Slow English Podcast #3 | My trip to Thailand 🇹🇭 Travel, food and culture in slow English

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English. These were warm and mushy. We

English. These were warm and mushy. We

never had the opportunity to go and watch it. And at the top there is a

watch it. And at the top there is a heart. What do you do when you enter a

heart. What do you do when you enter a building? Let's get started. As you guys

building? Let's get started. As you guys know, I was just in South Korea, but now I'm in Thailand. I have done a lot of things in Thailand. So, let's talk about

it. So, as you guys can see here, I have

it. So, as you guys can see here, I have all my luggage on me. This is when we just arrived in Bangkok. My backpack has

this strap that allows me to put it onto my suitcase in between the handle. So, I

don't have to carry it on my back.

That's why you see my backpack on my small suitcase here. And you can see this moving walkway is kind of weird

because it's not flat. It's not flat. It

kind of curves downwards. kind of like almost an S the

downwards. kind of like almost an S the shape. And when I saw this and went on

shape. And when I saw this and went on it, I was thinking to myself, what if you're in a wheelchair and you go on this and then you just start rolling

because it might not look very steep in the video. But trust me, it was it was

the video. But trust me, it was it was quite quite steep because when I went on there with my bags, my bags started to

roll like with a lot of force forward.

So, I had to go and stand in front of my bags just to be sure they wouldn't roll away. So, I had to stand in front of my

away. So, I had to stand in front of my bags. So, my bags rolled into me, which

bags. So, my bags rolled into me, which is better than rolling into the person in front of me, which was my brother.

So, I'm not sure who designed this, and I would like to see if there have been any accidents on this moving walkway because I find it's not really the best

idea in my opinion. I think if you have a lot of heavy suitcases and you're using one of those carts, those suitcase carts to carry your suitcases, it's best

to use an elevator because at least with an elevator, you know, it's not going to go rolling into someone at high speeds, which can really hurt someone. So, that

can be very dangerous. And remember to watch the video until the end to get the homework. This homework will really help

homework. This homework will really help you practice your speaking and also track your progress. Once we checked into our hotel, we went to the 711.

7-Eleven is one of the most popular convenience store chains in the world.

So, we stopped at the 7-Eleven, but all we got was just some drinks. We just got some drinks. I believe we got water and

some drinks. I believe we got water and maybe a soda as well because we were very thirsty. And also I would like to

very thirsty. And also I would like to mention we went from Seoul, South Korea where it was cold. It was in the negatives. So it was cold. We had a

negatives. So it was cold. We had a bunch of winter jackets on. We had base layers on, jackets, coats, hoodies,

outer shells to Bangkok, Thailand, where I believe here it was around plus 30° C.

So it was very warm when we got here. So

I had to change into shorts. Did I

change into shorts?

No. But you can see here Leon changed into shorts because I imagine he was probably very hot. Same as I was. So,

and this is also an interesting question. Do you prefer warm weather or

question. Do you prefer warm weather or cold weather? Warm weather or cold

cold weather? Warm weather or cold weather? And to answer this question, I

weather? And to answer this question, I want you guys to write it in the comments. What do you prefer? Warm

comments. What do you prefer? Warm

weather or cold weather? And then tell me where do you live? Do you live somewhere that has cold weather or is it just warm all year round? Me personally,

I prefer warm weather just because it's more comfortable. When it's cold, I have

more comfortable. When it's cold, I have to put on so many layers just to stay warm and even then it's cold. And the

thing about that is is that even if you put on so many layers of clothes and then you finally get warm, what do you do when you enter a building? You have

to take off all your clothes and then you just have to carry that around. So

it's very inconvenient in my opinion to live somewhere that's cold. That's my

experience living in Canada. That's one

of the reasons I prefer warmer weather.

Another reason is just I like to be warm. I don't like to be cold. Simple as

warm. I don't like to be cold. Simple as

that. I would rather sweat and be warm outside than be freezing cold outside.

