Is it normal for me to feel homesick towards thailand not being thai?

Sawatdee-Khup! I'm in Bangkok right now as I traveled here for Tet - the Vietnamese New Year. First of all, I don't care much for Vietnam where I live now. It's a depressing country with abject poverty. This morning when I woke up, I realized I'd been feeling homesick all the time not for the United States but Thailand. I guess nostalgic is the most plausible word I can use to describe it because I'm not Thai. There is no other way for me to put it, but Vietnam just doesn't have the kind of magic, charm, and allure that Thailand does. I used to live here. I taught English in Bangkok last year; now I teach in Saigon. The nightlife in Bangkok crushes that of Saigon. Also, Thailand isn't a communist country run by an oppressive regime.

The hardest part I have about living in Vietnam, and I hate to sound prejudiced, but Vietnamese people have absolutely no common sense. They do some of the most asinine things that not even lower-functioning autistic people in America would do. Every day, every single class, every time without fail, I always have to keep reminding my students to write their stinking names on their papers....their full names that is and the dates. I tell them to write their student numbers and the class numbers as well. I have over 800 students. I have no way of knowing whose paper and which class it belongs to if they don't put that. I ask many of them, "Can you remember the names and faces of 1000 people?" Then when they say no, I ask them, "So what makes you think I can?"

The other day, on my way home from work, there was a cable line down in the street. Rather than block off the street with firetrucks and police cars so nobody gets electrocuted like they would in America, some guy in the middle of rush hour traffic in Saigon got off his motorbike, climbed up a ladder mounted on the live wires climbed up there and reconnected the wire with live juice running through it. How stupid can you be? I don't like driving around Saigon, either because the streets are dangerous. They're a death trap. They're really narrow like alleys, and many of the intersections have no traffic lights. There's a big roundabout right near Ben Thanh Market where people just hall right ass through. They even do really stupid stuff like pull right out in the intersection and not even look for oncoming traffic.

To be honest, it's not much better in Thailand, but even the little bit more common sense Thai people have goes a long way. I'm just not feeling the kind of love with Vietnam that I did with Thailand even though I have a larger social circle and make more money. There is no other way for me to put it, but Vietnam just doesn't have the kind of charm, allure, magic, and all the other redeeming qualities Thailand does. The nightlife in Bangkok crushes that of Saigon twice over. Also, Thai people aren't xenophobic or cold like some of the Vietnamese people can be. What I really want to know is it normal to feel nostalgic while I'm back in Bangkok and to actually feel homesick towards Bangkok even though I'm not even from here? It feels like my old stomping grounds or my home away from home.