Sometimes I get bored in Thai never never land. Where do you go in the region when you need a break?
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Originally posted by Voɔɒlnɘɒl View PostBoredom like happiness comes from within. Sure a change of scenery may provide a transient reduction but you have to address the primary cause.
Hobbies?
It must be tedious being you, dripping your sanctimonious dribble wherever you go.
Anyway regionally I like Penang for a little change of scenery and culture, great curries and real 7% Guinness (which isn't even available in Ireland any longer).
Outside the region I quite enjoy travel in South America, Europe and the USA.
I'm planning a journey through Europe and Russia this summer.
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Originally posted by Maimeetang View PostSometimes I get bored in Thai never never land. Where do you go in the region when you need a break?
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Originally posted by Dr Earl View PostIt must be tedious being you, dripping your sanctimonious dribble wherever you go.
Sanctimonious suggests I was looking down on the poor fellow where if fact I was simply stating a fact. If money cannot buy happiness then maybe location cannot either.Last edited by Voɔɒlnɘɒl; 05-08-2015, 10:56 AM.
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I do believe having ample money and living in a good location contribute to ones happiness but not essential.
Some farangs may consider Bangkok the centre of their universe but I would not(I hate the place) and it wouldn't matter how much money I had. It would be at the very bottom of my list of places to live in Thailand.
The OP asks the question ''where do you go in the region when you get bored and need a break'' and not for a philosophical break-down of why people get bored etc. etc.
Dr Earl perhaps was mistaken in using the word ''Sanctimonious'' and maybe the word Condescending would have been more appropriate.
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Paul Kelly - 'Every ****ing City'
Published on Mar 4, 2012
Paul Kelly - 'Every ****ing City' - Live - 3.3.12 - Club Cafe - Pittsburgh
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Lyrics :
We argued on the channel train to Paris
The vin rouge helped us make it sweet again
But by the time that we got down to Lyon
Everything I said was wrong and you cursed me in the rain
We split up for a while in Barcelona
We met up six days later in Madrid
I was hoping that the break would make things go a little better for us
And for a little while it almost did
Now I'm in a bar in Copenhagen
And i'm trying hard to forget your name
And I'm staring at the label on a bottle of cerveza
And every ****ing city feels the same
You said to call you when I got to London
A French girl told me that you'd left a note
I said to her "I like your accent" and she thought I sounded funny
So we ended up drinking in Soho
Foolishly I followed you to Dublin
Like a ghost I walked the streets of Temple Bar
And all the bright young things were throwing up their Guinness in the gutters
And once I thought I saw you from afar
Now I'm in a nightclub in Helsinki
And they're playing La Vida Loca once again
And I can't believe I'm dancing to this crap but I'm a chance here
And every ****ing city sounds the same
At a cafe in the port of Amsterdam
An E-mail from you said you'd gone to Rome
For a minute I thought maybe but my funds were running low
And anyway it sounded like you weren't alone
So I headed north until I got to Hamburg
A chilly city suits a troubled soul
And on the Reeperbahn I paid a woman far too much
To kick me out before I'd even reached my goal
Now I'm in a restaurant in Stockholm
And the waiter here wants me to know his name
And I can order sandwiches in seven different languages
But every ****ing city looks the same
Arriverderci, au revoir, aufwiedersen, hasta la vista baby
Yeah, every ****ing city's just the same
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Originally posted by Voɔɒlnɘɒl View PostI believe the term is drivel if you must.
Sanctimonious suggests I was looking down on the poor fellow where if fact I was simply stating a fact. If money cannot buy happiness then maybe location cannot either.
BTW I just booked a flight to Amsterdam. Not because of boredom but because I like to see new places from a variety of perspectives, I'll be touring on a bicycle and hoping trains around Europe and Russia this trip
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Originally posted by Dr Earl View PostSure I be knowing the word "drivel", but since your post is so akin to our favorite TD pal Peewee dribble Robertson, well, enough said, welcome to the forum Peewee.
BTW I just booked a flight to Amsterdam. Not because of boredom but because I like to see new places from a variety of perspectives, I'll be touring on a bicycle and hoping trains around Europe and Russia this trip
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I consider moving from Thailand almost every day.
The more I understand it, the less I like it. And I think I understand it fairly well.
Personally, everything changed when my daughter was born.
I came here as a 42-year-old retiree with my Thai wife of 5 years. It was good then, that was 9 years ago. It's tiresome now. I don't have a single Thai person I would consider a friend, aside from my wife.
I come from a good background. Cheating, thieving, and cutting corners and the simple thrill of "getting over on somebody" doesn't appeal to me.
Integrity, pride in one's work, honesty and compassion are important to me.
Oil and water? Indeed.
Yes, I've created a bubble, as most farangs have -- for the same reason. I can read and write Thai at a basic level. I can communicate with relative ease. I just don't like their style -- even the nice ones. I don't live in Bangkok and the lifestyle and attitudes of hayseed morons is starting to rankle me bigtime. Maybe I'm getting old.
Having said that, I don't like the western style much either. Nanny-state nickel and dime society, reaching into your pocket a dozen times a day to pay some horseshit penalty for living in "something marginally better than Thailand." Pay for parking, pay for incoming calls, pay 20x for garbage, pay 100x for childcare. The consumer society enslaves you. Live too close to the stadium and you pay for the millionaire primadonnas to entertain others. Fuks that.
I don't think of myself as being "from" anywhere, so I don't much care where I end up. It's a hard call. I will reevaluate this year. The Thai experience has run its course. My wife wanted to move back to the States 5 years ago.
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