Neeranam Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I've found recently that I hven't a clue what's going on in the world at large, and to be honest I don't really care. I'm very selfishly happy in my own little world. Has anything happened to you to suggest you are turning Thai? Have you ever looked at yourself in motorcycle mirror or stored a 5 baht coin in your ear, for example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who, me ? Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 not that kind.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I pick my nose in public. No problems with squat toilet and no tissue. No problems with the neighbors kids come play in my office. I always take that single baht I get in change. I never say no to Lao Khao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingdongrb Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 My skin is definitely getting darker and I am always ordering somtom....(extra spicy of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderman2 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 1 hour ago someone almost drove into me whilst driving their motorbike like a fcuken idiot and i just carried on walking as his recklessness was acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsteele Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 been here 2 years is there something that should be happening to me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaethon Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 been here 2 years is there something that should be happening to me? Yes, you should taste like chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsteele Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 been here 2 years is there something that should be happening to me? Yes, you should taste like chicken. oh ok I will ask my wife and let you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geekfreaklover Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 been here 2 years is there something that should be happening to me? Yes, you should taste like chicken. oh ok I will ask my wife and let you know If she says you taste foul, then you have the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsteele Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 been here 2 years is there something that should be happening to me? Yes, you should taste like chicken. oh ok I will ask my wife and let you know If she says you taste foul, then you have the answer. so if she says so that means I have turned thai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1000baht Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Sometimes I feel thai yes, like when I drive down the road, only to be overtaken by 2 adults and thier 3 kids on a honda dream and not even give it a second thought, but im reminded im a farang when I get the urge for a good ol cheeseburger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geekfreaklover Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 been here 2 years is there something that should be happening to me? Yes, you should taste like chicken. oh ok I will ask my wife and let you know If she says you taste foul, then you have the answer. so if she says so that means I have turned thai? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsteele Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 been here 2 years is there something that should be happening to me? Yes, you should taste like chicken. oh ok I will ask my wife and let you know If she says you taste foul, then you have the answer. so if she says so that means I have turned thai? Yes. well I guess the answer to the original question is yes I am turning thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaimai Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I've found recently that I hven't a clue what's going on in the world at large, and to be honest I don't really care. I'm very selfishly happy in my own little world.Has anything happened to you to suggest you are turning Thai? Have you ever looked at yourself in motorcycle mirror or stored a 5 baht coin in your ear, for example? I never have worked out what the baht coin in the ear is all about - I often see a guy at market with a 10 Baht coin - <deleted> ?? I agree about the "selfish own little world". After years of having to read/study financial papers, magazines, circulars, news - home and abroad, it is rather nice to switch off and RELAX. You realise after a while that all those things no longer matter and the biggest challenge of the day may well be what to have, or where to go, for dinner. I now read news headlines only (occasionally reading a topical story in more depth) to keep abreast of world events. Journalism is rarley balanced in it's reporting and facts have now been supplanted by opinions, speculation and sensationalism. It is initially disconcerting to realise that so many things that were "important" quite simply, no longer have any relevance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadish_sweetball Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I stopped turning Thai a couple of years ago. Nowadays I am just me, with a twist of lime and sugar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Back to my original home for holidays, I look at everybody with big eyes, at least at the first days. I have the chilli shaker in the inner pocket of my jacket all the time. The biggest shock is, that you can trust others in traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desi Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Has anything happened to you to suggest you are turning Thai? No. And the longer I'm here, the more I know I'm not Thai and could never be. The longer I'm here, the more the differences are defined. Am I more patient? Yes. Have my priorities changed? Yes. Am I as patient as Thais (are purported to be)? No. Do we have the same priorities? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) Not turning Thai. Curiously, I am turning RUSSIAN. Switched from wine to VODKA SHOTS. Still using DEODORANT, but give it time. I approach Russians to talk about the old country. They don't usually speak English, but they don't hit me, so far. Some gay folks call me a BIG BEAR. I read all the signs in Russian characters, and pretend to understand. And who said Pattaya is not Moscow? Bring on the BORSCHT (which is really good stuff if you haven't tried it). Edited December 30, 2008 by Jingthing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulrahman Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I've found recently that I hven't a clue what's going on in the world at large, and to be honest I don't really care. I'm very selfishly happy in my own little world.Has anything happened to you to suggest you are turning Thai? Have you ever looked at yourself in motorcycle mirror or stored a 5 baht coin in your ear, for example? I think not,but now I drive my samlor recklessly as a Thai and feel obliged to help the Wat,its a change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geekfreaklover Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) No farang I know of has ever turned into anything resembling a Thai peson socially. I think it is too difficult for us. Strange though, I have met a lot of Thais that have managed to turn into mockney Europeans in a short space of time. A lot of friends, girls and guys that have married and gone to London and returned within a couple of years with a cokney accent and all the expressions. I guess that has something to do with the multi-cultural nature of Europe and the west and the fact that English language is taught in schools here. Edited December 30, 2008 by Geekfreaklover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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