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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

ONLY A GRANDMOTHER WOULD KNOW...

A Cup of Tea

One day my Gramma was out, and my Grampa was in charge of me. I was maybe 2 1/2 years old. Someone had given me a little 'tea set' as a gift,and it was one of my favorite toys.

 Grampa was in the living room engrossed in the evening news when I brought him a
 little cup of 'tea', which was just water.

After several cups of tea and lots of praise for such yummy tea, my Gramma came
home. My Grampa made her wait in the living room to watch me bring him a cup of
tea, because it was 'just the cutest thing!'

Gramma waited, and sure enough, here I came down the hall with a cup of tea for
Grampa, and she watched him drink it up. Then she said, (as only a gramma would know),
"'Did it ever occur to you
That the only place she can reach to get water, is the toilet?"

Friday, October 21, 2011

I'm cold

21st Oct 2011... There were 2 men  from garage door company came to set up our new door.

Oath : Hi, how are you?

A man : Hi, I'm good. How are you?

Oath : I'm cold.

A man: I'm..... ( tell his name which I do not remember)

Oath : Oh! I mean ...I am cold ( hold my hands on my chest)

We were laughing.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Friday, July 8, 2011

My first clip : my garden

ใครที่ไม่เคยฟังป้าโอ้ทพูดตอนมาอเมริกาใหม่ ๆ นี่ค่ะวิดิโอพูดภาษาอังกฤษแรกที่ออกอากาศ ความจริงคลิปแรกจริง ๆ ป้าโอ้ทลบทิ้งเพราะรับตัวเองไม่ได้ พอถามตัวเองว่าทำเพื่ออะไร? เพื่อเป็นกำลังใจให้ทุกคนที่ไม่เก่ง ไม่กล้า และเพื่อตัวเองจะได้ดูและฟังมาพัฒนาตัวเองด้วย นี่ละคะภาษาอังกฤษป้าโอ้ทดีขึ้นทุกวัน ป้าโอ้ททำได้ ทุกคนที่ตั้งใจก็ทำได้

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Life isn't so bad after all

Life isn't so bad after all

A man had just been laid off from work. He was staning on the railing of a high bridge ready to jump off, when he happened to look down and see a little man with no arms dancing all around on the river bank below.

He thought to himself,"Life isn't so bad after all." and got off the railing.

He then walked down to the river bank to thank the little man for saving his life.

"Thank you," he said. "I was going to jump off that bridge and kill myself, but when I saw you dancing even though you have no arms, I changed my mind."

"Dancing? I 'm not dancing!" the armless man replied bittery...

"My butt itches, and I can't scratch it!"
........................................................................................................................................
"Occasion, like cloud, passes away."

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Quotation # 7

"Laughter is nd instant vacation."

แค่ได้หัวเราะก็เป็นการพักผ่อนแล้วล่ะ



.....................................................
Milton Berle

 

Monday, March 7, 2011

You have a dollar

You have a dollar

Two Blonde men were in the  woods hunting.  One looked at the other said, "I've got to take a shit."


The other said, "Well go behind one of those big trees and shit."

The first one said, "But I don't have any paper to wipe my ass."  The other blonde replied,  "You have a dollar, don't you?"

The first one said, "Yeah, I've got a dollar. That's a great idea-I'll use that!"

He left and came back with shit all over his hands and clothes.

His friend looked at him and asked, "What in the hell happened to you?"

The first one replied," Have you ever tried to wipe your ass with  3 quarters, 2 dimes, and a nickel?"

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

An old man was wondering if his wife had a hearing problem.
So one night, he stood behind her while she was sitting in her lounge chair.

He spoke softly to her, "Honey, can you hear me??

There was no response.

He moved a little closer and said again,"Honey, can you hear me?"

Still, there was no response.

Finally he moved right behind her and said, "Honey , can you hear me?"

She replied," For the third time, Yes!"

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Quotation #6

Life is tough and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it."

ชีวิตเป็นเรื่องที่ยาก/ทรหด/ต้องสู้ และ ถ้าคุณมีความสามารถที่หัวเราะให้กับความยาก/ทรหดนั้นได้ คุณก็มีความสามารถที่จะสนุกกับชิวิตได้เช่นกัน
.........................................................................................
Salma Hayek

The funeral

The funeral



A man is at his lawyer's funeral and is surprised by the turnout for this one man. He turns to the people around him.

