A day with Thai !!!

Don't ask me why

Maybe out of curiosity, maybe because nothing to do

Anyway, I went for a friendship day with the Thai workers in singapore 

To be frank, I don't even know there is Thai workers in singapore

I thought singapore only has Bangladesh and Indonesian workers

So I am surprised that the amount of Thai people in singapore

That's why I signed up for the event

A little more about me: I can speak mandarin, Malay, English and Cantonese

But NOT THAI

although there is a handout given, I didn't really read through it

In other words, I cannot speak Thai at all

Hmm... Maybe I can say HELLO in Thai 

The event venue is  near lavender, in a basketball court near north bridge food court 

As I am not really familiar to singapore, I took some time to fingered it out the location

Anyway, after asking and searching plus getting lost, I manage to get to the venue although I am 30 minutes late! Haha

Blur queen!

Let's talk about what I have heard and seen there

Actually the Thai men usually work in construction sector

Most if them are dealing with electrical and supervised the construction projects

Their pay is not very high but it is enough for them

Oh, I also noticed that most of the workers are at their middle age 

they have been in sinagpore for about ten year 

Many of them can speak pretty good English and mandarin

I talked to them and asking them about singapore

To them sinagpore is nearer to Thai and that's the main reason they come over

Usually they stay at dorm that provided by the boss

Yet, it is all in the rural area like woodlands

I spoke to a worker and he mentioned that he has been here for 13 years

His children already 23 and 27

He is now 50+ yet still working

His daughter is a teacher and the son is also working in Thai

Yet he still need to work so that the family can have a better life

On the other hand, for the Thai women, they usually work as domestic helpers 

But nowadays they usually come over for marriage 

Many of them married Singaporean 

There are still some women doing Thai massage yet fewer

The younger generation doesn't want to come singapore anymore

Because the pay is lower

They prefer to go Europe or Israel

For agriculture sector, usually they will go Israel for mass production using high technology 

Thai is very good at agriculture especially in rice sector

I realized that Thai are very friendly and cheerful 

They usually gather together for events 

Although the pay is not high, they treasure what they have

They are creative as well 

A great example is the games we played!

Can u imagine what we are playing?

Yup, I think u get it right

We need to use eggplant to "kick" the ball into the goal

I participate the game as well

It is quite fun!

Perhaps next year o camp should include this game

It is a great experience for me

First time get in touch with Thai 

I realized that actually a lot of Singaporean is interested in Thai language and took up Thai in university

Some even when Thailand for exchange

 a little small boy named Tim

3 year old boy that claimed himself as 5!

mixed blood Thai! 

so cute!