Sounds like you aren't living in Thailand ????. It's not gently nice music and chanting from temples, nor laughing playing children at the school......it's ear splitting old Thai pop music on a loop starting at 5am to midnight over several days, and Loud speakers at the schools with some crazy music and nasal squawking woman rambling on the on for hours for days at some event. Then the random explosions from extra loud fireworks. It's not normal noise or noise levels, and it's not even over after a few hours.
Earplugs have zero effect against cranked up base noise.