Sometimes Bangkok can just be a little weird. There’s a saying used when the unexplained and odd thing just is.

TIT or This is Thailand.

You’ll hear expats saying it . It was adopted from the English radio station of the same name. To use it correctly, first you have to throw your hands in the air then let out a long sigh and say it.

WIB will amend this post at time passes, as surely we will encounter more TIT moments.

• Sometimes the SkyTrain (not the MRT) will stop for no apparent reason. When any member of the Royal family travels downtown, the trains will stop in a postion so that it is not above the Royal. Essentially your head can not be directly above theirs.That goes for walking on the overhead passes too.
• When the lights don’t display a time, the traffic lights are being manually controlled by the traffic police.Use the overhead passes to cross the street at such times
• On Mondays, the sidewalks are cleaned. Hence, by Royal decree there is no commerce (street venders) on the sidewalks. (or is it the other way around?)
• You can walk above the traffic on a walkway connecting Chitlom to Siam. (about 15 minutes walk)
• It’s actually a shorter walk and more convenient to go to Mah Boon Khong (MBK) shopping plaza by using the National Stadium stop instead of getting off at Siam. ( It’s only 5 baht more)
• With the Chao Praya river to the west and 4 klongs, Bangkok is also known as the Venice of the East.
• No Achohol is sold between the hours of 2pm-5pm, established as part of the youth protection act.

But, but the contradictions

• I saw a man with 2 dried cockroaches on a chain hanging around his neck.
• Why does Thailand censure out sex scenes on HBO but promotes places like Pattaya and Patpong?
• At 15 a youth can enter but not drink in a club if accompanied by BOTH parents.