Expats with delusions of grandeur

[kingwilly]

Yep, a total wind up and laughs about it !

My guess is that she has an Indo boyfriend on the side (like most of them). Probably an ojek driver or other such character. I'm not sure if turning down expats to go with an ojek driver is much to laugh about. If that's the case, I would think that 20 years from now, she'd look back and realize it may have been a mistake. She's one who could have a shot at landing an expat husband while she's young.

I've never asked her out or even asked for her number. I like joking around with her, but I've never had the urge to pursue her. She's a cutie though, no doubt about it. Then again, there are so many cuties on the blok.

erm, not eveybody in the world really wants to marry a sexpat

so wot annoys u about certain expat attitudes in Asia?

[Norton]

The notion that they are superior in "all things" to their hosts.

[AntRobertson]

^Couldn't have put it better myself.

[exiledgooner]

copying and pasting from the blok m forum eh kw?

[sabang]

Expats, at least the ones on genuine expat contracts, have it good.
They earn far more in disposable income than they would at home, have housing, possibly a driver and maid supplied, and usually women on tap. Hardship posting, my arse.

From a situation where they were 'nothing special' back home, now they feel they are. It goes to many of their heads.

[peterpan]

^ your right, Asia is the favorite place to dispose of managment that has hit the competency ceiling back home. Therefore you get a lot of guys that have been struggling in a mid managment role shuffled of here with grand words about opening new markets and the rest of the BS while those back home are rubbing their hands with glee at finding a solution to the sticky problem of having someone too costly to fire but being a total embarrassment in the home country HO.
So the guy arrives here with a good package, maid and driver and thinks he is back up the ladder of sucessful career, little does he know they have forgotten him already.
He has just become a market development expense and a dammed good tax W/O in that role. The problem is that he sees himslf as the hand picked chosen one for this new grand venture, it all goes to his head.

[kingwilly]

copying and pasting from the blok m forum eh kw?

yep from time to time. i dont read that forum very often, as its population is somewhat restricted. i find this forum more interesting, but the actual phenomenom is one that i recognize in many different places, the text just served as a good example.

and, erm, since i only use the same nic, it aint really a secret who i am either.

you may have noticed that i didnt use the nic of the original poster either.

[Ban Saray]

I agree with Norton and Ant

[Happyman]

Of course - you meet them everywhere - not just Thailand

The older ones are retired and living on pensions - they spend their time running down the locals who live on 10% of what they get from their pension fund - telling them all what they did and how much they earned when they were working and telling everyone what they should do but, at the end of the evening, are scratching through their pockets to pay the bar bill!

Pathetic!

[Sparky]

^ Life can be a Bitch !!!!

[Norton]

^ Life can be a Bitch !!!!

Then you retire in Thailand.

[Hootad Binky]

Failed
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Hong Kong

[Silent Orchestra]

Every single expat I’ve ever met is the same - hunched at a bar in a stupid shirt, at 10 in the morning, desperately trying to convince themselves that they are not alcoholics & that the barman really is their friend.

[Hootad Binky]

Eventually you realize you are an alcoholic and the barman isn't your friend. Then you "go native."

[kingwilly]

Every single expat I’ve ever met is the same - hunched at a bar in a stupid shirt, at 10 in the morning, desperately trying to convince themselves that they are not alcoholics & that the barman really is their friend.

well yah havent met me then, have ya!








all my shirts are awesome! haha

[Sparky]

Every single expat I’ve ever met is the same - hunched at a bar in a stupid shirt, at 10 in the morning, desperately trying to convince themselves that they are not alcoholics & that the barman really is their friend.

So what sort of Shirts are you into ?

[DrB0b]

Every single expat I’ve ever met is the same - hunched at a bar in a stupid shirt, at 10 in the morning, desperately trying to convince themselves that they are not alcoholics & that the barman really is their friend.

If you're hanging around bars at 10am what kind of people do you expect to meet? Most expats I know are hunched over desks at that time of the morning.

[kingwilly]

If you're hanging around bars at 10am what kind of people do you expect to meet? Most expats I know are hunched over desks at that time of the morning.

i wasnt gonna mention that to him, next he's gonna say all the expats he meets in pattay are tattoo'd, balding, holding a hookers hand

[Lily]

Every single expat I’ve ever met is the same -

How many expats have you known?


Two?

[Whiteshiva]

Eventually you realize you are an alcoholic and the barman isn't your friend. Then you "go native."

And start postiong on TD!!!

[Lily]

next he's gonna say all the expats he meets in pattay are tattoo'd, balding, holding a hookers hand

Aren't they?

[DrAndy]

They are not expats but sexpats, a subtle difference

[sabang]

next he's gonna say all the expats he meets in pattay are tattoo'd, balding, holding a hookers hand

Aren't they?

Well, no. Several working expats live in and around Pattaya- they tend to be employed in the Industrial estates to be found all around Pattaya. Many have families, and kids at school.
Then theres the few that have built highly succesful businesses here, and I don't mean in the sex trade.
Then theres the offshore workers- a few thousand of them have homes in and around Pattaya.
Married retiree's. Tattoo's are not mandatory here.

It's a much more diverse community than stereotype suggests. Chances are, if you see a shirtless, drunk tattoo'd type with a young brown thing in his arm he's a tourist. Residents tend to act a little more discretely.

[Lily]

^I was joking. Sorry I forgot the smiley

[Sir Burr]

Many have families, and kids at school.
Then theres the few that have built highly succesful businesses here, and I don't mean in the sex trade.
Then theres the offshore workers- a few thousand of them have homes in and around Pattaya.
Married retiree's. Tattoo's are not mandatory here.

It's a much more diverse community than stereotype suggests. Chances are, if you see a shirtless, drunk tattoo'd type with a young brown thing in his arm he's a tourist. Residents tend to act a little more discretely.

You could be talking about Phuket, too.