hi i wanted to know the experiences or opinions of people on half children. i mean half thai poeple. living in thailand or the rest of the world what are peoples reactions and how do they treat you. are you comfortable in your life or do you feel there are any problems. please post something for me even if you are not a luuk krung (half child). i will be a dad this week...........

you can find a half thai, half (fill in ethnicity) anywhere around the world especially in thailand of course.

Well, I'm not really a luuk krung myself. But i do have luuk krung friends. And I read a lot. So I'll try to give you my opinion. In general, I think the lives and experiences of Luuk Krung in Thailand varies greatly. It depends on

1. how they are brought up. Do their family and friends treat them differently or try to assimilate them to other Thai kids? Which language do they speak at home? Will they grow up mostly in Thailand or abroad? Are they constantly reminded that they are thai or that they are something else? This will affect the kid's perception whether he thinks of himself as Thai or as Luuk Krung or as something else. And in turn, it will affect how the kids react to the society's perception of them. This is crucial because cases of identity conflict are often rooted in this factor.

2. which school they go to. Luuk krung kids who go to international schools will grow up to be VERY different from kids who go to Thai schools. Many of them will grow up to be bilingual (some won't even be fluent in Thai) and will often have their own circle of friends and society which is quite eliteish and a bit alien to the Thai society in my opinion. But they are much more confident and assertive than avarage Thai kids. Other Kids who go to Thai school will almost certainly acquire the very core of "Thai characteristics" and will think of themselves as Thai. Two of my luuk krung friends are just like this, although they are blond and have no Asian features at all

3. their physical appearances. Well, if you look totally like farang, people will always assume that you're foreigner and will treat you as a foreigner until they really know you. This will annoy a lot of luuk krung but they will get used to it and make fun of it eventually. If you look totally Thai then nobody would even suspect that you have a non-thai parent. Perhaps ideally is the look of Mostly-thai-with-some-white-features which is considered by the mass as very attractive. If you want your kid to have a better chance of becoming a popular singer or a soap opera star, try to produce a kid of this kind. LOL

4. their parent ethnicity. American-Thai or Euro-Thai seems to be the definition of luuk krung. Japanese-Thai or Korean-Thai is another "kind" of luuk krung. Chinese-Thai will NOT count as luuk krung. Indian-Thai is another story.

5. which part of Thailand they grow up or live in. Most people in Bangkok are so used to luuk krungs and wouldn't care to treat them differently. But in other areas luuk krungs might be seen as exotic or interesting.

Hope this helps

Well my best friend in college was half Thai and half English. His father was Thai. He didn’t have any bad experiences as far as racism goes. He grew up in Indiana. He’s a computer geek and gamer like me . I had another friend in high school whom he and his brother and sister were half Thai and half Filipino. He grew up in Chicago like me. No real “in your face racial experiences” with them. His Filipinas mom is a prominent real estate business owner in Chicago.

Is half Thai/Khmer or Thai/Lao considered luuk krung?

Whoa, I saw this topic and thought "Half children?? Are they half children and half something else?". Scared me for a second.

Sorry about that.

I totally feel, that as a half thai-white girl...being half thai has been a life struggle between who i am and who i want to be. being "thai" wasn't hard. but being fake, and wanting to be real again is. good luck~!
the new thai on the block

who do you want to be? and where do you live? please....

That's all depending on the behaviors of those half-bloodeds.
If they think that other were not their EQUAL level, they would be the aliens forever.

Thailand have had a lot of "half" or "mix ( more than one race )" blooded living together without any strangely feel. Some of them become a star, singer or modeling.
Sorry, i must said almosts of star in thailand are half-bloodeds.

Ordinary ones who live in a BKK and around usually be half Thai/Chinese ( Yes, included me too ) or half Thai/Mon ( a few ) till hardly found the pure-blooded.


And the answer for Point_Dexter's ;
Half Thai/Lao never be called "Luuk krueng ( Luuk = son or daughter, krueng = half ).
But half Thai/Khmer often be called "Luuk Khamen" or "Luuk Khmer"
as the same "Luuk Khak ( Malau, Indian, Arabian )" and "Look Yuan ( Viet )".

