Thai Thinking … so different from ours

It’s a bit cool in Thailand at the moment at night.

This past week has required both a sheet and, as the house cools down later in the night, a blanket to stay warm.

All good … it’s Winter now here.

But the crazy bit is that we still sleep with the fan on …

"Why" I asked … "because I like it was the reply … I always have it on" … as she pulls the blanket up around her chin and shivers a little at 3am.

Thai Thinking … so different from ours ...

What have you experienced here in Thailand that is different and truly wacky thinking?

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Innocent as children.

But the crazy bit is that we still sleep with the fan on

It keeps the mozzies at bay.

I saw a Thai get granted and International driving licience.

odd.... I had the same response. ...and yes... and some seeds fell on stony ground... believe me its pretty stony in Thailand

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Have just been told this morning that as we are having our house painted I cant hang out the laundry as my underwear may offend the painters............. Its only clean boxer shorts <deleted>.

Always have a fan at night ,even did in the UK ,just got used to it .

Dunno. I sleep under a duvet with the fan or Aircon on or sometimes with both on... Why. Because I want to.

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I like sleeping under a cover / blanket / duvet of some kind, and if I need to turn the fan or aircon on in order to do that then I will.

I've always found the fan's artificial breeze washing over to me to be quite relaxing anyway.

Edited January 9, 201313 yr by Trembly

Like Semper said it keeps the mozzies at bay, i just have the aircon on. However if its real cold like on some places in Thailand i would just stop the fan and get some creme against the mozzies.

But Thai thinking differs from mine a lot, i plan things a lot they do things when they want to and things can change in a heartbeat. It does lead to conflict at times.

If you have the window open, and the fan aimed at the window when nature calls, it will blow the stench out the window.

Edited January 9, 201313 yr by metisdead
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Like some others, I like to sleep with a nice quilt - so I need a pretty cold A/C setting for that. Guess it's illogical but it's what I like.

As for differences in thinking I've come across - too many to mention. But not sure how many of them are wacky - a lot of them are perfectly sensible, just different. Having said that, while cultural differences obviously exist and matter (and I'm a HUGE believer that an understanding or at least awareness of said differences is vital), at the end of the day people are people and can generally be worked out.

Typing that out I realize I'm probably poorly equipped to opine - I might have been here too long to judge with complete accuracy what would reasonably be considered odd from a Farang perspective...

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I always have the fan on, without air moving around the room it feels stagnant. I can't stand a stagnant room.

Living in Korea in the winter I had the floor heating on set at 30 and the aircon on set at 24. Perfect environment as it was still warm yet there was a cool breeze. (Plus I wasn't paying the bills)

The other thing is toilet paper, back in western land they all use toilet paper, how horrid is that after using a bum gun for a decade and a half?

Edited January 9, 201313 yr by tuky

If you have the window open, and the fan aimed at the window when nature calls, it will blow the stench out the window.

Maybe a useful tip for our more senior TV members who have become incontient....

I understand the mozzie angle ... but we do sleep under a huge (newish) net, so they are not an issue.

A good friend of mine replied to me, when I asked him the same question was that, like some of you, he found the breeze quite comforting. In Winter ... I just find it cold.

But it's the Thai Thinking … so different from ours ... that I wish to focus on.

All in a good and light-hearted way of course ...

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Sort of thinking about the OP in this way.

We have a 'way' of thinking in the West, which, despite the regional variances, is sometimes quite polar in their difference to how, in general, Thai people would approach the same problem.

For example ... if you wish to save on the ongoing costs of running an elevator (lift) you might separate the floors along the lines of ... Floors 01 - 10 is the elevator on the right and floors 11 - 20 are accessible by the lift on the left.

So, when I moved into a long stay apartment last year, I was bemused to see the above sign.

and lift control.

Two completely different ways of approaching the same problem ...

BTW ... one of the honorary members here might know this building as he shares the same user name ...

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Have you not heard that often used phrase " Thailand do this or do that" of all the countries in the world this is the centre of best practice, did you not understand? When you first arrive you get a sort of feeling that things are different here, they have evolved over the centurys ( here evolved means no change) thats why they are tried and trusted and new fangled ways are just fads.

You can make small changes here but you have to come at them froma different angle to what the rest of the world calls normal

Sort of thinking about the OP in this way.

We have a 'way' of thinking in the West, which, despite the regional variances, is sometimes quite polar in their difference to how, in general, Thai people would approach the same problem.

For example ... if you wish to save on the ongoing costs of running an elevator (lift) you might separate the floors along the lines of ... Floors 01 - 10 is the elevator on the right and floors 11 - 20 are accessible by the lift on the left.

