Thai life style and online system.

Are you familiar with using internet? Nowadays many businesses try to use technology to support their customer. We can order some product through online shopping and also pay money by using online as well. If you surfing internet, you will see many websites that you can order the product such cosmetic, clothes, book, condominium or car. My companion always orders her cosmetic through online website and she asks me to buy some cosmetic with her.
Actually, I am a new generation but do you believe me I never order product by using online shopping. In my opinion, I think online shopping is an innovation for Thai people, some people in Thai unfamiliar with this shopping style. I am working at bank institute, and my company also encourages the employees to use online banking as well. However, I often use online banking for inquiry my statement but if I want to do more I still use traditional banking (go to branch’s counter) as same as many Thai people.
Nevertheless, we have to take a long period to encourage Thai people to adopt their life style with innovation such an online. Do you agree with me???

Vegetarian Festival

At this time whatever we go, we will see yellow flag: the symbolic of Kin-J or Vegetarian Festival. The festival originates in the 19th century; this annual event is conducted by the locals of Chinese descent who engage in a ten-day vegetarian diet. As I told you form previous blog, in Thailand there are many Chinese live here and they also influence on Thai culture. Thus, many Thai people also believe that eat vegetable do not eat meet or pork, it is goodness. For Chinese community not only eat vegetable but also there are merit-making ceremonies at local Chinese temples as well as processions of ascetics performing extraordinary feats. During the 9-days period, the devout Chinese Buddhists dress in white attire, convert to vegetarians and observe the ten rules in order to purify their minds and bodies. In my opinion, this culture quite similar to Thai people’s nature who love to go to temple and make merit. Thus, it’s not surprise!! There are many of Thai people also engage in a ten-day vegetarian diet as same as Chinese.

Personal Space and Culture

We define personal space as the area surrounding a person that he or she considers his territory or domain. Crossing or entering someone else’s personal space creates discomfort because people feel the physical intimacy exceeds the relational intimacy. Keep in mind though, too much space can cause discomfort and indicate rudeness as well. The size of the personal space bubble varies by culture and situation.

Americans usually have larger personal space boundaries than people from other cultures. If you notice someone backing up a little while talking to you, don’t step toward them as they most likely feel uncomfortable with the lack of distance between you.

Under certain circumstances people can accept having their personal space entered without experiencing discomfort. Examples might include romantic encounters and crowded subways or events. In business environments people typically maintain more personal space between them than in social situations. Also, personal space boundaries between a man and a woman usually remain larger than those between two women. Especially in Thai culture, if a man and a woman are not a couple, they will aware for personal space. Actually, I don’t know why? May be it’s like our traditional that Thai people to do this pattern.

However, people who live in highly populated areas often have a smaller personal space bubble than those who live in less populated areas. People of higher status or wealth usually have larger personal space bubbles as well.
Finally, how about you…Do you think space is important when you communicate with people?

Some confuse about body language!!

Lastest class as I remember, we learned about non verbal communication. Many people ask me that what is the most important between verbal communication and non verbal communication, for me I think it's equally and not only Thai people who usually use both of these communication types but also use in worldwide. First of all we should that non verbal communication (body language) is gesticulation, postures, facial gestures and next expression we sense and do mostly unintentionally.

Few people concentrate to non verbal communication and expression. Non verbal expression can say about us much than we wish. From this reason is necessary to concentrate on control of non verbal communication. It is importing to we think about gestures, which gestures are suitable and unsuitable. We can practise some suitable gestures.

However, different country also different meaning about non verbal communication as well. If you loo at above picture, this is a man who show his forefinger up and cycle it around. In Thai if you do this action in resturant many people know that mean "Check bill" in contrast if you do this action in Chiness culture people will know it mean that "One more" so you will get same your order again.

Thus, befor you use body language in different culture...should be careful becouse it also different meaning as well.