My feeling Culture Shock. I must from my hometown live in Bangkok. The purpose of being here is the practice for my experience. Which is a part of the study last year, every students must find the work by yourself. Learning to work in real life, I believed that many people would feel lonely and homesick, concerns about use of the life without family and acquaintances.
I found something strange with the city full of light. The progress both in the transportation is convenient for many different nationalities, different language. Bangkok is the tourist business sources that foreigners interested in both Asia and Europe. The different in the dressing way of life nationalities can be live. Sometime foreigners like the tradition Thai, because is good tradition. There are many beautiful temples so attracts many tourists to visit Thailand. But I’m will tell in this event. During my internship was about 3 months, I can recommend attraction to foreigners, many of both eating and shopping. My job is receptionist of cause!! I met a lot of people. Make me excited to do working. I started the Culture Shock that time has a group of American students came stayed at hotel, about 8-9 people. Including teacher they came with smiling face and friendly and salute, then said hello. At the same time it make me felt good. The Culture of Thailand made to foreigners accepted and expressed politely. Then teacher administrator came to give me recommend about temple in Bangkok, and how to gotten there?
I suggest they go to temple of the Emerald Buddha, or the tourists know as Grand palace. The teacher administrator agree for a trip to the temple of the Emerald Buddha. I noticed the dress is cannot to visited the temple. I was Thailand and know dress for visit the Emerald Buddha and hotel staff. Therefore advises the students and teacher administrator change the dressing to suit place, and dress for example to visit the Grand palace. While I explain for men should be T-shirts and trousers, for women should be covered knee-length pants or skirts and shirts should be concealed. But the student a man Spork……that’s why we were this style? And why do we need to change. I smiled before saying the Emerald Buddha is important place. You should be were polite dressing. When him heard this just smile and said thank you. I smiled and saying welcome .Events which may be of culture American students different if comparing with Thai tradition and difference culture, Because they do not know how to dress up to visit the temple of the Emerald Buddha temple. Because the temple is not like a general temple of Bangkok. This event indicates that the difference between the culture of Thailand and the Western, difference in the dress up because Westerners may be familiar to their own lifestyle. But in Thailand must be dress up to suit place. From past event, I had to learn Culture Shock with American students it’s a new things to know and make Understand the foreign culture. And lifestyle. I had been thinking about the difference between two nations. Can get reflecting the culture as well.
Advantages foreigners to follow the instructions and respect for the dress up suit to the place. That I agree is very unique costume of Thailand. Can give it to foreigner to follow as well. which discusses the Wat Emerald Buddha temple is important to the country. Because of the important dates such as the date of Buddhist Thailand. Thailand is a Buddhist country, that are pretty good tradition of Conduct including cultural dress, which the world knows better. In the Thailand Cultural show everybody foreigners see good things. And the impression people to meet.
Disadvantages Sometime I will encounter, I must use reason to explain to foreigners to understand and know the reason. Why to change clothes. At the same time they may not be satisfied with my advice.
Prevention and resolution
Advised to dress up, when foreigners or guests at the hotel want to travel the temple of the Emerald Buddha. If not, the security officials do not visit. And I think the foreigner tourists has a bad feeling. Who that’s one traveled use time so long distances to visit the Emerald Buddha. Therefore very important I never want to do as Culture Shock happed with foreigner tourists or other people. Most of these people back own countries they are have to learned to costume of Thailand correctly, when visited the Emerald Buddha appropriately underlying culture. That is unique to Thailand for long time.
And the other one event of Culture Shock, while I stand by counter wait for customers check-in and check –out. In this section near line buffet, during which the Chinese guests and America guests eating breakfast at the same time. And difference between the two nations the Chinese guests eating and talking is quite loudly. But the America guest do not make loud if compare to eating in Thailand is not noisy at the eat time. For example….. The advantages of Chinese may be the culture of eating this make feel jolly or laugh, may be an advantage. But disadvantages sometime it make other nations annoyance, but to culture difference in each nation shall not be the same culture. By the event ...Culture Shock, learn about the life and another culture of different Nations. Sometimes it make me look confusing at times. But there are beauty in lifestyle of people in other place. To find an event that may occur every time that i did not know before. So from experience both events, the world looked at a wide range of views, which make me as someone who would like to learn more of the culture. Of each country to conduct my life, or sometimes, I can tell anyone else or be able to teach the culture of Thailand. International recognition and practice based on cultural exchange, and able to understand each culture it.