Tag: culture
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A Child of the Northeast
I just finished a novel set right in the province of Ubon. It was written by Kampoon Boontawee, a native of the Isaan region of Thailand. The book won some awards back in 1976 when it was written. I read a translation by Susan Fulop Kepner with a copywrite date of 1994. The novel takes…
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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…
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Module 3
I’ve started my third and final module at language school. Monday at the start of the day we had a huge class of 10 students. They split us into two groups of 5. Those of us who have been studying together the last two months narrowly avoided being separated.  Entrance into module 3 means…
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Ubon
I had a good visit with friends in Ubon this past weekend. I rode the train up Thursday night (skipping class on Friday). I actually slept pretty well on the train. Not realizing a breakdown during the night had put the train two hours behind schedule I got up earlier than I needed to. The…
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Language School
I finished up my first half week of language school. I am enjoying the class (excluding most of the current material composed of basic sounds (consonants, vowels, and tone) that I had already done much to learn prior to the start of class). It’s a fun class with an entertaining mixture of cultures. The class…