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PrintableFauxie said: Imago said: It's a common derogatory term here at the Uni for 'freshman'. What did it mean when they said it to you? I got it sense that it was only specific to this Uni when used in that context.  That's funny, and it makes sense in that context. I meant the made-up 'freshy' with the superfluous 'y' added with the understanding it's necessary for making an adjective.
e.g. 'New fashion for trendy, freshy lifestyle!'  that was such an 80s weasel word!!! | |
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Imago said: ZombieKitten said: I can understand that I guess 
all those points make sense it's just crazy though, that it MATTERS SO MUCH! when I was 20-24, what was most important to me? getting drunk and getting laid I guess  but I wouldn't have given a speech about that in another language so I would have gone with music or something  Thai's are superficial in general as a nation of citizens. Politicians will lose jobs not because they're not affective, but because they're 'boring'. They lack "Sanuk (good fun or whatever)". It's not important that you are affective at your career--it's important how good you look doing it. And I'm not even joking so really they accept ladyboys because they can LOOK GOOD, isn't it | |
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Fauxie said: Imago said: It's a common derogatory term here at the Uni for 'freshman'. What did it mean when they said it to you? I got it sense that it was only specific to this Uni when used in that context. That's funny, and it makes sense in that context. I meant the made-up 'freshy' with the superfluous 'y' added with the understanding it's necessary for making an adjective.
e.g. 'New fashion for trendy, freshy lifestyle!' oooohhhhh!
No, having heard that yet. But I've heard "exiting" for excited. And "funny time" for fun time. I make it a point to do an entire 15 minute lecture complete with drills (and this is for College Seniors) for determining the difference between "excited" and "exciting". By God, I'm going to help this nation! | |
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yeah usually i'm not really usually if i type it in caps i am. but i remember something silly my sister was downstairs on the computer and i was in my room downstairs and we were chatting (dont ask me why) and we were saying lol and everything but it was silent ass all hell the whole time. <<< now im really laughing. | |
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ZombieKitten said: Imago said: Thai's are superficial in general as a nation of citizens. Politicians will lose jobs not because they're not affective, but because they're 'boring'. They lack "Sanuk (good fun or whatever)". It's not important that you are affective at your career--it's important how good you look doing it. And I'm not even joking so really they accept ladyboys because they can LOOK GOOD, isn't it Excactly! She doesn't REALLY have to be a certified woman... Just so she looks good 'being' one.
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NMuzakNSoul said: yeah usually i'm not really usually if i type it in caps i am. but i remember something silly my sister was downstairs on the computer and i was in my room downstairs and we were chatting (dont ask me why) and we were saying lol and everything but it was silent ass all hell the whole time.
<<< now im really laughing.the master sometimes sends me emails that say OMG LOL WTF just to be "with it" | |
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Imago said: ZombieKitten said: so really they accept ladyboys because they can LOOK GOOD, isn't it Excactly! She doesn't REALLY have to a certified woman... Just so she looks good 'being' one. western guys have so much more trouble to look pretty poor things  | |
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ZombieKitten said: NMuzakNSoul said: yeah usually i'm not really usually if i type it in caps i am. but i remember something silly my sister was downstairs on the computer and i was in my room downstairs and we were chatting (dont ask me why) and we were saying lol and everything but it was silent ass all hell the whole time.
<<< now im really laughing.the master sometimes sends me emails that say OMG LOL WTF just to be "with it" hes cool! | |
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NMuzakNSoul said: ZombieKitten said: the master sometimes sends me emails that say OMG LOL WTF just to be "with it" hes cool!then he comes home and asks me what he wrote | |
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Imago said: Fauxie said: I'm interested to know this too. I'd say more than half of uni grads in Thailand I've spoken to basically can't speak English, as in be comfortable having a regular conversation about whatever. They can be so quiet and self-conscious, it's just painful. I prefer to speak in Thai with Thais because of this. It's easier being the underdog than having to try to speak slowly and grade my language. This is why I suck as a teacher, but why Mon, despite her shocking failure with grammar, can talk to anyone about pretty much anything. Dude, Mon is sooooo far beyond most of my students (And these are rich, rich, RICH, spoiled rich, upiddity sons and daughters and shit.... RICH AND SPOILED) and they can't speak English as well as Mon. Hell, my mom blows them out of the water, posely and all. How comfortable Mon is with speaking in English given her lack of education is UNBELIEVEDABLE!
