Do you know expats have a higher chance of having mental health problems? Being away from home and living in a new setting, you can develop stress, anxiety, or depression. The outcome of mental health problems can damage your life. Fortunately, Thailand has various treatment methods with counselors and psychiatrists qualified under western standards. This … Read more
Financial matters in Thailand can have a steep learning curve, as things may not be as straightforward as they were back home. For example, when you open a bank account in Thailand, you will find that there’s no specific central requirement on what needs to be done. Instead, you will only have a rough idea … Read more
Do you get unexplained, frequent headaches? Does your lower back hurt all the time? Is it hard for you to fall asleep at night? These are questions you and many other expats might be facing here in Bangkok. You could assume what the causes are, but it’s still better to seek professional help and find … Read more
What to expect when you’re expecting in the kingdom.
My one-year old daughter stood at the edge of the pool, knees bent and hesitant. I stood below her, in the pool, ready to catch her. I turned to my wife to signal to her to watch Big M’s first jump. I turned back and reached out my hands to catch my daughter. But when … Read more
The adage “Prevention is better than cure” from Desiderius Erasmus, (1466 – 1536), is frequently heard some 500 years after the phrase was coined. Medical science and research focuses on anything and everything to do with the human body, and this has undoubtedly increased human lifespan. Prevention by vaccination, for example, for many deadly and … Read more
So you have decided to leave your home and move to Thailand with your loved ones. For us pet lovers, of course, I am talking about our four-legged companions. The question is not if you can bring your beloved pets to Thailand, but rather how. By following proper guidelines and understanding the basic rules, you … Read more
As a homeschooling family in Bangkok, libraries help us educate our daughters. Libraries provide us with all the supplemental books we’d rather not ship into Thailand because of weighty costs and added taxes. And compared to the expensive costs of international schools, library memberships are cheap. But libraries aren’t only places to read and check-out … Read more
If you are lucky enough to fall in love with a Thai woman and know that you want to spend the rest of your life with her, you may soon learn the marriage customs and traditions in Thailand. You may feel overwhelmed by all that, but you don’t have to be. These customs and traditions … Read more
Books are probably the oldest way of learning a language and there are real benefits to them. You can see what’s on the page, it doesn’t go away, and they are relatively portable. The downside is that you aren’t getting immediate feedback on what you are learning and while you can learn vocabulary and grammar, … Read more