How is your daily routine as expat looks like?

[ChipButty]

It's hard work doing nothing

[marcusarelus]

10 hours ago, onera1961 said:

It is called the land of sex (LOS) with brothels (aka bars), pimps parading their wares to old sexpats. 

How much of your daily routine (that is the topic) is filled with jealously of old sexpats?

[CharlieH]

Off topic posts removed.

[727Sky]

Pretty much the same schedule for me day in and day out.

 

Up by 5 am hit the bathroom shower and shave and out the door by 5:45 after a couple of cups of coffee (sometimes a bite to eat). Then to a golf course where I either play or hit balls...JUST ABOUT EVERY <deleted> DAY ! That Keeps the mind and body active for me. After playing I either go eat and stop at Starbucks or go back home and eat. Afternoons are spent watching T.V. or on the computer as I am a moderator or member of some forums.

 

I have not stepped foot into a bar for several years as I usually do not drink at all.  There seems to be always something going on as invites to friends homes or a family gathering in the evening is common.

 

I am a firm believer when someone retires they need something to keep them active, that they can enjoy doing, if they want to live a quality life. When I vapor lock I would like to be in the middle of my back swing or in bed with my wife which after all these years has brain washed me into believing I could not nor do I wish to live without her. So I guess you could say for me.... Just another day in paradise

[Jaxxper]

If you have a family day to day events are pretty much as they are in your home country. Shopping, dropping kids at school/social/ sports events, banking, keeping on top of immigration visits, paying bills, couple of nights out each week, and of course DIY around the house.

Get away for mini breaks more often sometimes overseas but sometimes locally. We live near the sea so do some good walking.

Living here is not as exciting as a three week holiday. Need to find your own expat activities. Darts, pool, golf, car clubs, reading etc.

 

[marcusarelus]

25 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

I simply clicked on QUOTE, as I did on your reply, and it does it automatically. How do I prevent the post I am replying to from being copied please?

Stick your cursor in the quote box and back space what you don't want.  

[Captain 776]

Not enough hours in the day.

Between Beekeeping, Baking, daily activities.........busy allllllll day

[KiChakayan]

12 minutes ago, Captain 776 said:

Not enough hours in the day.

Between Beekeeping, Baking, daily activities.........busy allllllll day

You are an achiever.

[ancharee]

Try to stay off the booze till after 4pm, had 4 years in Patts before moving to the jungle so it is a kind of rehab for me, it's mainly pottering around in the garden fixing one of the many things that need fixing, I have a go at exercise cycling walking and swimming but can't get into the routine and leaving my sanctuary, has anyone tried ( Battle Ropes ) for exercise, could tie the in-laws up if I get fed up with them   

[wombat]

 simplistically sleep wake up breathing eat root with side dishes of internet and d/l movies.

[Surasak]

One word covers it......Daunting!????

[Surasak]

On 7/16/2019 at 7:56 AM, wgdanson said:

It all depends on where you live and what you personally want.

I live in 'my own' house in a a rural village but only 30km from Phitsanulok City where there are the usual Tesco, Big C, macro, Immigration, restaurants, etc. Go there twice a week. Also go to local vegetable markets twice a week

My day usually begins at 5.55 am, turn phone on for BBC midnight news. Check emails, currency, blood pressure, and have a pee. Take dog for walk/shit, back home to make a cuppa for me and coffee for gf. during which time I log onto TVisa to see who's dissed me !!!!! LOL

My day revolves around cooking, wine-making, watching catch-up telly or downloaded movies, listening to music, Popmaster, Countdown, playing Scrabble online. I used to be a professional musician so spend quite a bit of time recording on my PC, write some songs sometimes. Maybe mow my lawn and cut the hedge now & then. I am happy with my own company and my gf has so many friends I sometimes only see her morning and night....peaceful.

I would like to know a little more about the 'wine making'. Where do you get the yeast from?

[GarryP]

1 hour ago, Captain 776 said:

Not enough hours in the day.

