Foreign student life in Bangkok:
Moran Alfasa from Ramat Gan, Israel

This is Moran and his new friend, Duncan. Both of them are study in the freshman Year at IIS.

Beside the university, there is a minimart where you can buy some snacks, drinks, or stationary and etc. during your class break.

In front of the minimart, there is ATM where he can get the cash out of quickly. He can get his cash in every ATM machine but if ATM machine own by another bank which he’s not using as a member, it will charge 3 baht fee for the third time he take out the cash.

Before he goes back to his room, he sometimes stops by the bookstore to look for the book that he interest. The bookstore is available on the second floor of the building.

Boring when you are waiting for someone? There are many games available for everyone in the apartment to play. The popular one is photo hunt. The charge is 10 baht for each games.

This is the photo of Moran in the lobby of the apartment. When the guest is coming to see him, they can just wait for him here.

To get inside the room or living area, he will need to scan the card which they provide for people who’s living in the apartment only so that they can make sure for the security.

Apart from the key card that use for the entry. The security guard will be here to make sure there is no stranger gets inside the building and calling him if his guest or his friend is waiting for him.

Before get inside, he will take off his shoes as Thai people do. It is also not walking around the room with the shoes to make the room dirty.

After he got back from the university, he will do his homework and study for the next class.

He’s also need to feed his two lovely fish everyday because if he not feed them, it will bite each other’s tail to eat each other’s moss, as the moss will be on the fish tail and finally dead.

Besides feeding his fish, he is also need to watering his plant every day. He keeps his plants at the balcony to make sure that they get some sunlight.

What is that small black things on the right side? Why does he keep the charcoal in the refrigerator? Many people believe that, keeping the charcoal in the refrigerator will help to reduce the smell.

To treat the guest, he provides the drink for the guest as well even the guest say yes or no. This is I and Moran while we are doing the interview.

Story by Thanapol Sinprajukpol Student , 3^rd year in BA Mass Communication (Multimedia) at IIS-RU, Ramkhamhaeng University. Special big thanks to Lilaya Thipmanee.