Antidote for boredom

[joeyg]

I fell into the same pattern about 10 years ago, drinking a lot, not doing much, eating the wrong foods. I started jogging, bought a bicycle to ride around the parks near my apt, but then decided to ride it everywhere, cut out the drinking and bad food. Took about 6 months to get into shape. Lost a lot of weight.

Yeah that's kind of the advice I gave myself. Cut the drinking and be more active. Sounds so easy...

I found a new hobby...spear fishing...burns a lot of calories and time..,..

Where do you go spear fishing?

[joeyg]

In a word "Discipline." Make fitness first everything else should follow. So much of expat life seems to center around booze and food. Work hard all those years to kill yourself. Come on man get a little tough. You can do it...

[mca]

Go up to a motorcycle taxi station with your tadger out, pat one of the lads on the arse calling him a "cheeky boy", kick one of the bikes over and bitch or pimp slap the roughest looking geezer there. Life will immediately become more interesting.... and painful.

[Jingthing]

In a word "Discipline." Make fitness first everything else should follow. So much of expat life seems to center around booze and food. Work hard all those years to kill yourself. Come on man get a little tough. You can do it...

Morality lecture alert.

[thaiduncankk]

In a word "Discipline." Make fitness first everything else should follow. So much of expat life seems to center around booze and food. Work hard all those years to kill yourself. Come on man get a little tough. You can do it...

I have met literally thousands of interesting people in drinking establishments around the world.

Never met one on a treadmill.

[fey]

If you love living in Thailand, buckle down and learn the language. No excuses. I'm 'profoundly' deaf, wear hearing aids, but learned the alphabet and tones.....not by any stretch fluent, but I can go out on my own and survive, read signs, inquire, order food.....all the while, learning new words. It won't make you lose weight, but it should be an antidote to your boredom.

You don't have to attend a fancy language school.....if one isn't available. Most any village should have an educated person....a pharmacist, a nurse, a teacher....who speaks English and wants to learn more. Trade off teaching English.....for learning Thai. One hour English, one hour Thai, a few times a week....with lots of practice on your own in between.

Many of us are not here to integrate and have no desire to learn thai. We came for the cheaper expenses, climate, women, or a place to escape whatever it is we are running from. Not being thai suits us just fine.

[phetphet]

There are plenty of muay thai gyms in BKK. A few weeks lessons in one of them will help you improve your fitness levels.

Any idea what typical charges are?

I suppose it depends where you go in Thailand, and whether you want to just pop in, or live on site and train full time.. Some small gym in Isaan will probably be a lot cheaper than some bigger place in Bangkok or Pattaya.

The one I go to (not in BKK), is 300THB for 1.5 hours general class,(morning or evening), or 700THB for one hour one to one private lesson.

You can find a lot of info on Google

[Crazy chef 1]

I fell into the same pattern about 10 years ago, drinking a lot, not doing much, eating the wrong foods. I started jogging, bought a bicycle to ride around the parks near my apt, but then decided to ride it everywhere, cut out the drinking and bad food. Took about 6 months to get into shape. Lost a lot of weight.

Yeah that's kind of the advice I gave myself. Cut the drinking and be more active. Sounds so easy...

I found a new hobby...spear fishing...burns a lot of calories and time..,..

Where do you go spear fishing?

Here in phuket...

[i claudius]

Once again I ask ,what's boredom? God alone knows how I managed to ever find time to work,

[Lampang2]

If you love living in Thailand, buckle down and learn the language. No excuses. I'm 'profoundly' deaf, wear hearing aids, but learned the alphabet and tones.....not by any stretch fluent, but I can go out on my own and survive, read signs, inquire, order food.....all the while, learning new words. It won't make you lose weight, but it should be an antidote to your boredom.

You don't have to attend a fancy language school.....if one isn't available. Most any village should have an educated person....a pharmacist, a nurse, a teacher....who speaks English and wants to learn more. Trade off teaching English.....for learning Thai. One hour English, one hour Thai, a few times a week....with lots of practice on your own in between.

Agree.

Integration = language.

Integration is much more fun.

[optad]

Once again I ask ,what's boredom? God alone knows how I managed to ever find time to work,

Sometimes Caesar we need to recall Tiberius' words:

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.

I personally think the thread has had some cathartic value just centering his head.

[jonnyscot]

I have a rather large garden in the countryside to keep me from boredom, however as a break from that apart from keeping my family happy I get on my motorbike and ride for a few hours visiting other areas stopping off for a glass of cider or whatever's on offer to wash down a breakfast or lunch before returning home,

assuming you have a scooter why not explore the surrounding areas, then if you feel you enjoy it enough and having gained some experience then go treat yourself to an upgrade bike or scooter maybe around 250 or 300cc and venture further afield, if not for anything else the adrenalin factor of dealing with the bkk traffic will reduce the boredom

[Johnniey]

Join a sports club - tennis, badminton etc. Stop drinking - if you can't go to AA - some really interesting fun people there!

[Xriz]

Join a sports club - tennis, badminton etc. Stop drinking - if you can't go to AA - some really interesting fun people there!

