This may have been done before, but I thought it would be interesting for the Bedlam faithful. I saw in another thread that LBD was from Scotland, and that got me thinking. Could we have a thread detailing something like: where we are from, where we live, married or single, what we do for a living and anything else that we might think interesting?

Me

I'm from Dublin, Ireland.

I live in Liverpool UK.

I'm married for 17 years.

I'm a self-employed training consultant.

Mods, could this become a pinned thread?

Go on, tell us something about yourself!

I am completely insane and on the verge of a mental breakdown, but when that isn't happening....

I am living in Overland Park, Kansas AKA hel_l and I have been married to a lovely Thai lady (my only saving grace) and have a lovely daughter of 4. I work for Starbucks while I put myself through college to be a history professor. That's all folks.

I am from Peterhead in Scotland.

I am 32 on Saturday

I have lived in Thailand on and off for 7 years.

I have been married for 4 years.

My wife is from Loei Province.

I work at a large school in Chiang Mai - the largest in Thailand apparently.

I am going back to Scotland in June to do an MA in lingustics.

Will miss Thailand, and wish it was easier to stay here long-term.

That's enough soul-baring for the moment!

Me - 32 years old, married, living in Bristol, SW England

Left school at 16 with 9 GCSEs, 8 of which were below "C" laugh.gif

Spent 4 years as an Apprentice Carpenter, then jacked it all in 6 months out of my time to sell insurance door to door...

that didnt work out as i was crap, within a month was working at a factory driving forklift trucks...

Following doing this and various other warehouse jobs i fell into an office job - and the life of the blue collar worker was installed into me.. no more for the manual work my hands took a more sensitive complexion..

I started my first I.T support job about 7 or 8 years ago, and have done varying roles within I.T since, I currently work for a large NHS Trust Hospital as a Network Analyst - maintaining all things wifi, lan, wan etc etc

met, my now wife (thai), whilst travelling in thailand '02, and we married sept '05 and we have been living back in the UK ever since.. no kids as of yet!

Okay, I am single, 27 on Monday and have been back in the UK for 9 months.

Previously lived in Thailand for 3 years, doing teaching in Hat Yai then working in resorts around Koh Samui, intermitted with lots of bumming around

Currently studying for my BA Honours in Childhood Studies.

Hope to return to Thailand eventually, but have a huge list of other places/things to do/see before that.

I am a very happy person, not much seems to get me down (even this horrible windy rainy weather) and I have high hopes for the future - bring it on!

I'm 40 years old, born and raised in Düren, Germany, and live in Thailand for ten years.

Married to a Thai lady for almost a year and live now in the outskirts of Pattaya. No kids but one cat.

I am self-employed, did several consulting Jobs and run now the Eastern Seaboard office for a Bangkok based freight forwarding company.

Currently studying for my BA Honours in Childhood Studies.

Are you doing that, just so you can understand the majority of posters in Bedlam

Currently studying for my BA Honours in Childhood Studies.

Are you doing that, just so you can understand the majority of posters in Bedlam

yep, it certainly helps!! Maybe i'll plan my dissertation based on Bedlam xx

I'm Kayo.

A klown by name, a klown by nature.

I eat like an elephant and although I never have nor do I have any desire to own a wibbit, I like Bugs and Roger.

I hope to be able to burrow me own home in a pleasant sub tropical climate one of these days.

This is fantastic. Keep it going. Is this the first pinned thread in Bedlam?

30 years old

Born and raised in Chicago

First visited Thailand in January 1997

Married my Thai wife in December 2000

Now live in Las Vegas (Cha-Ching!)

Ok, I'll buy into this one.

46 Years old and holding. Born and raised in Haydock, Lancashire (they moved it into Merseyside when I was sleeping)

Originally planned to be a Geology Teacher but ended up doing a Degree in Computer Science, this earned me a job selling professional photography equipment...... one fateful day, I sold a Bronica to a chap that was opening an AppleCenter in Liverpool, he offered me twice the salary I was on to sell Macs instead, nearly ripped his arm off......... that's enough job history for now.

Married for nearly three years to a lovely lady called On (full name Bang-On, I nearly chocked the first time she told me) One step daughter who will be 7 this Sunday, she is as cute as a button and my heart melts when she says "good night Daddy"

Living in a small village 60km south of Buriram for two years now but was a regular visitor to Isaan prior (4 times a year for 5 years)

Current employment........ laundly

I am 31, male originally from Akron, Ohio, USA.

I am a trumpet player. Have a BM, MM, and DMA from US universities. I teach trumpet at the Mahidol College of Music, and play principal in the Thailand Philharmonic.

