Monday, December 10, 2007

Livin and Lovin

As I was walking back from teaching a great math class, I saw about 20 elementary school kids walking single file up towards the dining hall. All of a sudden a huge palm frawn cam crashing down about 10 feet from the kids. Everyone gasped at the same time, then after a few second of silence, all the kids starting clapping. I started laughing, it was such a funny thing to witness.

One interesting/surprising thing (maybe) about Thailand is that, unlike a lot of other Asian cultures, Thai people don't use chopsticks. In Thailand, almost everyone uses a fork and spoon to eat all their meals, which is much more practical for curry and rice than chopsticks. The spoon is the utensil for eating and the fork serves to guide the spoon and help push things on to the spoon. Just thought I'd mention that.

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