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2 minutes ago, khunPer said:

All my work-life I've been working hard, and actually had no intention of stop working just because I reached the age of 70, the old time retirement age in my Scandinavian home country.

 

When a friend finally convinced me to take 10 days off from work at age 52 and joining him on a trip to a small tropical island in Gulf of Thailand – he actually had bought a ticket for me and called saying I owed him money for a ticket to Bangkok, as we had talked about a trip to Thailand for several years, but it never materialized – I began to rethink the purpose of working, when staying of this island's Bounty-style beach...

 

Two and a half years later I bought a small plot of land on the very same beach, as my friend had introduced me to, realizing that it was not worth to work hard – even I by working many more years could make little extra savings for later, after paying more than 50 percent income tax – instead I began planning on early retirement and to enjoy life, while I was still fit for joyful living, rather than having plenty of fund later at old age, but not being able to use them due to age and physically worn-out conditions. When is enough, enough?

 

At age 56 I was able to stop working for money, got rid of my small business and sold my property in my home country. That was probably the best decision I ever made, and now 18 years after I don't regret it; I'm sitting under same palm trees on the same beach as in 2001 and are still capable of fully enjoying my life.... 

It wasn't a good decision 

Now you have NO property to go back to ???

5 minutes ago, BobBKK said:

Retired at 50 been here 15 years.

I slept with hundreds of beautiful women, drank gallons of wine, and visited all over Asia many times.

Regret retiring?  what are you on? 

Whats that saying and please in all your fine wisdom please correct me 

And who said it ?

WINE WOMEN & SONG 

51 minutes ago, poobear said:

Much more of a monthly income to support my wife, son, and myself. If I could afford it I would pack up and leave here immediately. 

You can't afford to leave ????

This is why I think it's better NOT to sell all your assests in farangland 

KEEP your house there !!!

11 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

For me at 90 it could be sooner than later. But so far, so good.😉

Wow ! 😲 😮 

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Congratulations and respect to you Sir 👏 

2 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Don't be angry, lots of B.S. nonsense topics on these forums 

 

ASEAN

• Philippines
• Vietnam
• Cambodia
• Other ASEAN Countries

 

Absolutely!

Times have changed,some live in the past ....this forum is for all South East Asia 

I have calmed down a lot and not angry as much about this 

2 hours ago, bob smith said:

Is there anything that would make you leave Thailand for your homeland?

 

do you miss anything about it?

 

I'm in a curious mood this morning..

 

bob.

Why only Thailand?

What about expats in the Philippines, Cambodia,Vietnam ?

They not worthy ?

Isn't this the ASEAN forum for ALL South East Asia expats? 

Discrimination Bob !!

I'm angry today about this 

I actually met a guy in Pattaya who told me he retired from the UK civil service at 55 and regretted it ,said he wished he had gone to 65

All this media hype about retiring ,like we should !

Did you regret retiring?

Is there anything wrong with someone who doesn't retire say at 60 or even 65?

I'm thinking of just working and taking 2 X  trips a year to Asia instead of retiring 

Many countries have now no set retirement age 

Do any of you still WORK past 60?

Are you happy to WORK?

On 6/4/2024 at 4:34 AM, ChumpChange said:

Yes, for real. They eat spaghetti with a sauce they create using ketchup made from bananas and then mix in sliced hotdogs. I'm getting sick just thinking about it. 

Philippines put 🍍 pineapple in their spaghetti 

20 hours ago, Ben Zioner said:

Well, if you like fat arses..

True 😁😂 

I noticed that , probably all the American fast food places .

24 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

No I have not but I have walked some dodgy places in other places. Why would you do that? Wont learn how to use a drill there, dont think so anyway at least not the mechanical type.

 

Thankyou and it takes a man to admit they have never walked up & down the Manila subway at night like I did 👍many others won't admit it 

And the question remains though...

How long should we stay in ONE place on our vacation/holiday before one gets bored ?

6 weeks in Pattaya bored me ,I had to take side trips !

Hua Hin for how long ,a week??

41 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

You should already know these things. I guess you have always been living in a cave.

And yet you have never walked the Manila Subway at night have you !

Admit it !

I done 2 nights at around 11pm walking back n forth ! 

I was working with a casual employee last night sweeping the hospital grounds 

He was an old guy who mentioned about how he was renovating his house 

I told him I didn't know how to do renovation or even use a drill .

