Canada: Cole
Thailand: William/Cole/ว้ลลภ/คูณ
Canada: "I found a bug in my food! Take it back and give me a free dessert!"
Thailand: "I only found three bugs in my food! I'm recommending this place to my friends, and you're getting a tip!"
Canada: Roman Alphabet
Thailand: ตัวอักษรไทย
Canada: 4 seasons, Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall.
Thailand: 3 seasons, Hot, Hotter, Hottest
Canada: Has snow in winter
Thailand: Has "black snow" in aforementioned Hot season, (locally know as the Cold season). It is actually big plumes of ash from massive burns of sugar cane leaves.
Canada: Has roads with some potholes
Thailand: Has potholes with some road
Canada: Furnaces
Thailand: Air conditioners
Canada: Mountains have sharp peaks and rocks faces at the summits
Thailand: Mountains (hills) have trees covering their entirety
Canada: Houses have hot water
Thailand: SOME showers have in-line heaters. Mine don't. Neither do the taps.
Canada: Tap water = potable
Thailand: Tap water = imminent death
Canada: LOTS of bugs in summer, everything dies in winter
Thailand: Slightly fewer bugs, but bugs all year.
Canada: No night markets
Thailand: Wednesday, Monday, Afternoon, Friday, Evening, Night, Thursday, Tuesday, OTOP, No-Reason-At-All and Weekend markets.
Canada: Imported fruit (mostly)
Thailand: Can pick fruit off trees on my way home from school
Canada: Mild food
Thailand: Food with small morsels of volcanoes in every bite.
Canada: Bugs
Thailand: Bugs the size of your hand
Canada: Sleep alone
Thailand: Bunkmates with 4 lizards, 6 spiders, dozens of ants and the odd beetle. From what I can see tonight anyways...
Canada: Hockey
Thailand: Football (soccer)
Canada: Democracy - Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Thailand: Constitutional Monarchy - King Rama IX, the Great (the longest-serving head of state in the world, nearly 67 years)
Canada: Big (9,985,000 sq. km)
Thailand: Itty Bitty (513,100 sq. km) --> about 75% of the size of Alberta
Canada: 35 million people --> population density of 3.51 people / sq. km)
Thailand: 69.5 million people --> population density of 135.30 people / sq. km)
Canada: National animal = Beaver
Thailand: National animal = Thai Elephant (I rode one!!)
More to come as I have more time. As for now, I have to get to sleep! ฝันดี
Much Love,
William Cole
