Thailand is fast becoming a modernised country and a lot of the traditional ways of life and work have either already disappeared or are fast becoming extinct. As a result I wish to try and document some of these things before it is to late. Although these blog posts will be part of my daily ramblings I thought I would post the links on this page to make it easy for the reader who isn’t interested in my personal life but of traditional Thailand.
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Thai villa // January 14, 2009 at 2:36 pm |
I enjoyed reading your blog.
It’s true modernization is taking its toll, but on the other hand many of us live much more comfortably now than 20 years ago…I remember a house without electricity, without water, with an ox for transport, and with only a small black and white Tv in the village – powered by a car battery – that we had to watch through slats in the headman’s walls!
Whilst we now have aircon, a pickup, a refrigerator and satellite TV, we still respect our traditions and I’m sure you’d agree that this is what makes Isaan what it is – and we hope we can keep the spirit of Isaan alive by always valuing a smile and friendship over a new motorcycle!
MeMock replied “What a great comment, fantastic to hear from you. My wife has the same memories as you except she was allowed to watch the TV from inside but only is she had brought her 1 baht (.03 cents) with her to help pay for the battery to be recharged!
I also hope that the traditions of Thailand stay true and strong, although it is inevitable that some of the techniques of doing things will disappear like they do everywhere. I hope that I can record some of this for the future.”
Bruce // November 8, 2009 at 1:03 pm |
Ha – found it -remembered you calling yourself ‘memock’