http://thailand-usa.com Anything and Everything Thai American Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:43:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In tourism Thailand--from the grimes of Kao Sarn road to the sleeze of Patpong, Pattaya  and Patong--you're certain to run into public drunks staggering around with an open bottle in hand. Foreign holidayers and some misguided expats have mistaken the streets of Thailand for some hippie festival--a 365 day/24 hour ... http://thailand-usa.com/public-alcoholism-danger-incident-news-mock-singer-fatal-beating/ Following is a (nipped down version of) reflective essay by Neaw, a 2nd year Thai University student who visited the USA in the summer of 2009 on a travel-work program. The essay was composed for Intercultural Communications  course at Thammasat University. For the sake of readability, the Literature Summary part has been ... http://thailand-usa.com/intercultural-communication-reflective-essay-american-individualism-thai-collectivism/ Similar to retailers' initiative to reduce plastic bag distribution in places like Germany and Holland, major retailers on the tropical Thai island of  Phuket plan to start  charging customers for  bags in hopes of tackling the island's infamous waist dilemma. Frankly, a ‘start’ is all that such a decree can ... http://thailand-usa.com/retail-%e2%80%93-food-consumer-waist-problem-solution-reduce-reuse-recycle/ So you've arrived at the realization that teaching English to foreigners-in a foreign country may be just the unemployment crisis cure you were needing. If you landed on this page without reading the first part, it is strongly suggested you read that before continuing. As local unemployment rates continue to surge, ... http://thailand-usa.com/language-teaching-abroad-introduction-guide/ With the economy hurtin’ and uncertain, a lot more folks find themselves in position to consider critical career change, if not by choice, certainly a crisis' coercion. Whatever the actual current number of laid off, jobless sentenced hobos, the fact is much of the first world is left with an ... http://thailand-usa.com/unemployment-economic-crisis-language-teaching-abroad/ The following essay was initially completed for a College Writing Composition and Theory essay assignment at Bangkok University International College: Amazing Thailand, the Land of Smiles—such is the tone of promotional brands for the place I have called home for some seven years. Long before I ever stepped foot in Southeast ... http://thailand-usa.com/living-in-thailand-a-thai-american%e2%80%99s-perspective/