Umhlahlandlela wokuhamba waya enkathini ye-Thai psyche
Njengoba uJody Houton etshela, ukuguqulwa kwakhe abe yi-expat eThailand kwakungengozi ngokuphelele. U-Houton uvakashele iPhuket ukuze adideke ekufundiseni isiNgisi eNingizimu Korea. "Ngesikhathi ngisahlezi esihlabathini esise-Kata beach ... ukuthi ukuzwakalisa nokukhandleka nokukhathazeka kwesikhathi sami sasekuseni eKorea kwaqala ukuzizwa sengathi kufana neminyaka, hhayi izinsuku ezimbalwa, kude," kuchaza encwadini.
Eminyakeni eminingana kamuva, uHouton ulahlekile " emigwaqweni ehamba phambili yaseManchester " ngokuqhubeka nokusebenza eBangkok.
Uthi: "Ngifikile iholidi futhi ngiye ngahlala ekuphileni kwami," kubhala. "Kuye kwaba nezikhathi lapho ngifuna ukukhipha izinwele zami ngendlela 'yaseThailand' yokwenza izinto, kodwa intukuthelo kanye nokungavumelani kudlulela njalo futhi ngihlala, ngimomotheka ebusweni bami nesihlahla sikaKhisimusi nesibhamu samanzi I-Songkran ku-cupboard yami. "
Isethulo sika-Houton sokuzihlambalaza sisisimisela sonke isiqondiso sakhe esihle "se-geek's" ezweni lakhe elimukelwe. Umlobi ushaya ibhalansi engavamile: ekudwebeni isithombe esiseduze saseThailand kubantu abangaphandle, i-Houton ihlanganisa inhlonipho enempilo yendaba ngale-detryment wry.
Isakhiwo somagazini wesimanje
Ihlanganiswe nezinhlobonhlobo ezingenangqondo, ezinengqondo ezifundweni eziningi - futhi zihlanganiswe nezithombe ezinhle (ngezinye izikhathi ezingajwayelekile) - I-Geek eThailand kubonakala sengathi ifundwa ngezikhathi ezincane. Ifomu le-style le-magazine elihlakaniphile lencwadi livumela i-Houton ukuthi ibambe imininingwane ejulile ngaphandle kokucindezela umfundi.
Uzohamba kusukela kwesinye isihloko kuya kwesinye ngaphambi kokuthi wazi. Ama-ladyboys. Umphakathi waseThailand owaziwayo. I-dichotomy yesiko sama-pop yase-Thai, kokubili i-Thai kakhulu futhi iboleka kakhulu esuka phesheya. Umchazi wezimpikiswano zezombangazwe zamanje. Futhi umhlahlandlela wesithameli eBangkok nakulo lonke izwe.
Ama-sidebars avumela i-Houton ukuba yenze inyama ibe yinto ejabulisayo, kodwa uyibeka ekusebenziseni kangcono kakhulu lapho ekhuluma ngokuthumela ama-expats noThais ukuze bathathe isinqumo sabo emphakathini wabo.
U-Houton uzimisele kakhulu ukungethula kude nakakhulu (abafokazi) abaye bafunda ukuphumelela eThailand, njenge-pizza inkosi uBill Heinecke, udokotela wamahhashi u-Benjamin Tardif nomculi we- luk thung uChristy Gibson.
Kuyathakazelisa - uma kuyinsimu eyingozi
Ngempela, i- A Geek eThailand ayibhaliswanga uThais, kodwa i- farang : izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezifuna ukudlulela okungaphezu kokuhlala kwezinsuku ezimbalwa ePhuket noma eBangkok.
U-Houton uyindoda engaphakathi ephelele yomsebenzi, ngoba yena uyingxenye yaseThailand kodwa okwamanje uvalelwe kuyo. Enye yezinkulungwane ze- farang eziye zangena ekhaya futhi zabiza ikhaya laseThailand, iminyaka engu-Houton yamuzwa imvumela ukuba amemezele ngokuzethemba abaseThailand ngaphandle kwabo bonke, ngaphandle kokuwa nomuzwa wokuzizwa noma ukukhathazeka.
I-Geek eThailand ingcono kune-guidebook: kungumgwaqo wendlela ye-Thai psyche, insimu engahle ibe yinto ethakazelisayo (futhi nje njengengozi) njengoba indawo yangempela ihlolwe ngokushicilelwa kokuhamba okuningi kokuhamba.
Ukuze uthole imininingwane eminingi encwadini, vakashela ikhasi leTuttle Publishing. Izivakashi zokuqala eziya eThailand zizozuza kulolu mhlahlandlela kulokho okuzopakisha uhambo lwakho olulandelayo lwaseThailand .
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