So, when I moved into a long stay apartment last year, I was bemused to see the above sign.

and lift control.

Two completely different ways of approaching the same problem ...

BTW ... one of the honorary members here might know this building as he shares the same user name ...

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Mmmmmm

Sort of thinking about the OP in this way.

We have a 'way' of thinking in the West, which, despite the regional variances, is sometimes quite polar in their difference to how, in general, Thai people would approach the same problem.

For example ... if you wish to save on the ongoing costs of running an elevator (lift) you might separate the floors along the lines of ... Floors 01 - 10 is the elevator on the right and floors 11 - 20 are accessible by the lift on the left.

So, when I moved into a long stay apartment last year, I was bemused to see the above sign.

and lift control.

Two completely different ways of approaching the same problem ...

BTW ... one of the honorary members here might know this building as he shares the same user name ...

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The Krisb apartments David?

(sorry, honorary )

Edited January 9, 201313 yr by krisb

But it's the Thai Thinking … so different from ours ... that I wish to focus on.

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But dont you think the problem is not the thinking but the lack of thinking that causes the problem ?

If you have the window open, and the fan aimed at the window when nature calls, it will blow the stench out the window.

Maybe a useful tip for our more senior TV members who have become incontient....

But it's windy as hell when changing my nappies.

Sort of thinking about the OP in this way.

We have a 'way' of thinking in the West, which, despite the regional variances, is sometimes quite polar in their difference to how, in general, Thai people would approach the same problem.

For example ... if you wish to save on the ongoing costs of running an elevator (lift) you might separate the floors along the lines of ... Floors 01 - 10 is the elevator on the right and floors 11 - 20 are accessible by the lift on the left.

So, when I moved into a long stay apartment last year, I was bemused to see the above sign.

and lift control.

Two completely different ways of approaching the same problem ...

BTW ... one of the honorary members here might know this building as he shares the same user name ...

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The Krisb apartments David?

(sorry, honorary )

Keep up the networking and lobbying krisb. You'll get there

I understand the mozzie angle ... but we do sleep under a huge (newish) net, so they are not an issue.

A good friend of mine replied to me, when I asked him the same question was that, like some of you, he found the breeze quite comforting. In Winter ... I just find it cold.

But it's the Thai Thinking … so different from ours ... that I wish to focus on.

All in a good and light-hearted way of course ...

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Sorry but it's just not a good example of how different Thai people are ..... Lot of people use airconditioning or a fan and sleep with a blanket or sheet all over the world. Lots of people worldwides opinion of what a cold breese would be is different than yours not just Thai people's.

Edited January 9, 201313 yr by MrRealDeal

But it's the Thai Thinking … so different from ours ... that I wish to focus on.

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But dont you think the problem is not the thinking but the lack of thinking that causes the problem ?

Thinking for oneself is not a prime directive here is it. Just copy whats on the blackboard and dont ask any questions!

Thinking causes problems you did not know you had, best go watch tv, its easy to follow and the life I know in Thailand, how about you?

I understand the mozzie angle ... but we do sleep under a huge (newish) net, so they are not an issue.

A good friend of mine replied to me, when I asked him the same question was that, like some of you, he found the breeze quite comforting. In Winter ... I just find it cold.

But it's the Thai Thinking … so different from ours ... that I wish to focus on.

All in a good and light-hearted way of course ...

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Sorry but it's just not a good example of how different Thai people are ..... Lot of people use airconditioning or a fan and sleep with a blanket or sheet all over the world. Lots of people worldwides opinion of what a cold breese would be is different than yours not just Thai people's.

What sums up for you the difference between the thinking?

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My kids turn the fan on when its cold....should I be concerned ?

It could be the constant drone of the fan is comforting....kind of like mimicking their thought patterns during the day...but they don't have to think at night to have the same drone in their heads....they get it from the fan without thinking about it....saves energy.

A Thai person in Thailand thinking like a Thai, whats the chances of that happening !!!

never understood that in the office where i worked everyone have to wear a jumper and scarf as the air con temperature was around 15 degrees while outside was 35. simply no logic

Earlier today, the gf posted a video she took at Wembley last year onto her Facebook for her brother to see. It was at the end of the play off final so contained numerous celebrating West Ham fans, me included.

She then posted me a message asking me not to comment on it as she didn't want her village friends to know she had been overseas. What they are supposed to make of the pics of her playing in the snow, I have no idea.

To the OP

This is excactly what i experienced and understand.

Why is the Fan on? Because they cannot sleep whit out it. Cold or warm is not important but the feeling of breezing air and the sound is like a sleeping lullaby.