Jelli

Lol Couldn't outrun me that's certain. 40 pounds.. sheeeeit that half of my wife's weight. Just bc someone has cholesterol levels a bit elevated is hardly death sentence like being fat. Especially if HDL is high. Heart rate is important, I'll give you that

I dropped 7kg over recent weight and 10kg over all time high doing nothing more 20mins of exercise daily, climbing every set of steps I could, walking 9k steps M-F and change of diet. Mostly just cut back on carbs, sugar. I'm well into my 60s as well so there's slow metabolism at play as well. Just try.

What good is this site? I made the huge effort of signing up but all I see is some silly information about what I'm going be distributed by year. I was dumbfounded with all the security for apparently nothing. Help

Low pressure system in cool season brings worst of it. Was so much worse in early 90s. Needed tongue scraper and gentian Violet at times

Aussies Even Americans not that daft to appear like that on public city street

To add one more additional issue... Thai is not English, Chinese or Spanish. It's not used whatsoever outside the nation's borders. Here's a bonus. Thailand is imo moving backwards not forwards economically and politically. Things have not been functional since about 2004-5.

Ignorant by whom lol? The only Thai that are educated are those with professional degrees. Even then, medical professionals, engineer especially in Thailand but even home countries are not educated in a classical sense. They aren't even well schooled in their own history and culture. Your posts are just hollow and condescending.

Things that have proven issues and obstacles in becoming more proficient in Thai While I have spent the last 15 years in Thailand the 15 before that was spread out living in three other countries with as good or better language skills than my Thai. I've lived in seven countries each no less than 18 months. I'm vested in nothing here other than my wife. No citizenship, not even PR. Grovel for annual extension. You'll never have a meaningful conversation with a Thai other than your partner so it's chit chat and utility My wife had good reason to learn English. Communicate better with me, travel outside Thailand, communicate with my family which she has visited often and in their homes, skill that if she gets retired at 55 (to 60) English is a marketable skill. My Thai is sufficient enough to get most things done. Many Thai too quick to compliment. I'm lost in government offices, hospital, bank but probably be ok if I acquired that vocabulary. Given what's going on in Thailand and in the world it's not implausible we end up back in the US. It would not be my first choice and my wife even sees how broken it is but the world is in a mess and the future is quite uncertain. Finally, going back to my second point. I had a friend that lived in China for years. He was all about China and Chinese culture down to the tea thing. He was a strong hsk3 and believed he could hit 4 - but he bolted. Between the hassles of schools stealing from him, visa hassles, costs with relocation changing jobs and finally just having enough...he left. Every minute of study, every ounce of effort just wasted energy and life. Having said all this I don't disagree with your post. I'm going to regroup and study up again but there will always be limits. I had a good shot at PR due to my job and marriage but at 5 years and 200k this is a silly fool's errand. As for citizenship same story. Everyone has excuses and those are mine

Tragedy lol. Only the tragedy that are themselves Yes. They are often overwhelmed with debt, running from family issues, socially disfunctional (jobless) and *teaching* is low barrier to entry. Can't attract partner in home country even when young so have zero social skills. Really unhappy, overweight white women that come over here to teach. They last only a few years and seemingly get heavier with every passing month. Worst are 40+ homosexuals that come over here and come out of the closet. Sooooooo fabulous and everyone must know especially their young teen boy students. Ugh ???? Say what you will about the 65yo totally skint loser on Pattaya beach road in nylon shorts, Chang singlet and flip flops but it's an honest lifestyle.

Anything that goes on in a Thai school. Makes no difference even if farang is managing issue, activity, department all still turns out to be shiTiT Pity the students

Malaysian roads by comparison are vacant and there is a rule of law there.

Good advice is to prepare a will and have insurance card taped to your forehead. Best advice is do not do this. My students used to tell me the new red plates were red because they had hit those not in cars (pedestrian, bicycle, motorcycle). But hey, go ahead. Just today... and you want to bicycle!

ISRAEL IS AT WAR ! Israel has always been at war. A people that are throughly and tita6 incompatible with other tribes and ethnicities. They work at it. Blame UK/US that land should have never been given to those white Europeans.