"Look krueng"
usaually be used with half Thai/Farang ( white skin Europian - American ) and half Thai/Black ( Such as : Tiger Woods ).

How does Luuk Yuan look like lol?

There is alot of half chinese in thailand..

I'm not sure how they call half chinese thai.. but i call them "MUAY DEE" hahaha.. but thats just me..

Muay dee?

um huh...okay....

well im a halfer... Im Thainese. but being a halfer doesnt always mean being different. It all depends on how the people around you treat you for who u are, and unless im mistaken Thai people are usually very excepting of every1 so people shouldnt have much trouble fitting in (with Thai people). but w/e this is just my thoughts on my experience.

hi to all had my baby boy yesterday so far just wanted to say again i love thai peopole because all the other mothers and fathers in the ward cam to see him and were really nice and complimentary. of course all the other babies in there were equally as lovely but i see that thai people in general like to see all sorts. also there was a thai man with his half-thai-half-german girlfriend who had a gorgeous baby too and also a half chinese thai klid too. beautiful to all the beautiful people in the world making beautiful babies....sorry for being such a crooner but i m all buzzed from this......
will post some pics if people want to see...

wow u have a child and still manage to think about posting....

well thats cool, what did u name him?

yeah i dont want to have the time but right now i HAVE to work no choice because i want to give him the best i can and its my first day so i have to go.......i assure you i want to be there not here
his name is mardtin (the dt is the best transliteration i can find for a thai letter which is not in the english alphabet

My bad experinces are usually with the people who aren't thai & people who are Issan and people who are Laos.

Okay, thats alot.

But like samoans and filipinos think I'm white... or Russian or something crazy.
Thai people know that I'm mixed..
Lao's people just call me farang..
And same with Issan, but most of the women are polite enough to say Luk Krueng.

I don't really care what I look like to anyone because I know what I'am and I know that I'm mixed but I'm very proud to be half thai though.

Tiger Woods doesnt really associate well with his Thai side cause he said that full Thai & Half White Thai would discriminate against him.

Way to go Thailand, what a great society you have..

I call B.S. on that.

Quote what sources you heard that from..

Tiger woods associates very good with his Thai side & no mixed thai people got problems with him.

Yeah, that really is BS. He's actually lifting Thailand up in golf....I would imagine Tiger Woods an idol for many Thais and Luuk Krungs.

well i have to say if Tiger wasn't famous we wont be callin him Thai at all ......

of course, he's only half....and that goes with other non-famous halfies out there as well....

there is rumour that he doesnt identify with his thai side but i only heard that on AF

I saw him in some newspaper once that gave a biography of him and also showed pictures of his parents. It seem that the world doesn't mind him being a mixed breed.

A late congratualation on your baby boy

I recently got a little girl, with me being Norwegian and my wife Thai. We will live in Norway and I don't worry to much about her having trouble with others because of being of mixed etnicity.

Hey all you Luuk Kreung..
you guys should marry Thai.

I love Thai blaak kreung. Delicious.

um why?

ethnicity doesnt matter much, compared to the personality of the person.

@Paynim Dawn thanks and of course the same to you. have any pics? if not then can i ask does she look more eorpean or asian?
@pervert burger why are you so adamant about thai not going with another race? are you thai decent? do you thinkit will spoil their culture? do you not want their genes mix with another races? im trying to understand why a norweigne has several times empahzied his opinion that Thais specifically should not marry/have kids outside of thai people.
please explain to a confused man trying to understand

I peg Pervert Burger to be a troll, just trying to stirr up controversy but that's just my oppinion. Back to the topic, sure I have some pictures. My wife thinks she looks Thai and want her to look white, I think she look rather white but could not care less.

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!
so sweet im trying to get an electtronic picture ..................
EDIT:ok got one but will try to get more..and better ones but photobucket is down right now.

in that last picture u can just tell he will grow up loving his TV.

