sassienie Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 So What Brought You To Thailand?, Work, love, travel, adventure, sex, drugs, perversion? Yes I did, but not for work. People working in Thailand? That`s really sick and perverted. Oh yes, delete the drugs bit as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMEEERE Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 All of the above,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 What brought me to Thailand? a boeing 747-400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaiGreg Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 What brought me to Thailand? The Buddhist calendar. Remember the great Y2K fiasco in 1999? I was a systems engineer and thought it would be great to ride out the psuedo-crisis in a country that had solved y2k calendar problem 543 years earlier! While my colleagues were sitting in data centers staring at monitors, I was here having a blast. Oh, and the temples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 It seems the late hour has brought out the funny brigade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baronbkk Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 This topic started good but lost the idea at the end. I see the similarity tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanForbes Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I started a similar thread yesterday on the Chiang Mai forum. I didn't realize this one existed or I wouldn't have. I seldom go searching for threads that are 2 years old. After my second marriage ended I came to Thailand on the invitation of a friend who is a part time expat who spends half the year in Thailand and half the year in Canada. I came for the easy sex and stayed because I love the freedom of the country. It is cheap and easy to live in Thailand and nobody really bothers you. You are on your own and have to have your wits on full alert to keep you safe. It's like a real live video game where the idea is trying to stay alive while living life to the fullest. I'm a confirmed bachelor and have no intention of ever changing that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandrei Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 So What Brought You To Thailand?, Work, love, travel, adventure, sex, drugs, perversion? ...non of these! rather a combination (of): -cheap organic fruts\vegs (being a only-raw-food-diet vegetarian) (MAJOR CAUSE) -hot climate round-the-year (got mad digging my auto out of snow each&every morning! God,forgive me, i am russian ) -fresh air unpolluted air ...happily living in CM !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 (edited) So What Brought You To Thailand?, Work, love, travel, adventure, sex, drugs, perversion? ...non of these! rather a combination (of): -cheap organic fruts\vegs (being a only-raw-food-diet vegetarian) (MAJOR CAUSE) -hot climate round-the-year (got mad digging my auto out of snow each&every morning! God,forgive me, i am russian ) -fresh air unpolluted air ...happily living in CM !!! Always wondered. Does raw food include vodka? (I know, Off Topic ) Edited July 17, 2009 by villagefarang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerchang Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 (edited) I came to get my hands on a beautiful Thai woman. Still amazes me that I ended up with a butt-ugly one! (May I add, we've been happily married for 7 years.) Edited July 17, 2009 by beerchang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 I came to get my hands on a beautiful Thai woman. Still amazes me that I ended up with a butt-ugly one! I'm sure you two are a perfect match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerchang Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I came to get my hands on a beautiful Thai woman. Still amazes me that I ended up with a butt-ugly one! I'm sure you two are a perfect match Like it! I'm actually a handsome man, with an ugly butt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 I came to get my hands on a beautiful Thai woman. Still amazes me that I ended up with a butt-ugly one! I'm sure you two are a perfect match Like it! I'm actually a handsome man, with an ugly butt And that makes you unique, how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waikhru Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 muay thai bought me to thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 (edited) da plane! da plane! 0:25 Edited July 17, 2009 by Jingthing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerchang Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I came to get my hands on a beautiful Thai woman. Still amazes me that I ended up with a butt-ugly one! I'm sure you two are a perfect match Like it! I'm actually a handsome man, with an ugly butt And that makes you unique, how? You mean i'n not the only man with an ugly butt? That's my day ruined! BTW I stopped in Thailand for 5 days in 2002 on my way to Australia for a 3 month break. Did the bar thing but also did the temple thing too. I felt very drawn to this place and the people (don't have a rational explanation). Anyways, I get to Oz and the 1st person I met became a good friend and guess what? He's off to Thailand the next month to get married. I ended up cutting Oz short and spending the time in LOS. He asked me to his wedding, in Isaanland, as best man (absolutely no-one else available!). It was a chance to see more of Thailand than I ever thought possible as I've not really been a great traveller. Lo and behold his wife to be had a best friend. We've been married 7 years now. I really love it here and i've never been happier anywhere. Plus i've only been ripped of for 15,000 baht in 7 years from a cousin whom the family no longer talk to...bargain! Regards, beerchang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimincm Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 (edited) Some people have a vision of ex-pats as lowlifes and scum but I think it takes an adventurers spirit to leave the security of ones own cultural environment and venture into unknown territory. I have met many more interesting people here than I ever would have back home. No matter how diverse our backgrounds we all share the common status of foreigners in a foreign land. If this thread gets off the ground I will gladly share my own experience of how I got here. I came here 2yrs back because my wife,who had been living in Oz for 13yrs.,missed her family,culture,people and most of all she starting to be burdened by guilt that she was not taking any part in the care of her aging Grandmother who had raised her.She didn't ask,she never would,but I could see it.I saw it as the greatest gift I could give to somebody I love.It was a great move I love it here. Edited July 17, 2009 by kimincm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 Understandably, some cannot resist the one-liners when threads like this come along. I really do appreciate the last two entries here. Not long-winded but informative and good examples of real life. The success stories are sometime reluctant to post on TV for fear of ridicule. As the OP I'm glad this Topic got aired-out and refreshed, with some new posts and feel-good stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuian Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 ...an airplane...