Burnt Out

Dear all,

I am very much surprised that this blog has had at least a few visitors a day despite extremely slow updates. Thank you!

Well, even though I made several attempts to put something in this space, I could barely write. I have been exhausted these days after my work hours increased a little bit...

I was a bit ashamed of being burnt out just because of one and half hour's work. Even after additional hours, my work hours are not particularly long. So once I lost confidence in my physical and mental strength...

But wait. Even though my work hours extended by less than two hours, my daily output increased at least by 50%! And now I start working at seven in the morning! It is no wonder I burnt out. After finding this out, I feel easier. I can take a rest even when others are still working...

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Thai Update

I am still plunging into Manee Reader, a classic kindergarten Thai-language textbook in most of my free time. I have finished reading the Lesson 21 out of 44 so far. As this textbook gradually introduces Thai alphabets, I can learn the Thai writing system at ease. After a month with Manee, the exotic Thai alphabets have become much less foreign to me...

So I recommend this textbook for anyone who has had hard time learning Thai using other textbooks such as Teach Yourself's.

But the Thai writing system is extremely complicated. When the military coup happened in Bangkok last month, I learned the Thai word for coup; It is patiwat but spelt ptiwati. Bewildering, isn't it? And I still wonder why a word spelt Kinrii (a legendary flying woman) can be pronounced as Kin-na-rii. Learning to read Thai is really nerve-bending...