What life in Bangkok Taught Me
I now have up and down two years living in Bangkok. It has become my base of operations, the place I come back if I'm the money and have to work. I have developed a network of friends, business contacts, learned the language, and dominates the city. But now this chapter in my life is over.
I came here with my friend Scott in 05. We were on vacation from work and when landing in Bangkok, decided the first thing we had to do was figure out, like you. We did not want the city. It was dirty, crowded, dirty, dingy and dull. We were glad to leave. And when I returned to Thailand in 06, I spent only 10 hours in the city, before they leave for the islands.
But if I learn Thai, I decided to Bangkok moved because this is the best place to learn language (given would have a tough local accent, it is in one of the learning outside provinces Bangkok Thai the proper Thai). I thought I would find it difficult to leave it for a month and. But soon things changed, and I found myself living in the city. Then, before I knew it, I had fallen in love. The city has much to offer, if you know where to look.
When I go, I can not help but think of all the things that this city has taught me.
Bangkok taught me that first impressions are almost always wrong. I hated the city, when I came here, but the longer I stayed, the more the city will open for me and the more I found it an exciting and captivating place to live. If I had judged my first impression, I would never have been and I never would have enjoyed it.
Bangkok taught me that ideas about safety are overrated. In the West we are very safety conscious. And if we are not, someone will be sure to sue us. But here you see small children motorbikes and people cross the busy roads run, jump up and down buses and walking on sidewalks with gaping holes into tubes. West lawyers would have a field day here. But living here, I have learned that security, while important, is not as important as a level head. Few accidents occur because most people are only aware of their surroundings and use their heads.
So are ideas about cleanliness . Last night, I ate Thai food on the street next to a motorcycle stand. The night before I had made with chicken, which was significantly (on ice) sitting there for some time chicken BBQ. The woman who cooks my Pad Thai uses her hands to make it. But here I am, still alive. They say that a large part of the reason why children develop allergies, because we are so hyper clean that their bodies do not develop resistance. There is no discussion about peanut allergies and wheat allergies here. Our species lasted thousands of years a bit dirty. Bangkok has taught me that a little dirt never hurt anybody really.
Most importantly, taught me Bangkok I can make it anywhere. I moved anything and not knowing anyone here. I spent the first few days alone and on my computer. But within a few months I had made friends, get a job, found an apartment, and learned the language. I was a resident of Bangkok. I managed to survive and even thrive on my own without any help. Bangkok showed me that I could be separate and independent entity. Now as I go in the same situation to Taipei, I'm not worried. If I manage in a city, I can manage another.
living abroad has taught me so much more than you really are discussed in a blog post. So it helped me overcome a lot of my travel fears in such a strange city. I am glad I made the decision, all before that time to stay. I am also glad that I came into the City of Angels for a final stint back in August. I'm not sad to leave here, though. I'll be back.
And now I wonder, to learn by as much in Bangkok, which Taipei teach me?
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