I like blended cappuccino from a local franchise coffee shop. A cup of it costs me 40% of my average daily income. The coffee shop is situated across the road from my workplace. I had never drunk any coffee until I went into this coffee shop a year ago and got addicted to blended cappuccino. I somet...

Ophelia and Saffron, Thank you for the advice and encouragement. :D Ophelia, You remind me so much of my most beloved teacher in college, my dearest Ajarn Chalatip. I can never thank her enough for what she did for me. What you both have in common is that both of you "care." :smile: Saffro...

I agree with you, Ophelia; dubbed movies are usually just awful. I would much rather see a movie with subtitles. All the American movies which come to Thailand are dubbed into Thai - and I think they use the same three or four people to do the dubbing - they all sound the same. Yes, Ophelia and ral...

I joined a Thai web board/site entitled Book-something and I lurked all the time. I just couldn't find anything to post. They rarely talked about books and always spent their time on some members, discussing their lives and always planning on meeting in person. I joined Booktalk because I felt comfo...

Wow! Thank you so much for your reply. [I've just found out that there are many typo in my post to you, yet you still got the message. :)] I don't watch much television either. Soap operas are really popular in Thailand. I just don't "get" them, uncertain if I don't get the message or ther...

Sadly, I haven't finished the novel. 80 pages to go.

Hello! I find it rather difficult for me to tell if some of the movies I've watched are indie or not. I read all the posts here and found that I've watched some. They are Everything Is Illuminated Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Amelie Garden State One Hour Photo The first two are my favourite...

This story is in the textbook for a literary class at my college. The story is totally frightening. There's no way out, only the disgusting and nonsensical ritual passed on from one generation to another. It's scary how people can blindly hold on to such irrational belief. The most terrible thing is...

I was assigned "The Yellow Wallpaper" in a literary class. If I remember correctly, we were given two choices between feminism and psychology to analyze the story and write a paper on it. I chose feminism. The story is very captivating. It makes your thoughts move as the woman in the wallp...

I'm still reading "The Kite Runner." I hope to finish it tonight and share some of my points of view with you all tomorrow. So far, the story has been heart clenching, even tearful sometimes. There are symbols and foreshadowing. (Well, Amir's first word is Baba and Hassan's is Amir. How cl...