A Doctor, Engineer, and a Dermatologist

I came to Thailand hoping for some direct revelation to what I want to be doing when I get home from Thailand in School. Tang (our native coordinator) got a degree in the UK in Civil Engineering, her father is a doctor and owns the private clinic we live on top of. Then there is mom. She is a dermatologist, from what we here the best in Thailand. It's funny how Tang said to me today "We always want what we can't have." Here in Thailand they people bleach there skin because the High Class have white skin and the servants that must work outside and actually do labor have brown skin. Americans always want to be tan. Always laying out in the sun or in fake light tanning beds. Mom was giving Tang shots and creams to whiten her skin, I couldn't help but thing how over done the whole thing was just to be white. But then as I thought of Americans spending tons of money on creams and lotions and tanning beds it didn't seem so crazy. It seemed simple. We want what we can't have. As I biked around Phichit today I learned a lot. I see people who sleep where their stores are, I've been chased by the stray dogs down the road on my bike, and I've heard Thai people laughing as they see the five white Americans trying to figure out what side of the road the  cars go on. Coming to was suppose to help me understand what career I may want to go in. I've narrowed it down to a Doctor, Engineer, and a  Dermatologist.