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kasumi New member

Member since 30 March 2013

kasumiNew member31 March 2013 15:50:32

hi all,
my name is kasumi i'm from Japan.
I came here with a program of my university for 6 months, until september, but as i'm alone to come here, i want to know somebody to be friends as i'm not good at speaking English at all nor Thai (i'm really sorry but i can't understand Thai at all yet..), and as i'm little bit shy, i don't dare to go out yet.
so, now, i'm trying to have contact with you like this
and hope to eat out or something with somebody one day ! um, hopely who could talk with me slowly..
i also really want to study thai !
nice to meet you

thank you!

bonjour,
je m'appelle kasumi, je viens du japon.
je suis arrivée à Chiang Mai il y a une semaine.
Je suis venue ici dans le cadre d'un stage de ma université mais comme il n'y a pas d'autre stagiaire, je voudrais faire des amis ici
mais comme j'ai pas de tout confiance en anglais, je ne comprends pas encore le thaïlandais et en plus je suis un peu timide, je n'ose pas encore visiter partout à Chiang Mai.
Donc, maintenant, j'essaie de faire un post ici, et j'espère qu'un jour on peut aller au café ou qqch comme ça
je cherche aussi qqun qui pourrait m'aider apprendre le thaïlandais et le français ! j'ai étudié le français en France juste 3 mois et je voudrais continuer l'étudier.
merci !

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Harmonie ViP

Member since 13 June 2011

HarmonieViP02 April 2013 11:27:05

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Welcome to Expat.com kasumi!

Hope that you'll get a lot of new contacts here.

Harmonie

johndale Active member

Member since 22 July 2012

johndaleActive member03 April 2013 16:28:12

I'm new here too and would love to have a friend from Japan

slandha New member

Member since 12 March 2013

slandhaNew member04 April 2013 12:23:43

Welcome to Chiang Mai!! I hope you like it

kasumi New member

Member since 30 March 2013

kasumiNew member06 April 2013 05:19:58

thank you very much for the cheers
and this site !! it's really good idea to make such place for meeting ppl or informations all over the world !

kasumi New member

Member since 30 March 2013

kasumiNew member06 April 2013 05:24:05

and, to johndale and slandha,
thank you so much for your messages !!
i'm so glad to come here and have oppotunities to meet new ppl like this!!!

Suchada Member

Member since 18 March 2013

SuchadaMember10 April 2013 10:09:23

Hi Kasumi. I live in Lamphun but I work in Chiangmai. Next month, the most important temple and well-known sight seeing in Lamphun "Wat Pra That Hari Phunchai" will hold an annual Buddhist cerebration and ceremony. There will be thousands of local people and tourists visit there. I hope you, Johndale and other new expats would go and see how local northern Buddhist cerebration will be happened there. It's very easy to go to this temple by any vehicles. Just go along the road to Saraphee and head to Lamphun, no turn right nor turn left. The temple is just located by the main road in Lamphun city . Please feel free to message me if you're really interested to visit there.

kasumi New member

Member since 30 March 2013

kasumiNew member10 April 2013 11:09:26

thank you for your announcement ! that interests me a lot!
do you know the exact day of that Buddhist cerebration ceremony?
I'd love to go there, but as i have school here, i'm not sure if i could visit there or not

it's so kind of you to let us know about the festival!

johndale Active member

Member since 22 July 2012

johndaleActive member11 April 2013 08:44:25

Suchada wrote:
Hi Kasumi. I live in Lamphun but I work in Chiangmai. Next month, the most important temple and well-known sight seeing in Lamphun "Wat Pra That Hari Phunchai" will hold an annual Buddhist cerebration and ceremony. There will be thousands of local people and tourists visit there. I hope you, Johndale and other new expats would go and see how local northern Buddhist cerebration will be happened there. It's very easy to go to this temple by any vehicles. Just go along the road to Saraphee and head to Lamphun, no turn right nor turn left. The temple is just located by the main road in Lamphun city . Please feel free to message me if you're really interested to visit there.

Suchada,

I was at that temple a few weeks ago and was amazed at the energy there. It was a quiet day but the energy in the temple was so calm and peaceful. I couldn't help myself, I just had to sit and meditate for a bit. It was wonderful!

thank you for your suggestion to visit there during the buddhist celebration. I also would like to know the date.

Thanks!

John

TinaTinh Member

Member since 27 June 2011

TinaTinhMember23 April 2013 06:54:43

#10

Hello JohnDale,

We're living in Orange County, CA (about 45' from Los Angeles).

We plan to retire in Chiang Mai by the end of this year. We are Buddhists and love to see the temples when we get there.

Could you please share your experience in Chiang Mai? Many thanks.

Namaste,

Harvey & Tina

kellie120110 Member

Member since 22 March 2013

kellie120110Member15 May 2013 14:26:12

#11

Hi TinaTinh,

I am Kellie I have been in Chaing Mai for approximately 2 weeks, its beautiful here the temples are simply amazing I have only been to a few around where I live, The Thai people are friendly, happy and helpful, (if they are annoyed with me for not knowing the language they surely don't show it) the food is simply amazing, I have not had anything I didn't like so far, also very healthy, lots of fruits and vegetables, If you fly in to Bangkok i would recommend the train to Chaing Mai, its very comfortable and a great way to see the country however it takes approx 12 hours.

I hope this helps if you have any other questions feel free to ask if i don't know i will find out for you, if possible

Kellie