That's just my opinion. We ended up eating dinner at a restaurant very close to our hotel. I believe it was uh pig's feet or something similar to this. But

it was it was very good. I really I really enjoyed that meal. It was like very like sweet. I like sweet foods. For

my first meal in Thailand, it was very good. So, our second day in Thailand, I

good. So, our second day in Thailand, I went to a mall. I believe it was called Emporium or something like that.

Emporium. It's a very popular mall. So,

if you've been to Thailand or you're from Thailand, you know which mall I'm talking about. And uh yeah, I found it

talking about. And uh yeah, I found it pretty cool and interesting that despite the super warm weather, they still had a Christmas tree. And they even made it

Christmas tree. And they even made it look like there was snow on the Christmas tree, which I found interesting. And then they also had

interesting. And then they also had ornaments on the Christmas tree. Like I

can see some butterflies there and dragonflies. And at the top there is a

dragonflies. And at the top there is a heart, a red heart. So I I thought that was pretty cool. So I took a video of it. And believe it or not, I have never

it. And believe it or not, I have never ridden on the back of a motorcycle. I

have ridden a motorcycle as the driver, but I've never ridden on the back of a motorcycle as a passenger. This was my first time. It was, you know, a little

first time. It was, you know, a little bit sketchy. So, I had both hands at the

bit sketchy. So, I had both hands at the back here, but obviously when I was taking this video, I had one only one hand on the back. The other one was filming. And yeah, you could see Leon

filming. And yeah, you could see Leon there on his scooter. And when I was holding out my phone to record and film, I was afraid I was going to drop my phone cuz my phone is kind of big, so

it's kind of hard to get a good grip on it. So, uh, I really had to hold it

it. So, uh, I really had to hold it tight. But, I actually bought something

tight. But, I actually bought something today to help with that. Let me show you guys. The most important part of

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roundabout way of her politely trying to spare my feelings. The a-hole for giving all of my co-workers a different reason for why I have missing fingers so I

wouldn't take legal came down to he companywide training on his behavior. He

chooses not. But I was already so cranky.

Okay, so we're in I did so much shopping in Mushima. The jeans and one hoodie,

in Mushima. The jeans and one hoodie, which so this morning I went to Chatak Market and I bought this.

I'm not sure if you guys can see this, but this is a wrist strap so I can put it on my wrist like this. And then this part right here, it just looks like a

clear piece of plastic, but this you actually put inside your phone case behind here. And uh this part comes

behind here. And uh this part comes through the charging port here.

So you put this inside your phone case and then it it acts as like a hand grip.

So even if you drop your phone, it'll still be on. So now I can record myself on the scooters without having to worry about dropping my phone. Let's just hope

this thin piece of plastic holds. If

not, then that sucks. But actually, I really do like riding on the back of scooters.

First of all, it's a lot cheaper than getting a taxi. And second of all, it's just like a vibe. like you're just outside like the wind is blowing on your face. Your hair is like moving and

face. Your hair is like moving and you're just cruising through the streets. You don't have to worry about

streets. You don't have to worry about driving because the driver is driving.

So, you could just look around, enjoy everything. The sounds of the city. It's

everything. The sounds of the city. It's

warm outside, but the cool air is hitting you. So, if you ever go to

hitting you. So, if you ever go to Thailand, I definitely recommend that experience. It might be a little bit

experience. It might be a little bit sketchy, but you just have to put your hands on the back there. There are hand grips. And then for lunch, we decided to

grips. And then for lunch, we decided to stop at this restaurant that was selling chicken. So, it was just like completely

chicken. So, it was just like completely white chicken over white rice, but the chicken just has so much flavor. And

they also gave us this like spicy red sauce that we put over top of our chicken. And it was like it was amazing.

chicken. And it was like it was amazing.

Truly, it was it was really good. I ate

I ate all of that in like 2 seconds.

