Thread: Why i dream about a new life in Thailand...

Every night, it goes something like this: I'm in the dining room, going through all my favourite Thai centric web sites and Youtube vids. My mother is in the living room doing her Coronation St/Emmerdale/Fair City marathon. I have my escapism, dreaming of another land, a far-away exotic place. I dont' understand what people who have who watch that crap. They live a humdrum existence and watch a show about other people, who also live a humdrum existence. Change the channel, change the accent and this is what you get on 'Fair City'...Person1: "Your father is only a Bollix". Person2: "Your father is a liar and a bollix". Person1: "Well your father is a liar and a bollix and a [at][at][at][at]!!!" Bloody Nora - is this what passes for drama??? Then, poke my head into the garage, where my sister is engrossed in Facebook, where doubtless she is reading yet another "one legged puppy sob story". "Oh", she types for the millionth time, "that is sooooo very sad." The weather is invariably shitty and depressing, but i have to say this week, the weather has been positively Mediterranean. I would like to be able to spend some of the year in a place such as Thailand or the Philippines, but it's a long way off financially...so i still have my dreams...

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Dream on, I hope you make it to Thailand, and you will enjoy watching Thais watching even more dramatic soaps, the beauty of it is, if you don't speak Thai their soaps are amusing.

Originally Posted by wasabi

Dream on, I hope you make it to Thailand, and you will enjoy watching Thais watching even more dramatic soaps, the beauty of it is, if you don't speak Thai their soaps are amusing.

Spot on......

Originally Posted by wasabi

Dream on, I hope you make it to Thailand, and you will enjoy watching Thais watching even more dramatic soaps, the beauty of it is, if you don't speak Thai their soaps are amusing.

....and even more amusing if you do understand the subtleties and vernacular of lakorn Thai language.

Originally Posted by wasabi

Dream on, I hope you make it to Thailand, and you will enjoy watching Thais watching even more dramatic soaps, the beauty of it is, if you don't speak Thai their soaps are amusing.

Boy meets girl, girl parents say he is not good enough and arrange a marriage with son of business partner, matrriage is a disaster, girl meets old boyfriend and cries her heart out because he has a beautiful wife two lovely girls and successful business but is unhappy with his life blah blah blah

Originally Posted by Paddy Whackery

Every night, it goes something like this: I'm in the dining room, going through all my favourite Thai centric web sites and Youtube vids. My mother is in the living room doing her Coronation St/Emmerdale/Fair City marathon. I have my escapism, dreaming of another land, a far-away exotic place. I dont' understand what people who have who watch that crap. They live a humdrum existence and watch a show about other people, who also live a humdrum existence. Change the channel, change the accent and this is what you get on 'Fair City'...Person1: "Your father is only a Bollix". Person2: "Your father is a liar and a bollix". Person1: "Well your father is a liar and a bollix and a [at][at][at][at]!!!" Bloody Nora - is this what passes for drama??? Then, poke my head into the garage, where my sister is engrossed in Facebook, where doubtless she is reading yet another "one legged puppy sob story". "Oh", she types for the millionth time, "that is sooooo very sad." The weather is invariably shitty and depressing, but i have to say this week, the weather has been positively Mediterranean. I would like to be able to spend some of the year in a place such as Thailand or the Philippines, but it's a long way off financially...so i still have my dreams...

Nice post mate.....same for many of us in our youth maybe although I had no idea Thailand even existed ....pissing down, dark at 4pm,mother ironing,dad snoring .. no computers/internet in ancient times......for me it was watching TV travel shows with palm trees and beaches and dusky maidens.."gotta get out of this frickin place"...took me 15+ years before I twiddled me toes in the blood temp south pacific...Hang in there... only way is up mate!

Originally Posted by Carnwadrick

Originally Posted by wasabi

Dream on, I hope you make it to Thailand, and you will enjoy watching Thais watching even more dramatic soaps, the beauty of it is, if you don't speak Thai their soaps are amusing.

