My Thai students came to have some North Carolina BBQ with us. Thank you.

I found some children stories from Pan for Kids that are available on the internet for free.

Plan for Kids

If you can’t read Thai, click on the titles of the stories which are located above and below the radio dial icon.

If you’re intermediate – advance reader, a website called Fringer offers a wide variety of text in Thai that you can easily use to practice your reading. I particularly like The Missing Piece Meets the Big O story.

Have fun. =)

My friends in Thailand are back to work by now, but I’m still pondering the magic of Songkarn–the Thai New Year; I believe it’s the most joyous moment of the year. Well, maybe someday, I will get to visit Thailand during Songkarn. 

Picture Credit:Thailand-Festival

My husband and I started taking Thai language lessons with Titcha
about 4 months before our trip to Thailand. We both are horrible at
learning new languages but she was a great instructor! Very warm,
funny and patient, which kept us coming back despite how intimidating
the language can be. She was able to tailor our lessons to our needs
so that we could enjoy our trip just a little more. Being outside of
the main city, less people speak English, so after 1 week her lessons
have already come in pretty handy. Also the people here seem to
appreciate the little bit of Thai we’re able to speak! We highly
recommend Titcha as a tutor and plan on continuing lessons with her
when we return to New York.

-Angela and Adam

My friend posted this ad today and I think it’s simply liberating to watch, especially if you’re a Thai woman. 

I just got this e-mail from one of my Thai students.

“Hope you are doing well.

I’ve been enjoying my time here in Asia, and very much my time in
Thailand. This year, more than in the past, the locals are
complimenting me on my thai language skills. The bellman at the
hotel was particularly gushing in his praise. Anyway, as I round out the
year, I wanted to say thank you for the excellent language
instruction.”

And one student wrote this note to me:

“I enjoy you as a teacher. I’ve really learned a lot. Keep teaching, you’re very good at it. Good luck with everything.”

I guess I’m just happy because I wasn’t expecting to see these kind words. =)

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Foreign children in Thailand and the rights to receive education

Part I

Part II

March 2011

December 2011

For Flood’s Sake Fundraising Event 

To find out more about Thai Artist Alliance, click here.

I’m reposting this event for my TAA friends. It looks like it’s going to be fun and one of my idols, Thanachai Ujjin will be there as well.

I’m pumped–to borrow  the phrase from my hipster friend–come on, John, you know who you are.