SECONDARY 1
Noise Pollution
As a foreigner in Thailand, I’m not encumbered by cultural restrictions on speaking out about discomfort, and we have to say that the noise here is louder and more pervasive than what we hear in our home countries. To spend any time in Thailand, one must be inured to loud noise or it would be like walking through a blizzard dressed only in pajamas. Neither are monks nor their temples exempt from loud noise. One may wonder how they could meditate. Thai shopping malls are like oversized boom boxes. 18
ST. GABRIEL’S COLLEGE