I have a beautiful, wonderful wife. We were married in October of 2004, and we have a 4 month old babe, Alexander. I did a smart thing and married a business women, who makes 4X more than me. If you are a musician, you need to do something smart like this, lol.

I love my hometown of Cleveland, and I cheer passionately for the Cleveland Browns (football), Indians (baseball) and Cavs (Basketball), even though I don't really like hte sports all that much. But it is a strong connection with home, and it reminds me of the good things in the US.

I love to take care of my house, even though I seem to be the only one in my mooban who does this.

I love nature, campnig, movies, reading books ( GO HARRY, PLEASE DONT DIE! ), etc. I like a beer and a board game with friends.

I like TV, and I like to contribute when I can.

I would like to sell the ###### condo that my wife has has for several years, but its small and nobody seems interested.

I like my big blue Toyota prerunner. I love my dog. I like UBC, and don't think its that terrible (which puts me in the minority here) I also think the same about True internet.

I like meatloaf, and spagetti and meatballs. I shop at Foodland because I hate the small of places like Big C and Lotus.

I love my family and I know I will die a happy man, because I found my soulmate, and have a beautiful child that will carry on after I'm gone.

Peace.

I'm... er... 33 years old.

Thai-Chinese.

Born and raised in Bangkok.

Currently work for a spa consulting company.

No hubby, no kids.

I'm 32, 33 on March the 3rd.

Born in Bellshill Scotland

I left school at 16 to become an electrician. Left Scotland when i was 20 and moved to London where i worked and partied hard.

Went to live in Australia in 1998 for a year. Then went travelling to NZ for 2 months.

Moved to London for another year or so. Moved to NZ for a year. Left NZ to head back to London. Had a holiday in Thailand for a month. Fell in love with the place. Decided to go back and try and get a job as a teacher. As it turned out i got a great job teaching English and football in a Thai school. I played football in the Expats league for 2 years. Met my wife in 2003 and got married in 2005. We then moved to Sydney Australia in October 2006. No plans to move back to LOS yet. We will go for a holiday in 2 years. Currently i am employed as an installation technician, doing CCTV and Video Intercom Systems. Having a great time here and the wife is enjoying herself. Infact we are off to the lake and beach tomorrow for some fishing. Nice!

Okay, I am single, 27 on Monday and have been back in the UK for 9 months.

Geddoutofit!?!?!?

Me and you were both born on the same day, Soph! I'm 27 next Monday duai. Er... what time were you born?

There also seems to be a bit of a Merseyside connection on this thread that I can also join in. I was born over the water on the Wirral, which makes me dead posh like.

I moved to Thailand when I was 21, working here in Bangkok as a software engineer for a company that sells satellite airtime.

I'm getting married next month to my girlfriend of nearly 4 years and although nervous, I am looking forward to it

Bit of a musician as a hobbie - own two synths, a sequencer and a pair of turntables. I've got a regular once or twice a month gig DJ'ing in a club in BKK, but don't really want to push it beyond that - got a daytime job that pays well enough.

And I like being on the plonk.

Okay, I am single, 27 on Monday and have been back in the UK for 9 months.

Geddoutofit!?!?!?

Me and you were both born on the same day, Soph! I'm 27 next Monday duai. Er... what time were you born?

There also seems to be a bit of a Merseyside connection on this thread that I can also join in. I was born over the water on the Wirral, which makes me dead posh like.

Wahey! I just turned 27 in december!

Merseyside, well, ermm... I like the Beatles?

Awight! More normal answer Sueghs...

Turned 27 last december.

Although I performed reasonably well academically and in school activities (sports/theatre), I also performed outrageously well in bed, and at parties, hence I got kicked out of three schools before kicking schools out of my life at 16 and 2 months.

I had already been working part time, and turned this into full time, a myriad of Bars/hotels (different functions)/double glazing/clothing store/VDO rental store/musician/Venue Photographer (venue with many celebrities)/porn movie (one scene)/Office Manager for an ad agency/Beach resort management/Entertainment venue & bar management.

These jobs (and probably some more) have taken place in My native England (Cambridge/London), my other Native, Holland (amsterdam), as well as Brussels, Nice, Monte-Carlo, Edinburgh, Kanchanaburi, Koh CHang, and Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.

Always a fond drinker, I became a heavy drinker age 23/24 ish, when i had and lost a "wife" and baby, whereupon I moved to Kanchanburi and became a DRUNK.

As I was progressing from Drunk to Alcoholic, I just cut that right down over the past few months, having decided it might be better to do something with my life before I loose all my hair.

I am typing this from a commuter town called Guaragon (or something) south of New Delhi.

I'm not at all sure how I got here.

I'm equally sure where I'm going.