Yeah. Here you can see our plate. It is

very like white. It doesn't look like there is a lot of flavor, but that sauce in that small little bowl on the side has a lot of flavor and it's spicy, but

I like the spice. And then they also gave us a few cucumbers on the side.

After that, we just headed back to our hotel and rested until the nighttime.

And as you can see here, we went out to a market to have dinner. So, here they had skewers. I believe they had beef

had skewers. I believe they had beef skewers, pork skewers, chicken skewers, uh fish balls as well. I just went with the chicken and beef skewers. And I kind

of messed up here, let me tell you.

Right here in this moment, you can see she's putting a sauce in the bag with my skewers. And she asked me, she's like,

skewers. And she asked me, she's like, "Do you want sauce?" She said, "Very, very, very spicy." And I'm like, "Okay, little bit." As you can see from the

little bit." As you can see from the video, it looks like she put a little bit, but this was the spiciest thing I've eaten so far in Thailand. And I've

been here for about 10 days now. But

this was so spicy.

And uh I think the skewers were already spicy, but then with this sauce on top of it, it was it was almost unbearable.

I almost could not eat it, but I paid for it already, so I had to eat it. But

man, my eyes were watering. My nose was running. I was using like so many

running. I was using like so many napkins to blow my nose. It was bad. But

they were good. And luckily, we got this curry soup that wasn't as spicy. So, I

was eating my skewers with the curry soup, so it kind of like mellowed it out. So, it wasn't as potent. And that's

out. So, it wasn't as potent. And that's

all we did for our third day in Thailand. So, the next day was December

Thailand. So, the next day was December 31st.

So, that was New Year's Eve. And as you can see here, this right here is New Year's Eve at the Icon CM. Yeah, this

mall is called Icon CM. They were having a New Year's Eve celebration at this mall and they also had fireworks at midnight. But you can just see the

midnight. But you can just see the amount of people in this mall. It was

absolutely insane. It was so busy, so crowded. Just to get to this mall was

crowded. Just to get to this mall was insane. We had to get off at a subway

insane. We had to get off at a subway stop and then we we decided to walk across the bridge so we can see a view of the river. And it was it was crazy

busy. That bridge was packed. So it was

busy. That bridge was packed. So it was very hard to walk across the bridge cuz the path was very narrow, right? There

was a lot of congestion, but eventually we got through and we made it to Icon CM.

But when I tell you the amount of people here, it was it was crazy. It was crazy.

And this was pretty far from where we were staying. So, we actually decided

were staying. So, we actually decided not to watch the fireworks from there.

And instead, we went to Central World, which is another huge, huge mall that also had a fireworks show. And you can see in this video, the road has been blocked off. And it is just filled with

blocked off. And it is just filled with people. There are probably thousands,

people. There are probably thousands, probably millions of people out in the street. It's It was insane. And

street. It's It was insane. And

personally, I don't really like being in a big city during holidays like this, like like Halloween,

Christmas, New Year's, like these really popular holidays where people usually go out because it's just so crowded and so busy. It's kind of hard to enjoy the

busy. It's kind of hard to enjoy the night or the day with the amount of people there are. So, I would prefer to just stay inside, but I wanted to show

you guys what New Year's Eve was like in uh Bangkok. So, we went out

uh Bangkok. So, we went out for like 8 hours. And here you could just see the beautiful fireworks. It was

a really nice fireworks show. I was uh scrolling on Tik Tok and I saw a video of someone eating this like stuffed

mochi they call it or soft mochi, but it was essentially a big piece of mochi with fruit, cream cheese, cookies, brownies, whatever you want

inside. And then they wrap it up. They

inside. And then they wrap it up. They

close the top and then they put it in like whatever kind of uh topping you want. You could put it in like powder or

want. You could put it in like powder or in corn flakes or whatever you wanted, but I couldn't find it anywhere, so I ordered it online. So, here you can see me eating it. It was good, but I just

wish the cream cheese had more of like that like cream cheese flavor. It kind

of just tasted like whipped cream, more like whipped cream than cream cheese, if you know what I mean. The next day, we decided to go to a popular thrift shop.