But seriously, I used to teach those uni grads on weekends at learning centres. They still hadn't got it so their parents would pay for them to whisper and stutter their way through another few years of English lessons. When in class they could usually do ok, but outside of class, given some random topic that might come up, they were completely and utterly lost. Just hanging out, getting lunch or whatever, we'd all end up speaking Thai instead. Bad teacher MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!! | |
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ZombieKitten said: Imago said: Excactly! She doesn't REALLY have to a certified woman... Just so she looks good 'being' one. western guys have so much more trouble to look pretty poor things This is true. Western trans-gender and drag queens sometimes just end up looking like large, messed up clowns. Thai's ladyboys and drag queens are quite passable sometimes. | |
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Fauxie said: Imago said: Dude, Mon is sooooo far beyond most of my students (And these are rich, rich, RICH, spoiled rich, upiddity sons and daughters and shit.... RICH AND SPOILED) and they can't speak English as well as Mon. Hell, my mom blows them out of the water, posely and all. How comfortable Mon is with speaking in English given her lack of education is UNBELIEVEDABLE!
But seriously, I used to teach those uni grads on weekends at learning centres. They still hadn't got it so their parents would pay for them to whisper and stutter their way through another few years of English lessons. When in class they could usually do ok, but outside of class, given some random topic that might come up, they were completely and utterly lost. Just hanging out, getting lunch or whatever, we'd all end up speaking Thai instead. Bad teacher I'm sure it's because she has you to speak to, who obviously understands and accepts the way she talks PLUS alcohol  | |
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NDRU said: I am almost never laughing out loud when I type "LOL"
My girlfriend just coined the phrase "LNOL" and I think it's much more appropriate for describing what we are doing. Feel free to incorporate this into your interneting thank you I try not to type it, rarely have I LOL'ed, except at Dan. 
My mom thought LOL meant Lots of Love.  | |
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Imago said: ZombieKitten said: I can understand that I guess
all those points make sense it's just crazy though, that it MATTERS SO MUCH! when I was 20-24, what was most important to me? getting drunk and getting laid I guess but I wouldn't have given a speech about that in another language so I would have gone with music or something Thai's are superficial in general as a nation of citizens. Politicians will lose jobs not because they're not affective, but because they're 'boring'. They lack "Sanuk (good fun or whatever)". It's not important that you are affective at your career--it's important how good you look doing it. And I'm not even joking And gullible, truly a marketer's dream.
Walk into any Tops supermarket and look in Thai peoples' trolleys. They will be full of things they don't usually buy, in plastic packaging with a 'free' handtowel, small tupperware container or drinking glass with the company logo on it. MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!! | |
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Fauxie said: Imago said: Dude, Mon is sooooo far beyond most of my students (And these are rich, rich, RICH, spoiled rich, upiddity sons and daughters and shit.... RICH AND SPOILED) and they can't speak English as well as Mon. Hell, my mom blows them out of the water, posely and all. How comfortable Mon is with speaking in English given her lack of education is UNBELIEVEDABLE!
But seriously, I used to teach those uni grads on weekends at learning centres. They still hadn't got it so their parents would pay for them to whisper and stutter their way through another few years of English lessons. When in class they could usually do ok, but outside of class, given some random topic that might come up, they were completely and utterly lost. Just hanging out, getting lunch or whatever, we'd all end up speaking Thai instead. Bad teacher
I guess I'm lucky in the sense that my Uni is an International School so at least 25 to 30% of the students are not Thai. Several are chinese, Indian, Japanese, Iranian, and even European. The students are group (by me) strategically into study groups where at least one or two in the group is not Thai. This forces all of them to speak English (the only common language between all of them). The Iranians are far, far, superior to the East Asian students. They're command of English is amazing, and their accents are beautiful. I asked an Iranian (taking the 12 minute Interview) to describe why he chose "International Business Management" and he said, "This is my third degree, because in my country if you don't go to school, you have to join the military"
Good incentive. | |
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Imago said: Fauxie said: That's funny, and it makes sense in that context. I meant the made-up 'freshy' with the superfluous 'y' added with the understanding it's necessary for making an adjective.
e.g. 'New fashion for trendy, freshy lifestyle!' oooohhhhh!
