Random things you only learn from living in Thailand

The double seat on to the right of the door when you get on a bus is reserved for monks. You can sit there, but if a monk gets on you must move right away.

My cold shower is always warmer at night then it is in the morning.

Yogurt flavor: vanilla with pieces of corn and kidney beans in it.

The word for foreigner is the same as the word for guava: farang.

I am now a pro at riding a scooter home with four bags of groceries.

There are over a dozen colors of taxis, and all different combos of stripes down the side.

Taxi drivers will tell you they know where you want to go when you ask, but after you get in they actually don’t.

If you see a movie in the theater, they play the kings song before it starts and everyone must stand to show respect.

No dogs here go hungry. The other morning I saw a businesswoman in a suit pull over on the side of the freeway and feed 3 dogs leftovers.

I walk down a road filled with garbage every morning and there is a couple that is always there going through it. When the woman sees us, she stands up and wais saying, “saway, saway” (beautiful) with the cutest toothless smile and it makes my day.

You can buy sushi for 5 baht on the side of the road, with mayo. ??? That’s just not right.

Thais are obsessed with plastic bags and straws.

I hate it when you’re trying to have a nice meal or relax on the beach and 10 different people come by trying to sell you the same thing (lasers, lighters, sarongs, bracelets) and just stand there even after you politely say you don’t want in Thai.

Pad thai stands never close on Khosan road in Bangkok, and the best pad thai you can get is from street stalls.

There is no point to having 25-cent baht. No point.

Picking your nose in public is not looked down upon.

Fish massage- you stick your feet into a tank with all these little fish and they nibble away the dead skin. You can get them at any supermarket; I have yet to try them.

Obsessed with colored contacts, or black contacts that make then look like cartoon characters. It freaks me out when my young students wear them.

More to come later…