The true feeling of being free in a foreign country in Asia

[Harrisfan]

Motorbike or car on open road, no plans. That's freedom.

[GammaGlobulin]

4 hours ago, atpeace said:

Another good read! I feel honored to be acknowledged at the end 🙂

 

By the way, Sir...

 

Recently, as of yesterday, I have had a bit of good news, as well, about being FREE.

 

I just received this email sent out to all of us here in the community:

 

 

This is a time of "uncertainty" for me and those like us.

 

And, here is great news about FREEDOM and Financial Independence at Penn, for example.

 

MONEY is FREEDOM, as we all know.

 

Therefore, it is INCUMBENT UPON US to remain FREE and FINANCIALLY ....

LIQUID...but....and...

 

NOT FINANCIALLY....

 

ICED UP, as so often happens to others who are not....

 

Fiscally responsible.

 

By this i mean that it is OK to spend more on an AC which works properly and is very well designed.

And, doing this will actually SAVE us TIME and MONEY.

 

Never be tempted by the likes of lesser machines, such as TCL, in my view.

 

TCL, also, has a real branding problem since it is too confusing with the initials...

TLC (tender loving care).

 

Stay HYDRATED and let us all Stay Free....

 

AND, may we all preserve our PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS....according to what Sterling Hayden cautioned us, in his greatest speach of all time:

 

 

So, Sir, do your best...

Conserve your Precious Bodily Fluids...

By any means, and ...

By ALL means....!!!

 

 

 

[atpeace]

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

By the way, Sir...

 

Recently, as of yesterday, I have had a bit of good news, as well, about being FREE.

 

I just received this email sent out to all of us here in the community:

 

 

This is a time of "uncertainty" for me and those like us.

 

And, here is great news about FREEDOM and Financial Independence at Penn, for example.

 

MONEY is FREEDOM, as we all know.

 

Therefore, it is INCUMBENT UPON US to remain FREE and FINANCIALLY ....

LIQUID...but....and...

 

NOT FINANCIALLY....

 

ICED UP, as so often happens to others who are not....

 

Fiscally responsible.

 

By this i mean that it is OK to spend more on an AC which works properly and is very well designed.

And, doing this will actually SAVE us TIME and MONEY.

 

Never be tempted by the likes of lesser machines, such as TCL, in my view.

 

TCL, also, has a real branding problem since it is too confusing with the initials...

TLC (tender loving care).

 

Stay HYDRATED and let us all Stay Free....

 

AND, may we all preserve our PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS....according to what Sterling Hayden cautioned us, in his greatest speach of all time:

 

 

So, Sir, do your best...

Conserve your Precious Bodily Fluids...

By any means, and ...

By ALL means....!!!

 

 

 

Cheers and advice heard but possibly not followed 🙂

[hotsun]

I dont feel more free there, i feel like a celebrity. But that too gets old after a while

[newbee2022]

On 3/20/2025 at 10:35 PM, camper star said:

the Vietnam War

It's called "American War" in Vietnam with a good reason.

But you're right. In the last year's of life you're more going the simple way

 

 

[ChaiyaTH]

21 hours ago, at15 said:

You are brainwashed to believe you are somehow free. It does not matter what country you are in, if you got a birth certificate after you were born you are a slave to the system. Truly free people are living in the woods or jungle somewhere, and they do what they want at all times with zero government involvement. We are getting further from this everyday that passes.

I left 15 years ago and have lived tax free ever since, I was 19 at that time. So i prove you wrong I guess. Been all this time in SE asia countries, never worked more than parttime too (just not needed as lower cost of living / virtually zero tax). It's basically like being retired.

 

I only deal with governments when having no choice: renew passport, my visa + being stopped on the road.

 

Anyway, to also answer the actual question of this topic: I do feel less and less free in Thailand, as well that anyone at any moment can start some drama or sht against you, even in years from now, always makes it feels it is not permanent. I never feel like this when in Laos, Cambodia or Vietnam or Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong. 

 

I guess this all kind of started around 2015 when they started to flip flop rules all the time with visa's too. I recently was so happy they finally made wise decision to change it to 60 days to then now have that changed back to 30 again too. 

Then even I would not mind the 30 ones, then the question is did they get instructions to be like nazi's again or they just still behave relatively nicely like in recent times with just less days only. Even I can get yearly visa's too or there is always a way, it somehow just still never feels good.

 

I guess I can only achieve that next level of freedom by living on a sailboat.

[Wrwest]

23 hours ago, at15 said:

You are brainwashed to believe you are somehow free. It does not matter what country you are in, if you got a birth certificate after you were born you are a slave to the system. Truly free people are living in the woods or jungle somewhere, and they do what they want at all times with zero government involvement. We are getting further from this everyday that passes.

Just observing ... even there the "law on nature" prevails ...

[jvs]

22 hours ago, Arthur Mullard said:

You can 'free from' stuff that impacts your being harder, the cold, the competition to survive and less for your money, ie. back home... but being free doesn't equate to having yourself to live with hour-to-hour, without purpose. Work gives you purpose, without it creating your own purpose is as challenging as work. So what is "freedom" exactly? We're never free from ourselves. Experiencing freedom can sometimes be better, when it's hard-earned. Nice topic btw 👍

Imo ,having a job(work) can be freedom if you work for yourself.

Working for a paycheck makes you a slave.

 

[1FinickyOne]

On 3/21/2025 at 11:59 AM, at15 said:

people are living in the woods or jungle somewhere,

with no a/c or hot and cold running water? No flush toilets? no antibiotics so they don't die from a minor scrape? You get the idea? No stove for cooking? Just eat what I can kill with my bare hands? 

 

I love the idea - - not the reality

[1FinickyOne]

3 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:

I left 15 years ago and have lived tax free ever since, I was 19 at that time

 

3 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:

somehow just still never feels good.

So, would it be the worst thing in the world if you had to pay taxes? Boat loads of taxes? You would only have to pay huge amounts because you had money which might also buy you lots of freedom and make things like visas a total non-issue. 

 

The best thing about having money is that it buys you lots of freedom. You have an agent for visas and it takes no time and no aggravation. etc etc