I use to joke that in that regard she is 100% thai I rember being at Phi Phi, where the clerks could not be dragged away from the TV set even if you wanted to buy something.

_ SHE _ seems mesmorized (sp?) by the changing colours on the TV screen, but as it's not good for her eyes I don't let her watch for more than a few minutes.

im sorry i couldnt tell if it was a boy or a girl (then again i can barely stay awaake rite now...lol)

but yeah i dont think to much TV exposure is good for a baby. IMO they may become attached

Aaawwww, she's a cutie Paynim Dawn!!
You guys must really be proud parents.

still glowing dude after 3 months! race home every day to monopolise his time..
here in thailand he is sooooooooooooooooo popular people stop us in the street ervywhere.......i just realised (again) how cool thais are
if we were back in ireland people would give dirty looks or ignore a luuk krung for tainting the genes
chai yo thailand

^Hehe, you're really enjoying stay in Thailand yeah. All the best.
Just one thing to think about, your son might be bringing a lot of girls back to the house when he's older to meet you and the wife

LOL now you got me worried....i dont want him to be a jow-chuu (ladies man) but i am a little worried about ge-toi (lady boy) j/k
do you think he looks like a girl evryone here says so

LOL now you got me worried....i dont want him to be a jow-chuu (ladies man) but i am a little worried about ge-toi (lady boy) j/k
do you think he looks like a girl evryone here says so

thanks for that

Aawww.. look at him. Bless.
How can people tell if it's a boy or a girl?! He's still so young. But since I already now he's a boy, don't worry, he looks like one. Make sure you register his birth in your home country embassy as well, (Ireland wasn't it?). He'll be grateful when he's older for you giving him the choice and chance to make life decisions later on. The world we live in today is just globalised. Chok dii

He's gonna be one TAAAAAAALLLLL Look Krueng like me......you can tell by his long body......but he's a cutie Corky!!!!

At least in a couple of years time you won't have to worry about losing him in a crowd of kids coz he'll be standing head and shoulders above everyone!!!

It's a good thing for guys................ not so good for us girls tho.......

hehehe he is one very adorable child. He will make one fine and proud Thai someday. Who knows maybe he will be blessed to be at age during the reign of our Great Rama IX.

Teach him the ideals and philosophies of thai society and never let him forget where his roots come from!!

He is thai blood and that is what counts!!!

CHAI YO!

Why? Don;t you want your children to look somewhat Asian?
Thats why I said Luuk Kreung marry other Thai. Mixture is fine but
really though, what happens once Luuk KReung step outside the Thai gene circle?

^ That sounded like it had a kinda SOFT BC ring to it........!



EDIT: @Sirikittong..........coz someone got in there too fast

Stop whinging, you're a perfect height.

Will you shut up.
Thanks.
If you aren't going to reply to it.
Shut up.
Basically, Shut up.

^ Actually stupid head that post wasn't meant for you it was meant for Sirikittong! Don't be so quick to jump the gun!

Sorry to hear that, didn't think Ireland were that backwords. I have no problems with my child being mixed here in Norway, infact the only stereotype I get with her is that _ all _ mixed children are beatifull.

Her mother, or rather I, get a bit more slack because of the reputation of Thai girls being used by foreigners .. mailorderbride kind of thing.

Jumb a few posts more...

Handsome kid you got there, enjoy your time as parents

NP

My wife thinks she looks like a boy to, in fact she thinks she is a spitting image of me .. poor laz.

I have heard that children looking at TV to long at the time (two dimentional) could become cross eyed. Nalak as that might be, I think not.

Thanks

Yea, proud like you would not belive. Nothing could describe the feeling of getting a child, it's the ultimate responsibility and the ultimate joy.

I'll teach my child my values, not those of the Norwegian society not those of the Thai one. It will not be values of nationality and national pride but of the inherent worth of every human being and in selfworth. It's a thin line between national pride and negative nationalism and/or rasicm. All her values should, if she adopt the same values I have which she is free to ignore, derive from this and only those Thai and Norwegian values that coinside with this would be worth savoring.