I found all the items in the thrift shop to be quite expensive because I guess they are more like higher quality items and also they handpick every item so

that it's not just a random collection of t-shirts, jeans and and whatever.

It's you know a curated collection of specific items that they want to sell.

So I didn't end up buying anything here.

Then we went to the biggest park in or one of the biggest parks in Bangkok, Lumpini. Lumpini Park. I'm not sure if

Lumpini. Lumpini Park. I'm not sure if I'm pronouncing the park name correctly, but we saw these lizards. And at first, I honestly thought it was a snake. And

finally, for dinner, we had this like barbecue meal. On the top, we were

barbecue meal. On the top, we were grilling our meat. But on the side, there was a soup base. So, we were able to put vegetables, noodles, and even the meat after it was cooked on the side

there, and then we were eating it all. I

didn't find this meal had like a lot of flavor, but it was still delicious. and

I would eat it again. The only thing is the meat does take a long time to cook.

So this is us again at Chhatu Chuck Market and you can see the amount of stalls and people at this market. It is

only a weekend market. That means it's only on Saturday, Sunday, the weekend.

So this is a weekend market, an outdoor market. And you can just see the amount

market. And you can just see the amount of stalls here. There are so many vendors and stalls here. It's it's

insane. I think to try to go through this whole market would take more than one weekend for sure. Like

more than one weekend. And that's if you're spending the whole day at this market. And when I was in Bangkok 3

market. And when I was in Bangkok 3 years ago, me and my friend went to this market and had the best pet thai ever.

That was what I remembered. And I also remember it being very cheap. I think it was like 50 bot, which was a really good price. Like that was very cheap. So, we

price. Like that was very cheap. So, we

went to the same spot and I thought, you know, maybe prices increased a little bit, but the prices tripled, the prices tripled. When it's just two times, the

tripled. When it's just two times, the prices doubled, the prices tripled, the prices quadrupled. But in this case, the

prices quadrupled. But in this case, the prices just tripled and it was 150 bot, which was insanely expensive in my opinion for Pat Thai. But I guess it's

just gotten a lot more touristy, so a lot more people go there, so now they can charge those prices. And honestly,

I'm not going to sit here and lie to you guys and say it was the best pai I ever had again because three years ago it was. Three years ago, it was the best

was. Three years ago, it was the best pie I ever had in my life. But this time when we went, it was it was okay. Like

it wasn't anything special. It was just like an average pai. And for the price, it should have been a lot more food and a lot better. The portion was pretty small. There wasn't a lot of chicken.

small. There wasn't a lot of chicken.

The flavor was okay, but it really was a let down. A let down, which I hate to

let down. A let down, which I hate to say because it was my favorite. So, I

definitely won't be going back there ever again. And I have had better pat

ever again. And I have had better pat thai since we went there. Recently, we

went to a night market very close to where we're staying. And I got a pat thai for I think a chicken pie for 70 bot. And that one that one was

bot. And that one that one was excellent. That was an excellent patai

excellent. That was an excellent patai for half the price. So, I will definitely be getting that patai again.

I'll try to steer clear now. I'll try to check market and that area because it is getting more touristy. I see. I mean, it was always touristy and busy, but now it's just gotten like the prices have

just shot up. Oh, and I also tried mango sticky rice. Mango sticky rice. I think

sticky rice. Mango sticky rice. I think

my first ever mango sticky rice, I don't know where I had it. I think it was somewhere in the south, maybe like Phuket, like that area. I had mango

sticky rice there. And I remember it being very good and like very sweet. But

this one was a little bit different. I

think this is more of the authentic mango sticky rice because when I had it, it was salty. I asked a lady and she said that white liquid was coconut. It

was coconut, but uh it was very salty.

