Engrish Brog - Vol. 1:2

Well, this was to be posted last night with the other one but blogger was being stupid and not letting me upload pictures.

A few weeks ago I was in the mall and passed a shop selling sleeping mats with pictures of VW Beetles and the words "Bettle Bug" all over it. -- Nice!!

Just two days ago I saw a truck pull up to the school to pick up a student with the following painted on the side: "Anun Bakkery." I should write ads for these people -- Anun Bakkery, for all your bakking needs. Bakked goods . . . mmmm.

This is one of my favorites because it's one of those "What the . . . ?"


The front text reads: "Palliates." The back reads: "Relese the tension and welcome palliates of your new life style." That's right folks, welcome palliates into your life and I'm sure things will start looking up.


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Tasto brand: RIDGE CUT POTATO CHIP NATURE IDENTICAL BARBEQUE FLAVOR. It tastes like all the natural barbeque I've ever found. It's just like the sap from the old barbeque trees back home.

This next one is also great. I bought a pair of dress slacks at the department store the other day. It was really inexpensive so I'm not expecting them to last long. Anyway, the makers of these slacks go to great lengths to try to make them look like they are imported from Italy. In fact sewn on the inside of the belt is "Emponi Givanno." Here is the tag on the inside - Commposition (Italians can mispell words in English), Viscose Kayon (Rayon?), and lastly I'm sure that Italians frequently mispell Italy - Itrly. I spell America wrong all the time.


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One of the best things about this is where it comes from: The 7-11 catalog. That's right everyone, 7-11 puts out a catalog. It's actually quite good with reasonable prices. In fact, we just ordered a toaster and some glass bowls from the catalog. You don't have to pay shipping because you just pick it up at 7-11 in 3-5 days. Our town seems like it has 20 7-11 stores. Anyway this is a fan cover to give your fan that extra something. Actually it's to prevent your child from getting their fingers chopped off. The design for this one is "Baby Bare." Naked babies are kind of cute but who wants fifty of them on their fan cover.

Another one without a picture. I bought a pen that was actually made in Korea. It has a picture of a dog and has printed: "THE DOGS" and below that: "Artllst Collectlon." The back has the following: "Shih Tuz." That's my favorite kind of dog. I've always wanted a shih tuz.

Engrish Vol. 1:1

First, I want to preface this post with a few things. First, there is another new post just below this one so check it out. Second, as those of you who have been to Asia before (Joel and Amelia) can attest, Engrish is EVERYWHERE. I'm really bad at carrying my camera around with me so some of these are just some that I can remember and I don't have pictures. Also, the malls and some stores don't allow cameras so that cuts down on a lot of great Engrish pics. Anyway, here is some Engrish for your enjoy. Some are better than others. Also, the formatting is kind of jacked up so forgive me for that.


This is a toothpaste tube -- "squeezy mint." Forget spearmint, wintergreen and cool burst, I want some squeezy mint.





This looks like your average plate, right? Check out the back. If you can't read it: "Scotch: Essence of Chicken." I like my dinnerware with essence of chicken, doesn't everyone?
















Whiz: it's the only thing I use on the wwindows in my housee. Keepss the dustt off for monthss.

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So, what's new . . . we're just hanging in there. Sometimes, just barely, but it's going all right. This past Monday the three of us had to go up to Udorn Thani (an hour north) with Kristen's boss to get Kristen and Trea's visas extended. It was a pretty decent excursion all things considered -- a toddler and a morning sick woman. Actually Trea was really good and Kristen only felt really sick a few times. Luckily we didn't have any trouble with the red tape either. I hear that the guy at the office there likes to show how much power he holds and is a pain sometimes. I think he just wanted to get Trea out of there as quickly as possible.

Well, Kristen had about five days where she felt really good and has since been sick again but hey, at least she isn't throwing up! She does say that she feels better than before even though she doesn't feel great. So, as a result of her condition and me taking care of Trea and not having any time to get any cleaning around the house done we've got a maid coming over two days a week. She's actually working for Jick (Kristen's boss) who lives two houses away from us four days a week and comes to our place on Mon. and Thur. She actually does our laundry too - with the machines down the street. Of course we provide soap and coins. We're paying 170 baht a day which is about $4.55. I almost feel guilty that it's so little but it's a pretty reasonable rate and people here are always willing to take jobs like that (showing how poor a lot of people here are). Also, she's said that cleaning our place is really easy.

Trea is doing really good. Just two days ago I was on gate duty at the school (help see students off) and stopped by to see Trea at the nursery for a moment. She told me to get out (in Thai). Okay. She knows her numbers 1-10 in both English and Thai. She knows a lot of nursery words in Thai - sit down, let's go, eat, no, go to sleep, drink milk. It's funny because when she wants milk she asks in Thai almost exclusively.

For those of you who haven't heard we are coming home for Christmas. I can't wait to see what Trea's like. She's going to be like, "hey, where did all those different people go? Nobody's speaking that funny language." "Where's my adoring audience?" Then she's going to get used to hearing only English and then we'll get back to Thailand. I know it's kind of cruel but I think it's going to be kind of funny.

Semester break is coming up in less than a month. I'm so excited. I just need some down time. Hopefully, we'll be able to get out and see some of Thailand or at least the northeast. It kind of depends on how Kristen is feeling. If she's not feeling good that's okay too. As I said, I just need some down time.

Hopefully, I will get the first edition of the Engrish Post out soon.