Comments on: Culture Shock http://absolutelybangkok.com/culture-shock/ Welcome to Bangkok Thailand, Airport, Politics, Food, Nightlife and Thai Culture of the Big Mango! Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:43:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bosunj http://absolutelybangkok.com/culture-shock/#comment-6564 bosunj Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:24:39 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=5828#comment-6564 I imagine that some country kid from the central valley of California would find L.A. overwhelming and would quit too. Perhaps one from Deer Lick, KY would be equally overwhelmed by New York. Plausible though as I experience culture shock when forced to go to Duhmerica every few years after having lived outside Duhmerica for more than 16 yrs. I imagine that some country kid from the central valley of California would find L.A. overwhelming and would quit too. Perhaps one from Deer Lick, KY would be equally overwhelmed by New York.

Plausible though as I experience culture shock when forced to go to Duhmerica every few years after having lived outside Duhmerica for more than 16 yrs.

]]> By: Chdarat http://absolutelybangkok.com/culture-shock/#comment-6550 Chdarat Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:33:37 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=5828#comment-6550 Very well put introduction! Yes, it is true that you can face a culture shock in your own country! I have and it doesn’t feel right. This display of ignorance that in the video shows lack of depth in our youth culture, a very sad fact! Most Bangkokoians are so cocooned in their ways of life that when new people arrive, they instantly made to feel different. Thailand is multiethnic and has been for thousands of years. This is something we should be proud of and we should celebrate this fact! Yet, some people arriving in Bangkok will be made to feel alienated by their kinsmen. So isn’t time we actually think about what we do and say and acknowledge that some of our cultural habits are divisive! Very well put introduction!

Yes, it is true that you can face a culture shock in your own country! I have and it doesn’t feel right.

This display of ignorance that in the video shows lack of depth in our youth culture, a very sad fact!

Most Bangkokoians are so cocooned in their ways of life that when new people arrive, they instantly made to feel different.

Thailand is multiethnic and has been for thousands of years. This is something we should be proud of and we should celebrate this fact!

Yet, some people arriving in Bangkok will be made to feel alienated by their kinsmen. So isn’t time we actually think about what we do and say and acknowledge that some of our cultural habits are divisive!

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