That I called a Airtasker guy out to put my wooden bed together I bought from IKEA 

The first thing he did was laugh at me " a real man knows how to use a drill "" , he then immediately backtracked , " oh I don't mean it a bad way he said laughing 

Later I ignored zealous tart like this,off went my conversations with him and my ear phones on🙉🎧

But it's been on my mind all day !!

Even I saw a post on ASEAN today where a guy a former NURSE in his working career was writing he was doing plumbing, renovation  etc in his spare time at his house !

That made me angry😮 because I think of male nurses as feminine , so I'm thinking of he does ,should I have to know as well!

The thing is I never been interested in using a drill or going plumbing , electrical renovation etc ⚒️🔨

Does a "real man " know how to use a DRILL, should we all know how to put door frames on ,how to use a SAW ,a DRILL ?

Why should I bother learning?

I call tradesmen out 

Today being a few days back on Australia from my 6 week boring trip...I'm so happy 😁 

I rose at 3pm after the nightshift cleaning the hospital stairways , 

I will spend sometime checking my emails ,on ASEAN ,do some cleaning , then I will go to the gym,come home eat dinner and off to work for 10p

Lovely routine and just think one week ago I was caged in a 21sqm room with old people on walking frames ,shouting outside ,slamming doors etc

I felt like the security guards at that view talay were like prison guards locking people in those box rooms 

Half the time I had to jump that back fence where the cafe is because my keycard wouldn't work 

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I've never had a blue print since I tried farming- the hours are too long and the pay is rubbish. My dream at school was to be a farmer, but soon learned that to be a good life one needs to inherit a place or marry one, and neither were an option for me. After that I just did what came along. Military, Antarctica, nursing, working overseas as a nurse in Saudi and London, retiring early and moving to Thailand to be with the beloved till she wasn't loveable, divorce and back to live in NZ just in time for covid lockdown.

I joined up because I worked with an ex military guy on the farm and it seemed like a better option than working an 84 hour week for a pittance, went to Antarctica because I met a guy skiing that had been and it seemed interesting ( it was ). Went nursing because my unit helped out with disabled kids and I met some great nurses. Went to Saudi because nurses in NZ get paid a pittance, and went to work in London because had enough of Saudi and NZ nurses get paid a pittance. Started going to Thailand when in Saudi and fell in love with it. Fell in love with the wrong Thai woman and ended up leaving it as divorced and out of money ( can't get my pension there ).

 

Now I'm just waiting for the fat lady to sing and off on the last great adventure of my life.

 

Get up when I want, do what I want, eat what I want, sleep when I want. To pass the time I watch movies, go on here, do a bit of DIY ( I made some of my furniture myself ), raise Monarch butterfly's, do some gardening. While nothing I do is important, it pays to keep busy.

 

Am I bored- not a chance.

 

Would I like my life to be different- yes. I wanted to live in LOS till I died, but that's what happens when one marry s the wrong woman.

Would I like it to be different in NZ? I'd like to live by a beach, but that's way too expensive for a pensioner.

I'd like to have a small dog though, but not allowed where I live.

New Zealand doesn't allow their citizens to get the old age pension overseas ???? 😮

11 minutes ago, alanrchase said:

Seems you want other people to do your homework for you.

Yes ! 

Part of time management and I do watch YouTube on this ,is to DELEGATE tasks out !

I read recently that app Airtasker now has hundreds of jobs posted for such things as "arrange my holiday " , go thru my budget " etc 

I wouldn't pay for these but people do !

3 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

did you enjoy it?

Yes thankyou

I went twice in 9 days earlier on May ,the doctor saw me and said to me immediately "ready for your prostate exam again?

I think back tonight ( in Australia) as I go to work on the night shift how lucky I was to "escape" what I call the Pattaya hell hole 

What if I had retired there without doing that trial run?

3 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

so you have no life? looking at social media is fine including forums you can't do stuff all the time, you should know that, that's called being too busy.

 

BTW are you are woman? or a man with a woman's name?

Ralf changes genders 

As a matter of interest Ralfy how much would you charge 🖕🍑

I did find Dr Olivier a tad expensive at 1000b for a rectal exam though 

One thing that made me angry in Manila was the large amount of American fast food franchises that I never even heard of....

Kenny Rogers fast food ?

Denny's 

Moshi koshi 

Ridiculous! 

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Some people are obsessed with work, little other interests, or are tangled in a family they can't escape from so keep working

It was great to get back to work last night at the hospital 

Last week at this time I was getting a prostate exam at Dr Olivier's clinic in Pattaya