My Blog, what do you think?
admin March 24th, 2007
i All!
I have started this blog a few days ago and I have many ideas on what to talk about but it would be nice if you tell me what you think!
Do you have any questions you always wanted to ask to a Thai girl? I know we are very misterious sometimes!
About the food? About what we think of “Farangs”?
Anything! I’ll be happy to reply 
And, generally, what do you think about the idea of a thai girl keeping a blog?
Thank you!
Lek
a Thai girl is right that she has a blog as whichever other girl of
the world .
you could continue to tell your feelings and bringing back
these to the girls who as you come in Italy for love
Em
Hi Lek!
I believe it’s always great when you have something to say. A blog is a good way for saying everybody what you have in mind. It’s very cheap compared to the potentialities it offers you.
Diversity is the key of human growth. Ideas borns from observation of different situation and culture. Please use this blog for showing us that life is not the same all over the world! Communicate us how you live, what you like and, in particular, which are values of your culture. Often people does mistakes because there are not terms of comparison and believes his way of doing something is the right one, only because it’s the only one they know.
Good luck with your tripluca and your life in general!
In June I will be in Bangkok, unfortunatly only for one day (wednesday 13). I would be interested in finding on your blog some ideas on how to spend that day if I were interested in an alternative point of view on thai food, rather than on buddhism or thai history.
Ciao
Luca
To Write is always a good thing.
Not only for the others, but for you most of all.
So..that’s all, go on with your work.
And , please, say “baciamo le mani” to Don “tripluca” Porchetti.
Ciao
Hi Lek! If you feel like to write a blog, why not? definitely share travelling experiences and tell about own culture is important to understand each other, and gain knowledge! isn’t it?
I’d really like to visit Thailand! tell me, what Thai people think about foreigner girl travelling by herself?
When we go abroad if we don’t know about culture or religion, easily we could make boob or get in trouble…
For example since January I’m in Maldives warking in a shop, and often I have problem with local guys just because I’m a European girl!! I let you imagine what they think about us…
Anyway, good luck with your blog!! ciao
Hi Lek, nice to meet on the web.
I also have some hesitations to write my bussiness in front of several readers (probably, because I’m also buddhist ;-),
even if I think it’s a good way to spend our time.
Further, writing is a way to make the other people informed about the rest of the world.
I think, I will follow your step, sooner or later.
hugging
Monica
Hi Em,
Thank you for your comment. I will write about Italy soon. Anyway sometime Love is not enough if you not undertsand and forgive. So I went to Italy by lot of love and understand and forgiveness.
Take Care
Lek
Hi Topen, Ulysses, Lydia, Monica,
Thank you a lot! for your all comment. Soon I will write about my culture and what to do here in Bangkok also how Asian think about foreigner girl travelling…..
All that questions make me have power to write things that if they could help you understand Asian culture a little more, that would make me very happy.
Take Care
Lek
Hy lek, I’m Antonio. Your blog is very nice and your way of write is spontaneously, witty and fun.
About the women I think who all are very misterious, perhaps the Tai girl are more mysterious.
It’s a little time who I would to visit your wonderful country bad I put off the travel because my English is not very good and I could make the travel not alone for the first time.
Hi Lek, i can’ t belive! Lek-on-the-web! Yeah Yeah Yeah!!! I think is great idea, “the other side of the travel”… so, i have a question, is true that thai girls love ice cream? in especially italian ice cream?
I’ m joking, i’ m very happy for you new project and i hope reed many storyes about travel, food, food, food….
Ciao, Luca
Dear Topen/Luca,
I wrote a article for you about one day in Bangkok:
http://www.tripleklek.com/what-to-do-one-day-in-bangkok/
Hope you will like it
Have a nice trip!
Bye
lek
hi Lek…
just to understand.. (as you said in your message, we like to ask to understand more..), but..where are you now? Are you come back in Bangkok?
Have you find another job?
I was very surprised to read that you left you job.. just .. to travel only.
Maybe sometime is more strong to follow parent’s wishes…
I think you wrong to say that asian girls are not strong.
Really I admire your devotion for family.. Here in Europe often we..desire to be independent, maybe too much. at the end.. our link with family is not.. so strong.
Consider more and more what your dad say to you. And if you are in Bkk, don’t forget that you live there..not here…
Have a nice day.
Dear Gus,
Thank you for your comment.
I am just a normal girl but I am lucky that I just have chance to learn more and to see some parts of this world.
For your sentence “we like to ask to understand more.” ..I know: if my boyfriend he would like to know something and he asks me, I have to explain him very clearly.
This is sometimes not easy to make him understand well.
For example:” How far from here to there?”
If I answer not far. he will ask more “how many kilometer?” so I say I don’t know, well he will say “why you don’t know? So how many minute?”, so I say “maybe 5 minutes”, if I am wrong he complains (that why I said ask for understand very clear).
But when I ask somebody “how far from here to there?” If he answer “not far” I don’t ask how many kilometers or how many minute and I continue walking. if I can’t find I ask again.
You will see this because in Thailand not everybody can read map so I really have no idea about that too.
O.K. I am now in Samui Island southern of Thailand as I am just back from Bali.
I am not looking for job but I left my job to work with Luca and travel too.
My parent very proud of me as they wished I graduate and so I did for them and for myself. When I started to work I always never forgot to take care of them as everybody does in Thailand, it’s the best thing to do in our life.
When I have boyfriend I told it to my parents and always told my mom where I go and it was the meeting with him.
Sometime I do like parents want, but not everything.
We discuss and understand each other.
If they agree, that’s because they trust me and they want to see me happy first, not them.
So are my parents (I believe many parent are too).
So whatever I do I always tell my parents. If I am happy they also are but if one day I am sad they also hug me and give me new energy.
I always remind myself that I am Thai and I am Asian and
if I can travel and choose my life style, it does not mean I am strong deeply inside.
Everybody has to find peace and me too.
Yes, there are many strong Asian girls but what I mean is that some of them may not be strong anymore if friends and family do not agree with their choices, while western girls are stronger: they know what they want and they reach to the aim.
All I talking about is what happens in my life, with my friends and the people I know.
I do not mean to represent all Thailand.
Have a nice day!
Sawassdee Kha
Lek
hi n’Lek,
please accept my apologies..it was not my intention to be unpolite…if you felt so about me.
Often I talk with people (even if I know them since few minutes) in same way I talk with myself…. quite frankly!
In truth.. I am not a fussy boy..on the contrary.. I’m really easy going.
Just .. I’d like to make you understand that … reality is always different.
I’m reading your message ‘..while western girls are stronger: they know what they want and they reach to the aim’.
Well, it could be.. but maybe this is only becuase of different opportunities (job, money, study, culture and so on..). I think that, in XXI century, modern girls are not so different. They have same dreams, same heart, same feelings.
Sure we judge reality starting from different point of view and value.
If I see a girl work hard all day long under sun in the market only to sell few fish..for few baht..(maybe with some baby at home) ‘how’ can I not think .. ’she is strong’? many of girls I know here.. could run away crying.. be sure!
When I said you that… sometime is more strong to follow parent’s wishes…well I lost mom some months ago. And sometime I ask to myself..’gus, it was so big sacrifice to follow and to accept her thinking?’… You are right to say “Sometime I do like parents want, but not everything. We discuss and understand each other”.This is correct. But if you will stay in Europe long time.. you will see that ..people here have forgotten ‘how’ to smile (is this a good exchange?) . Italian and Thai culture consider family very important and I never doubt you take care about them. After you will see..all the world.. you will understand.. that ..is not ‘where’ are you or ‘what’ you will learn that make you stronger.. but .. to feel you happy since you wake up from bed, till you come back to sleep in the evening. Happy because you know your meaning in this wonderful, strange world.
keep in touch!
sawasdee krab!