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 ...an airplane...! And here we have yet another display of intellect and humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanForbes Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 So What Brought You To Thailand?, Work, love, travel, adventure, sex, drugs, perversion? It wasn't work because I had a job that I loved in Canada that doesn't have a parallel anywhere else in the world. I was a government Log scaler who estimated the value of logs before they were processed. It wasn't love because I had just ended a marriage with a woman I still loved but didn't love me. I guess it could include travel and adventure, but there were many places that I might have chosen before Thailand. Nobody would admit to perversion, and drugs are much easier to obtain where I live. That leaves sex. However, sex can't consume every hour of the day and there has to be a lot more to a country to keep anybody interested for more than just a short holiday. I discovered it was easy to meet pretty Thai ladies and have them guide me around the country to places I might not otherwise visit. Not knowing the Thai language presents a barrier to easy travel and having someone willing to show you the real Thailand is a bonus. Being with someone for a few weeks can form a lasting friendship if nobody screws it up. Love may or may not follow. In my case I met a woman's family and fell in love with two of her three children. The oldest girl was 11 at the time I first met her and she was a little too old and reserved to form a bond with me. But, with the two youngest ones I formed a lasting friendship that continues today... 5 years later. Had it just been the mother then our friendship would have ended a week after we first met. We had only one thing in common. Because I also found a friend in Chiang Mai who enjoys fishing as much as me I satisfied one of my other serious interests. Jon showed me places in Thailand I never would have discovered on my own; or, have the connections to make it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 (edited) I'm still laughing at the Russian dude that thinks the air is clean in Chiang Mai ....ok dude, just admit it, you came here to get out of the cold & eat the fresh veggies, just like tens of thousands of other russian dudes ....ohh and to swap Olga for Ning. Edited July 18, 2009 by neverdie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 So What Brought You To Thailand?, Work, love, travel, adventure, sex, drugs, perversion? Why do people think of expats in Thailand as perverts? The largest forum for expats having an advert for ladyboys right on the top of the page won't exactly help them think otherwise. What on earth is that all about? Myself - I came here for medication amd meditation. Many years ago after my visa expired in India, Thailand was the ideal choice for a drug-addicted alcoholic trying to recover through meditation and Buddhism. Thailand is an ideal place for an active alcoholic and also, thank God, and ideal place to recover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 (edited) Whatever I came for, I was misinformed ... Captain Renault: What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters. Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert. Rick: I was misinformed. Edited July 18, 2009 by Jingthing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eek Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Whatever I came for, I was misinformed ... Brilliant! God, aint that the truth for anywhere really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 Something struck me while rereading this topic. Whereas many visitors may resemble well known clichés, those of us who have made Thailand our home, are anything but clichés. Our reasons for both coming and staying are wide and varied. It is truly amazing how different the path, to our similar destination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahtin Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Something struck me while rereading this topic. Whereas many visitors may resemble well known clichés, those of us who have made Thailand our home, are anything but clichés. Our reasons for both coming and staying are wide and varied. It is truly amazing how different the path, to our similar destination. Five to one, baby One in five No one here gets out alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 Something struck me while rereading this topic. Whereas many visitors may resemble well known clichés, those of us who have made Thailand our home, are anything but clichés. Our reasons for both coming and staying are wide and varied. It is truly amazing how different the path, to our similar destination. Five to one, baby One in five No one here gets out alive I've got to say you completely lost me with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanForbes Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Five to one, baby One in five No one here gets out alive I've got to say you completely lost me with this one. Just confirms what some people have said... many of those that come to Thailand are just a little "different". Few expats in Thailand are conformists, at least not from some of the posts on these forums. It makes for "interesting" people who usually have a story to tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burr Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 [quote name='jackmuu' Could have been oh so different as I tossed a coin to decide whether to come to Thailand with one set of friends or take up another offer of a trip to the Philippines. Heads it was. Be very glad you didn't come to the Philippines!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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