31 year old London girl born & bred

Left school at 17 & fell into Investment Banking, was on fast track on trading floor, earning lots & potential for mega bucks etc when decided to pack it all in at 21 & travel a bit.

Hit Koh samui & stayed for 7+ years whilst doing stints in AUS, NZ & SA for long holidays. have also done many short trips around Malaysia & Singapore too.

Met my husband in 2001 & married in 2003. We moved to the UK in 2004 & we are having our first baby (boy) in May.

Wisey bought a flat just outside London 14ths ago & is selling in a couple of months at a 33k profit. Should build us a decent enough shack in Issan & some left over to put towards another place in London too Was all part of the master plan of moving back here so glad it's working out. Things rarely don't go myway though as I can control fate with the power of my mind & will power My husband now beleives that I do in fact, know everything about everything, as have been telling him for past 6 years

Plan on moving back to LOS in the next few years to be a full time mum & housewife.

I am from the best country in the world, gods own holiday destination and I live in an asylum at the top of the mountain and I like cold days as it blows up my jammies and I freeball.

Turned 32 the other day, am from Perth West. Aust.

I got booted out of school at 16 (Yr 11) got a job selling shoes.

Moved on to usher at a cinema.

From there a cattle station near Halls Creek mustering cattle on horseback.

Then into a sheep shearing team as a roustie, then I checked into a dry house (them shearers can really drink) where I ended up as a counselor.

Then I worked at a place fitting CV joints, spent a year in Teenchallenge.

I then decided on a career upheavel and went looking for better work, got an apprenticeship with a defence force contractor building communication centres on Navy ships and went back to school.

Got a commissioning job in oil and gas in Singas.

Then another in Singas.

Then another in Korea.

Then another in Korea.

Then another in Singas.

Then another in Singas.

The I started my own company with my Dad, we got a job in Singas in oil and gas, got ripped off by Agip so we decided to give working for ourselves a miss.

Got another job in Singas, met my wife in Singas.

Got a job in Azerbaijan.

Got a job on Sakhalin Island.

Now I am in Korea again.

We have been married for 3 or 4 years (I love my wife's way, she cannot remember our anniversary, or the year we got married) we have two girls, one is 3 years and one is about 8 months.

I guess there is every chance we have been married 4 or 5 years, who can count up that far? (Ciggie in one hand and a beer in the other)

My MIL and my wife and my two kiddly winks are here in Korea.

Thats me in a nutshell

Hey Tuky ou was a 'ringer' ?, which cattle station near Halls creek ?? I used to do all that stuf as a young buck in NT, including the Kimberleys and a stint on Ord River stn.

Hey Tuky ou was a 'ringer' ?, which cattle station near Halls creek ?? I used to do all that stuf as a young buck in NT, including the Kimberleys and a stint on Ord River stn.

Mulla Bulla mate, we used heli muster whilst us ringers were on horseback. Dry camps too.

Mulla Bulla pretty much surrounded Halls Creek. You know it?

Yes, but never worked there. We used Slingsby from Kunnunnurra on Ord, I then graduated from horse to Heli myself, more fun and home at night where not so dry lol.

Are you two speaking some new foreign language here?

Yes, but never worked there. We used Slingsby from Kunnunnurra on Ord, I then graduated from horse to Heli myself, more fun and home at night where not so dry lol.

Our pilot was a bloke by the name of Macca (believe it or not), we used to spend a month or two out at camp before returning to the homestead, big pissup then let me tell you. We used to ride bicycles the 40k trip into town just to buy a beer for someone better looking than cookie (cookie was married to one of the ringers mind you). On our horse by 4am, still on it at 7/8pm, it is a hard life.

Funny fact, the owner/manager of Mulla Bulla was a guy by the name of Dick North.

Ok i'm a blood sucking evil vampire, 99 years old (turned into a vampire at the age of 33)

Born and bred in the Midlands, UK. Trained as a chef, became head chef of a resturant at the age of 19, but decided i didnt like that much so turned my hobby into my living, computers/IT.

Started my IT life as a code monkey and worked my way up to Head of IT for a 'dotcom'

Hobbies include Online gameing (yeah yeah, i know... bloody geek) reading, moonlit walks on the beach, dressing up as a woman (only on mondays and wednesdays) and hanging outside 7/11 yelling 'herro sexy man'

Single, never married (close once) heavy drinker and i like to paaaaaaarty! (as one or two members/mods are aware) oh and i'm half welsh!

I am from the best country in the world, gods own

Scotland?

I am from the best country in the world, gods own

Scotland?

Wales you moron!

I am from the best country in the world, gods own

Scotland?

Wales you moron!

ENGLAND!!!

ENGLAND!!!

:D :D