It was really, really salty, which kind of threw me off because I was eating the mango sticky rice. And I was expecting it to be sweet, like condensed milk with

mango sweet, but it was like coconut with salt. It was very salty. So, me

with salt. It was very salty. So, me

personally, not really my favorite. If

it was a sweeter, like condensed milk, it would be really, really good. But

that salt definitely threw me off. And

like for dessert, I'm not really trying to have something salty. So, it wasn't really my favorite. But another dessert I tried was a cheesecake from Labs.

I've seen cheesecakes like these online and I've always wanted to try them because they're just like they're so fluffy and jiggly that like how could I

not try it, right? So, this is my first time trying one and I I literally just bit right into it. I know they did give me utensils, so I could have used a

spoon, but you know, when in Rome, I was feeling like I needed to bite into it.

So, I just It tasted how I expected it to taste, just like kind of like a fluffy cake because that's what it looks like. It didn't taste anything anything

like. It didn't taste anything anything like cheesecake. It did not taste

like cheesecake. It did not taste anything like cheesecake at all because I mean, it's more like cake than it is cheesecake, if you know what I'm saying.

And one thing actually that also really surprised me was the raisins on the bottom. That really surprised me because

bottom. That really surprised me because nowhere on the packaging, nowhere on their signs said that there were raisins

on the bottom of the cheesecake. So, one

thing about me is I like raisins, but alone and like very dry. So, I like eating them just like that, nothing else. However, when you cook raisins,

else. However, when you cook raisins, I don't like them. I don't like raisins cooked because then they're just like warm and mushy, and I I personally don't like my raisins warm and mushy. And

these were warm and mushy. So, I didn't really like these raisins with the cheesecake. So, if I had to give this a

cheesecake. So, if I had to give this a rating from 1 to 10, I would give it like a like a four. Like a four. Yeah. I

I would not get this again ever. I would

never get this again. It really wasn't that good. I really love love love

that good. I really love love love cheesecake. I really am not sure why

cheesecake. I really am not sure why they even call it cheesecake, but I guess that's a question for another time. If you guys actually know why they

time. If you guys actually know why they call this cheesecake, let me know. Oh

yeah, and then at another night market, we found the like stuffed soft mochi again. And I will say this stuffed mochi

again. And I will say this stuffed mochi was better than the last one because this one, the cream cheese filling on the inside had more of that like cream cheese flavor. It was like a stronger

cheese flavor. It was like a stronger flavor. It didn't really taste as much

flavor. It didn't really taste as much as whipped cream as the past one I had.

So, this one was better. Now, I want to find one that's amazing. And I'm sure you guys have kind of come to the realization by now, but Pai is one of my favorite Thai foods. And I know it's not

really that adventurous. It's kind of boring, kind of like normal, but I like it and I enjoy it. Although, now I'm starting to eat more and more Thai food, so that might change. But for now, Pai

is still my number one. And this was the pai I was talking about. This pie was 70 bot and it was very good. So this right now is my current favorite pie. And

finally to end the night, we had a cookie. The cookie I picked was a s'more

cookie. The cookie I picked was a s'more cookie. So you can see there's a graham

cookie. So you can see there's a graham cracker on the bottom of the cookie. And

then you know the the middle part of it was chocolate chip, a chocolate chip cookie. And on top there were two melted

cookie. And on top there were two melted marshmallows. So it was quite good. It

marshmallows. So it was quite good. It

wasn't that sweet though, in my opinion.

I don't think they put really much sugar at all. It wasn't sweet at all. It just

at all. It wasn't sweet at all. It just

tasted like a a cookie but with no sugar. It was a little bit weird, but at

sugar. It was a little bit weird, but at least the marshmallow gave it some sweetness. And we finally went to go

sweetness. And we finally went to go watch Avatar. I wanted to watch it while

watch Avatar. I wanted to watch it while I was in Soul, South Korea, but we just never had the chance. We never had the opportunity to go and watch it. But here

in Thailand, we did. So, we went to go watch it and uh it was good. Like I

really like the Avatar series. I

remember watching the first Avatar when it came out I think in when was it 2008 or 2009 like somewhere around there. Uh

it was very very good. The movie was just so different. The blue people looked really cool and it was just a very well-made movie with great CGI. And

this one I found it was exactly the same. Like high quality CGI. The acting

same. Like high quality CGI. The acting

was decent. The story was there. But the

thing is is that I don't know if it's because I'm older now or what. But I

find all these movies to be quite predictable. Like it's really easy to

predictable. Like it's really easy to predict what's going to happen when there's like a moment of tension where like oh is are they going to make it?

