dear readers,
the 4th part has nothing special, so that …… some of their cultural rules:
- it’s insulting for a Thai person to sit down with your legs oriented towards him/her
- you never get in a house or private room with your shoes on; also, some objects as for example the umbrellas are left at the entrance door
- sitting with your bottom on a pillow is not polite
- if you step on a book it’s considered an offence for the teacher (when attending a class etc)
- it is very rude not to answer to an “wai” (a greeting with the hands in different positions- heart, mouth, eyes, forehead)
well, I don’t know whether I told you or not but they bring you spoon and fork with every dish you order; it is interesting and very practical to use them both; I began to get used to their hot spices, maybe one day I’ll like them; anyway, on such hot days they are definitely good for digestion
very much like in our country, the master-less “pedigreed” dogs are a familiar appearance on every corner of a street; the funny thing is that, because of the heat, they are so “fresh” that they can hardly jump on you or bark at you; generally, you really have to provoke them to get a move from ....
the “good” news is that the last days it has been raining all the time, hard to walk, favorable for meditation (or simply sitting doing nothing)
I noticed today that their Buddhist monks are very funny, full of mobile phones ringing all the time, very much like our monks; I had a nice talk with one them who came from Korea for a kind of master’s degree in Buddhism; this is how I found out that in his country there are 5 languages/dialects and that they can hardly understand each other if they don’t speak the same language; now I cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information because our communication language was a kind of thai-english J
I made a couple of tests with my mini video camera; I’m a disastrous cameraman, but I’ll post some videos on the site these days.
everything is fine at the school (ITM); now I really understood completely level 4 and I will be able to apply correctly their points; at least those for headaches and backaches, they are great
I got used again to giving suggestions and advices in other foreign languages, especially English as I had forgotten the basic massage words; there are many people, many of them willing to become masters in just a few days, but it’s fine – things are moving on!
yes, and after 10 months of staying dry in our poor city with no real swimming pool, I swam again here; I’m not a professional in this, I learnt it myself and not very good, but it is very nice – with the head in the water (I have swimming glasses) and moving the arms very slowly the sensation is quite deep, I really empty my head of all the thoughts and I vaguely feel a kind of approaching to the water
that’s all for now …
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