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/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/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 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/jai-yen-yen-keep-cool-baby/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/jai-yen-yen-keep-cool-baby/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:00:16 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=715 One of the most important behaviours in Thailand is to keep a Jai Yen, a cold heart. So keep cool Baby ! Jai jen, translated as cold heart means self-controlled, cool or even-tempered. The opposite of Jai yen is Jai ron, hot-tempered, furious or annoyed. If You want to clear some kind of a problem [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/jai-yen-yen-keep-cool-baby/feed/ 1 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/no-more-available-thai-term-mot-leaw/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/no-more-available-thai-term-mot-leaw/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:03:16 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/no-more-available-thai-term-mot-leaw/ The Thai term Mot leaw is maybe the most annoying term, which people have to face, while they visit the tropical country of Thailand. Mot Leaw, means no more available or out of stock. This Thai term will teach You about Murphy´s law. A few examples: * You get up in the morning and go [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/no-more-available-thai-term-mot-leaw/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/wan-nee-proong-nee-today-tomorrow-thai-words/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/wan-nee-proong-nee-today-tomorrow-thai-words/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:07:29 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/wan-nee-proong-nee-today-tomorrow-thai-words/ Wan Nee (today) we will teach You two new Thai Words, which are very important in the daily life in Thailand. The first word is Wan Nee, which means today or this day. There is nothing special about this word. So just rember Wan Nee, means Today. The second word is a bit more difficult: [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/wan-nee-proong-nee-today-tomorrow-thai-words/feed/ 4 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/hong-nam-thai-for-beginners/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/hong-nam-thai-for-beginners/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:25:24 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/hong-nam-thai-for-beginners/ One of the most important words in Thailand is Hong Nam because everybody will use the Hong Nam . Hong Nam is the Thai word for toilet or bathroom, so You see how important this word could be for some reasons. Hong Nam is a compound word, consisting of Hong means room and Nam means [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/hong-nam-thai-for-beginners/feed/ 2