Thailand Starter Kit Editorial Team Learning a language is not just about shoveling a bucket of grammar and vocabulary into your head until it explodes. You need to throw a chunk of culture in too. And then blend often, and well. On the culture side, I believe that getting your head around the concept of เกรงใจ /kreng jai/ is an … Read more
The Thai phrases you need in your first week: greetings, ordering food, taxis, markets, and how to say sorry and thank you.
It’s been my observation that when you are advanced in a language, to read you don’t need to recognize each letter. You see words as a coherent whole. And given the context you can guess what the word is quite easy. But at the beginning of learning a language such as Thai, even little differences … Read more
A practical guide to Thai pronunciation: aspirated vs. unaspirated consonants, why vowel length changes meaning, the five tones, and why romanized spelling leads you astray.
COVID-19 has brought a new normal to everyone in the world. One of these is staying in quarantine after travel. If you come to Thailand, you need to stay in an alternative state quarantine (ASQ) hotel for a certain amount of time before you are able to live in the country. In this article, we … Read more
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus is dominating the news in the region. A lot of expats and visitors are wondering what the actual situation is and what steps they can take. In this preliminary guide, we are going to give you an overview of important findings, news, research and how-tos that aims to serve as a … Read more
On this episode of Brewed in Bangkok, Siddhant learns more about leadership in Thailand from leadership development expert, Dr. Larry Persons. CQ Leadership Consulting, based in The KMUTT Knowledge Exchange for Innovation Center (KX) , is Dr. Person’s base of operations, but he has spent most of his life growing up in Thailand, which gives … Read more
On this special episode of the Brewed in Bangkok podcast, Siddhant got a chance to chat with Grace Robinson, an assistant producer of the ‘The Cave’. The movie is based on the rescue of the Wild Boars football team from caves in Chiang Rai, Thailand in 2018. It was a national story that become an … Read more
On this episode, Siddhant visits the Bangkok International Dental Hospital and meets Lucinda Chen, one of the directors of Bangkok International Dental Center. Lucinda is from Singapore and is a London School of Economics graduate. She moved to Bangkok a few years ago and really dove headfirst into learning the Thai language at Chulalongkorn University … Read more
On this episode of Brewed in Bangkok, Siddhant has a chat with Stuart Kelly, who is a Public Relations expert. Stuart has spent many years in various countries in the English-speaking world from the UK to South Africa, and finally, Australia. As a journalist first and then as a PR person for much of his … Read more