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Why don’t Asian people use nice things that they’ve got around the house but instead use the cheap and old stuff?
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Why don’t Asian people use nice things that they’ve got around the house but instead use the cheap and old stuff?
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I’ve traveled to Asia recently and noticed that almost all of my lady friends are taking/ drinking some sort of Collagen supplements. What’s all this hoopla about?

Many people are afraid of ghosts, but Asians are especially fearful of them. Having worked in the hotel industry for a while, I have witnessed many incidents where guests would flee from their pre-paid 5-star hotel room, thinking that it was haunted.
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OK, so what is that thing everyone in Thailand has sticking out of their nose? I’m afraid to ask, but my curiosity has gotten the better of me.

I’m about to start working for an Asian company – what insight can you give me that might help me be successful in my new job?

I just attended my Thai-Chinese friend’s wedding and half the population of Asia was there. Are Asian weddings typically that big?

Are you serious? The answer would be yes, yes, and YES! Cold hard cash is the all-time favorite, most preferred gift for almost all occasions in Asia...for as far back as I know.
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Continuing on from my last blog, ‘complimenting an Asian person’, this week we tackle on the subject ‘receiving compliments, the Asian way’.
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Sometimes my Thai girlfriend gets all bent out of shape over seemingly innocent things, like people complimenting her. Why?
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If I marry my Thai girlfriend, am I going to have to live with her whole family? I don’t even see my own parents, I don’t see why I should have to deal with someone else’s.
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