No, having heard that yet. But I've heard "exiting" for excited. And "funny time" for fun time. I make it a point to do an entire 15 minute lecture complete with drills (and this is for College Seniors) for determining the difference between "excited" and "exciting". By God, I'm going to help this nation! Or they say they're boring when they mean bored.
A typical Thai girl's Myspace page might read under 'Interests', 'I like korea music, cartoon and the dog' Also 'I do NOT chat SEX please no about sex' while they have all these slutty pictures in bikinis and underwear. MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!! | |
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Fauxie said: Imago said: oooohhhhh!
No, having heard that yet. But I've heard "exiting" for excited. And "funny time" for fun time. I make it a point to do an entire 15 minute lecture complete with drills (and this is for College Seniors) for determining the difference between "excited" and "exciting". By God, I'm going to help this nation! Or they say they're boring when they mean bored.
A typical Thai girl's Myspace page might read under 'Interests', 'I like korea music, cartoon and the dog' Also 'I do NOT chat SEX please no about sex' while they have all these slutty pictures in bikinis and underwear. !!!!
Sometimes, I almost bust out laughing during my interviews because the tacky cheep office furniture and sparsely decorated 'interview room' makes the entire scene with me in my nice suit and tie and the students in cute little uniforms, all appear to be some weird type of porno.
I swear, I love my job. I sometimes feel like busting a gut almost every half hour.
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ZombieKitten said: Fauxie said: How comfortable Mon is with speaking in English given her lack of education is UNBELIEVEDABLE!
But seriously, I used to teach those uni grads on weekends at learning centres. They still hadn't got it so their parents would pay for them to whisper and stutter their way through another few years of English lessons. When in class they could usually do ok, but outside of class, given some random topic that might come up, they were completely and utterly lost. Just hanging out, getting lunch or whatever, we'd all end up speaking Thai instead. Bad teacher I'm sure it's because she has you to speak to, who obviously understands and accepts the way she talks PLUS alcohol Always with the alcoholic digs!  Yeah, it certainly helps that Mon's particular brand of English is so familiar to me, but most people seem 99% of the time to get what she's saying quite easily. It can be riddled with errors but her English just sounds kinda slangy like when some native speakers get lazy or into bad habits. I just love that she's so comfortable with it. I never have to think about the way I talk to her, it's just the same way I would talk to anybody else I know.
We're totally jacking this thread. MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!! | |
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Fauxie said: ZombieKitten said: I'm sure it's because she has you to speak to, who obviously understands and accepts the way she talks PLUS alcohol Always with the alcoholic digs! Yeah, it certainly helps that Mon's particular brand of English is so familiar to me, but most people seem 99% of the time to get what she's saying quite easily. It can be riddled with errors but her English just sounds kinda slangy like when some native speakers get lazy or into bad habits. I just love that she's so comfortable with it. I never have to think about the way I talk to her, it's just the same way I would talk to anybody else I know.
We're totally jacking this thread. chin chin! | |
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Imago said: Fauxie said: Or they say they're boring when they mean bored.
A typical Thai girl's Myspace page might read under 'Interests', 'I like korea music, cartoon and the dog' Also 'I do NOT chat SEX please no about sex' while they have all these slutty pictures in bikinis and underwear. !!!!
Sometimes, I almost bust out laughing during my interviews because the tacky cheep office furniture and sparesley decorated 'interview room' makes the entire scene with my in a nice suit and thai, the students in cute little uniforms, all appear to be some weird type of porno.
