Folklore Museum -Julie Luchet

Working

The amount of work was well balanced. It wasn't too much but enough. The tasks were varied (brochure, translation, buying products for the museum shop, set up exhibition...) 

I could see Krich really closely when i helped cleaning the artefacts on tuesday which was the closing day. 

Here, it was about inventorying and taking pictures of traditional knives and krich in order to stock them in the museum. 

Exhibitions

I could helped to set up exhibitions in Taksin University. It was my second day and it was a big meeting, all day long, where students gave presentations about Southern thai culture. I tried a lot of different specialties from the South. 

 Trip for giftshop

One Tuesday we went on a trip to Nakhon Si thammarat to buy and bring back to the museum some products to sale in the museum giftshop. We bought a lot of silver products that we had to select before. Then we went to Patthalung to buy coconut shell products.

During my first week I created a brochure in French for french visitors in the museum. Then translated a long text about coconut graters and traditional music in southern thailand. It was about translating in french in order to create a sound explanation for french visitors as well.

Accommodation

The apartment had a lot of space (really big for one person) and a breathtaking view on the lake. It was really clean and the museum provided towels and sheets and that was nice. There was a fan to make the temperature more bearable. 

A bed or a real mat would have been better, sometimes sleeping on the ground is really painful when you're not used to it.

Food and Drink

Everything was really delicious. My neighbor cooked really well and always paid attention to what i lack nothing. They always were offering me food and fruits.

I learnt a lot about Thai food, the dish and the way of cooking it and especially about typical food from Southern thai. Thai food is really healthy and well balanced. They eat rice at every meal, the food is full of protein with eggs, pork, chicken, duck and beef. But they also eat a lot of vegetables and local fruits. Thai food is really spicy so you have to ask ‘pet mai’ (“is it Spicy?”) before eating a dish that you don’t know. Fortunately for me i am fond of spicy food. For thai people food is really important, it’s a main aspect of their culture, they will always ask you “arroi mai” (“is it good?”) when you have dinner with them. 

Pi Luk was really kind and helpful she helped me more than once if i had problems or requests.  I was touched by the museum staff that often invited me to events, venues, or morning market in Songkhla. 

Everyone was really careful with me. Even if language barrier is sometimes not easy to manage when you're alone, i really appreciated that everyone made their best and tried on their own way to communicate with me. 

I could learn a lot about Thai culture, and the typical way of life.

The Museum

The museum is beautiful and really well equiped with a lot of artefacts to see, conference rooms, a cofee shop with breathtaking view. An idyllic environment to stay and work. 

The global atmosphere was friendly, respectful and friendly. And that's what i expected from the place.