Between Beekeeping, Baking, daily activities.........busy allllllll day

 

 

My dad used to be a beekeeper in his spare time and I too have thought of taking it up in my retirement. Not sure my wife will agree as she has an aversion to all six legged creatures. 

 

Is that artificial turf? Certainly save a lot of time cutting the grass.  

[ianezy0]

Wake at 8am with an erection.

wake one of the girls to help me.

wake the other girl to make brekky.

wake the last girl to do the housework.

9am we all shower.

9.30am we all have brekky.

10.30am girl 1 rolls me a cigar between her thighs.

Girl 2 lights it for me.

I tell girl 3 to not talk with her mouth full.

12.00pm girls go to shops while I go to bar to meet friends.

4.00pm girls collect me from bar and deposit me on sofa.

watch movies until 8pm.

Then, for some strange reason, I wake again and wonder if it was all a dream.

 

[Hanuman2547]

Typical day was for me to get up by 5:30am and leave for work by 6:30am arriving at the office by 7:00am.  Spend a full day in the office.  Lunch sometime during the day but not always a set time.  Usually leave the office at 6:00pm, sometimes later, and have dinner.  In my earlier days that might involve an after dinner detour home by way of Cowboy or Nana.  Never really stayed out late during the work week and would try to be home by 9:00 or 9:30pm.  After a while I skipped those places and just went home after dinner.  

[davidst01]

17 hours ago, Number 6 said:

Wake up at 430. Read news. Leave for work at 600. Bust ass. Leave at 4-430. Return home. Have dinner. Have a scotch. Wife comes home. Chat. Fall asleep together. Rinse, repeat M-F. Make bank.

 

Weekend: 

 

Wake up at 600. Have coffee. Read news. Work. Hang out with wife. Have a scotch. Go to restaurant. Bang the wife. Have a scotch. Watch a movie. Fall asleep.

 

Wake up at 600. Have coffee. Read news. Check real estate. Work. Hang out with wife. Have a go or two. Wife cooks big meal. Have a scotch. Relax. Watch a movie or two. Read. another scotch. Fall asleep together.

 

2 2 week holidays per year. One international, one local.

 

Focus on saving money for next 2-4 years. Life is good. Pay is good. Living is cheap.

waking up at 430am must be torture to do the work thing. Im not a morning person. I feel sorry for the life that you have

[inThailand]

Its posts like this, is why I don't use facebook.

[essox essox]

On 7/16/2019 at 2:10 AM, brokenbone said:

play computer, smoke, eat, drink cappochino & tea, sleep,

rinse repeat

and play "hunt the prostitute" then when find have a good time!!!

[essox essox]

45 minutes ago, ianezy0 said:

Wake at 8am with an erection.

wake one of the girls to help me.

wake the other girl to make brekky.

wake the last girl to do the housework.

9am we all shower.

9.30am we all have brekky.

10.30am girl 1 rolls me a cigar between her thighs.

Girl 2 lights it for me.

I tell girl 3 to not talk with her mouth full.

12.00pm girls go to shops while I go to bar to meet friends.

4.00pm girls collect me from bar and deposit me on sofa.

watch movies until 8pm.

Then, for some strange reason, I wake again and wonder if it was all a dream.

 

not a dream its called reality.......

[NoshowJones]

Nearly all my farang friends have either died, split with their wifes or moved away, so I am now the only farang in my town/village.

So a typical day for me would be rise at 7am, out for a ride on my bike, stop at the exercise park, back on my bike, then home for breakfast. After breakfast, on to the computer for a few hours, Thaivisa, download old tv shows, go on youtube.

 

About 2pm, out on my bike again for more exercise, back to my computer, then dinner, a rest then out on my bike again, ride about 16ks a day, home to my computer. watch old tv shows like Heartbeat, LA Law, Prisoner Cell Block H, then about 12am, go to bed.

 

In between those times I do long motorbike road trips, go to Bangkok and Pattaya, go with the wife to the nearest city which is Nakhon Sawan. That's about it.

[NoshowJones]

14 hours ago, DAN0 said:

do you actually enjoy teaching online those students abroad? what's so fun about it? wouldn't you prefer just be free of total commitments and just do whatever you feel for in the moment??

