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by Somchai Turdsak
Mon Dec 02, 2013 12:57 am
Forum: Education
Topic: webster University
Replies: 32
Views: 8503

Re: webster University

I'm planning a visit to Webster within the next two weeks to determine whether or not I might wish to be a student there. I will be in HH from Dec 18-21 2013, and would like to speak with any students, current or past, who live off-campus. I'll buy the bevs if you're willing to talk candidly. I'll p...
by Somchai Turdsak
Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:22 pm
Forum: News
Topic: TAT to woo 'romantic' Britons
Replies: 1
Views: 474

Re: TAT to woo 'romantic' Britons

Is that a Bangkok taxi they just exited (far right) and the driver collecting his supplemental fare?
by Somchai Turdsak
Mon Jul 01, 2013 6:49 pm
Forum: Speaking Thai
Topic: Distance between different languages
Replies: 6
Views: 14363

Re: Distance between different languages

Yes I read most of it, and I get it. But the paper also addresses how languages/cultures are related and others are dissimilar and how language might have a bearing on that relationship. Your points are valid.
by Somchai Turdsak
Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:47 pm
Forum: Speaking Thai
Topic: Distance between different languages
Replies: 6
Views: 14363

Re: Distance between different languages

Good stuff Bamboo Grove. I find this topic interesting and generally agree with the study, though admittedly didn't read it all. Certainly, geography plays a role in how close languages are to each other. I imagine before many European languages were exported, they were probably much more closely re...
by Somchai Turdsak
Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:15 pm
Forum: Education
Topic: Local Thais have no interest in learning English
Replies: 100
Views: 11733

Re: Local Thais have no interest in learning English

Somchai, Nanyang was only correcting your English, but you didn't get it, did you? Correcting my English? Shall we have a look? I said: They're not pleased at their school's choice of second-language study. Meaning they are not pleased -- they continue to be displeased. The school's decision in the...
by Somchai Turdsak
Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:31 pm
Forum: Education
Topic: Local Thais have no interest in learning English
Replies: 100
Views: 11733

Re: Local Thais have no interest in learning English

Does it hurt being corrected publicly like that? I'm sorry, perhaps I should have sent you a private message. Honestly, I didn't mean to ridicule you despite your condescending tone. (I'll pm you with a comprehensive explanation of present and past tense.) OK? Friends? *** Interesting notion that Th...
by Somchai Turdsak
Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:17 pm
Forum: Education
Topic: Local Thais have no interest in learning English
Replies: 100
Views: 11733

Re: Local Thais have no interest in learning English

My parents studied Latin in the 50s. They're not pleased at their school's choice of second-language study. Can I assume that you meant to say, "They were not pleased with their school's choice of a second language?" No you may not. They continue to be displeased (present tense) at their ...
by Somchai Turdsak
Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:32 pm
Forum: Education
Topic: Local Thais have no interest in learning English
Replies: 100
Views: 11733

Re: Local Thais have no interest in learning English

If I was Thai, I'd send my kids to learn Chinese, any variant. It's a growing language from the world's second largest economy with a billion speakers on Thailand's doorstep. I don't see how ASEAN increases the need for English speakers. I attribute the hype to farangs trying to inflate their self-e...
by Somchai Turdsak
Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:22 am
Forum: Education
Topic: Local Thais have no interest in learning English
Replies: 100
Views: 11733

Re: Local Thais have no interest in learning English

I often hear that ASEAN (2016 AEC) is going to increase the need for and usefulness of English speakers in Thailand.
Why is that? Is English going to become the default language?
by Somchai Turdsak
Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:32 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Chinese tourists (and their habits) surge into Thailand
Replies: 286
Views: 95427

Re: Chinese tourists (and their habits) surge into Thailand

I was sitting in my truck today at the wet market waiting for my wife to pop in and buy chilis. It took the typical 40 minutes. As I sat there, three old Thai bitties strolled past. Two of them threw a lung simultaneously into the ka-tunk ka-tunk concrete drains. I started laughing. Five seconds lat...
by Somchai Turdsak
Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:49 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Caught on video: Firearm assault on foreigner in Phuket
Replies: 14
Views: 1662

Re: Caught on video: Firearm assault on foreigner in Phuket

The Thai offered 10,000 baht for that thrashing? lol
He's wimpy, stupid AND cheap.
Land of Snarls.
by Somchai Turdsak
Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:11 pm
Forum: Education
Topic: webster University
Replies: 32
Views: 8503

Re: webster University

Some rather grim reading...

Sounds more like a prison than a bastion of higher education. :(
by Somchai Turdsak
Thu Jun 13, 2013 10:33 pm
Forum: Education
Topic: webster University
Replies: 32
Views: 8503

Re: webster University

I am also considering attending Webster University Hua Hin. I am currently finishing a bachelor's degree (online) and wish to attend a traditional university. I have a generous sponsor who will pay all books and tuition and provide a monthly housing benefit. Webster has the academic major I'm intere...