R-E-S-P-E-C-T
So our living quarters this month is as an entire squad, which means there are 49 of us, staying in one house with 4 bathrooms. Quarters are very tight and there is always someone somewhere doing something. In my room there are 10 girls and we just so happen to be staying by the boys' room. It is very hot and humid here, welcome to the World Race, so at night we sleep in our undergarments. This means we sleep with the door closed or it should be closed at all times. Well the door doesn’t exactly latch the best so most of the time it ends up wide open with my bed by the door. So whoever walks by can get a full view of all of Michelle (don’t fret nothing has been revealed and no one scarred).
World Race Style living: 10 girls in one room
Sunday evening I had a bit of a rant, but it was very healthy for me and in a positive way. I would like to take a few minutes to share with you exactly how this went. Here we go: so we were told from day one to respect Thai culture and to do as Thai people do. We have been doing our best to do this and not be American, as our contact would say. I compared Thai respect to saying the Star Spangled Banner in the good ole USA! When you stand up to sing the song, you take your hat off and start to sing. Some unpatriotic people don’t take their hats off and are disrespectful. So I compared not shutting the door to not taking off your hat to sing the Star Spangled Banner. It was a joke but made all who were in the room at the time literally laugh out loud. Then I took it a step further to say the National Rifle Association was created for those who didn’t take their hats off. We all laughed together while we were laying in our beds, and the mood was lightened. At the same time, it was a true reminder that we needed to be courteous of the cultures we are staying in, just like we would expect people to take their hats off for our national anthem. Respect 🙂
