MJP Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Home design, decorating and gardening. Love it. Staying upright on a scooter. That is all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 The ability to use my chin in a slight up and down movement to indicate either acknowledgement of a point being made or to indicate a direction. Very Isaan ... but understood through most of Thailand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crazy chef 1 Posted November 8, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2014 ...to understand that some words have a different meaning here,such as: electrician, professional, manager, etc. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Neeranam Posted November 8, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2014 I've learned how to keep 5 baht coins in my ears to keep them handy on buses etc. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Acquired the skill of determining whether someone is socially superior or inferior to me within 1 minute of meeting them. Learned the language too, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconJohn Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 (edited) I learned to appreciate thrift, and to practice it myself to a certain extent. I was born and raised in the USA... a country where waste is systemic and part of the culture. When I first arrived here many years ago I encountered a people whose upbringing was quite different. Even the ones from affluent families were taught not to be wasteful. That's a better way to live. Edited November 8, 2014 by DeaconJohn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom21 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 (edited) <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> I have learnt that farang is stupid and knows nothingWhich one as you have stipulated singular? they may be right Edited November 8, 2014 by tom21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jspill Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I have learnt that farang is stupid and knows nothing Which one as you have stipulated singular? that was the joke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Naam Posted November 8, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2014 What New Skills Have You Acquired In Thailand? learned a lot of slang expressions from "native English" speakers e.g. "after breccie i smoke a fag (pun not intended) and then go to a 7/11 to pay my leccy bill." 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrobay Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 ...to understand that some words have a different meaning here,such as: electrician, professional, manager, etc. Engineer , Its equivalent to a two year technician in any Western country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yermanee Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Smile back when smiled at. Yermanee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldragon Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 I guess you can argue a way of thinking is a skill. But I was mostly interested in vocational skills. I've learned how to ride a motorcycle. I've learned how to wash clothing by hand. I've learned how to download media I can't buy here. My cooking has improved and I can make a few Thai dishes. I've got a pretty good grasp on how a mortar and pestle work. I'm pretty good at jumping on/off moving vehicles. I can kinda teach English to non-native speakers. And I've found new ways to communicate without actually speaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhamBam Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Learning to ignore the pleas of the desperate trying to get hold of my money. I used to be a kinder soul than I am now. I have learned that Thailand is a land of 'fairy stories' that I thought only resided in fiction books. The main skill I have learned is to see through the BS so much easier. Also I have been learning about milking badgers and such interesting things though I have not yet mastered the skill of badger milking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namdocmai Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I learned that looking good (and wealthy) is what it's all about in Thailand. You will really see a different Thailand if you do your best to look good and wealthy. It's all about show. This is totally against my nature though but i do my best (sometimes). I still want to test it with a very big fat (fake) golden chain around my neck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonjake Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 sorry cant think of any skills that can be acquired here and not anywhere cell in the world nothing of any meaning or use what do you have in mind just in case i am missing the point draftvader gets it. Aaaaah, another Thai-bashing thread, masquerading as a question. You're acquiring a reputation, eldragon, that of a serial basher. Not one presented so far is anything I haven't heard from a Thai national. Want to find out how neutral I am? Ask me about any of the 56 countries I have visited in my life or 4 that I have lived in. I can name positives and negatives for all. ive got it ,,,,,,,,,,,,,i know who you are ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,alan whicker,,,,wow so many countries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkksteve123 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I haven't acquired any specific skills aside from some conversational Thai and how to cook a few dishes. This has almost no value to me. What I have learned is a great deal about myself, a new way of thinking, and I now have a different view on life because of my years in Thailand, for better and for worse.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ravip Posted November 8, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2014 24 hrs sitting by the PC, drinking beer and bashing Thailand and anything connected to it to the hilt. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravip Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Today i learned how to get a tough beefsteak more tender. I had been studying that for a while, the magic trick is in a bottle called "meat tenderizer" from Mc Cormick. Next time, try adding a piece of raw green papaya and see the result. Ghanjah (cannabis) is a meat tenderizer they say - never tried it myself, though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 (edited) <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> Talking to woman who are absolutely stunning. I used to turn red and choke up back home. I have learnt to be 100% sure it is absolutely stunning women that I talk to. If not, then I still turn red. Nothing worse than offering a 'woman' a cigarette and being turned down because they prefer smoking a pipe.............. Edited November 8, 2014 by chrisinth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> I have learned how to close one eye. I've learnt to sleep with one open................... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 seriously though, patience would be number one without a doubt. Maneuvering a problem so that the solution appears to come from the person who caused it in the first place. Never judge a book by it's cover. There have been certain things happen here that I have thought to be very different to what they actually were. (My apologies to the foreigner in Pattaya walking on Beach Road with his 12 year old Thai son) Although that happened 17 years ago, it was a life changer............... Work in progress, telling the beautiful girls from the blokes in skirts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 None that I would write home about... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurwait Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 How to avoid all eye contact with other white people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy chef 1 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 ...to understand that some words have a different meaning here,such as: electrician, professional, manager, etc. Engineer , Its equivalent to a two year technician in any Western country. Engineer , Its equivalent to a two year technician trainee in any Western country. now we come close... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATF Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 What New Skills Have You Acquired In Thailand? learned a lot of slang expressions from "native English" speakers e.g. "after breccie i smoke a fag (pun not intended) and then go to a 7/11 to pay my leccy bill." Faggots for dinner anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkgooner Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 (edited) I have learnt how to be a man and I am now a much better person than the man child that existed back home in mummy and daddy's house around 7 odd years now I have also recently discovered how easy it is to open a bottle of beer with a spoon I have learnt to be calmer in the face of provocation Edited November 8, 2014 by bkkgooner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Talking to woman who are absolutely stunning. I used to turn red and choke up back home. I have learnt to be 100% sure it is absolutely stunning women that I talk to. If not, then I still turn red. Nothing worse than offering a 'woman' a cigarette and being turned down because they prefer smoking a pipe.............. ... a fear I think we all have/had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyumiii Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Offensive driving! Still learning, but still alive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Never bothering to ask "How" or "Why". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theguyfromanotherforum Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Count from 1 to 10 in Thai. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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