Bits of culture that may or may not surprise you. Back to Normal After spending eight months in America for itineration/support raising, coming back to Thailand was like coming back to “normal” … in some ways. (You can read about my re-entry observations and surprises about America in my “What is ‘normal’?” series.) Here is a list of what “normal” looks like in Thailand: “Back to […]
Back to “Normal”
Normal is overrated. But we still like to think we are normal, our lives are normal, the world is (mostly) normal… I posted my “What is ‘normal’?” series about American culture a few months ago, so I decided to post my “Back to normal” series from my return to Thailand over on the Window on Thailand page. Hope you will enjoy the list (that is […]
“What is ‘normal’?” series – from America
While spending eight months in America after three and a half years in Thailand, many things in the culture and society struck me as odd, funny, strange, confusing, laughable, and all of the above at once. I made an ongoing list on Facebook, my “What is ‘normal’?” series. Here is the complete series for those interested. It’s like an insider-outsider view of bits of American […]