Photo credit to Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images. Wearers of Sak Yant tattoos believe they will bring them good luck and protection from harm. Sak Yant is a kind of traditional Thai tattoo which has been around for as long as 2,000 years and often comes with geometrical, animal and deity designs, as well as Buddhist” psalms written in Thai or Khmer script. While many Thais have the popular Sak Yant worn on their bodies, others have tattoos depicting a slew of other things ranging from roses to human portraits. A gik is more or less treated like a faen, except that there is a promise of a future with the latter rather than with the former. There may also be people who don’t find themselves wanting to commit to any serious relationship, thus they prefer to just have a gik to be in a romantic and/or sexual relationship with. Many people – men and women alike – actually have a gik, which means someone they’re in a casual relationship with, on top of a faen. In Thailand, many a times having a faen (‘boyfriend’ or ‘girlfriend’) apparently isn’t enough. Photo credit to .uk.Īnd this, of course, brings us to the next point. Jilted wife lures cheating husband into sex trap before almost severing his penis with a box cutter. As such, Thai men tend to cheat – at least according to popular opinions here, and a good number of women actually don’t mind being a second girlfriend or a mia noi (‘minor wife’ or ‘mistress’). Guys are “blessed” with more options when it comes to choosing ladies. After taking away those who’re already married and those who’re toot (‘gays’), you can imagine how many real guys Thai women are left with.” My girlfriend likes to tease, “Statistically there are more women than men in Thailand. Read: Adultery: Which countries are most unfaithful? While my Thai, male counterparts are definitely a bunch of cool people, unfortunately they’re known to be jao chu or what could be translated as “philanderers” and “Casanova’s.” Of course, what I’m going to list down below are only based on generalisation, and since Thai men aged between 25 and 54 make up close to half the total male population in 2016 (stunning figure!), perhaps it’s sensible to say that much of my observation on the common characteristics a typical Thai guy possesses, came from this age group. Nevertheless, for a Malaysian like me, I can tell very well what is “Thainess” and what isn’t. For instance, people in my region speak the Tai (Southern Thai) dialect and are known to be loud, fast talkers on the other hand, people from the North, living in a cool climate and speaking the Neua dialect, tend to be more calm, more gentle, and softer-spoken.Īlso, people in the center and Northeastern (Isaan) regions, respectively exhibiting different social, cultural, and financial identities, too possess different lifestyles and sets of thinking.
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It is, however, worth noting that even within Thailand itself, the people, their lifestyles, and their cultures can be quite diversified.
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The women’s version will come in the next post.
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So in this post I will take you through the ten common characteristics I’ve learned about a typical Somchai while in Thailand. As a Malaysian, although some people may say I look no different from any Thai man in terms of appearance, I know very well that there’s definitely a gap when it comes to our lifestyles and mindsets. Having been in Thailand for two years now, I’ve learned a great deal about the people here, their mentality, their habits, and how they carry themselves. I used the adjective “colourful” because I feel Thailand isn’t only rich in its culture and diversity, but the people here, as I’ve witnessed, are relatively bolder and more open-minded – at least compared to its Muslim-majority neighbour, Malaysia – when it comes to ideas, fashion, as well as sex and sexuality, among others.
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Thailand is a big, colourful country with close to double the population of neighbouring Malaysia.