Frequently Asked Questions

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Where to find Thai Groceries?

In good old Ames Jung's Oriental Store (next to the West HyVee), Ames Asian Market (one block north of Cub Foods), and UNI Mart (across the street from the Family VDO) are only three sources for Thai groceries for our Thai people (Mar 05). Somehow in Asian aisle in HyVee, you can find few Thai groceries there too such as fish sauce aka smelly bad but taste darn good.

If you can drive a little bit furthur or live closed to Des Moines, you might wanna go to Thai Grocery at 1220 2nd Ave. Many of goods are cheaper than those in Ames (don't forget to think that you have to pay the gas and drive there)

Finally, if you're still messing around in your kitchen or feeding up with your Thai cooking style. There are two Thai restaurants in town, The Spice in Downtown and Thai Kitchen in Campus Town.

 

 

What to eat in Ames ?

Especially for new Thai students or visitors if you are still curious what to eat in Ames, you might want to take a look at these Webs:

Ames (almost) complete list dining Guide

Ames Beat - "find out what's going down in the Ames area"

Local Google - Still can't find, try good old Google. Fill in " Ames" in where box.

 

How to buy cheap stuff? I really mean those cheap.

Quote from an alumnus

The other good thing is "free after rebate". (I'm gonna miss those tons of good deals for sure.) I got a legacy from someone elseto be a master of rebate and it seems that no one wants to continue this title. So I give you guys the following links just in case that some try to reach the top :)

www.techbargains.com
www.ableshoppers.com
www.computerlandcentral.com
www.ebates.com
www.dealcoupon.com
www.dealsea.com
www.fatwallet.com
www.spoofee.com
www.ecoupon.com
www.epinion.com
www.pricetool.com

 

Salary Salary Salary.

Salary report from ECS (Engineering Career Services, Iowa State)

http://www.eng.iastate.edu/ecs/employers/Salary%20Offers.html

Want to know how much people in ISU get paid?
http://desmoinesregister.com/extras/salary/

Calculate salary in the specific area
from Slashdot, powered by Yahoo! hotjob

http://hotjobs.salary.com

Salary sources from Monster.com

http://salary.monster.com/

 

Other degrees in 2004

 

Shipping stuff back to Thailand

Besides shipping via USPS, UPS, or FedEx in Ames, if you have big and amount of stuff you might consider shipping by another methods. There are several Thai shipping company located in Chicago which you can call and ask them to pick your stuff from Ames. The company name is listed below in alphabetical order: