I have been stalling blog posting seeing my blog’s hits jumping everyday. But that’s due to one dramacrazy post only and that is not fair. Not that I’m not happy but at least see other things too.

I have prepared a lot of posts already which need some work, and for that, I’m not finding time.

On other note, I have shifted to other accommodation from the flat I was living in earlier. The flat was too big for me and now this one bedroom home is suiting me a lot. It has got everything I wanted.

So, in this post, I’ll tell you about some customs followed in Thailand which I’ve learnt till now. Before coming here, I read a lot about dos and don’ts in Thailand on web. Being a girl, you have to take care of clothes too. Anything can offend the people of other cultures. So what I read about clothes were these – Try not to wear sleeveless. If you wear one, keep something to cover the upper portion with you, especially when going to temples. Then, Thai people don’t like girls to expose their legs, even a little bit. There were other many things which I’ll keep comparing with what I’ve actually seen (if I remember some).

So first of all, don’t point your feet towards anything, ever. I don’t exactly know the logic behind this but you can’t even sit on chair with your one leg over the other one, a sitting position which Indians like a lot. And trust me, this one is quite difficult (at least for me). About this, I was informed on the very first day when I met the coordinator of our training programme. I even noticed it on TV. Digimon’s last season – Xros Wars was going on (it was Thai dubbed) and whenever there was a kick, they would blur the feet part. It seems that they consider it very rude and insulting.

Next is, never ever keep your hand over someone’s head especially elder people. They take it as you challenging their brain or something like that. This is a total no no.

These were the only two things which we were warned about. Now about clothes, not only they have no problem with girls wearing shorts or half pants, Thai girls themselves wear such clothes. I haven’t gone out much, only one place. But there too, I saw girls wearing quite short length shorts or whatever they are called (excuse my lack of knowledge in this field, please). Yeah, you shouldn’t wear skirts, they offend them but even then, no one would say anything to you. Temples may be a bit stricter in this regard. You need something to cover your upper part if you have tank tops or tops with very thin straps (although definition for “thin” varies for everyone, but I guess, you got the idea). And for lower part, anything above knees is not allowed in the temples, that’s what I have heard (no, I asked my Thai mentor about it). I don’t know anything about socks (if you read some weird thing about people not being fond of socks). Yesterday, we went to two different Buddha temples where me as well as some Thai girls were wearing socks (obviously, we went directly from the company and we have to wear safety shoes). It was a new experience too.

Well today is Sunday and we are not going out anywhere, so I’m thinking of completing my pending works. I sooo wanted to go out but we haven’t received our insurance. Not that I can’t go without it but our sir is very particular about it. He doesn’t want to take any risk and it actually is alright. I would be able to relax and watch some more dramas.

And I’m into rock right now and liking this song very much – 

Then I shall take my leave for today. See you soon!