MicahJohn

Tag: language

  • Profanity

    There have been a few times here in Thailand when I’ve run into people who speak English non-natively, but with a very high proficiency. Several of them have really surprised me with the number of obscenities they can work into a simple conversation with a new acquaintance. I have come to the conclusion that the […]

  • Translation

    Today I received the following note: We are sorry about the poor internet service you have been experiencing. The service has been ungraded to 5 Mb. Hopefully there will be future problems ! I’m not entirely sure what it means to ungrade an internet connection. I know I’m not in agreement with my landlady’s hopes […]

  • น้ำแห่งชีวิต

    This has been one of my favorite songs since my arrival in Thailand. I wanted to share it with you so I recorded it. I wanted you to understand it so I translated it. I couldn’t find a good recording as a reference so it is quite possible that I have the melody wrong. I […]

  • Observations

    The following are observations from my first day in Bangkok: Being led in worship in English is a refreshing thing for me Mexican food is amazing It’s good to sit and talk to a friend face to face in English Note: I do love Thailand. I love the Thai language. I love Thai food. I […]

  • Story Time

    Tonight after dinner I sat and listened to about 2 hours worth of stories from the guard where I live. I learned a ton! Some of it was really sad, some of it was strange, most of it was just fun to listen to. A lot of it seems too personal to share with the […]