1 Magic thinking that masks stop bacteria let alone virus. 2 Idiotic people both Thai and especially farang that still wear them. Truly TiT

Vipassana meditation: most can't do 3 let alone 10 days. I recall a monk saying NOT to do this if you have head problems. Not talking to anyone for X days does many heads in. Usually, the 10 day classes in India drop about 85% as people need to be social. Weed these days brings on wandering thoughts and paranoia. NOT recommended Benzos probably quickest fix but imo not good short or long term unless they are REALLY necessary. Exercise cardio, exercise lose weight, exercise walking, listen to fave upbeat music, don't read political news. Whatever you are doing - do the opposite. Everything opposite/ radically different yet focus on same goal. Get yourself out of the rut. Change where and how you live. Leave Thailand. If you truly miss it you'll feel good returning. If not then stay gone Make to-do lists, work it and conquer any apathy and lack of motivation Travel somewhere beautiful and fun. Pay a pretty, young girl to entertain or help you do something. Not sexually. A fun, young woman. Both. We are our own worst enemies at times. Myself, all the time.

The Thai and Asian cosmetic and aesthetic industries would disagree as would 90% of Asian women but what do I know ?????

Good luck. Wish you healthy, happy beautiful children. I've had a number of stunning luk krung students over the years. Mostly female but a few handsome lads. I tend to think that generally the better looking kids are often from European fathers Never know.

Known my wife 13 years and married 11. She's an absolute gem. I get none of that. My philosophy is she gets what's left over when I'm dead. Before that she can work and save her own money as long as she takes care of the condo, laundry and me. When she retires I'll obviously have to pay her 10-15k pm for personal expenses in Bangkok. That's it. I do pay our household expenses, trips, etc. I wouldn't have married another. I found her at 49 and she 33 (40kg). Knew immediately she was a gem but still two years before we married. To this day I'm a better, healthier person for my marriage and her. It's comforting to know my wife is willing to care for me as I age. A post today from a guy looking for outpatient recovery center. He needs someone in his life. Tonight brought her, parents, sis, bro, nieces to suki and cost b4000. I don't give money to parents save for odd b1000 gifts and bottle of decent whisky to her father a few times a year. I'd never put up with a woman making zero financial contribution shouting at me. I very much consider my wife's decision, often try to please her but in the end it's about what's good for us - and me. My guess you have little in common. Dump her. Lots of beauties floating about

It's widely understood what a burnout job teaching is. Teachers in US often last under ten years. From my vantage point, Thai teachers being overworked and underpaid just lose it. It's really tragic to especially see young teachers here give up but the older teachers just shut down as they stopped learning the day the left university. It's not about giving but taking. So...twenty years on. From my experience, I don't see them as engaging or effective. Would be extremely rare to be interested in continued learning, growth. Rather, it's just minimal effort and a lot of laziness due to burnout, salary. They also tend to inject themselves if possible into the bureaucracy becoming even less valuable as a teacher. *Thai teaching* is generally just yapping at the students from a chair.. Students just tossed paper worksheets. * it's nonsense btw

Fair enough It is definitely one of the top three generally speaking and the medical programs are highly competitive. Int'l programs are generally thought of as weaker because they have lots of foreign teachers

Is it really? I mean it was never about you lol. I was curious about your son's school in Thailand. I'll message if it will make you feel better.

I meant your son lol. I don't want to post my personal history. Grew up in the same area. Cerritos is okay community college and Cal Poly Pomona is a very solid regional university although not necessarily nationally prestigious polytechnic. I had two close friends go there. One CS degree, the other electrical engineering. Good for yew

MUIC is not highly prestigious nor especially competitive. Chula for Intl programs. Only had one student and thousands that was interested in going there and it was because they offered a remedial program

So, I'm curious... Surely you can name the school?? Yeah, I don't disagree about Education in USA but a better zip code solves that issue .

What did this woman in all her years do to raise the quality of life of US Americans and in particular Californians? I left CA in 2000 for good but the answer then as now... nothing. Total parasite.