Why have we chosen this life of uncertainty?

DaffyDuck · 12-10-2009, 04:48 AM

Originally Posted by ItsRobsLife

Posters like DP seem to forget, or are oblivious to the fact, that they may be working girls, but they are girls and human beings after all.

'forgetting' and objectifying them allows such posters to deal mostly with their own guilt and neurosis.... move along, nothing new to see there....

Originally Posted by ItsRobsLife

Buy them a drink or two and listen to their chatter for a while, you'll learn a whole lot more about what makes Thais tick.

I'll second that - some of the best time that I've had, I've had in this manner.

**Digitalwolf** · 12-10-2009, 07:11 AM

Originally Posted by DaffyDuck

Quote: Originally Posted by ItsRobsLife View Post Buy them a drink or two and listen to their chatter for a while, you'll learn a whole lot more about what makes Thais tick. I'll second that - some of the best time that I've had, I've had in this manner.

It was the same for me in Korea and it's probably the same most places. These girls have funny and interesting stories and you get to know the local gossip when they trust and know you a little more. Not the kind of thing the typical tourist will ever learn.

Chitown I really enjoyed reading your reflections. I too enjoy people watching especially when I am over seas. As I read what you wrote I learned something about myself. I do like being the outsider. I hadn't realized it but that is part of what is drawing me back to Thailand. I felt it in Korea and in Germany etc. Thanks for starting this thread and I hope I come across more of your reflections.

**Nawty** · 12-10-2009, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by DaffyDuck

I'll second that - some of the best time that I've had, I've had in this manner.

Should read....all the time

**Bangyai** · 12-10-2009, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by DrAndy

Originally Posted by wefearourdespot

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

My wife managed a beer bar/ English Restaurant for 7 years and in all the years I drank there girls were not available for extra activities.

Then I would rather call it "restaurant/bar" and not "beer bar" that in Thailand always indicates a place where not just beer is for sale.

true, I had a plate of peanuts last time I was in a beer bar

======= DrAndy

**robuzo** · 12-10-2009, 09:16 PM

I don't feel I fit in with the general of humanity anywhere I've lived. Of course, in more diverse societies one can always find a niche sooner or later, but in the States I've noticed that even in polite company, so to speak, I sometimes can't contribute to conversations because I don't watch TV and am not into US football, baseball, or baksketball. I used to muse about how alienated I was from Japanese society because baseball puts me to sleep, karaoke is unappealing, and I despise golf (love sumo, though), while pachinko parlors, the site one of the most popular Japanese pastimes, strike me as a circle of hell undreamt of by Dante. I also fail to see the attraction of ramen.

As for Thailand, I think total immersion in Thai society, at virtually any strata, is as much if not more a tall order than it would be in Japan, which in certain important ways is at least more conversant with Western culture at a fundamental level, if not Westernized, than Thailand. There is also a wider variety of cultural activities in Japan than in Thailand that a Westerner can get involved in and thus gain a kind of entree. Thailand is culturally something of a wasteland, certainly when it comes to participatory activities, not to mention the arts.

Nonetheless, it seems to me the most important thing to life anywhere is to be able to engage in worthwhile pursuit(s). Obviously this means different things to different people, but it is possible for some in Thailand. Once it ceases to be it is natural to want to leave, wherever one might be. To the extent one has taken on responsibilities in a place, such as by starting a family or committing to a business (or both!), leaving can be more difficult than staying. I suppose that is when one starts to feel trapped.

**Spin** · 25-10-2009, 03:31 AM

Originally Posted by ItsRobsLife

I missed the bit where his multinic cover was blown.

Everybody knows that Dancing Priest is Tuddy right?

I mean come on, its obvious.

**Mr Earl** · 25-10-2009, 06:38 AM

Originally Posted by chitown

So why have you chosen a life in Thailand?

Papaya(and all the other weird fruits), crispy pork, great highways for motorcycling, squid, crispy baguettes, stinky cheeses.... all the widely available fresh food.
the ladies....great weather.....beaches....bugs..hot springs..mountains..Bangkok and all the smaller Thai cities and towns.
Buddhist temples everywhere, the little shrines, the big shrines, the shrine junkyards,
People honk their horns when passing certain shrines. The remarkable civility of Bangkok traffic jams amazes me.

Generally I enjoy the feel of having landed in the middle of an Asian wild west show where you can get hurt if you don't watch your step. I enjoy calculated risks.

Sometimes I think about going back to fly airplanes, but then I think about scraping the snow and ice off the wings and the thought passes quickly.

**Nawty** · 28-10-2009, 09:48 AM

Me 3.....but the thought of work soon puts a stop to that silly idea.

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