"Why are you all at this man's funeral?"

A man turns towards him and says. "We're all clients."

"And you ALL came to pay your respects? How touching."

"No, we came to make sure he was dead."

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Sharapova

Sharapova

A young man was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when he noticed and old lady following him around. Thinking nothing of it, he ignored her and continued on. Finally he went to the checkout line, but she got in front of him.


"Pardon me," she said. "I'm sorry if my staring at you has made you feel uncomfortable. It's just that you look just like my son, who just died recently."

"I'm very sorry," replied the young man, "is there anything I can do for you?"
"Yes," she said, "As I'm leaving, can you say 'Good bye, Mother!' ? It would make me feel so much better."
"Sure," answered the young man.

As the old woman was leaving, he called out, "Goodbye, Mother!" As he stepped up to the checkout counter, he saw that his total was $280. "How can that be?" he asked, "I only purchased a few things!" "Your mother said that you would pay for her," said the clerk. 


Saturday, February 12, 2011

Comparatives

Last week both of my classes studied about "Comparatives" .

The definition on Wikipedia as below: 

In grammar, the comparative is the form of an adjective or adverb which denotes the degree or grade by which a person, thing, or other entity has a property or quality greater or less in extent than that of another, and is used in this context with a subordinating conjunction, such as than, as...as, etc.[1] If three or more items are being compared, the corresponding superlative needs to be used instead.

Adverbs describe verbs
Adjective describe nouns

comparative= 2 things
superlative= 3 or more things


Posititve                   Comparative                   Superlative

the words end with "E"  add "R" or  "EST"
 loose                                                   looser                                     loosest


the words add "ER and EST"
poor                                                      poorer                                    poorest
cheap                                                    cheaper                                  cheapest
plain                                                      plainer                                   plainest
big                                                        bigger                                    biggest
tight                                                      tighter                                   tightest

the word 2 syllables or more add "MORE or MOST"

beautiful                                          more beautiful                            most beautiful
expensive                                         more  expensive                         most expensive
colourful                                          more colorful                             most colorful
famous                                            more famous                              most famous

there are words  can use either way above
cleaver
friendly
simple
gentle
quiet


the word end with "Y" change "Y" to "I" and add "ER" and "EST"

pretty                                                   prettier                                prettiest
fancy                                                   fancier                                 fanciest
sunny                                                   sunnier                               sunniest
lovely                                                   lovelier                               loveliest


the irregular words changed into other words

good                                                better                                     best
bad                                                 worse                                      worst
little                                                 less                                        least
many                                               more                                     most
far                                                  farther                                    farthest

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Quotation #5

"We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly."

พวกเรามาหาความรัก ไม่ได้โดยการค้นหาบุคคลที่สมบูรณ์แบบ แต่โดยการเรียนรู้ที่จะเห็นบุคคลที่ไม่สมบูรณ์แบบ เป็นบุคคลที่สมบูรณ์แบบ

Sam Keen, from To Love and Be Loved

WHAT EACH KISS MEANS การจูบแต่ละแบบหมายถึงอะไรบ้าง

- Kiss on the Forehead: We're cute together
จูบหน้าผาก  : พวกเราน่ารักด้วยกันทุกคน

 - Kiss on the Cheek: We're friends.
จูบแก้ม : พวกเราเป็นเพื่อนกัน

- Kiss on the Hand: I adore you.
จูบมือ : ฉันเอ็นดูเธอ

- Kiss on the Neck: I want you, now.
จูบคอ : ฉันต้องการเธอเดี๋ยวนี้

- Kiss on the Shoulder: Your perfect.
จูบไหล่ : คุณเป็นคนสมบูรณ์แบบ

- Kiss on the Lips: I LOVE YOU...
จูบปาก   : ฉันรักเธอ

Kat Smithy

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Holiday 2010

We were planning to visit my husband's family in North Dakota from the 22nd until the 26th of Dec. for X-mas. Everything was good at the airport and made me think that this trip would be smoother than the one 2 years ago. We were at Minneapolis Airport about 1:30 pm, checked in and went to the gate to ask about our seats. The airline staff told us to wait for a while because they were doing maangement. We waited until almost boarding time and then they told us our seats had been taken away. What?

