http://www.thai-eyes.com Thailand Lifestyle Blog Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:10:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/snake-head-thailand-cuss-word/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/snake-head-thailand-cuss-word/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:28:22 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=2952 Snake head (Thai: Hua Ngoo), sometimes also old snake head, is a cuss word, which was quite popular in the 90th of the last century. This cuss word and also the hand gesture, which You can see on the picture was custom-made for “bad behaving” foreigners (farangs). A real old snake head is somebody, complaining [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/snake-head-thailand-cuss-word/feed/ 2 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/but-always-cute-and-lovely/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/but-always-cute-and-lovely/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:29:04 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=2794 Just a few days ago one of our beloved Hill Tribe boys came back to Chiang Mai from his Akha village near Mae Ai in far north of Thailand. Boy is one of the most faithful boys we ever met and we´ve been very amused about the t-shirt he was wearing. It needed a bit [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/but-always-cute-and-lovely/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/7-days-7-colors-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/7-days-7-colors-thailand/#comments Sun, 16 Jan 2011 07:06:06 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=2767 Thailand is not just a colourful country with colourful people, there are quite a few things, which are very different to western countries. In Thailand all the 7 days a week have a special color and people like to dress in the color of the day. This subject inspired our team to a photo shooting [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/7-days-7-colors-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/what-day-is-today/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/what-day-is-today/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:30:07 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=2327 What day is today ? That simple question mostly causes big confusion in Thailand. In Thai: Wan Nee Wan Arai ?, what day is today is the start of a crossfire. Most people in Thailand have to work everyday, no rest, no Saturday or Sunday, so it´s not that important to know, what day is [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/what-day-is-today/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/i-want-yak-dai/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/i-want-yak-dai/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:22:03 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=2051 You will have to face the Thai words, Yak Dai, means I want, multiple times a day, especially if You have a Thai girlfriend or boyfriend. Yak Dai, Mue Thue – I want a mobile phone Yak Dai, Rod Keng – I want a car (motorcycles are low class) Yak Dai, Suea Nee – I [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/i-want-yak-dai/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/thai-food-to-take-away/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/thai-food-to-take-away/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:57:31 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=1822 Especially in bigger cities, where many people life in small rooms without a kitchen, Thai people order their food to take away. Food is mostly availabe to take away in restaurants and the small street kitchens. Just tell them “Sai Thung”, means put it in a plastic bag or “Sai Gong”, put it in a [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/thai-food-to-take-away/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/thai-cuss-words-mengda-giant-water-bug/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/thai-cuss-words-mengda-giant-water-bug/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:05:06 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=1817 In Thailand the giant water bug (Lethocerus indicus) is called Mengda and is a insect delicacy. One says (I can´t proof that) the taste is reminescent of Gewurztraminer, with a touch of rose. As the Mengda bug is attracted by neonlight, what the people use to catch them, Mengda also became a Thai cuss word [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/thai-cuss-words-mengda-giant-water-bug/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/thai-cuss-words-kwai/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/thai-cuss-words-kwai/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:37:32 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=1671 The most easy to remember words from a foreign language seems to be cuss words. Kwai is a very strong Thai cuss word and means water buffalo. The cuss is used for stupid people and is equivalent to idiot. The cuss Kwai is frequently used in the chaotic Thai traffic, but sometimes also in other [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/thai-cuss-words-kwai/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/just-a-moment-distortion-of-time-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/just-a-moment-distortion-of-time-thailand/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:19:58 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=1586 There are a lot of words and terms in Thai language, which seems to be created just for disinformation, like the Thai term for “just a moment”, Baep Diaw, which is nothing more than the distortion of time. What do You think, how long is a moment ? Thai people seem to have another definition [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/just-a-moment-distortion-of-time-thailand/feed/ 1 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/take-a-shower-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/take-a-shower-thailand/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:47:55 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=1533 Arb nam is the Thai word for take a shower or take a bath. Thai people are very neat and clean people and enjoy to take a cooling and refreshing shower several times a day. As Thailand is a tropical country with a mostly hot to very hot climate, personal body hygiene is big affair [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/take-a-shower-thailand/feed/ 1