Yes I like this. Any good badminton clubs for intermediate players?

[sharktooth]

I also suggest buying a bicycle and using it to get to those places. Take the back sois. You'll find some really unique things in this city if you're not riding the bus or in a taxi.

Yep, a lot of what you'll see are packs of rabid Soi dogs who like nothing better than chasing Farangs on bikes and biting their legs.

[fey]

I also suggest buying a bicycle and using it to get to those places. Take the back sois. You'll find some really unique things in this city if you're not riding the bus or in a taxi.

Yep, a lot of what you'll see are packs of rabid Soi dogs who like nothing better than chasing Farangs on bikes and biting their legs.

Putting down aggressive soi dogs would be a great cure for boredom, just like hunting would be. I dont think its illegal and would benefit the community.

You could attach some spears and swords to your motorbike that could be utilized quickly. Could even detach heads if your good enough i suppose. Like jousting.

[tonray]

I have a rather large garden in the countryside to keep me from boredom, however as a break from that apart from keeping my family happy I get on my motorbike and ride for a few hours visiting other areas stopping off for a glass of cider or whatever's on offer to wash down a breakfast or lunch before returning home,

assuming you have a scooter why not explore the surrounding areas, then if you feel you enjoy it enough and having gained some experience then go treat yourself to an upgrade bike or scooter maybe around 250 or 300cc and venture further afield, if not for anything else the adrenalin factor of dealing with the bkk traffic will reduce the boredom

A glass of cider ? Is this Thailand or the Cotswolds ?

[puukao]

see if you can get 1,000,000 likes on TV and then facebook and then twitter......

then go videotape what you ate at every meal....

then blog...

seems so meaningful to some.....

i don't get it......but maybe this is your calling!!!!!!!

[chiang mai]

Join a sports club - tennis, badminton etc. Stop drinking - if you can't go to AA - some really interesting fun people there!

Yes I like this. Any good badminton clubs for intermediate players?

All the universities have sports centres that you can access.

[jonnyscot]

A glass of cider ? Is this Thailand or the Cotswolds ?

one particular bar up kanchanaburi way has quite a decent selection of the cold draft or canned ciders, great breakfasts and some nice roast dinners to choose from too if I may add,,,

along the way can pick up a few of those cold low alcohol content offerings from most 7/11's, nice thirst quenchers during a hot ride

[slipperylobster]

I also suggest buying a bicycle and using it to get to those places. Take the back sois. You'll find some really unique things in this city if you're not riding the bus or in a taxi.

Yep, a lot of what you'll see are packs of rabid Soi dogs who like nothing better than chasing Farangs on bikes and biting their legs.

Putting down aggressive soi dogs would be a great cure for boredom, just like hunting would be. I dont think its illegal and would benefit the community.

You could attach some spears and swords to your motorbike that could be utilized quickly. Could even detach heads if your good enough i suppose. Like jousting.

It would not be surprising if the community hunted "you" down for doing this....as many of those "soi dogs" actually are owned by Thai's. A common mistake, though. Your point is valid..your method is a bit dangerous.

[VIPinthailand]

how do you make a living at 35 yo?

[n210mp]

I also suggest buying a bicycle and using it to get to those places. Take the back sois. You'll find some really unique things in this city if you're not riding the bus or in a taxi.

Yep, a lot of what you'll see are packs of rabid Soi dogs who like nothing better than chasing Farangs on bikes and biting their legs.

Bollaaaax

[Thian]

I also suggest buying a bicycle and using it to get to those places. Take the back sois. You'll find some really unique things in this city if you're not riding the bus or in a taxi.

Yep, a lot of what you'll see are packs of rabid Soi dogs who like nothing better than chasing Farangs on bikes and biting their legs.

Bollaaaax

They also bite farang while in a shop, yesterday a bangkaew grabbed me hand and bit very hard.....almost can't type now..

[n210mp]

OK Im taking the bait!

You sound depressed, brassed off!

Nothing complicated in my answer, you possibly need to love yourself a little more and realise that your physical body needs to be lovingly cared for on the basis that without a fit and healthy body you cannot have a fit and healthy mind

Your body at your age is capable of changing from what you possibly are now to a dynamic supercharged healthy one and all within maybe a six month period with regular sensible diet and minimally light exercise at first.

If you could manage the significant lifestyle change then your mind would , shall we say improve with your body, elevating you from a sad sack to a person with personal pride glowing with health and fitness

If you manage to change your thought process to attaining just one "satisfaction" a day where you have got off the couch or bar stool and done some exercise that not only increased your blood pressure and heart rate but also gave your self esteem a positive plug, you would be well on the way to new and better experience of life.

I at your age must admit to being similar in that I could not seem to change a lifestyle that was making me old before my time, now in my 70s the only regret that I have is that is that I didnt get fit and active a lot sooner.

At the end of the day its as they say over here "Up to you!"

I maybe like you, talked a good talk but didn't ever do the walk until a time when the time wasted by not changing my lifestyle made it impossible to be anything but "OK" at certain exercises like golf and tennis which I started to play at 66

Now in my 71st year I have a Hybrid MTB road bike which I go out on three four times a week with my young mates Rob and Trev both aged 65.