They told us our flight would not be until the next afternoon but we couldn't wait. They gave us some other options and so we chose a sooner flight to the closet place to our destination. They gave us discount coupons for tickets to be good for a year.

We needed to change our car rental pick up  location, so we needed to use the internet. We noticed that there were not many internet stations because everyone had laptops. We agreed to get a laptop because it was necessary for times like this.


We stayed in Minneapolis Airport from 1:30 to 10:00 pm and got to our new destination. We drove about 3 hours to our hotel. It was the same distance as our original destination but the time we were in the airport was very boring.

I was so happy in North Dakota this year because we did not have a snow storm and the sky was beautiful. My husband took me to his family's ranch and a dam where I wanted to take photos. We had a good time with his family and also I got many presents. I love X-mas.






On the day we were to be back in Delaware there was a problem again. Our flight from Minneapolis was cancelled and the airline told us that it would be 2 days until the schedule would be back to normal, because of the weather.



My husband was really frustrated. Finally, we changed to another destination but still had to stay one night in Minneapolis. We flew at 7am and got to Pittsburgh at 10am and then drove 7 hours to Philadelphia, picked up our car and drove back home safely.


A car which the company provide us was one choice. Do you believe we drove it 7 hours in bad weather like this time.

Someone in the crowd

Torpong was just somebody in the crowd on the day I met him. He walked up to me and asked me about the product we were showing in the factory exhibition. From that day we were in contacting often but only in professional situations. I do not remember when our relationship changed to close friendship. He is a kind person .He who never deny denied me when I asked for help. He helped me moved 3 times, and also helped my father solve some computer's problems. Currently, we are still be a good friends.

Friendship happens all the time if you open yourself and your mind to knew know somebody who is a stranger and change them into  someone you know.




Below is the picture we were took his company's guest from the USA to Ayutthaya in 2007.


Below is the picture that was taken of us when we and his Company's guest from the USA went to  Ayutthaya in 2007.







เป็นเรื่องของป้า กับ เพื่อนคนหนึ่งที่ไม่เคยรู้จักกันมาก่อน และจากวันที่มีงานอุตสาหกรรม ป้าเป็นหนึ่งในบริษัทที่ไปแสดงเครื่องจักร และเพื่อนคนนี้เป็นหนึ่งในคนที่มางาน จากวันนั้นถึงวันนี้ ร่วม สิบปีได้แล้ว เราสองคนยังติดต่อกันอยู่
แล้วเพื่อนๆ ละคะ มีไหม "ใครคนหนึ่งมาจากไหนก็ไม่รู้ที่กลายเป็นคนคุ้นเคยทุกวันนี้"

Thursday, January 20, 2011

square

I watched a  programe on TV last night. There were two men talking to each other..

A: You still owe me 15,000 dollars and I want it back, but if you work for me with a high service , we're square.

B: Let me think about it.

"we're square" means we do not owe each other /we do not know each other or we are even.

We're sqare หมายถึง เราไม่ได้เป็นหนี้ซึ่งกันและกัน / เสมอกัน / เจ๊ากัน นั่นเอง

Monday, January 10, 2011

costs me an arm and a leg

Yesterday I and my husband went to see Adam who just bought a house. He said ' This house costs me an arm and a leg.'

costs me an arm and a leg means extremely expensive.

แปลว่า แพงมหาศาล

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Greeting


Sawatdee kha! is Thai greeting. It is same as  Hi, Hello, Good morning, Good afternoon and Good evening . We do not have a specific word in different time, so just "Sawatdee" in anytime and also for good bye.


There are 2 words show sex of a person who speak. I would like to talk also, both words make the sentences soft and polite.

1. Kha= for women say include girls for example; Sawatdee kha. Kob khun kha ( means Thank you.)

2.Krab =  for men include boys for example  Sawatdee Krab.  My name is Tom krab.


Body language for Sawatdee is bowing hands and bend your head. There are  3 levels for this issue :

1. Greeting a person or people who older: we will bowing hands at the chest level and bend the  head to touch the big fingers.

2. Greeting a person or people who has same age : we will bowing hands at  the chest level and just move head down little ,not bend head down to touch big fingers.

3. Greeting a person or people  whom are younger : Thai traditional  younger person/people  give respect / greeting  to a person/people who older first with bowing and older person/people respons as greeting to a person/people who has same age, or just say Sawatdee without bowing.


