Last week I worked in my job as a hospital cleaner with another colleague I hadn't seen in a year.

 

Big Benny  I used to call him , big guy 34yo , had just returned to work after a year in India at a spiritual retreat .

 

Ben let me know he is now known as "Krishna"????

 

About a year ago Ben had a drug problem and various other problems in his life ,I thought actually he had left the job but apparently took a year of unpaid leave .

 

He let me know he was now known as Krishna and had re-invented himself and was not drinking smoking ,now a vegetarian

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I forgot to call him Krishna and stumbled sometimes calling him Ben in which he reminded me he was now Krishna!

 

Of course he acted a little different whilst mopping the floors chanting to himself but I thought does tragedy or addiction make you change if you ...."re-invent" yourself?

 

I bet deep down Big Benny is the same person ,so how does changing a name make your future life somehow different?

 

Has anyone been thru a "Life change" experience like this?

 

That situation with Krishna or Big Benny as I call him ,reminded me about 15 years ago I saw a real estate agent  in a supermarket that had sold me a apartment &I hadn't seen for years , I knew he was going thru a divorce etc and I went up to him to say hello Gary ,he remembered me ,he was now far different looking in a white suit with purple bow tie and purple leather shoes , he said I'm not Gary anymore !

 

"I have a new life ,and a new same sex partner" 

 

He took out his business card and showed me he was now known as Phoenix Skywalker!!

He now sells used cars apparently 

 

"After my divorce,  said Gary or Phoenix , I went to a motivational college in Mexico and changed my life ! He said excited,even now what I could detect a slight American accent although he was Australian!

I am now Phoenix !

Phoenix Skywalker

 

 

 

8 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Ben let me know he is now known as "Krishna"????

You mean harry krishna? Oh i know him!

I wonder though if people actually "re-invent" themselves by running off to Thailand,not necessarily changing their name to Somtam , but actually trying to run away from a tragedy to change their life .

3 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I wonder though if people actually "re-invent" themselves by running off to Thailand,not necessarily changing their name to Somtam , but actually trying to run away from a tragedy to change their life .

Yes and no. Attitudes can change.

23 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Ben let me know he is now known as "Krishna"

Was his first name Harry? 

Just now, georgegeorgia said:

I wonder though if people actually "re-invent" themselves by running off to Thailand,not necessarily changing their name to Somtam , but actually trying to run away from a tragedy to change their life .

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.

I knew a guy like that in my youth. It turned out that he was bipolar.  Changed his name to "Joe" and got upset when I called him by the name I'd known him by for our school years. 

 

A couple of coworkers hit their 60 and became trannies, both had their dicks removed and one killed himself after admitting that marching all of his troops across the Rubicon was a serious mistake.  He looked like Mrs. Doubtfire and took on a stripper's name. 

 

 

2 minutes ago, Jelli said:

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

Their numbers have dwindled down to almost zero since 2010.  There used to be plenty of older guys like that who gathered on Beach Road to socialize.  They didn't harm or bother anyone, just appeared to be retired working class Europeans of modest means, making the best of their "golden" years.  They didn't appear to be lacking female companions, either, make of that what you will. 

 

I'm not sure where you're from, but not all countries provide the same opportunities for upward mobility that were traditionally available in North America (the ladder is being pulled up now), so being harsh on those types isn't a good look. 

12 minutes ago, Jelli said:

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.

So which one are you?

I am sure there are some stories out there from people under witness protection. New name, new life, no connection whatsoever with their past. I wonder how often that is successful.

 

With Krishna it obviously didn't work when he was working in the same job as before. 

How depressing...another fake content thread and the only members participating are fake accounts....

 

This forum really has sunk to a new low.

 

Are there any real people, who actually live in Thailand, still posting on this forum?

4 minutes ago, Adumbration said:

How depressing...another fake content thread and the only members participating are fake accounts....

 

This forum really has sunk to a new low.

 

Are there any real people, who actually live in Thailand, still posting on this forum?

Im real.

32 minutes ago, Adumbration said:

How depressing...another fake content thread and the only members participating are fake accounts....

 

This forum really has sunk to a new low.

 

Are there any real people, who actually live in Thailand, still posting on this forum?

Do you think we all work in a high rise office block in Bangkok?????

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

Last week I worked in my job as a hospital cleaner with another colleague I hadn't seen in a year.

---- Snip ----

 

 

So you must be Burmese, right? Or you just bait posting from somewhere else....

Where do you get this stuff from (I did white <deleted>, but they censored it, this forum is rated PG9)? Perhaps you  should stop smoking what you smoke.... not good to you.

2 hours ago, Adumbration said:

How depressing...another fake content thread and the only members participating are fake accounts....

 

This forum really has sunk to a new low.

 

Are there any real people, who actually live in Thailand, still posting on this forum?

There's one who likes to remind you of your prognostications about the crashing Australian dollar.

2 hours ago, bob smith said:

You mean harry krishna? Oh i know him!

harold krishna

3 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

I am now Phoenix !

Phoenix Skywalker

I may actually go by a new name to purge my past

 

now that you mention this, I might also go with something more eclectic than originally planned. 

 

Booze is not therapy that can cure issues, neither are drugs or any religious freaky dynamics.

 

Best to consult a reliable psychiatrist that can make drastic positive changes that can improve the patient's existence. Many people in Thailand, locals or farangs, could take this path.

90 days meditation

270 days muay thai

 

You should be mentally and physically fit after that

 

 

The only really funny Buddhist joke:

 

Wherever you go, there you are.

 

Re-invent away, it's still crazy old you.

14 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

I forgot to call him Krishna and stumbled sometimes calling him Ben in which he reminded me he was now Krishna!

In Saudi I had a western supervisor that converted to Islam. He got annoyed when I called him by his Christian name.

Changing his religion didn't stop him being an idiot.

14 hours ago, Jelli said:

Can't attract partner in home country even when young so have zero social skills.

Why is the default position of the intolerant that some of us couldn't attract a partner in home country? Most of us did and came to regret that we did.

I wish I hadn't been able to attract a western partner as I'd have had a happier life.

11 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

harold krishna

 

14 hours ago, bob smith said:

You mean harry krishna? Oh i know him!

Sounds better than Jack Gough! 

11 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

harold krishna

Didn't he marry that Thai porn star?

15 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

I wonder though if people actually "re-invent" themselves by running off to Thailand,not necessarily changing their name to Somtam , but actually trying to run away from a tragedy to change their life .

I had a year off, travelling around the world, hardest thing was getting my brain back into work, career path etc, because i didn't really care, so Ben is probably hating work even more than before

31 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Didn't he marry that Thai porn star?

Lucky him

6 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

I had a year off, travelling around the world, hardest thing was getting my brain back into work, career path etc, because i didn't really care, so Ben is probably hating work even more than before

Especially if cleaning floors

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

In Saudi I had a western supervisor that converted to Islam.

You always hear about 'Islam, but wha' about 'er lamb?

 

(Bernard Manning was a comedy god).

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Why is the default position of the intolerant that some of us couldn't attract a partner in home country? Most of us did and came to regret that we did.

I wish I hadn't been able to attract a western partner as I'd have had a happier life.

Excellent point. A wife and de facto in Australia have cost me far more than my Thai GF ever has, both financially and emotionally.

18 hours ago, bignok said:

90 days meditation

270 days muay thai

 

You should be mentally and physically fit after that

 

 

270 days of being kicked and punched in the head certainly puts one's feet on the path of intellectual greatness.