'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 ...
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. [caption id="attachment_1970" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="pizza with thai ...
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 ...
Since my time in Udon Thani slowly comes to an end it is time for a final recap. I already told you more than once that I love teaching and most of my students and I probably will say it again in a final post, however this post is about ...
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). [caption id="attachment_1901" align="alignleft" width="300" ...
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
Once more time for fireworks and party – like always when there is any kind of partyable event coming up. Today however was a real reasonable party day – Udon Thani’s anniversary. Like last year, this year would be celebrated with a firework contest and Thai cultural shows over the next two days. The kick off, my highlight, was the firework contest though. This year wasn’t that big compared to [ Read More ]
I seriously thought about only writing three words in this post: Ice Hockey in Bangkok. Then I realized those are actually four words so what the heck…let’s write more. The thai red cross organized a charity ice hockey match between “Team Canada” and ‘The World (with Thailand)”. Nice names already (with Thailand) – but hey. Good cause. The entry was free (we donated of course) so we decided to head [ Read More ]
Once more another weekend in the Big Mango. Once more another guesthouse. Once more disappointed. Especially after my last hostel experience in Chiang Mai it is quite disappointing how little guesthouses in Bangkok care about their customers and how expensive they are in comparisson. Sure, Bangkok is not Chiang Mai – but that’s not necessarily a good thing. Location: Not in the main hostel area around Khaosan Road – what [ Read More ]
This is a short post about something that’s kinda bothering me right now. It’s regarding my work as a teacher so if you’re more into the travel stuff of my blog, feel free to skip this entry. I already wrote about the fact that many students here at the college, when getting older, tend to forget about their studies and try to take the shortcut instead. While this is obviously [ Read More ]
We could make it short and basically say: Because of Leonardo DiCaprio. But that wouldn’t be fair. We need to be more precise and say: Because of the effin film studio and the stupid people in charge back in 2000 who let them ruin one of the most beautiful islands in this planet. In 2000 Hollywood decided to make a film about some freaks who wanted to run away from [ Read More ]
After suffering from food poisoning during last year’s new year’s eve in Chiang Mai I decided to give it another try and celebrate the start of 2012 in one of Thailand’s most beautiful cities again. This time I took the bus from Udon Thani to Chiang Mai on Friday night. Usually it should be a 10 hours ride, however it turned out to take 13 hours thanks to some unconventional [ Read More ]
While celebrating New Year’s Eve and some camping action in Chiang Mai last week, I stayed in two different guesthouses. The second guesthouse I chose after coming back from the camping adventure was JaiDii House. This is a review. Location: Pretty cool again. Also right in the ‘hostel heart’ of Chiang Mai along the ‘Bar Road’ Moonmuang Road. In my opinion it is also the coolest street that goes off from [ Read More ]
While celebrating New Year’s Eve and some camping action in Chiang Mai last week, I stayed in two different guesthouses. The first one I chose for my night during New Year’s Eve was the Mojito Guesthouse. Here is a short review. Location: Pretty cool. Right in the ‘hostel heart’ of Chiang Mai along the ‘Bar Road’ Moonmuang Road. In my opinion it is also the coolest street that goes off [ Read More ]
