You Know You’ve Spent Too Much Time in Thailand If:

1. You know the other song of Job2Do.
2. When a bunch of school kids approach you on a headlightless motorbike on the wrong side of a 4 lane highway in the middle of the night, you gently steer right and don’t even blow your horn.
3. Any temperature below and above 23 degrees centigrade is a killer.
4. You think that power cuts are natural events, same same wind and rain.
5. You’ve moved to Chiang Mai. You’ve moved to Pai. You’ve moved to Soppong.
6. You’re addicted to the lovely taste of of Mr. Suraporn’s morning glory.
7. Your birthday is “next month, number twenty one”
8. You’ve never seen such bad weather before.
9. You confuse backpackers by saying krap instead of yes.
10. Mon Claire is wine.
11. You saw fish around Koh Tao.
12. You enjoy telling tourists that there’s a boat from Koh Samui to Phuket.
13. You don’t freak out when the elephant caretaker in Lampang tells you that they feed glass to the animals.
14. Your school mates from Switzerland can’t explain your sudden Willie Nelson-ish accent.
15. Your stomach can’t process lactose anymore.
16. You think that all farang are filthy rich and seek marrying one.
17. You start thinking that Mr. Takshin has a point.
18. You can easily remember names like  “Nakhon Si Thammarat”, “Prachuap Khiri Khan” or “Ubon Rachathani” but frequently forget the word for five (I think it’s haa).
19. You’ve been everywhere before everyone.
20. You tell she that him is not here.
21. You refer to Bangkok as to Krung Thep and mumble something about those ignorant Dutch merchants.
22. You shower 3 times a day.
23. Some Igor guy bought your djembe for twice the price you paid.
24. You are frustrated because you did not get that dengue fever yet.
25. You use a calculator to add seven to twelve.
26. The Nepalese know you won’t buy yourself a funny hat.
27. You can have an enjoyable two hours chat with neighbor Mr. Meow using only “chok dee”, “chai“, “mai”, “sabai” and “Leo”.
28. You tell backpackers that there’s nothing left too see in Thailand and encourage them to visit Laos.
29. You consider going back to India.
30. You can add to this list.

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