I swear, I love my job. I sometimes feel like busting a gut almost every half hour. See, that is THE best thing about Thailand, it's consistently hilarious, for one reason or another. This is why I can't wait to get home whenever I go to Penang in Malaysia, despite everything there working more efficiently, its tangibly greater use of logic and reason, and its similar offerings of food, drinks and nightlife. Thailand is just simply way more fun. That porno reference I can so relate to. Student was called 'Ice', a ditzy, hi-so girl with a rich daddy, who wore short skirts, too much make-up, had blonde-ish hair and long nails. Reminded me of Q-Tip in 'Bonita Applebum' talking about the girl's 'elaborate eyes', but I digress. Same kind of scene, a small learning centre room, that horrible thin carpet they have, paper thin walls, cheap desks, an Englishman in shirt, tie and glasses, and Ice making advances. Oh lawd! MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!! | |
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ZombieKitten said: Fauxie said: Always with the alcoholic digs! Yeah, it certainly helps that Mon's particular brand of English is so familiar to me, but most people seem 99% of the time to get what she's saying quite easily. It can be riddled with errors but her English just sounds kinda slangy like when some native speakers get lazy or into bad habits. I just love that she's so comfortable with it. I never have to think about the way I talk to her, it's just the same way I would talk to anybody else I know.
We're totally jacking this thread. chin chin! I am actually about to have a couple of bottles of Archa, gold medal winner in the Australian Beer Awards. MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!! | |
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Fauxie said: Imago said: !!!!
Sometimes, I almost bust out laughing during my interviews because the tacky cheep office furniture and sparesley decorated 'interview room' makes the entire scene with my in a nice suit and thai, the students in cute little uniforms, all appear to be some weird type of porno.
I swear, I love my job. I sometimes feel like busting a gut almost every half hour. See, that is THE best thing about Thailand, it's consistently hilarious, for one reason or another. This is why I can't wait to get home whenever I go to Penang in Malaysia, despite everything there working more efficiently, its tangibly greater use of logic and reason, and its similar offerings of food, drinks and nightlife. Thailand is just simply way more fun. That porno reference I can so relate to. Student was called 'Ice', a ditzy, hi-so girl with a rich daddy, who wore short skirts, too much make-up, had blonde-ish hair and long nails. Reminded me of Q-Tip in 'Bonita Applebum' talking about the girl's 'elaborate eyes', but I digress. Same kind of scene, a small learning centre room, that horrible thin carpet they have, paper thin walls, cheap desks, an Englishman in shirt, tie and glasses, and Ice making advances. Oh lawd! !!!!
Dude, Swear to fucking gawd. I've had 2 girls who want to be singers ask me if it was ok to sing to me.
So here I am, sitting in the office watching this beautiful young woman, singing to me in between giggles.... That's some real Asian-idol softcore porn shit right there | |
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Imago said: Fauxie said: How comfortable Mon is with speaking in English given her lack of education is UNBELIEVEDABLE!
But seriously, I used to teach those uni grads on weekends at learning centres. They still hadn't got it so their parents would pay for them to whisper and stutter their way through another few years of English lessons. When in class they could usually do ok, but outside of class, given some random topic that might come up, they were completely and utterly lost. Just hanging out, getting lunch or whatever, we'd all end up speaking Thai instead. Bad teacher
I guess I'm lucky in the sense that my Uni is an International School so at least 25 to 30% of the students are not Thai. Several are chinese, Indian, Japanese, Iranian, and even European. The students are group (by me) strategically into study groups where at least one or two in the group is not Thai. This forces all of them to speak English (the only common language between all of them). The Iranians are far, far, superior to the East Asian students. They're command of English is amazing, and their accents are beautiful. I asked an Iranian (taking the 12 minute Interview) to describe why he chose "International Business Management" and he said, "This is my third degree, because in my country if you don't go to school, you have to join the military"
Good incentive. Interesting! I think that's such a plus that you've got such diversity. All I taught were Thais or 'luuk khreung', kids with one farang parent, who would usually be much better at English than the full Thais. I taught Europeans doing my TESOL though and the Italians, Spanish and French students were a lot of fun. MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!! | |
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Fauxie said: ZombieKitten said: chin chin! I am actually about to have a couple of bottles of Archa, gold medal winner in the Australian Beer Awards.
