30am and I am waiting with my car and driver outside my building. Her sister and no Khun Ying, no Neung. Oh well, it's Thailand so I suppose I only need to wait. I get an sms and it looks the taxi they called could not find their location so that they are going to be quite late. Mai pen rai.
Do show great respect to monks and provide your seat on bus or a boat to a monk. As a general rule women should avoid all eye and physical contact with a monk. Everyone is expected to show respect to monks. If you give up your seat for a monk it's always appreciated along with the river express boats in Bangkok have special Monk only regions. As with many places, giving up your seat for an aged individual is also appreciated.
The first Thai funeral I attended was for the mother of Neung and it's for her that I've made my first tambuun. It's been another fascinating encounter. Departure is managed by the Thai folks with a lot of grace, humor, tact and respect. That's an unusual blend of words maybe but it's a suitable mixture. I enjoy the way that they do this and I like to believe that 搬家公司 Neung's mom would have been pleased with what she saw now. I don't pretend to understand Buddhism or Thailand culture, but what I do view I like very much.
Bowling Alleys - they are magnificent and there are bowling alleys all over Bangkok in many shopping malls. Far better than most bowling alleys in america, they are all brand new, high tech, with excellent food and wonderful equipment and drink. Dad and mum can even get a cocktail or a beer while they are bowling. Truly interesting occasion for the kids. A family of four can play several games including rental shoes for around $10, with food and drink another $10-15 for four.
Since there's hardly any to learn, believe it or not believe it, but the best part of learning Thai is the grammar. There are no, absolutely NO verb conjugations, that will please anyone who has ever tried to learn one of the Latin-based languages like French, Italian, and Spanish. Future tense is handled with "ja", meaning "will", or by adding an adverb of time, like "tomorrow". Past tense is handled by placing "already" at the end, or by adding an adverb of time, like "yesterday". For example, instead of saying, "I went to the marketplace", you make use of the present tense ("go") but add "already" at the ending, as in "I go marketplace already". Easy peasy.
In Thailand, Thais read a news story, digest what they read, shrug and move on. Getting bent out of shape about the latest stupid thing Prime Minister Abhisit said is a waste of their time. It was said by him. The papers reported it. Thais laugh about it. Done. Not much point is there?
Now, it is not difficult to learn what not to do, etc, or the best way to behave, but it just is worth it to understand these things. You constantly want to come across as appealing, right? And this is never more important than when you're with a 投幣洗衣 Thai girl or Thai woman. The easiest way to be seen as 'attractive' is by first the more international business center and premium lounge understanding how Thai culture works. Do that and you'll find your stay in Thailand will be a non stop, richly gratifying adventure.
