Wednesday, February 17, 2010

You Know You've been in Thailand Too long when...

So I decided to make one of these lists on my experience here so far... so here goes...


You Know You've Been In Thailand Too Long When...

  1. Desserts you eat no longer have a specific name like "apple pie" everything is Thai Dessert...
  2. You've named all the stray dogs in your town and know when there's a newcomer... like the mangy white one in Suphan...eww..
  3. You think its normal to eat ice cream between two slices of white bread/sticky rice at 9am...
  4. You aren't upset that there are roaches crawling on the wall/floor of your favorite restaurant...
  5. Everything is "same, same but different" its "up to you" to figure it out...
  6. You are reprimanded for going to teach class and not celebrating someone's birthday in the office...
  7. YOU stare and point at other Farang...
  8. When the weather is in the low 80's you have on a long sleeved shirt...talkin 'bout its "chilly" today...
  9. You no longer use the past tense or articles (a, an or the) when speaking English...I eat dinner yesterday, then I take taxi home.
  10. When you are talking on the phone in your apartment, you look around to see if your roommate pet gecko is listening to your convo...
  11. You don't feel weird when old thai people/your students touch your butt...
  12. Your nickname is door, lamp, stamp, or some other inanimate object...
  13. People say "I love you" and "beautiful" to you more than they say "hello"
Did I cover them all...? Probably not....How do you know you've been in Thailand too long?

3 comments:

nicki said...

14. you ask yourself "do i want noodles or rice?" every day.
15. you know that if you choose noodles, you have about 2398752 options.
16. grades? up to you.
17. you eat so much fish sauce you don't even notice it any more.
18. you wake up in the morning and you wonder what color you're supposed to be wearing.
18.5 you don't give a crap about what color you're supposed to be wearing.

SassyT said...

55555+ Good ones Nicki...esp # 15

Kandia said...

LOL @ #11....strangers touch butts over there? hmmmmmm

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