Phau ntawv qhia mus rau Thaib thaib
Raws li Jody Houton qhia nws, nws hloov mus ua ib tug expat hauv Thaib teb tau ua yuam kev. Houton tau mus xyuas Phuket los txiav txim siab los ntawm kev qhia ua lus Askiv nyob rau South Kauslim. "Thaum kuv tabtom zaum ntawm cov xuab zeb nyob Kata puam ... tias lub hustle thiab bustle thiab toil thiab teebmeem ntawm kuv lub sijhawm dhau los hauv Kauslim pib xav zoo li xyoo, tsis yog mere hnub, tseg," nws piav qhia nyob rau hauv phau ntawv.
Ntau xyoo tom qab ntawd, Houton tau tawm tsam " txoj kev dreary ntawm Manchester " rau ib txoj hauj lwm tsis tu ncua hauv Npaskoj.
"Kuv tuaj txog rau hnub so thiab nyob rau txoj kev ua neej rov qab tso," nws sau hais tias. "Muaj ntau zaus thaum kuv xav rhuav tshem kuv cov plaub hau tawm nrog Thaib txoj kev ua, tab sis qhov kev npau taws thiab kev zoo siab yeej ib txwm dhau thiab kuv nyob, nrog lub luag nyav ntawm kuv lub ntsej muag thiab lub Christmas ntoo thiab rab yaj phom rau dej Songkran rau hauv kuv lub qhov rooj. "
Houton tus kheej qhov kev tawm tsam nws muab peb rau tus so ntawm nws tus charming "geek phau ntawv qhia" rau nws lub teb chaws nws saws. Tus neeg sau ntawv sau tias tsis muaj kev sib npaug li: nyob hauv daim duab tha xim sab nrauv ntawm Thaib teb rau sab nraud, Houton muab cov kev hwm zoo rau qhov kev kawm nrog ib lub chaw sib tw.
Cov phooj ywg magazine-style hom
Cov ntawv ntawm incisive, witty essays rau ntau yam - thiab crammed nrog zoo nkauj (qee zaus coj txawv txawv) - Ib tug Geek nyob rau Thaib teb ua tau nyeem nyob rau hauv luv luv tawg ntho. Phau ntawv hom ntawv magazine-style ua rau Houton khawb tob mus rau hauv cov ntsiab lus uas tsis yooj yim rau tus nyeem ntawv.
Koj yuav tawg los ntawm ib qho kev kawm rau lwm tus ua ntej koj paub nws. Ladyboys. Cov Thaib Thaj Zog Hierarchical. Lub dichotomy ntawm Thai paj culture, ob qho tib si heev Thaib thiab heev borrowed los ntawm abroad. Ib qho kev piav qhia ntawm tam sim no nom tswv loj. Thiab ib tug qhua phau ntawv qhia rau npas koj thiab tag nrho lub teb chaws.
Sidebars cia Houton rau cov nqaij tawm ntawm kev lom zem digressions, tab sis nws txo nws hwj lawv siv lawv zoo tshaj thaum thaum xam phaj tawm thiab Thais kom tau lawv candid mus rau lawv lub neej.
Houton yog qhov tshwj xeeb tshaj tawm ntawm kev qhia peb mus debang (txawv teb chaws) uas yog tus twg kawm tau zoo nyob rau Thaib teb, xws li pizza vaj King Bill Heinecke, khan dancer Benjamin Tardif thiab luk thung singer Christy Gibson.
Fascinating - yog perilous - ib ncig
Ib qhov Geek hauv Thaib teb tsis tau sau rau Thais, tab sis rau kev sib tw: tus neeg ncig teb chaws txawv tebchaws uas xav tau ntau tshaj li ntawm ob peb hnub 'nyob hauv Phuket lossis Npas Npav.
Houton yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv tus txiv neej rau txoj haujlwm, raws li nws yog ob qho tag nrho hauv Thaib teb thiab nws tseem tsis tau txais nws. Ib tug ntawm cov phav phav leej twg tau nyob hauv thiab hu ua Thaib Thaib, Houton xyoo dhau los lawm, nws cia nws tawm tsam Thaib cov neeg sab nrauv, txhua yam tsis muaj kev ntxhov siab los sis kev ua nkauj nraug.
Ib tug Geek nyob rau Thaib teb zoo dua li ib phau ntawv qhia: nws yog ib txoj hauv kev ntawm Thaib kev xav, ib thaj chaw uas yuav yog ib qho zoo nkaus li kev xav xwb (thiab tib neeg tsis muaj teeb meem) raws li kev tshawb fawb ntawm ntau qhov chaw khiav tawm hauv tsev.
Yog xav paub ntxiv hauv phau ntawv, mus saib Tuttle Publishing nplooj ntawv. Cov neeg tuaj saib Tebchaws Thaib zaum yuav tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm phau ntawv qhia no ua ntej yuav ntim rau Thaib Thaib tom ntej .
Daim ntawv soj ntsuam tau muab los ntawm lub luam tawm. Txawm tias nws tsis tau cuam tshuam txog qhov kev ntsuam xyuas no, qhov chaw ntawd ntseeg tau tias nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov kev tawm tsam ntawm txhua yam kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm kev txaus siab. Yog xav paub ntxiv, mus saib peb Txoj Cai Kev Ncaj Ncees.