by Nathamon Madison | Mar 12, 2018 | Date In Asia
These Are Samples of Cultural Divide between Western and Thai Values on “TIME” Meet Evan… Evan is, by almost every Western standard, a successful businessman. He is a creature of habit. You might say his watch determines his every move – as well as his...
by Nathamon Madison | Mar 12, 2018 | Date In Asia
Understanding Thai Value: “In Time” Could Make Your Relationship Last If time is a shape-shifting sphere that contains every event or task, then anything is possible – because everything exists “in time.” In such a sphere, “early” and “late” are concepts...
by Nathamon Madison | Mar 12, 2018 | Date In Asia
Things to Consider Western Value: “On Time” If time is a line, and every event or task falls somewhere on that line, then only one of two things is possible: it is “on time” or it’s not. You can accommodate “early,” but “late” drives you crazy – after all,...
by Nathamon Madison | Mar 12, 2018 | Date In Asia
Find Out What You’ll Discover “Time” Cultural Differences 1. Your Thai lady will be fun-loving, living in the present, devoted to your relationship, yet very traditional in her reactions to day to day events. She will value her relationships to her...
by Nathamon Madison | Mar 12, 2018 | Date In Asia
How You’ll Discover this “Content” vs. “Context” Cultural Difference Many misunderstandings have happened in Thai/Western relationships because the people involved just don’t understand this dimension. It is not too hard to readily recognize it though, once the...
by Nathamon Madison | Mar 12, 2018 | Date In Asia
Here’s How Your Western Value “Control” Differs from Thai Value: “Tolerance” When you’re in Bangkok – or anywhere else in Thailand for that matter – you’ll notice little shrines to the Buddha on virtually every street corner. You’ll see...
by Nathamon Madison | Mar 12, 2018 | Date In Asia
How Western and Thai Culture Communicate so Differently–“Content vs. Context” Meet Mark… Mark, an executive in his mid-40s, began dating again two years after a brutal divorce. He tried the club scene in his native Atlanta, but found the women there...
by Nathamon Madison | Mar 9, 2018 | Date In Asia
See How Different Cultures Deal with Uncertainty: Control or Tolerance Meet Kurt, a “Typical” German Engineer Born, raised, and educated in Germany, Kurt is cheerful, polite, efficient and precise. Growing up traveling on the enviable railway system in his native...
by Nathamon Madison | Mar 9, 2018 | Date In Asia
Here’s How You Should Understand About the “Achievement” vs. “Nurturance” With Your Thai Lady In Your Western, More “Masculine” Culture… In Her Thai, More “Feminine” Culture… In Western cultures, the purpose of life is to work In the Thai...
by Nathamon Madison | Mar 9, 2018 | Date In Asia
Things You Still Need to Know About Thai Value: Nurturance (Femininity) In feminine cultures all over the world, children learn to admire and experience sympathy for the “underdog” or the anti- hero. (The popular “Shrek” movies come to mind). In her Thai culture,...
