Filipino Expats Blog in Thailand

Written By: Hedda (http://www.heddatan.com)

Visiting Thailand would require one to have good knowledge of Thai culture, for apart from the similarities in our appearances and geography, the culture of the Thais and the Filipinos are as different as night and day.

The following bits of information are a combination of years of experiences living in Thailand of Siam Pinoy administrators, contributions in the forum discussions by Siam Pinoy members, and brochures from numerous sites visited by Siam Pinoy admins over the years of enjoying Thai hospitality.

Ours is an attempt to simply make any visitor to Thailand, Filipino or otherwise, be aware of certain important aspects of Thai culture so he/she may fully enjoy his/her stay in the Kingdom of Smiles. The Thais are a very hospitable people, ready to befriend a foreigner, but could also be offended if we don’t follow certain ways of conduct while we are enjoying such hospitality and friendliness.

Enjoy your stay in the Kingdom of Thailand! And to the Filipino visitor or expat, learn as much as you can from this article, and hopefully, as you discover more about this amazing country, you will also be generous towards others and contribute your knowledge in our forum. Please find the link to our forum threads here.

Apart from knowing how and when to do the “wai” (the standard Thai greeting) the next 2 most important cultural tidbit anyone wishing to visit and/or live in Thailand ought to know of are “chai yen yen” and “mai pen rai”.

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Mga kabayan, may mga ilan po sa atin na pumupunta dito sa Thailand sa sabi-sabi ng iba na madaling makakuha ng trabaho bilang guro [o kahit anumang trabaho]. Hindi po tutoo yan, matumal ang trabaho para sa mga Pinoy teachers ngayon. Marami pong dahilan sa sitwasyon na ito, may mga thread at post sa forum na nagpapaliwanag niyan.

Wag po sanang basta nalang sumusugod sa walang kasiguruhan, plano, o pera man lang. Kung di po tayo “wais”, kung di po natin gagamitin ang ating talino, ay mamalasin po tayo talaga. At wala tayong masisi na iba kungdi ang sarili natin.

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