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What have you ever achieved here in Thailand?

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multiple orga..

i mean i hope my CFA soon...

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Absolutely nothing.

Which was the plan anyway.

well my most recent achievement has been to PISS OFF a whole bunch of TV posters.....not my proudest moment .....go figure

More than a few inches off my gut, an addiction to chilli, increased patience, basic command of Thai, increased motorcycle rider awareness skills.

Most importantly however, time to think.

Expect to achieve more in year 2.

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I think building a home for your Tilac is an accomplishment.

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What reference, what street, what place in Thailand is that?

Google Earth, GPS coordinates will do ... rolleyes.gif

well my most recent achievement has been to PISS OFF a whole bunch of TV posters.....not my proudest moment .....go figure

Yeh ... but that could be anywhere in the world to do that!

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I think building a home for your Tilac is an accomplishment.

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What reference, what street, what place in Thailand is that?

Google Earth, GPS coordinates will do ... rolleyes.gif

The house is shaped like a dick.

I have achievedl,learning some thai and keeping my calm more

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Drunk a lot of beer, annoyed a lot of women.

Drank a lot of beer too but getting sober is my biggest achievement. Also proud of the 100 or so alcoholics that are now sober in Isarn.

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I am a bit confused by the question in OP.

I do not think we have a purpose to 'achieve' anything in life.

We are born (accident, nobody asks us); we live (if we are lucky); we die (that is the law).

In any case 'achievement' is only a perception. Sometimes ours, often in other's minds.

I'm 72+ - is this my 'achievement'? Don't think so. Just luck.

I have more than necessary for a person to live decently. Is this my 'achievement'? Don't think so. Just luck.

Last year I bought a very fast trimaran (wanted it for years). Can this be termed as my 'achievement'? Don't think so.

Helping my wife's daughter to get a Uni degree (just paying fees). No obligations, just my choice. When she graduates will it be my 'achievement'? Don't think so.

Live on the beach with spectacular views from a high floor. Is this my 'achievement'? Not really.

Living in Thailand I eat european food (cooked myself, now my wife cooks it for me and eats it too) just because I prefer it. Is this an 'achievement'? Don't think so.

Now I am content and at peace with myself. Is this a kind of 'achievement'? Not sure. Maybe just my luck or nature.

I came to this country to live and die here. If/when this will happen will it be my 'achievement'? You tell me... biggrin.png

What have i achieved ? my life long ambition to never ever have to wake up in the morning and think , oh shit i have to work today.

Yep, that's an achievement......isn't it great?

An understanding that the bigger the boobs, the bigger the appendage ..........apparently.

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Not too long ago Thailand, a member of SEATO, asked the UK and US and Australia for help against the Communist insurgency that was sweeping across South East Asia at the time. The UK, US and Australia came to Thailand and helped and so did I. Millions were killed in South East Asia. Not in Thailand.

I came and built roads and airports and provided infrastructure and security for Thailand from the forces that were trying to do the same thing that was happening in the rest of South East Asia.

Today, I drive on the roads that I built and fly out of airports that I constructed and interact with Thai people that would have been dead if I had not come to Thailand. I’m not alone or unusual. I know a couple of thousand people living in Thailand today that can say the same thing. And of course there are thousands who served and protected Thailand that have now returned home when their time to serve had ended.

I realize many on this site don't know of the UK, US and Australian involvement in the defense of Thailand in the 1960's and 1970's. Anyone who has any questions can get most of the information by searching the SEATO treaty.

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I came and built roads and airports and provided infrastructure and security for Thailand from the forces that were trying to do the same thing that was happening in the rest of South East Asia.

Today, I drive on the roads that I built and fly out of airports that I constructed and interact with Thai people that would have been dead if I had not come to Thailand.

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wai.gif But they still won't let you buy a square talang wah of land!

I came and built roads and airports and provided infrastructure and security for Thailand from the forces that were trying to do the same thing that was happening in the rest of South East Asia.

Today, I drive on the roads that I built and fly out of airports that I constructed and interact with Thai people that would have been dead if I had not come to Thailand.

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wai.gif But they still won't let you buy a square talang wah of land!

Yup true. I seem to remember one fellow that got The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant and then got kicked out of the country, Funny that eh?

I came and built roads and airports and provided infrastructure and security for Thailand from the forces that were trying to do the same thing that was happening in the rest of South East Asia.

Today, I drive on the roads that I built and fly out of airports that I constructed and interact with Thai people that would have been dead if I had not come to Thailand.

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wai.gif But they still won't let you buy a square talang wah of land!

Yup true. I seem to remember one fellow that got The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant and then got kicked out of the country, Funny that eh?

$39 on ebay. biggrin.pnghttp://www.ebay.com/itm/THAILAND-MEDAL-MOST-EXALTED-ORDER-WHITE-ELEPHANT-FIFTH-CLASS-GENTLEMAN-/110976307945?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d6b412e9

over 6,000 miles of biking. got better at riding the steep mountains up north; got faster, better technique, lost weight.

and took 4 thai classes.

i gave up years ago trying to find the "meaning of life".

The eventual heat death of the universe makes all our contributions futile in the end.

More than a 100 years ago, The then king of Thailand came to England to ask the help of Queen Victoria, He came to ask help because France wanted to invade Thailand, The English Queen and Germany said no to France, the rest is history. that's what Britain has done for Thailand , long before the second world war, or the 60s.

Drunk a lot of beer, annoyed a lot of women.

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Have you ever noticed your house looks like a penis 555

quote name="MrWorldwide" post="6981015" timestamp="1383121026"]I think building a home for your Tilac is an accomplishment.

 

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It's not a house - it's a place of worship - see Page 2 of this thread.

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Sometimes it is about what you haven't done.
I will have left behind no children, debts, discarded cigaret buts or beer cans, and hopefully no regrets. I have been happy to leave others to their own devices as they blaze their own path. I have not shoved strong convictions in the faces of others about what they should do or how they should do it.
I hope that I didn’t get in anyones way while I was enjoying my brief stay on this planet. I will leave nothing but footprints and take away nothing but memories.

"Sometimes it is about what you haven't done"

Simply unbelievable. Success is NEVER judged by what you haven't done.

A man is judged by who he is is and what he has achieved.

You sound depressed, by the way.

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