cobra Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Where ever you go, then there you are. Maybe a bit simplistic but the grass is always greener syndrome eventually rears it's head. IMHO the ideal situation would be to rotate between locales, seasonally, bi-annually, whatever works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertz Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 Where ever you go, then there you are. Maybe a bit simplistic but the grass is always greener syndrome eventually rears it's head.IMHO the ideal situation would be to rotate between locales, seasonally, bi-annually, whatever works. That's exactly my aim, cobra. Just juggling my finance this very moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oooooo Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 I miss (from the US):Mexican food live English language theater Chinese food -- certain types I can't get here legal sex toys (don't ask, oh, I guess you did) reasonably priced good wine Overall, not too much. I can amuse myself with other foods, and movies will have to do as a replacement for live theater. cigars are as legal here in thailand as they were in the oval office under the clinton administration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudhopper Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 College football, good Mexican food with a Corona and lime, My list is getting smaller, all the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leisurely Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Agree with previous poster, my list is getting smaller all the time. Most food I can either make myself, buy at outrageously inflated prices or live without. It is things like my aging parents and my friends. I think that here Ihave made acquaintances in the UK I had friends. Big difference. Still, must just get on with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHarries Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 When friends come over from they UK they bring me two things ... mature, mouth puckering, cheddar cheese and Walkers cheese and onion crisps. Fark ! I love cheese Don't know when was the last time you had Walker's crisps but nowadays they're cooked with sooper dooper healthy low cholesterol sunseed oil (or some other such health nut <deleted>) and they are completely fahrking tasteless! Some posters have made reference to the old humbug "if you miss it that much why are you here/there?" This attitude completely misses the fact that life is all about balancing the equation and that involves compromises. No matter how much you love your current "home" there are always the little things, apart from family, you sometimes miss. They creep up on you without warning, in the supermarket gazing at the array of plastic blocks masquerading as cheese you suddenly think of that mature cheddar or stilton with fresh bread, a little salad, some pickled onions, washed down with rough farmhouse cider. But that's what return trips are all about, indulging in all your fantasies and then getting the bill . That and realising that the things you really miss either weren't that great or have disappeared/changed. What I miss is walking into a pub and having a choice of six or more traditional English beers to choose from. What I don't miss is the taxi fare being more than the drinks bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Don't know when was the last time you had Walker's crisps but nowadays they're cooked with sooper dooper healthy low cholesterol sunseed oil (or some other such health nut <deleted>) and they are completely fahrking tasteless! KFC did the same thing in Canada, switching to some "healthy" grease to fry their chicken in. I never knew how delicious trans fats were until they were gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjtayler Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Don't know when was the last time you had Walker's crisps but nowadays they're cooked with sooper dooper healthy low cholesterol sunseed oil (or some other such health nut <deleted>) and they are completely fahrking tasteless! KFC did the same thing in Canada, switching to some "healthy" grease to fry their chicken in. I never knew how delicious trans fats were until they were gone. That KFC original chicken gravy with mashed potato ... booooootiful ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juzrelax Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Spacial awareness.I miss people with spacial awareness. Me too. You've hit the nail right on the head... For a Buddhist country that has "The Dhamma" which teaches (or is meant to) FULL awareness of EVERYTHING.. I have yet to see this put to practice here..Oh, and i miss Aussie Rules Football..Even though i get it on cable here.. Which cable company is that through? Can you get the cricket too? Sport is the major thing that I will miss when I get there, AFL on cable in Thailand, Im excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 OK. you sad gits. I'm in England right now. Anyone of you wanna swap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertz Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 OK. you sad gits. I'm in England right now. Anyone of you wanna swap? No way! I'm still better off sausage side than back in Manchester. I'd miss the German beer then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnyboy Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 OK. you sad gits. I'm in England right now. Anyone of you wanna swap? not unless I end up in a Thai jail........which is highly unbloody-likely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke69 Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 - family - friends - clean not polluted air - riding my DUCATI - planning a future with long term in stable personal condition (in other words not living on a 2-3 yrs contract base) - law and order or at least fairness in the mistakes - good and almost free education - non VIPs mentality - normality - free time and HOBBIES - my dog - driving 1000 km through Europe without any prob, plan, ..... just gas in the tank - I miss to complain about how bad was life back in Europe - miss the week-ends always full of plans and activities - walking to go from A to B - EDUCATED PEOPLE WHO CAN HANDLE A DISCUSSION WHICH IS NOT PREMIER LEAGUE Being Expat has many pros (high salary as the main) but the salary is high because our MNC is paying us not just for the job done but also for all these things we miss, living abroad is like being in a limbo with UPs and DOWNs and the impossibility to plan life in the long term for myself and my family, ....... I barely understand who comes to Thailand just for choice without a job ...... (it is sad to fence what is left of a person's life only on Sex and cheap life or the feeling to be considered a VIP, while back in Europe they feel like losers, after a while they feel losers also in Thailand or Malaysia or anywhere else).