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New Thai, New Asia part 2 (final)

October 17, 2006
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New Thai, New Asia part 2 (final)

I would like to start off by sorry for the information I gave in the blog regarding the party name and the parliament building. TK was right; the building is situated NEXT to Pra-tee-nung-anan-tadsamakom(picture below). And also the Democratic Party is the main opposition to the Thai-Rak-Thai party. I normally confuse myself with the...
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New Thai, New Asia part 1

October 5, 2006
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I’m back writing again. I’m sure Richard would be pleased to see me back. For those who do not know me. I’m a Thai student studying in England. I mainly live in London and I sometimes spend my free time writing blogs, comparing general topics concerning the life in Thailand and the UK. On...
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How to Play Thai Lottery

July 6, 2005
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How to Play Thai Lottery

Related Link: WinThaiLottery.com Related Link: ThaiLotteryResults.com The idea of lottery goes back a very long way towards ancient times. People of Thailand are very fond of being a gambler themselves. Lottery is taken very seriously in Thailand as it is the only kind of gambling allowed here in Thailand. The system is very different...
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Overseas food

June 29, 2005
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Thailand has been overcome by the influence of Japanese culture since the end of last decade. The debate I want to discuss today is about the growth of Japanese food in Thailand. Clearly, Japanese food has overtaken all other oversea foods available here. In nearly everywhere you go there are Japanese restaurants. Some of...
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Betting in Thailand

June 28, 2005
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Betting in Thailand

Gambling is one of the most popular things Thai people like to do. One of gambling’s kind is to bet. Though, it is still illegal to bet in Thailand. It is one of the things I have a great interest on. As sport crazy myself, I love to learn how the betting system work....
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Taxis in Thailand

June 26, 2005
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Taxis in Thailand

There are many kinds of taxis in Thailand. Two of the kinds I would like to talk about today are the motorcycle taxis and car taxis. Many people would probably have been on them but may not have noticed the identifications of these taxis. I use their services all the time but it took...
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My first teaching experience

June 23, 2005
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My first teaching experience

Last Friday (17th June, 2005) was the day I will never forget. I got to teach for the first time in my life! At the age of 19, I never thought that I would be able to actually pass on my knowledge to the young students. It was Richard’s class where I took the...
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I’m Back in Thailand

June 21, 2005
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I’m Back in Thailand

Interesting use of English! – More Thai road signs can be found at www.learningthai.com/photoalbum Thailand must be one of the hottest countries on earth! I’ve been here almost 3 weeks now and been so lazy producing blogs. However, I think it is time that I start from now. I’ve been dying to produce blogs...
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My last year in England

April 20, 2005
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There’s an old saying “everything that comes, it goes”. Looks like I’ll be leaving England soon as well. I would not like to stress out why but I would say it is “personal problem”. I would say that England is a very warm place (not the weather). I meant warm hospitality. You get chances...
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Songkran in London

April 14, 2005
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Songkran in London

It has been weeks since I posted my last blog. My university coursework and exams has been suspending me from writing it. However, it is only a month away from my final exams. So I guess during these months, I won’t be able to write much. Today I would like to talk about my...
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Playing golf in England!

March 23, 2005
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Playing golf in England!

Here is a picture of me playing golf (red cap) in Bang Poo, Samut Prakan, Thailand. The two ladies on the left are caddies. Today I had to get up at 7am because I had an appointment. An appointment to play golf! Golf is my favourite sport. I’ve never enjoyed playing any sports more...
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Annual Budget!

March 18, 2005
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Annual Budget!

Thailand is my home town and I have no idea when the budget comes out. hahaha…. that is the fact that every Thai citizen should know. Since, I was born in Thailand, I have never heard of such a thing… Until I went to Australia and studied about Economics and got pretty much interested...
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A blog of my own!

March 17, 2005
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After blogging for a while. I finally have a blog that belongs to me. How nice is that from the webmaster’s kindness. lol…. It’s about midnight now and I have school tomorrow. So, I think I would like to cut my story short as I’m very tired right now and desperate of going to...
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Why do English people like holidays?

March 15, 2005
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Why do English people like holidays?

Just to answer some previous comments. I would like to confirm that the term “train” I mentioned is the “National Railway” However, the national rail or the train is clearly different to “subway” or “tube”. As we all know, trains are much faster than tube. The tube also comes to where I live but...
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Transportation

March 13, 2005
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Transportation

Life at University here is very tough as your work and assignments pile up on you. I haven’t blogged for a long time because my workload here is enormous. Now, I have a chance to blog and I choose to talk about transportation today. As everybody knows, in England, everything is very expensive. This...
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Buying Mobile Phones

March 2, 2005
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First before anything else, I would like to congratulate those who have been reading my blog. Even though I get mixed comments on it. I also would like to provide information based on my interests and to the best knowledge I can. Sometimes, it might not suit other peoples opinions but if you decided...
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Thais are crazy about English football

March 1, 2005
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Thais are crazy about English football

It’s strange sometimes we see how people in some countries get crazy with other countries sport. For instant, many tourists pay a lot of money to come to Thailand and watch Thai boxing and how much money would travel agencies in Thailand make in order for Thai people to go to England and watch...
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Australia V England

February 27, 2005
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As I used to study in Australia and I am currently studying in England. I would like to make an approach in the differences between the two countries. I think it would be a very interesting point to make from an international student like myself and to express the differences between the two countries...
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Snowy Town

February 26, 2005
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Snowy Town

It’s been nearly 2 weeks since I last blogged. I do really apologise for this as it has been a very busy 2 weeks for me. Life as a University student is always like this, you’ll get a period where you’re absolutely free and there are times when the work piles up on you...
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Valentine’s Day

February 15, 2005
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Happy Valentine everybody. Sorry for not blogging yesterday as I had quite a tiring day and shall want to tell everyone about it. But first of all, I would like to thank everyone that has commented on my blog. Blogging has been really enjoying and reading the comments has been a motivation for me...
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