Yeah, obviously they're going to make it. They're the main character or

it. They're the main character or they're like someone important. I just

find all these movies so predictable.

That's why I don't really watch movies anymore. It's kind of hard to make a

anymore. It's kind of hard to make a very good, compelling, interesting, engaging story in a two to three hour time frame. It's hard to capture

time frame. It's hard to capture people's attention and like get them invested in characters and then have like a good payoff at the end when you only have 2 to three hours to do that in

a movie.

That's why I prefer watching TV shows. I

feel like TV shows, you can really immerse yourself in the universe of that TV show. So, you get more attached to

TV show. So, you get more attached to the characters. So, when something

the characters. So, when something happens, it matters more to you. And

that's also why I like watching anime. I

think anime stories and characters and character development are a lot better than movies. But lately, I would say in

than movies. But lately, I would say in the past two to three years, I haven't really been watching any movies, any TV

shows. And I really only watched anime a

shows. And I really only watched anime a lot, like religiously during uh 2020. So that's when the whole world was shut down. That's when I

really watched a lot. It was like a year and a half where I watched so many. I

think I've watched over 200 anime. So,

if you name one in the comments, I could tell you if I watched it, yes or no, and if I liked it, yes or no. So, so if you watch anime and uh you want to tell me what you watched or what's your favorite

anime, let me know. I could give you my top three. It's kind of hard to make a

top three. It's kind of hard to make a top three. So, this isn't this isn't

top three. So, this isn't this isn't going to be a specific top three order.

It's just going to be three that I like equally that I would consider my favorites. Attack on Titan for sure. I

favorites. Attack on Titan for sure. I

remember watching Attack on Titan with no spoilers and the plot twists were so insane. That show was unpredictable.

insane. That show was unpredictable.

Unpredictable. HunterX Hunter. I really

like that show. The power scaling, the powers, like everything was really cool.

And uh third, thirdly, I would say Rezero. That one was really interesting because it was different than any other anime I've seen. There

are a lot of animes like that follow the same kind of path, but that one was very different. So, I did like that one a lot

different. So, I did like that one a lot just because it was so different.

Anyways, let me know your top three in the comments. So, yeah, that's been uh

the comments. So, yeah, that's been uh our trip in Thailand so far. We have

gone to see a lot of things. We've been

out. We've been to Chadu Chuck Market.

We've been to a bunch of night markets.

We've eaten a lot of really good food, but we're still here for, you know, a while longer. So, we'll see a lot more.

while longer. So, we'll see a lot more.

So, if you do have any recommendations on things to do or things to see or things to eat in Thailand, let me know in the comments. Okay, so now on to the homework. I want you guys to take out

homework. I want you guys to take out your phone, open up your camera app, and record yourself answering my questions and talking about what you just watched.

So, the questions are, do you prefer warmer weather or colder weather? And

also, what is your favorite movie, TV show, or anime of all time? your number

one record yourself and describe in as much detail as you can. This will allow you to track your progress much better because now you have an actual video of your current English level and maybe in

one or two months you could look back at this video and see how much you've improved. So I do think it's very

improved. So I do think it's very important to visibly see and hear your progress and taking a video is the best way to do that. So, make sure you guys take a video. And then your third

question is just to give me a summary of whatever you remember from this video.

What is something that stuck with you?

Give me a summary of that point.

I want you will become fluent in English. Bye guys.

English. Bye guys.