PS:
 I talk inThai and English because only 2 langueages I speak dairy. I would like to learn other languages too.

Conversations ..

BOY : May I hold your hand?
GIRL : No thanks, it isn't heavy.

GIRL : Say you love me! Say you love me!
BOY : You love me...

GIRL : If we become engaged will you give me a ring??
BOY : Sure, what's your phone number??

GIRL : I think the poorest people are the happiest.
BOY : Then marry me and we'll be the happiest couple

GIRL : Darling, I want to dance like this forever.
BOY : Don't you ever want to improve??

BOY : I love you and I could die for you!
GIRL : How soon??

BOY : I would go to the end of the world for you!
GIRL : Yes, but would you stay there??

SHARON : Have you ever had a hot passionate, burning
Kiss??
TRACY : I did once. He'd forgotten to take the
Cigarette out of his mouth.

MAN : You remind me of the sea.
WOMAN : Because I'm wild, romantic and exciting?
MAN : NO, because you make me sick.

WIFE : You tell a man something, it goes in one ear
And comes out of the other.
HUSBAND : You tell a woman something: It goes in both
Ears and comes out of the mouth.

MARY : John says I'm pretty. Andrew says I'm ugly.What
Do u think,
Peter?
PETER : A bit of both. I think you're pretty ugly.

1) Girlfriend : "...And are you sure you love me and
No one else ?"
Boyfriend : "Dead Sure! I checked the whole list again
Yesterday".

2) Teacher : "Which is more important to us, the sun
Or the moon?"
Pupil : "The moon".
Teacher : "Why?"
Pupil : "The moon gives us light at night when we need
It but the sun gives us light only in the day time
When we don't need it".

3) Teacher : "What do you call a person who keeps on
Talking when people are no longer interested?"
Pupil : "A teacher".

4) Waiter : "Would you like your coffee black?"
Customer : "What other colors do you have?"

5) My father is so old that when he was in school,
History was called current affairs.

6) Teacher : "Sam, you talk a lot !"
Sam : "It's a family tradition".
Teacher : "What do you mean?"
Sam : "Sir, my grandpa was a street hawker, my father
Is a teacher".
Teacher : "What about your mother?"
Sam : "She's a woman".

7) Tom : "How should I convey the news to my father
That I've failed?"
David: "You just send a telegram: Result declared,
Past year's performance repeated".

8) Teacher : "Now, children, if I saw a man beating a
Donkey and stopped him, what virtue would I be
Showing?"
Student : "Brotherly love".
9) Teacher : "Now, Sam, tell me frankly do you say
Prayers before eating?"
Sam : "No sir, I don't have to, my mom is a good
Cook".

10) Patient : "What are the chances of my recovering
Doctor?"
Doctor : "One hundred percent. Medical records show
That nine out of ten people die of the disease you
Have. Yours is the tenth case I've treated. The others
All died".

11) Teacher : " Can anybody give an example of
COINCIDENCE?"
One Student : "Sir, my Mother and Father got married
On the same day and at the same time."

12) Teacher : " George Washington not only chopped
Down his father's Cherry tree, but also admitted doing it.
Now do you know why his father didn't punish him ?"
One Student: " Because George still had the axe in is hand."

Friday, January 7, 2011

What Idioms Mean

# Take a shot at it   ;     Try it  ลองทำ

# That idea want up in smoke      ; That idea didn't   work   disappeared;no one liked it
   ความคิดนี้ไม่ได้ผล / ไม่มีใครชอบ

# She was swept off her feet   ; She fell in love quickly  หล่อนตกหลุมรักอย่างรวดเร็ว

# I was hot and bothered         ; I was upset ฉันเคยเศร้า

# He kicked the bucket              ; He died  เขาตาย 
                                                             
 ( another word means died is croaked อีกคำที่แปลว่าตาย คือ croaked)
                                                                        
( croak is the sound of frog เสียงร้องของกบ croak)

# Pass the buck           ; Expect someone else to take the blameor responsibility ปัดความรับผิดชอบไปให้คนอื่น
  (buck= dollar)          
 ( do not want to take responsible so give to somebody else โยนความรับผิดชอบไปให้คนอื่น)