I'm sure the poster is not doing all that teaching online for the good of his health, it will be quite profitable, and the best of luck to him.

[emptypockets]

40 minutes ago, davidst01 said:

waking up at 430am must be torture to do the work thing. Im not a morning person. I feel sorry for the life that you have

I feel sorry that he only bangs his wife once a week. 

[wgdanson]

1 hour ago, Surasak said:

I would like to know a little more about the 'wine making'. Where do you get the yeast from?

Lazada, search Yeast.

[ianezy0]

50 minutes ago, essox essox said:

not a dream its called reality.......

So your the lucky one ????

[tifino]

Yesterday my daughter e-mailed me, again, asking why I didn't do something useful with my time?
like sitting around the pool, drinking wine isn't a good thing.
Talking about my "doing-something-useful" seems to be her favourite topic of conversation.
She is "only thinking of me," she said, and suggested I go down to the Senior Centre and hang out with the fellas.

So, I did and when I got home, decided to play a prank on her.
I sent her an e-mail saying that I had joined the Senior Parachute Club.
She replied, "Are you nuts? You're 73 years-old and now you're going to start jumping out of airplanes?"
I told her that I even had a Membership Card and e-mailed a copy to her.
Immediately she telephoned me and yelled:
"Good grief, Dad, where are your glasses? This is a membership to a Prostitute Club, not a Parachute Club."
"Oh man, am I in trouble," I said, "I signed up for five jumps a week!"

The line went dead.

Life as a Senior Citizen isn't getting any easier, but sometimes it can be fun.

[mike787]

5 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

That's not a bad routine.

 

 

 

Thank you!  

And not in that order.  Sex is first 24/7...the other vices, cigs & and beer can wait.  The benefits of sex are enormous, psychologically I feel like I am on a prozac drip; my prostate is as fit as my heart...PSA levels are near zero!  Plus a huge selection of Thai ladies is like surfing porn or internet all day.  I'm the happiest guy in the world.  Plus if I die, likely I'll be having the time of my life.  ????

[Caldera]

Get up at 11am, have a Bloody Mary to sober up, shower, brunch, an afternoon massage, dinner, Netflix, head out to party at midnight, sleep at 4am-ish.

 

 

Just kidding, of course.

[rumak]

4 hours ago, marcusarelus said:

Stick your cursor in the quote box and back space what you don't want.  

or just highlight a sentence or two  and  use that as quote

[rumak]

Just now, rumak said:

Stick your cursor in the quote box

now now  M.A.  !

[Tagged]

My interests in Thailand have changed by the years, from living on the westcoast, Hua Hin, and now more or less in the middle of the middle. Also travel home for work about 3 times a year a month or two. 

 

Have been climbing, kayaking, scuba, freediving, go regulary to gym, tried thai boxing for a period, and would deffinity go back to that when I have a longer stay again close to a good gym. Been swimming alot when I had a decent pool, but the most important, it is to start the day with some stretching and moving. Call it yoga for older men if you would like, stairs walking when live in a condo, or walk the beach about an hour or two during sunrise. Have a few friends meet up for coffe a couple times a week, and maybe a beer or two once or twice a month. The last 3 years, I have bought two new big bikes, and also spent around 30000 km on the roads from north to south east and west. 

 

The last few months life changed again, when we started to develop my gf land, with trees, flowers, pond and a tiny little cabin. 

 

Whats coming next, I do not know, but it is good to be able to do new things, and do not get stuck, because I get easy bored. Keep everything open, but I really start to like Isan lifestyle more and more, with daily routines, even i hated it the first time I went there, and could not get out of there fast enough.

 

Get up before sunrise, and early to bed is my mantra, and keep me going. I had serious back problems for years, and stay on the coach almost killed me, until I managed to get up, and start living again, and that thanks to Thailand with the clima, nice smiles,  massage, start believing in myself again, fall in love, and slowly get fit and ready to live the next 50. 

 

And footnote, the first love didnt last, and now trying again. A lesson learned, and more to come. 

Edited July 17, 2019 by Tagged