User:Nchamycha

About me
I am a Medical Assistant of 15 years in pursuit of my Register Nursing degree and perhaps ARNP in the future. My nationality is Thai and East Indian. I am fluent in speaking, reading, and writing in Thai and can also communicate in the northern dialect of Chiang Mai. In my free time, I enjoy spending quality time with my family. Some of our favorite activities are outdoor activities such as camping, playing volleyball, soccer, and flag football. We also enjoy road trips and sightseeing throughout the U.S. My family, and I have also traveled extensively throughout Asia, our next destination will be Europe. For my enrichment, I enjoy reading historical fiction/non-fiction, listening to Thai/Korean/Chinese/Hmong/ and English music. I also crochet and write short fanfic that I shared with a few close confidants. Due to our busy schedule, we only have one cat, his name is Leo, and he loves taking a bath, walking with a harness while outdoors, and the most impressive thing about Leo is that he is potty trained (how-to-toilet-train-your-cat)- Leo uses the toilet. I enjoy reading for enjoyment and personal growth.

My Wikipedia interests
My interests related to Wikipedia is mostly for entertainment and sometimes educational purposes, especially for comparison during research.

Article evaluation
While growing up in Thailand, my early childhood was filled with cultural beliefs and superstitions. One of the fascinating topics I found to be is Thai Spirit houses. Since my understanding of Spirit house purpose is pretty basic from childhood experience. To further educate myself, I visited the Spirit house article on Wikipedia. I found three aspects of it worth mentioning: the purpose of spirit houses, global emphasis, and spirit house offerings.

Purpose of Spirit house
I believe that all lands, and buildings have spirits, and one must provide a home or dwelling for these beings to appease the spirits, so it will invite good fortune.

Some spirit houses have beautiful designs that may include miniature furniture and statues of people or animals. Spirit houses can be as small as a birdhouse or as large as a small cabin such as Balaua.

Global emphasis
Due to my limited experience with other country's beliefs regarding spirit houses, I was under the assumption that the spirit houses only exists in Thailand. However, with further research within Wikipedia, I discovered that spirit houses are prevalent throughout Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, as well as the Philippines. The idea of spirit house usage is also practiced by Native American tribes.

Spirit house offerings
In Thailand, it is part of a daily morning ritual to bring an offering of food, drinks, and a variety of treats to the spirit house. This long-standing belief is that the friendly spirits will gather and partake the offerings and thereby provide protection and good luck to the owner of the properties or buildings. One of the interesting facts provided by the article and another website is the ongoing practice usage of red Fanta as offerings.

Summary
In conclusion, I would rate this page as 5 out of 10. The information the article provided was just enough to provide surface information on spirit houses with minimum link and citation for further reading. There is room for improvement concerning the deeper meaning and exciting facts of spirit houses.

Relevant pages and sub-pages of this page

 * https://www.wideopenpets.com/how-to-toilet-train-your-cat-in-5-easy-steps/
 * https://medium.com/personal-growth-lab/5-ways-to-accelerate-your-personal-growth-2837811ffd34
 * Chiang Mai Province
 * https://thestrategicretreat.com/red-fanta-at-thai-shrines/
 * https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/alaska/articles/the-story-behind-alaskas-rainbow-colored-burial-spirit-houses/
 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Balaua,_the_largest_spirit_house_for_anito_among_the_Itneg_people_(1922,_Philippines).jpg
 * https://www.thenotsoinnocentsabroad.com/blog/whats-a-spirit-house