Sawatdii ka, Do you know Sepak Takraw? Last Satureday I saw a group of taxi motorcycle riders in my soi playing Sepak Takraw on the side of the street, so I thought I needed to find out more about this and share in my blog. Sepak Takraw (เซปักตะกร้อ) was created by the royal family of Malaysia about 500 years [...]
Archive | February, 2011
Learn Thai culture – Makabucha Day
Makabucha Day (วันมาฆบูชา) is a Buddhist holiday, which takes place annually on the night of the full moon during the third lunar month of the year. Makabucha is the day to remind all the Buddhist of the event when 1250 monks, all of which were ordained by Lord Buddha himself, decided to come back to [...]
Learn Thai – Sweet words for your Valentine’s day♥
sawatdii ka, Love is in the air, it is the month of LOVE. I would like to take this opportunity to talk about some expressions that you could use on your lovely day or actually anyday;) Valentine’s day is the day of love so in Thai it is called “wan hàng kwaam rák” วันแห่งความรัก 1. [...]
Speak like a Thai – Polite particle ‘jâ’
Sawatdii kâ, Thai language has a lot of polite particles. Today I would like to talk about the polite particle “jâ” (falling tone) จ้ะ. “jâ” used by adult male&femail speakers at the end of a statement when speaking to children and people of inferior status; between males and females denotes anything from easy familiarity to [...]
Visit a real Thai house
Sawasdii ka, The other day I went to a bookstore and a book with the bright yellow cover catched my eye, I picked it up and it was “Bangkok attractions” so I went through the book quickly but one place that got my interest the most was a place with the title “visit a real Thai [...]
