to shoot birds on a nearby telephone wire.

Turban Renewal fools no one.

The more hair you lose, the more head you get.

Awesome.

It's been my understading that we should take fat-soluble pills with food and water-soluble pills on an empty stomach.

Some believe that to be able to teach ESL one should have good communication skills.

In my opinion, spending four years obtaining a degree in whatever discipline is all about learning and improving communication skills, both receptive and productive. You are then tested on your ability to understand reading material and lectures by producing papers, reports and essays. I understand that many people have excellent communication skills and have never obtained a degree. A degree from a university is a handy criterion for those who hire and place teachers in teaching positions.

Interesting point raised here. If we revert to western currencies we encounter some anomalies. For example we would refer to a ten pound shirt but if we asked the price we'd be told ten pounds. It's the same with weights, a seven pound baby weighs seven pounds (3.176 kilogrammes for the metrically inclined).

Maybe it's something subtle in the English grammar. I have to own up to being a complete klutz when it comes to grammar, I didn't realise how little I knew about my own language until I learnt Spanish.

As for the Vietnamese they don't add an 's' to Dong so it's 20,000 Dong, or to put it more correctly 20 Dong (hai muoi) as they drop the 000's (ngin) for brevity's sake.

Number expressions have no -s when they are used as adjectives.

Wouldn't upload. Sorry, there should be 3 different worksheets.

Personally, I don’t give a rattus anus what they think of me. I’ve always thought the ‘face’ issue is superficial. If someone who is rich, but morally bankrupt, thinks any less of me, that’s his problem.

It’s how they treat me that is of great concern to me, and after 9 years here I have absolutely no complaints. And, during that 9 years I've come to the conclusion that 'face' rules in the east whereas 'balls' rule in the west. Cut off my balls, treat like less than a human being, and then we have a problem.

‘Most people haven’t earned the right to think’ - Jean Genest

‘It’s none of my business what people think of me’ - My grandmother

‘To thine own self be true’ - Shax

I've had students in university classes here tell me that you should wash rain off of your body immediately or you will get sick. Others have told me you only get sick if your head gets wet.

We were taught in west that you can become sick if you are overly tired and go quickly from extreme heat to extreme cold.

I was on a non-air bus in Bangkok once when it started to drizzle. People immediately started close all the windows. I noticed that several were sneezing and coughing openly into the unventilated bus, spreading what ever germs they may have been hosting.

Up to you.

Dave's ESL has a Korean job board. I've been following the Korean discussion board as well to get an idea of how people feel about the place. Best of luck.

Donald Rumsfeld was giving the President his daily briefing and concluded by saying,

“Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed in an accident”.

“Oh my God!” the President exclaimed. “That’s terrible”.

His staff sat there stunned at the display of emotion, nervously watching as the President slumped, head in hands.

Finally the President looked up and asked…

“How many is a brazillion?”

My first school gave me a form, in Thai, with boxes to be checked by the person giving the physical. I asked a friend and he said they were for TB, elephantitis, alcoholism and drug addiction. The examiner walked around me and as he did he looked at my eyeballs (drug addiction?); put a stethescope to my chest ,without using his ear plugs, (TB?); felt around my stomach (bloated liver? alcoholism?); felt one ankle (elephantitis?); stamped and signed the form and collected 50baht. This was for my work permit. For my next school I had it done at the clinic at MBK and the woman doctor actually seemed interested in what she was doing. For my present school the doctor asked if it was for a work permit. He asked for 50 baht and signed the form with just a glance at me. Like PB said international schools might want a full physical for their own information. Good luck, good health.

There used to be a cobbler on Suriwong at the end of Pat Pong that made custom boots. He may still be there.

Mr. Teen USA?

My sympathy to family, friends and those who were on the boat today.

R.I.P