Gus
Dear Khun Gus,
I am sorry to hear that about your mom. I know that is not easy to forget but anyway if you trust yourself that the thing you have done make you happy so it’s not wrong.
For the next thing you can make it better and remind yourself what made you mum happy, it is not too late for doing and I think she will always keeping looking at you from heaven.
(Sorry I know it’s not polite to teach you but I don’t want you think it’s bad if you do something to be happy).
Please apologize.
I know many hard workers in Thailand.
For sure they are working hard but some people are happy if they working hard and get money honestly and know how to use that money and live without following anyone.
Yes, you are right if you saw a lady sale fish under the sunshine, how you will not pity her with a child waiting at home.
But if you think another way if she can’t sale all she can eat that fish with her family.
If she stays under sunshine maybe for her it’s better than working for somebody who complains and get the same money as in the market selling fish. So you think which one will make she happy.
If you have the chance please go to India and you will see how hard people live. (I am sorry maybe you have already be there).
My parent also working hard when they were young until now .
(my mom from framer and my dad from sugar cane farm) but now my father is a builder.
He did not graduate but he does this job because he loves it and he has talent for it.
And he never complains if he is working hard because he gets money from his power and brain.
When I was young I always help my mom cooking and we coking for workers too. We never cook different.
If my family eats pork so they eat pork too.
I am from a medium family in Bangkok and I have many rich friends.
But my dad always taught me…”Rich or Poor are the same human, the very important thing is behavior”.
So my dad always teach me to respected everybody even if they are our workers.
And don’t look down of them because they are working for us. They help our business and to earn our money.
So I think rich can become poor and poor can become rich.
It’s not because you just waiting for chance to become rich but it’s because you go to find a chance and do it.
I know many poor people but they are happy with what they have and they not give up.
So they might be happier than the people who have money in the pocket.
I think western lady is strong because maybe they fear to travel alone but they don’t want to give up.
So they realize the dream.
Compare with some of my friend who have money but they don’t want to travel alone.
Even if in Thailand because they are afraid and think it’s waste of money as they can use it to buy a nice dress or shoes.
It’s not because they must have time or chance but it’s they just do not give the chance to themselves.
If you know many Luca’s friends, somebody travel without money but they do not give up because they love it so they not stop to make their dream come true (see PaoloTripMaiTrop http://www.paolotripmaitrop.com/blog/ for instance).
It’s not because of education: you will see sometimes somebody not high educated who can be rich.
Why? They can do something like educated people do, maybe even better because they do not give up and try and believe in them selves and because they want to learn.
(Like english language; if you don’t learn and try, how you can speak or read it?).
I used to think this world is wonderful but when I started to go out to work I saw something different, not like my dad taught me.
So many times I made mistake but I never give up.
Because I always told myself that I have to help myself first before I ask somebody to help me.
I want to be strong because I want to show my parent that I can take care of myself.
And not just only man can go out to work and take care of family.
We can’t born to be successful but we can choose to be if we do not give up.
Bad or Good is not because of where you are from or somebody helps but it’s because you choose to be.
If someone not smile for you that does not mean you will never get a smile from some person that you don’t know.
Maybe you try to smile for them first.
Maybe if they don’t smile back because they might be moody that time.
Every thing has a reason and everybody does something with a reason.
So you can’t expect anything from anyone but you can expect something form yourself if you think that makes you happy to become a small part of this world.
P’ Gus I write this because as you said we have a different ideas.
And you are right because this is my idea about this world.
Don’t say you are not polite because maybe the person who is not polite is me.
Anyway Thank you for all your comment I will keep it in my mind.
Maybe I am talking too much, might bore you and misunderstand more.
English word might be hard to make you know what I want to say.
Different with your language or my language.
Please apologize if some word might make you misunderstanding.
Take Care
Sawasdee Kha!
Lek