Before I went on exchange I talked to as Thailand rebounds(people who went on exchange) as possible to try to figure out what my life would be like this year. And I was always shocked at what they had to say.
For example, they would say stuff like "Yeah, it's about 40C outside but you wear pants anyway."
And they would say it like it was a completely normal action. Like they had been doing it their whole life.
But the thing is, on exchange, things do become normal, and the strange thing is that you don't even notice it happening.
For instance...
1. Elephants in the street.
2. Dog fights outside my house.
3. Getting lost on the bus.
4. Getting lost on the street.
5. Getting lost on a boat.
6. Eating rice during every meal.
7. Showering more than twice a day.
8. Wearing pants when it's 40C outside.
9. Drinking soda out of a bag.
10. Always drinking from water bottles with a straw.
11. Always using a fork and spoon to eat everything.
12. Calling something more than $1 expensive.
13. Forgetting English words and how to use proper grammar.
14. Finding holes in the floorboards on the buses.
15. Eating foods and not knowing the contents of the food.
16. Lizards, spiders, flies and mosquitoes in my room.
17. Saying Thai words instead of English words.
18. Eating just fruit for a day.
19. Not knowing the date/time/location I am in.
20. Eating when I'm not hungry and not eating when I am hungry.
21. All my friends here are from different countries/states.
22. My worst and only fear is being deported.
23. The outdoors being hotter than the indoors.
24. Buying everything from 711.
25. Spending hours a day on public transportation.
And then there are things that used to be normal, that I now find bizarre.
For example.....
1. Finding a bathroom that has a western toilet/toilet paper/soap/a sink.
2. Eating western food for every meal.
3. Driving instead of walking places.
4. Places that are super clean.
5. Drinking tap water.
6. Taking warm showers.
7. People enforcing safety rules/laws.
8. Speaking in English all the time.
There are more things but I am just so used to life here that life in America seems so foreign to me.
I guess I am slowly becoming Thai and so far, it's not so bad.
Book: Finished where the Red Fern Grows, The Da Vinci Code, Someone Like You by Roald Dahl (it's his book of short stories) and another book of short stories of which I forgot the name. And now I'm reading Remember me- its a murder mystery/sci-fi thing? I'm not really sure but so far it's pretty good!
Thai: Kit kum........................................................................................................................Belt
