Thread: English teaching in LOS - I deon't get it...

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

So who still believes one can get by in LOS on 40k baht a month?
Unless, of course, you live in some Kho San Rd flat with a bunch of other flea-bitten backpackers?

Of course you can get by on 40,000, even in Bangkok...and in better than the digs you describe.

But with the inability to save much of any consequence and the likelihood you have to drop some standards if you enjoy a going out, it is nevertheless just "getting by"...

Sure you can get by on 40K, you can get by on less if you really try hard.

Then again it's never been my idea to come and live like an expat on a tight budget.

Even out of BKK, you still need 40 to 50K if you wanna have a good time.

Of course some of us are happy to live in a room.
ALways found it a bit odd? Why would a grown man want to live in a small shitty room?
Coz he prefers spending the bit TEFL money he makes on beer and whores.

I know you can get by on 40,000 because i got by on less when I lived in bangkok 5 years ago. I lived in a nice apartment with a nice pool, had UBC and internet access. The worst month i had 2 baht left to my name at the end of the month and usually spent nearly everything, but it wasn't a bad life at all. I used to sit at my pool that hardly anone ever used thinking that people would pay a lot of money to come oin holiday to do what i was being paid, allbeit minimally, to do.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

I know you can get by on 40,000 because i got by on less when I lived in bangkok 5 years ago. .

My point exactly.
Try doing that today...

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I know several people that do..BM.
1,000 baht a day is perfectly liveable on, if you have to.

Sure everything is possible. What about the rainy days though?
I wouldn't wanna live here if I had to rely solely on a teacher's salary.

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Likewise likewise.
I think people without a little behind them don't last so long, just making the point that for a year or 2 and sometimes longer, it's perfectly plausible.

It is also best not to have a whoring habit or to be female.

And I wouldn't consider living overseas without the resources to go home now and then is being a particularly pleasant lifestyle

Fortunately, i haven't felt the need to go home, once in 5 years.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

And I wouldn't consider living overseas without the resources to go home now and then is being a particularly pleasant lifestyle

Fortunately, i haven't felt the need to go home, once in 5 years.

I was thinking the same.

I usually spend the money going somewhere nice, rather than wasting it on a trip back to the UK.

I agree with you 100% Torbek.
marmite does so enjoy taking these threads off on a tangent.

Once I move back, I'm not leaving to 'go home' ever again as I'm making Thailand my permanent home. There's nothing back in the states I'll be craving...

Originally Posted by Torbek

My point is, spend what money?

I know what your point is, but I was talking about me, me, me!

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

marmite does so enjoy taking these threads off on a tangent.

Piss off! Anyway, what are you going to wear on Saturday? I was thinking of something black and timeless.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

There's nothing back in the states I'll be craving...

Probably true. There's loads of ignorant rednecks here, too.

I still struggle with this hobby/keep myself busy idea I have about TEFLing when I get to Thailand. By the way ... 220 more days !

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I'm not so sure it's sufficiently enjoyable as a hobby SK.
Personally, I prefer golf.

^ quite.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

... but I was talking about me, me, me!

Yes...I've been meaning to talk to you about that tendency...



(You still right for tonight? Around 7-00?)

I don't golf ... but I love goin' golfin' wit da fellas. I can keep score, drive the cart and help drink the beer.

Originally Posted by Storekeeper

I can keep score, drive the cart...

We already have little dark-skinned third-world-type people who look on at us in obvious envy to do that sort of thing, even if only earning 40,000 pm...



...but you can feel free to drink the beer!

Originally Posted by Torbek

Originally Posted by Storekeeper

I can keep score, drive the cart...

We already have little dark-skinned third-world-type people who look on at us in obvious envy to do that sort of thing, even if only earning 40,000 pm...



...but you can feel free to drink the beer!

OK then I'll just rent my own cart and trail ya'll while you hit the little white balls and chase after'em.

Originally Posted by Likewise

Sure you can get by on 40K, you can get by on less if you really try hard.

Then again it's never been my idea to come and live like an expat on a tight budget.

Even out of BKK, you still need 40 to 50K if you wanna have a good time.

Of course some of us are happy to live in a room.
ALways found it a bit odd? Why would a grown man want to live in a small shitty room?
Coz he prefers spending the bit TEFL money he makes on beer and whores.

Funny, I don't remember meeting you.

How come you know so much abou me?

Originally Posted by Torbek

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

... but I was talking about me, me, me!

Yes...I've been meaning to talk to you about that tendency...



(You still right for tonight? Around 7-00?)

umm yep - but a certain pommie dog has gone awfully quiet about his favourite game and a certain team playing a certain other team yesterday has he?