The point is young fella, it's time to get off your arse and stop the talk and do the walk, yes even walking as a starting exercise would make you feel very different!

Always a sucker for a mug I offer you the chance to come with myself and the lads on a bike ride around lake mabrachan area early morning.

Or as a starter you could walk the dam road from SSCC road to the other end and back a healthy stroll of just under 6 K

Before you can lose any weight you will need to diet, I mistakenly argued with poster sixpack on here that if you did loads of exercise you could eat drink whatever you wanted, I was wrong, to lose weight you need to diet and then do the exercise

Anyway the offer is there and also for any other sad sacks who think that it is too late for them to change there lifesyles.

Get on yer bike and join the new older young set around Mabrachan, loads of friendly dogs as well

Sharktooth,

Sorry for being a bit terse in my reply to your post about dogs but what you infer is still Bollaaaax and if you wish to join us on a ride or walk around the area to find out what I say is right , you are most welcome

[ClutchClark]

Xriz,

Ofcourse you are bored. You are in your 30's.

Lets face it, Thailand is a pretty boring place...ofcourse I will get reprimanded by most of the TVF community but I mean they spend hours each day on here and they are going to try convincing anyone they are not bored to death.

Thats why alcoholism is so much of a problem here...falangs have nothing to do. Most of us are not allowed to work so how are you going to find challenge, opportunity, self-worth, if you are not allowed to have a career.

So, pick up a camera and learn photography. There is a lifetime endeavor. Thailand is a beautiful place.

If you are going to try staying for work reasons, then become fluent in the language; however, this is only useful if you plan on living here a long time and getting fatter and more of an alcoholic.

You could chase whores.

At your age...hot damn...thats where my money would have gone.

Start going to the gym. Seriously, you are a young buck in your prime and you are saying you are overweight? No excuse for that. Once you start going to the gym you will be motivated to return and develop positive habits.

You could always chase whores.

[joeyg]

In a word "Discipline." Make fitness first everything else should follow. So much of expat life seems to center around booze and food. Work hard all those years to kill yourself. Come on man get a little tough. You can do it...

Morality lecture alert.

Wasn't going to dignify this with a response but here we go.

Sad. Criticized for recommending Discipline and fitness, which has nothing to do with morals, to a guy that sounds depressed and over weight?

You're a big part of the reason I don't post much here any more. A guy like you could ruin Christmas Morning.

[joeyg]

In a word "Discipline." Make fitness first everything else should follow. So much of expat life seems to center around booze and food. Work hard all those years to kill yourself. Come on man get a little tough. You can do it...

I have met literally thousands of interesting people in drinking establishments around the world.

Never met one on a treadmill.

Nice constructive positive response. What ever amount your drinking I'd triple it. I'm guessing you smoke. Doubling up on cigarettes ASAP. If you don't smoke. Start. This guy was reaching for help.

W T F is wrong with you guys?

[JohnnyJazz]

Wow people here are really picking my brain. I was looking for a more general solution. But ok. Came here because I love Asia, always have loved Asia since I was young, can't explain why really. On and off with the gf, not a really good relationship but she is really pretty so hard to let go, silly I know. Don't know what that has to do with my question though...because everybody here has a beautiful gf.

One word : routine. You have to become the master of your time. Most people rely on their job to give them the tempo and keep them out of boredom and the excess of too much free time. You don't have that so you have to replace it by a strong routine.

First thing, alarm clock at 6:30 every morning. Join a gym, hire a PT (personal trainer). It's cheap and give you a strong motivation not to skip your bi (tri) weekly gym training session. Once you're back in shape join a Muay Thai boxing club. They are everywhere and they are cheap too. That's will be the frame on which you're going to build your weekly planning.

You're over weight because because of poor eating habits. Study about good eating habits and start cooking. First breakfast, then other meals. You will learn "on the job" what goes into your plate and how to control it. You will be surprised to learn how easy it is too cook healthy, good tasting meals.

Think about what you really like and never had time to do because .... Now you have no reason to delay no more. Thanks to the internet learning is easy. Study and do.

But the most important is to wake up early and get in good physical and mental shape. The rest will follow .

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[thaiduncankk]

In a word "Discipline." Make fitness first everything else should follow. So much of expat life seems to center around booze and food. Work hard all those years to kill yourself. Come on man get a little tough. You can do it...

I have met literally thousands of interesting people in drinking establishments around the world.

Never met one on a treadmill.

Nice constructive positive response. What ever amount your drinking I'd triple it. I'm guessing you smoke. Doubling up on cigarettes ASAP. If you don't smoke. Start. This guy was reaching for help.

W T F is wrong with you guys?

I stand by my statement.

You do not have to be an alcoholic to socialise in bars.

It can be a great environment to meet people from all walks of life, with every individual having countless interesting, often humorous, stories.

When I retired, I started getting up at 5.00am and walking 8 kilometres every morning. After a few months I stopped because it became boring, any routine eventually gets boring.

No I do what I want when I want, with no set routine, and never seem to get bored anymore.