During Songkran festival in Thailand, this song called รำวงวันสงกรานต์ Ram Wong Wan Songkran is played everywhere. In case you would like to sing along, here are the lyrics.
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The Tale of the Stupa and a Small Box of Rice
Today I started my day early and had very small breakfast, by the time I had a chance to have lunch it was about 2:30 pm so I was starving. I ordered a lot of dishes including a whole deep fried chicken. Of course I could finish only ¼ of all portions in front [...]
Thailand Madly in Love with Valentine’s Day
Sawatdii ka, Love is in the air, Valentine’s day is coming. Valentine’s Day is an excuse for shopping, eating out, gimmicks and, of course, getting married. A large number of couples are expected to queue to register their marriages at municipal offices in Bangkok’s district of Bang Rak (บางรัก), which translates as the “love district,” [...]
Bangkok Recieves “World’s Best City” Award
BANGKOK RECEIVES TRAVEL+LEISURE’S “WORLD’S BEST CITY” AWARD FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW I have been living in Bangkok for almost 10 years so I am very delighted to know that where I live named best city in the world for the third year in a row by Travel & Leisure magazine:-)
Loi Kratong Song Lyrics
This week is the week of Loy Krathong day, this year it falls on Nov 28th, 2012. (If you are not sure what this festival is, click here to learn more about it) I have been hearing the Loy Krathong song everywhere I go and also in the local TV. It is kind of catchy [...]
Loi Krathong Festival
Loi Krathong festival (ประเพณีลอยกระทง) is celebrated throughout Thailand. It takes place on the evening of the full moon night of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar which is a great flood season; it usually falls in November (พฤศจิกายน). The word ลอย /loi/ means ‘to float’ and กระทง Krathong is a small lotus-shaped [...]
10 forbidden practices for Vegetarian Festival
The Thai-Chinese in Thailand have long passed on the vegetarian festival to purify mind and soul by refraining from meat consumption for entire 10 days. Some people do it out of religiousness being very strict about all the rules of the festival, while others do it light-heartedly just for the taste and fun of it. Yet [...]
The Flag of Thailand
Thai flag (ธงชาติไทย /tong châad tai/) shows five horizontal stripes in the colors red , white, dark blue, white and red, with the middle dark blue stripe being twice as wide as each of the other four. Each color has a meaning; Red color is stand for ‘nation’ (ชาติ), the color of blood and represents life [...]
Thai Lottery
On 1st and 16th of every month are the days that Thai people from old to young age waiting for, since these are the dates that the results for the lottery in Thailand announced. I have never bought a lottery ticket myself because I don’t want to get addicted to it, however I remember [...]
10 common Thai superstitions and beliefs
If you are familiar with the Thai culture or have Thai friends I am sure you know that all Thai people are grown up with superstitious beliefs and taboos. Some are still believed to be true, and some are now used to tease friends. Although I don’t really believe in any superstitions, I think these are worth [...]
Thai money – Coins
Thai Coins come in six denominations: 10, 5, 2, 1 Baht, and 25 and 50 Satang One Baht is divisible into 100 Satang.
Thai money – banknotes
Sawatdee ka, The other day when I was queuing to buy a sky train ticket, a tourist asked me for the Thai coin denominations. That inspired me to write this blog post to show you Thai money both banknotes and coins. I hope it might benefit some of you who are newbies in Thailand. The money you see [...]
Olympics Thai heroes
There were 37 Thai athletes participating in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and three of them brought medals back home. Here are our winners; 1. Pimsiri Sirikaew, 22 won silver medal in women’s weightlifting. 2. Chanatip Sonkham , 21 won bronze medal in women’s taekwondo 49kg. 3. Kaew Pongprayoon, 32 won silver medal in men’s [...]
Mother’s Day (วันแม่แห่งชาติ)
Mother’s Day Celebrations in Thailand In Thailand, 12th of August is celebrated as the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit. As the Queen is also regarded as mother to all Thai people, this day is also celebrated as ‘Mother’s Day’ (วันแม่). The celebrations for the Queen and for mother are being held every year [...]
Top 10 most Common Thai nicknames, and some weird ones
Sawatdee ka, I got a question from one of my YouTube viewers asking what my nickname ‘Mod’ means, so I post this question on my Facebook page and received a few more questions regarding nicknames. A few people would like to know the most common Thai nicknames, so I searched for it and found “Top [...]
Graduation ceremony in Thailand
Sawatdee ka, Yesterday my little brother Mink, who you saw in my several videos graduated from Law Faculty of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. My family, my relatives and I went to congratulate him and I would like to share some photos to show what the Thai graduation is like. For Government universities the graduates will be given [...]
Thai superstition – Why no haircuts on Wednesday?
Sawatdee ka, Have you ever heard that it is unlucky to get a haircut on a Wednesday in Thailand? Most hair salons are closed or the hairdressers get a day off every Wednesday. I have read a cause of this superstition, in the ancient times people believed that Wednesday was the day of growth and development, [...]
Thai scented water and White clay filler
Sawatdee ka, Songkran is tomorrow! Click here to read more about Songkran. I am ready to go! Do you have any equipment for Songkran? Besides a water gun (which is not a compressive pressure one. I am afraid I will hurt other people if I use those big compressive pressure guns) I also have white clay [...]
Wild, Wild WET
Songkran (Thai: สงกรานต์) is a traditional Thai New Year festival where people enjoy themselves by throwing water at each other. The Significance of Songkran In Sanskrit, the word Songkran means ‘to pass’ or ‘move into’ and indicates the passing of the sun, moon and other planets into a new zodiac orbit. Songkran is celebrated on [...]
The Animal Thais Dislike
Sawatdee ka, I went to Lumpini park today and spotted this reptile. Many Thai people have a superstiton that if you see this animal, bad luck will come to you. I remember when I was a kid and there were few of these reptiles in my school’s pond. Whenever my friends and I saw it we would scream [...]
