Online Class Notes (Tibo)

It has been a while.

I took one week holiday and I went to Thailand.
I went to Bangkok and Phuket

This time I went with my friend.
April is Thailand’s new year.

We just rented a boat and visited some island

we went diving.
Someone helped me to dive / I didn’t dive alone

In front of them I should / had to be a good girl but with my friends I can drink and enjoy the party.
Also I can go to nightclubs, I don’t need to go back before 12. / I don’t have a curfew

Everybody in Thailand smokes marijuana
There are marijuana shops everywhere.

Some shops have a clinic / look like a clinic. they use a clinic symbol, they say it is clinic but it is for smoking marijuana.

If you don’t know and you walk in and realize it, you can have a weird time

If they don’t have the knowledge they can’t understand.

Chinese customs will check from your hair / may take a hair sample, If you have smoked you may face troubles. / if they find traces of marijuana they may punish you / they may send you to jail.

Maybe they want to show a strict attitude / they are tough.
this will harm to your brain -> this will be harmful (adj)  to your brain / this will harm your brain

I drink every week with my friends, I think my memory is getting worse.
Sometimes I want to say something but I forget , my attention span is getting shorter

I usually forget things. Maybe it makes our attention span shorter / maybe it shortens our attention span

Compared with western countries, Thailand is cheaper for the travel expenses / costs.
It is easy to get the ID -> it is easy to get a visa / green card 

In BKK there are music festivals everyday / it is noisy every day

HKese they have more stress and burden with the house loan
I plan to travel to HK / during the labour day holiday.

You can judge from their voice, when they are speaking.
nobody obeys the law  / no one enforces the law.
They have traffic laws for speed and the maximum number of passengers / car capacity

When I first came to Thailand, even after covid they changed their laws about marijuana and a lot of travelers from all over the world and if you have money you can do anything apart from talking royal family

You cannot smoke the e-cigarette in Thailand, it is banned / forbidden
They want to earn more from marijuana.

Thailand opened earlier than Korea and Japan. Flight tickets are cheaper
A lot of people go to Thailand and get surprise.

Last time it was a travel group, maybe it is cheaper.
I couldn’t do anything.
I think it is a good place but you cannot travel alone, you need to have friends with you.

the day after we left BKK, one Korean guy was shot. It was near the music festival.

This is the safest way.

there is an 80% chance for them to help you.

Vocabulary

visa on arrival (n) visa when you get to the airport
Thailand offers visa on arrival

e-visa (n) visa on the internet
You can get an e-visa

visa (n) document allowing to stay in a country for a certain time
I got a 1 month visa to go to Thailand

green card (n) document allowing you to stay in a country for as long as you want
He got a US green card.

bribery (n) when you pay for an official to help you
I managed to get the business license with a bit of bribery

pay a bribe (v)
She paid a bribe to the police

attention span (n) how long you can focus
My attention span is getting shorter

harmful (adj)
Drugs are harmful

to harm (v)
Taking drugs harmed his brain

curfew (n) rules saying you can’t be out after a certain time
I need to respect my mom’s curfew

marijuana (n) 大麻
you can buy marijuana in

Pronunciation

island

pace (speed)
the life pace is slow

loan

royal

loyal (adj) faithful

lawyer