A Bike Ride Through Thasala, Thailand
“We’ll take two Thai teas waan noi,” I say to Bo, my favorite barista in town. Her smile says, “I know you only like a little sugar.” Ali and I thank her and tuck our teas into our bike baskets. After teaching five classes, we are excited to bike to my local beach. While making […]
Ah ha!: Recognizing cultural variability – Ruth Stotter – Thailand 2016
The first night I was at Mahasarakham University in northern Thailand, members of the Western Languages and Linguistics Department faculty took me to a restaurant. We sat around a large table with platters of artfully arranged and delicious looking food in the center. Waiters put food on our plates. No one moved. Everyone was looking at me — and […]
Give Back to my Birth Country – Piyavan Sukalakamala – Thailand 2013
I was born in Thailand. After all of the education I received in the United States, I always wanted to give back to my birth country. As a Fulbright Scholar, I had an opportunity to teach at Bangkok University, Thailand during Summer 2013. I felt fortunate to return to Thailand in this capacity as it […]
Stephen Cottrell – Thailand 2007 – Japan 2009 – Vietnam 2013
The English novelist George Orwell best captured my first experience in Vietnam with his penetrating words, “If the war didn’t kill you it was bound to start you thinking.” Having survived the former, I became a huge fan of the latter. It can be safely assumed that many readers of this article have experienced defining […]