‘Sascha, you know what is missing here? The ability to think’ That quote of one of my colleagues over here at Udon Thani Vocational College says it all and I couldn’t agree more. During a conversation we had last week we tried to figure out why Thai people would rather spend their time searching for and copying things they find instead of using the same amount of time to think [ Read More ]
As time goes by! The next semester at Udon Thani Vocational College comes to an end and since last term’s ‘cooking adventure’ was such a success I decided to invite my students again to our big college kitchen and cook ‘European food’ with them. Last term we focused on German food (Schnitzel and potato salad), this term it was ‘forza Italia’ time. Pizzaaaaa! Now you might say ‘come on, everybody [ Read More ]
Over the past few weeks I received a lot of mails asking what it takes to teach English as a second language (ESL) here in Thailand. So here’s a short post covering the most important facts and qualifications you need to know. Personal Qualifications: Don’t take this to easy! You really need to be able to adapt to a completely new culture, life style and learning approach. I’ve seen many [ Read More ]
A few days ago I had the chance to meet a television superstar here in Thailand. Christopher Wright is an English teacher who produced several successful DVDs and books, has his on TV shows (Chris Delivery) and an incredibly funny and successful stand-up comedy program (Chris Unseen). I was quite surprised and lucky that he took the time to great me and even had some minutes left to talk to [ Read More ]
The time mentioned in the title is the time it took until I couldn’t take it anymore. Usually I always play nice and smile and try to not be offended by the way local sales people / tuk tuk driver and similar scam treat me (like foreigners are stupid, money making, waiting to be milked, machines). I always reply with a friendly ‘mai ao khrap’ (I don’t need, thank you). [ Read More ]
I just came back from something that was supposed to be a ‘steak dinner’. However what they served was not quite what I consider to be worth called ‘steak’. Unfortunately this hasn’t been the first disappointment when it comes to ‘non Thai food’ here in Udon Thani. Right now I am quite aware of the fact that, if you go to a ‘normal’ steak shop (lets not call it restaurant) [ Read More ]
Here’s a short post about my Wifi experiences in Thailand. It’s really about Wifi and not about 3G or EDGE since I only have a prepaid sim card and only use Wifi for internet related stuff. I already talked about mobile phone providers – and those are actually the same carriers that offer wifi services / public hotspots. My favorite so far is still 3BB since it is by far [ Read More ]
During my life in Thailand I meet / met a lot of interesting and fascinating people. This is their place to tell the world what they think about all different kinds of subjects. You will find interviews with students, colleagues, workers, farangs and more random citizens, tourists or friends. Today it is one of our awesome Diploma Level Tourism Management students. She talks about her life in Udon Thani as [ Read More ]
Xin Nian Kuai Le! Now, in 2012 western style, we are entering the Year of the Dragon in the chinese calendar. Being close to China and having a lot of chinese immigrants working and living in Thailand, this time of the year contains a lot of festivals and celebrations over here as well of course. In four southern provinces here in Thailand the Chinese New Year even is declared official public [ Read More ]
On 5th and 6th of January in Bangkok (Thailand) Kseniya Simonova presented a sand story about His Majesty The King of Thailand Rama IX. Devoted to his 84th anniversary, the sand story created by Simonova told about the great inventions of the King conserning the Environment, about His love of his people and of His country
