originally from a small country town on england's isle of white jeanette chose thailand to begin her career since it was ''the farthest place i could go''.
one thing that she took a while to discover was the way goods are sold in thailand.
''at first i didn't realize you could bargain,so i was paying these very high prices,although then they still seemed very cheap to me.
once i found out that haggling was the norm,i really got into and by the time i left , i have to say i was quite an expert.
''jeanette praises the thais for their friendliness,although there were times when she was aware of being an outsider.
''if they had big festivals ,i wasn't invited to the family parties and that was when i felt quite alien.
''another thing jeanette noticed was the reverene that thais feel for their royal family .
''from the stories i heard,it seems the king and queen are really good people - they deserve the affection, and it's not just tokenistic. people like to have king's photo nearby - i can't see anyone in england doing doing that.