Boy meets girl, girl parents say he is not good enough and arrange a marriage with son of business partner, matrriage is a disaster, girl meets old boyfriend and cries her heart out because he has a beautiful wife two lovely girls and successful business but is unhappy with his life blah blah blah

The its dark and raining outside and they are in a car park , they speed off somewhere and the car is being driven erratically , the Woman is petrified and the car driver is holding a gun

Originally Posted by crepitas

Originally Posted by Paddy Whackery

Every night, it goes something like this: I'm in the dining room, going through all my favourite Thai centric web sites and Youtube vids. My mother is in the living room doing her Coronation St/Emmerdale/Fair City marathon. I have my escapism, dreaming of another land, a far-away exotic place. I dont' understand what people who have who watch that crap. They live a humdrum existence and watch a show about other people, who also live a humdrum existence. Change the channel, change the accent and this is what you get on 'Fair City'...Person1: "Your father is only a Bollix". Person2: "Your father is a liar and a bollix". Person1: "Well your father is a liar and a bollix and a [at][at][at][at]!!!" Bloody Nora - is this what passes for drama??? Then, poke my head into the garage, where my sister is engrossed in Facebook, where doubtless she is reading yet another "one legged puppy sob story". "Oh", she types for the millionth time, "that is sooooo very sad." The weather is invariably shitty and depressing, but i have to say this week, the weather has been positively Mediterranean. I would like to be able to spend some of the year in a place such as Thailand or the Philippines, but it's a long way off financially...so i still have my dreams...

Nice post mate.....same for many of us in our youth maybe although I had no idea Thailand even existed!

Ok...sadly - I'm no longer in my "youth". I went bankrupt in the US after 20 years and I'm back in the old country. The government is paying me a "job seekers" allowance of eu188/week - even though i haven't paid taxes here since the 1980s...Socialism is alive and well. Thatcher would be turning in her grave. But i have to say, the old bird did something right - i have an uncle who gets his pension in sterling on account of having done 30 years in the UK. He gets 20% extra on the exchange rate.

I can see i really touched a nerve with those soaps...

The bookies are going even money on this one

Even money Egg Sarnie

Same odds on Gravey .

I,ll go a shilling each way on Gravy

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

The bookies are going even money on this one

Even money Egg Sarnie

Same odds on Gravey .

I,ll go a shilling each way on Gravy

Ok...not sure what "Egg Sarnie" is all about, but presumably gravy implies...well, the gravy train (welfare in other words). At this point, if i never work another day in my life, I expect to have a passive income of approx 500-700 USD/month in about five years. Social Security of 1200 USD/month kicks in about seven years later, (but would rise to 2000 USD if postponed a further eight years). Hardly the sort of money you could live like a king on!!! And no healthcare either...So...i hope to be in a position to work in the middle east half of the year in about five years time. (I'll be 55). Maybe live part-time in somewhere like Chang Mai???

I'm just green with envy at all the navy guys who had the foresight to do their time and now they're sitting on a private pension, healthcare AND social security. Retirement as our parents knew it is pretty much a thing of the past, at least in America. They did their porridge and got it over with and now they can relax and enjoy life. I'll likely end up in some shithole like Dharan. Bring on the Fosters...

Now would somebody mind telling me...what the hell is a "Minger"???

So where are you, Paddy?...

Someone here thinks you are a "double-niccer"...An infamous poster from the recent past who is trying to come back as a new name...Hence, Egg Sarnie and Gravey...Changing your knickers, I call it...

Maybe you passed the test, I dunno...Heh...

Anyhow, have fun here...Minger sounds negative, na?...It is...You're not...

Cheers

Paddy enjoy you adventures that lay ahead, keep us posted.

couldn't hurt to read some books on motivation while you're waiting (IMO).

chin up, paddy.

Originally Posted by Paddy Whackery

Every night, it goes something like this: I'm in the dining room, going through all my favourite Thai centric web sites and Youtube vids. My mother is in the living room doing her Coronation St/Emmerdale/Fair City marathon. I have my escapism, dreaming of another land, a far-away exotic place.

Why not try getting a life locally (health and sports clubs, evening classes, pubs, cinema etc) instead of being a couch potato in your mother's dining room every night feeling sorry for yourself.

Keep your dreams...but save your money.

No place remains paradise without.

In post 1 Paddy is a Brit whose family enjoy watching Emmerdale, Coronation street etc. but in post 13 he seems to have morphed into an American, very poor troll.

Originally Posted by Paddy Whackery

I went bankrupt in the US after 20 years and I'm back in the old country

Looks like he hoped over the pond for a couple of decades

the thai soap series on the tv are horrible..

Originally Posted by Balloontyres

the thai soap series on the tv are horrible..

Only since the new repressive regime, to be fair.

Use to be quite enjoyable.