Time

Time in Thailand is different than time in the U.S. Saturday night I had worship practice “around 5:00.” Apparently, “around 5:00” roughly translates to 7:13. The pace of the practice also reflected a difference in temporal attitude. We didn’t leave until 9:40. We then met again the next morning “at 7:00” (people other than myself showed up between 8:05 and 9:00). Sunday night we met to go out for dinner “at 6:00” (we left the meeting place sometime after seven).

So time is part of the culture that I still need to figure out. Some things really do start at the stated time. I’m never sure when to show up an hour late and when to be on time.

In other news, the choir sang on Sunday and I had a solo . . . in Spanish!