Weekend at Home
Posted by Stuart at 04:09 PM on July 19, 2003This is one of those rare weekends when I am actually in Bangkok. So far it has been very relaxing. I have been doing a lot of reading in the book I picked up last week "Studies in Thai History" and continued to find it very interesting. I am not sure why I have this sudden interest, but perhaps it is because the history is completely different and foreign to the western history I am so familiar with.
Now that I type that, it seems like an obvious statement. Of course it is a different history because it is a different culture. But it is still facinating to learn how Buddhism, China, India and even Persia each influenced Thai history and modern Thai culture.
As I have mentioned before I have been thinking about going back to school sometime in the next year or so. The first thing I have to do is find a field that I want to study. I certainly don't want to go back to grad school for Computer Science. Been there, done that. It's not something I want to devote my life to.
What else interests me? Thai history and culture and language is interesting to me, but I don't know if I want to devote my life to it either. I enjoy writing, but many fields use writing skills. Education is interesting, but I don't want to be "just" a teacher.
So here I sit in the middle of having interests in science/technology and culture/society and writing/education. For those who know me well, this comes as no surprise. It's the story of my life.
What if I could find a subject that combines everything? What if there is a multi-disciplanary, multi-cultural, multi-lingual field of study?
So far, this is the closest, most interesting thing I have found...
