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    About Face.

    By Sean Moran, Created on: 14/10/2008, Last updated on: 13/04/2014

    » One olde axiom that comes to mind is, '[i:3b539sim]If you can't say something nice, then keep your mouth s.h.u.t.[/i:3b539sim]' Just a thread that pertains to one of the cultural differences one might notice in venturing from a typical 'westernised' society of the assertive kind to the shores of...

    • fast eddy commented : Wow! Sean, this is fun! Yes, you may have to adjust you position as 'the saving of face' is a technique which can and is (by some - though not all) used as a way of avoiding the consequences of their actions. Don't just take my word for it though. Yes, Nontaburi, I lived there for five years (before I moved out) in a Moo ban just off Ranttanatibet Rd. A notorious village known as Sai Mar (not the more desirable village called Sai Mai). Again, you should do some checking on the way the male Thai goes about settling his differences. Sounds like you might need to dig a little deeper the next time you return to Thailand. Why don't you speak to some Thais about this? Having said that, its nice to keep those rose tinted glasses on as long as possible as once they are off there is no going back Good luck with your quest

    • Sean Moran commented : [quote="fast eddy":2y0qpbc8]Wow! Sean, this is fun! Yes, you may have to adjust you position as 'the saving of face' is a technique which can and is (by some - though not all) used as a way of avoiding the consequences of their actions. Don't just take my word for it though. Yes, Nontaburi, I lived there for five years (before I moved out) in a Moo ban just off Ranttanatibet Rd. A notorious village known as Sai Mar (not the more desirable village called Sai Mai). Again, you should do some checking on the way the male Thai goes about settling his differences. Sounds like you might need to dig a little deeper the next time you return to Thailand. Why don't you speak to some Thais about this? Having said that, its nice to keep those rose tinted glasses on as long as possible as once they are off there is no going back Good luck with your quest [/quote:2y0qpbc8] So sometimes one saves a coin, and sometimes one spends it, and sometimes coins get lost too, and sometimes one falls out of a tall building and hits you on the noggin! [quote:2y0qpbc8]Why don't you speak to some Thais about this?[/quote:2y0qpbc8] That is the purpose of this thread. I've just determined why I'm having trouble concentrating on the forum today, and it's not the cricket becaue that's all over barr the shouting, but I might need to take until 20:00 BKK Time off to address an urgent matter. It's not related to this forum. I'll be back around then.

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