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I miss a sense of history and tradition, old architecture, a fair police force, knowing that if I had an accident people around me would know what to do and that an ambulance would be called, driving in predictable conditions, being able to read a current newspaper and read something informative and intellectually stimulating, good bread, real cheese, cleaner air, not sweating so much, England's green countryside and probably more. If you miss that sh#t so much ..What are you doing in thailand Thanks so much, I win my 500 baht bet. I bet my best friend that at least one idiot would reply with exactly that phrase. He reckoned that given the nature of the thread not even the lowest IQ would miss the point but it just goes to show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 - family- friends - clean not polluted air - riding my DUCATI - planning a future with long term in stable personal condition (in other words not living on a 2-3 yrs contract base) - law and order or at least fairness in the mistakes - good and almost free education - non VIPs mentality - normality - free time and HOBBIES - my dog - driving 1000 km through Europe without any prob, plan, ..... just gas in the tank - I miss to complain about how bad was life back in Europe - miss the week-ends always full of plans and activities - walking to go from A to B - EDUCATED PEOPLE WHO CAN HANDLE A DISCUSSION WHICH IS NOT PREMIER LEAGUE Being Expat has many pros (high salary as the main) but the salary is high because our MNC is paying us not just for the job done but also for all these things we miss, living abroad is like being in a limbo with UPs and DOWNs and the impossibility to plan life in the long term for myself and my family, ....... I barely understand who comes to Thailand just for choice without a job ...... (it is sad to fence what is left of a person's life only on Sex and cheap life or the feeling to be considered a VIP, while back in Europe they feel like losers, after a while they feel losers also in Thailand or Malaysia or anywhere else).. Agreed 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertz Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 I miss family friendly shopping centres with ramps and lifts for strollers and parents rooms with baby change tables and kiddie sized toilets....... A pity you couldn't have brought a German stroller with you. They have 4 wheels on each axle and you can even get them up and down steps. The Germans seem to have a gadget for everything, I think they lie awake nights inventing things. You'd need caterpillar tracks to negotiate the kerbs in Pattaya and Phuket's not much better but I reckon one of those things would work for you. As for toilet facilities - that's LOS, what are you gonna do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 That's one thing that really impressed my wife when she got to Canada, was the accessibility of everything to people in wheelchairs and walkers. I couldn't imagine trying to get around in Thailand in one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ercorn Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 I miss Hokey Pokey ice cream yum yum.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kratindaeng Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 My MumDecent bacon Hob Nobs Mustard Drunk fat girls Kebabs Brit comedy Good new music Oh borrocks! im going back to Peckham 55555555! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pampal Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 My MumDecent bacon Hob Nobs Mustard Drunk fat girls Kebabs Brit comedy Good new music Oh borrocks! im going back to Peckham 55555555! Lots of drunk fat girls on Khao sarn the last time I looked, which is pretty much nightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakboong Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 skilled listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austhaied Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 (edited) Decent (affordable) lamb chops.. Edited March 8, 2007 by Austhaied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertz Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share Posted March 8, 2007 Decent (affordable) lamb chops.. Sunday dinner with my daughters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duratanium Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 People who speak the same language so can have a good banter with them ........ and fish n chips .... back in the UK for a month now and first meal was fish n chips .... scrumptious!! Bangers and mash, good bacon butties etc.... oh oh!! my cholesterol level is up again - where are my simvastatins!! LOS still a great place though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khall64au Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Cheap avocados, tuna and salmon fillets... and and and gluten-free everythings!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertz Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 Car boot sales. Biking round the Pennines. Roamer bus tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pampal Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Really tall mountains that I can bike down. Not the mole hills they have here, and that includes the northern mountains like Doi Suthep etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besth Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Although the OP mentioned in a reminder that he was thinking about "things" when he opened the thread, I must say that, as many others who have posted, the main "miss" is family and friends. As for things, yes there are some things that I'd like to be able to find in Thailand, but there are also some Thai things that I miss now that I'm away for a while. For a few years, I kept packing those things every time I had to go from one end of the world to the other. I don't do it anymore and that makes it even more enjoyable when I can get them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TukTukDodger Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 You can get just about anything in NYC, but there are a few things I miss(edibles) from other places I have lived that you just can't find here: Lilikoi(passionfruit) chiffon cake Spam musubi POG Hawaiian mangoes and bananas from my neighbor's yard Liliha Bakery coco puffs(from the last 5 items you can tell I grew up in Hawaii) Real fish 'n' chips Walker's steak 'n' onion crisps Bourbon biscuits Jammie Dodgers Masala flavor Lay's chips/crisps(only available in India and Nepal) Chili chips Nepali rice donuts Bhaktapur dahi Yak-cheese pizza Buff momos Sekuti Since I will be going back to Nepal soon I will get to enjoy the last 7 things on my list.. I am sure when I am in Thailand I will learn to enjoy other things which I will then miss when I come back to NYC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique355 Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 ....... I barely understand who comes to Thailand just for choice without a job ...... (it is sad to fence what is left of a person's life only on Sex and cheap life or the feeling to be considered a VIP, while back in Europe they feel like losers, after a while they feel losers also in Thailand or Malaysia or anywhere else).. I choose to come and live in Thailand, I have no job ... am I a sad looser? I am here on a retirement visa, living with my family and kids and I feel like a VIP (VIP to my family). I have been here now for 8 months, but there is nothing I really really miss from back home. Here in Bangkok, I can get just about everything, except Gillette Fusion razor blades. Seems like Thais don't shave. I certainly don't miss the miserable weather and mood during the winter months in Europe, weeks without ever seeing the sun. And I am so happy having escaped Christmas and all the phony exchanges of stupid presents. If I ever have an urgent need for snow or ice, there are 2 daily flight BKK - Zurich. So far I could save that expense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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