# At the drop of a hat       ; Quickly; without advance notice เกิดขึ้นเร็วมากโดยที่ไม่รู้ล่วงหน้า

#Down in the dumps          ;  Depressed; gloomy ; sad เศร้า /  กดดัน
 

# Make both ends meet        ; Income = outg ,money in = money to pay รายรับ=รายจ่าย

#  Break the ice                     ;Prepare the way; start a conversation ทำให้ความเงียบหายไป  เช่น กลุ่มคนในงานสังสรรค์ที่ไม่รู้จักกันมาก่อน ทุกคนเงียบ ทำให้บรรยากาศอีดอัด แล้วมีคนหนึ่งพูดขึ้นมาคนแรก เป็นการทำให้ความเงียบหายไป บรรยากาสดีขึ้นเมื่อทุกคนคุยกัน คนที่พูดคนแรกคือคนที่ Break the ice

   A person who starts a conversation is break the ice.

# It's all cut and dried          ; It's all settled = finished, it's over, taking care of

ทุกอย่างจัดการเรียบร้อยแล้ว / จบไปแล้ว / เสร็จสิ้นแล้ว

# On the edge of tears          ;     About to cry  ใกล้จะร้องไห้ น้ำตาปริ่มที่ขอบตา

# Burn the candle at both ends    ; Too much work or play ; not enough rest

 ทำงานมากเกินไป/ เล่นมากเกินไป / ผักผ่อนไม่พอ เหมือนเทียนที่ถูกจุดทั้งสองด้าน

#  On the double                ; Hurry!  รีบเร่ง

# He's too big for his britches         ; He thinks he's more important than he really is. คิดว่าตัวเองมีความสำคัญมากกว่าความเป็นจริง/ พวกหลงตัวเอง


 ( britches = a slang word for pants   เป็นคำแสลงเรียกกางเกง)

This idiom makes me think to a tale about a bull frog and a hen. A bull frog try to makes himself  as big as a hen so he blows his body as a balloon until his body broke. He dead!

ทำให้นีกถึงนิทานเรื่องกบเห็นแม่ไก่ พยายามพองตัวให้โตเท่าแม่ไก่ สุดท้าย พองตัวเองจน ท้องแตกตาย








Saturday, January 1, 2011

keep...

# keep a stiff upper lip =  not afraid, brave ไม่กลัว / กล้าหาญ

# keep a straight face =  the face does not show emotion สีหน้าไม่แสดงอารมณ์ / หน้าเฉย

# keep an eye on = look at something, someone  จับตามอง

I want to go to the bathroom please keep an eye on my bag .
ฉันจะไปห้องน้ำ ช่วยดูกระเป๋าให้ด้วยนะ

You need to keep an eye on that boy because I am afraid he is going to steal something.
คุณต้องคอยดูเด็กชายคนนั้นไว้เพราะฉันเกรงว่า เขากำลังจะโขมยของ


# keep an eye out = keep watching for someone is coming คอยดูคนที่กำลังจะมา

Everyone is in the class room except Ked, then the teacher told students to keep an eye out for Ked.
ทุกคนในอยู่ในห้องเรียนยกเว้นเกด คุณครูบอกจึงบอกให้นักเรียนทุกคนคอยดูว่าเกดมาหรือยัง

I ask my friend to keep an eye out for my husband if he comes home because I want to surprise his birthday.
ฉันบอกให้เพื่อนคอยดูว่าสามีของฉันจะมาหรือยัง เพราะฉันต้องการเซอร์ไพรส์วันเกิดเขา


why foreigner do not understand me?

I took this topic from my Thai friend's blog in Thai  .

The main problem is Pronunciation because Thai language does not have sound at the end of word and does not say the word up through the nose.

For example the word Salad

Thai says : saaa-lad
English says: sae-lad

When speak English in Thai way sounds like the music in flat tone but English is different such as the sound of the end of word ; t, ch, sh, k... when say wrong sound it could be the different word in different meaning and also the word need to stress in some syllable for example Photography  stress at the second syllable (-to) which I have the problem with this point because I do not know where to stress in anyword.

What about other languages?

Quotation # 4

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that, Hate cannot drive out hat, only love can do that."

ความมืดไม่สามารถขับไล่ความมืดได้ มีเพียงแสงสว่างเท่านั้นที่ทำได้
ความเกลียดไม่สามารถกำจัดความเกลียดได้ มีเพียงความรักเท่านั้นที่ทำได้


Martin Lutherking