I'm having Aldi lo-carb beer | |
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Fauxie said: Imago said:
I guess I'm lucky in the sense that my Uni is an International School so at least 25 to 30% of the students are not Thai. Several are chinese, Indian, Japanese, Iranian, and even European. The students are group (by me) strategically into study groups where at least one or two in the group is not Thai. This forces all of them to speak English (the only common language between all of them). The Iranians are far, far, superior to the East Asian students. They're command of English is amazing, and their accents are beautiful. I asked an Iranian (taking the 12 minute Interview) to describe why he chose "International Business Management" and he said, "This is my third degree, because in my country if you don't go to school, you have to join the military"
Good incentive. Interesting! I think that's such a plus that you've got such diversity. All I taught were Thais or 'luuk khreung', kids with one farang parent, who would usually be much better at English than the full Thais. I taught Europeans doing my TESOL though and the Italians, Spanish and French students were a lot of fun. Am I the only person here finding my murdering of the queen's English in context of this conversation kind of ironically hilarious? | |
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Imago said: Fauxie said: See, that is THE best thing about Thailand, it's consistently hilarious, for one reason or another. This is why I can't wait to get home whenever I go to Penang in Malaysia, despite everything there working more efficiently, its tangibly greater use of logic and reason, and its similar offerings of food, drinks and nightlife. Thailand is just simply way more fun. That porno reference I can so relate to. Student was called 'Ice', a ditzy, hi-so girl with a rich daddy, who wore short skirts, too much make-up, had blonde-ish hair and long nails. Reminded me of Q-Tip in 'Bonita Applebum' talking about the girl's 'elaborate eyes', but I digress. Same kind of scene, a small learning centre room, that horrible thin carpet they have, paper thin walls, cheap desks, an Englishman in shirt, tie and glasses, and Ice making advances. Oh lawd! !!!!
Dude, Swear to fucking gawd. I've had 2 girls who want to be singers ask me if it was ok to sing to me.
So here I am, sitting in the office watching this beautiful young woman, singing to me in between giggles.... That's some real Asian-idol softcore porn shit right there until she turns to you and says "no talk SEX  " | |
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ZombieKitten said: Imago said: !!!!
Dude, Swear to fucking gawd. I've had 2 girls who want to be singers ask me if it was ok to sing to me.
So here I am, sitting in the office watching this beautiful young woman, singing to me in between giggles.... That's some real Asian-idol softcore porn shit right there until she turns to you and says "no talk SEX " | |
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Imago said: Fauxie said: See, that is THE best thing about Thailand, it's consistently hilarious, for one reason or another. This is why I can't wait to get home whenever I go to Penang in Malaysia, despite everything there working more efficiently, its tangibly greater use of logic and reason, and its similar offerings of food, drinks and nightlife. Thailand is just simply way more fun. That porno reference I can so relate to. Student was called 'Ice', a ditzy, hi-so girl with a rich daddy, who wore short skirts, too much make-up, had blonde-ish hair and long nails. Reminded me of Q-Tip in 'Bonita Applebum' talking about the girl's 'elaborate eyes', but I digress. Same kind of scene, a small learning centre room, that horrible thin carpet they have, paper thin walls, cheap desks, an Englishman in shirt, tie and glasses, and Ice making advances. Oh lawd! !!!!
Dude, Swear to fucking gawd. I've had 2 girls who want to be singers ask me if it was ok to sing to me.
So here I am, sitting in the office watching this beautiful young woman, singing to me in between giggles.... That's some real Asian-idol softcore porn shit right there
It's just surreal sometimes, I know. MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!! | |
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ZombieKitten said: Imago said: !!!!
Dude, Swear to fucking gawd. I've had 2 girls who want to be singers ask me if it was ok to sing to me.
So here I am, sitting in the office watching this beautiful young woman, singing to me in between giggles.... That's some real Asian-idol softcore porn shit right there until she turns to you and says "no talk SEX "Then goes home and strips on Camfrog like so many rich university girls.  If the Thai government haven't banned it. They probably have. MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!! | |
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Fauxie said: ZombieKitten said: until she turns to you and says "no talk SEX "Then goes home and strips on Camfrog like so many rich university girls. If the Thai government haven't banned it. They probably have. does that pay?  | |
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