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Culture Clash: Appointments in Thailand – Thai Time
Another cultural insights post. This time it’s about Thai Time. I already talked about it briefly in another post stating that Thais are lazy and quite often come very late. This post now covers the background and shows how appointments in Thailand differ from what we are used to in the western world. Let’s start [...]
culture \ how i met your mother \ thailand
Ted Mosby, Thai architect – What How I Met Your Mother and Thailand have in commmon
I have waited long with this post but finally I found the time to finish it. Two of my favorite things combined. The monday night CBS TV Show ‘How I Met Your Mother’ (granted it was way better when it started a few years ago) and, the country I live in right now, Thailand (guess [...]
love the way you lie – truth in Thailand
Truth and Thailand. Despite the same starting letter those two do not have much in common or to do with each other. While everybody knows that many Asian countries do consider not knowing something as a kind of losing ones face and therefore decide to lie instead of saying ‘I don’t know’ I see a [...]
culture \ paradigm change \ tradition \ youth
thai double standards – a culture in the changing
Thailand. Land of Smile and land of traditions. A country where you can hear the national anthem every morning and every evening on the radio. A land where every school day starts with praying and praising the king. A land that is so proud of it’s traditions, temples and heritage….is about to change. And besides [...]
culture \ personal \ relationships
Hit me baby one more time – loneliness in Thailand
I wouldn’t go as far as Britney back in the days and say that my loneliness is killing me but sometimes it comes close. Well at least it kills some of the joy of being here in the land of smile. Usually it is pretty hard to be alone here in Thailand. That’s part of [...]
Culture Clash: Thai Laziness, Politeness & Smile
This is going to be a tough post. I don’t want to rant to much since I really like it over here and the people are still amazing. So please do not consider my words as unhappiness – it is just a comparisson and one or two suggestions from a…
Why oh wai!
Living to serve – that is the slogan given out by the Thai government / monarchy to the people. For ages. So it makes sense that this attitude is still present in everyday life. One of the most noticeable gestures – dating back to the old times – is the way to great other people. [...]
