I've known so many people who became angry at something here and went home. (I know not your case Randy). Only to feel this same way and long to get back after a year or so.
It even happened to me while living in Hawaii and that place is hard to beat.
No idea why this happens, voodoo Thai spell I guess. Pete
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Randy Cornhole wrote:I would just like to say that some of the happiest times of my life were the 5 years I spent in Thailand and I miss it terribly.
Buddha willing I will be back soon.
Stop moaning all you pessamists its a big bag of stinky dog poo back here in Blighty. Just be glad you are there, annoying Thai traits and all.
In the words of the great bard 'its better to be there and drunk than here and skint' ...
Sorry for the rant, just feeling a bit low at the moment...
I second that randy its bloody hard trying to get the funds together, got a great deal on my tickets for october its just never ending trying to get enough spending money together, but at least the bart is going north its 55 today
I miss LOS big time as i feel so different from this rat race doing shift work and working my days off, but needs must and all that.
For me the 27 october when i jump on that plane seems light years away.
Kendo.
Is Bangkok a place or a nasty injury.......Eric Morcombe.
C'mon Randy, the great escape is beckoning man. I'm always impressed when someone can hack it back in the UK for so long after seeing/experiencing paradise here for as long as you did.
Randy Cornhole wrote:Whoa, dont mess with that voodoo stuff Pete. I knew a dude once that did and ended up with two chicken heads in place of his knackers. Its true...
They say "you can't go home again", meaning that the good times you remember will be different or not exist if you go back. That happened to me after I left my original home town for a few years. Friends had settled down and married and had families, familiar bars had closed or changed drastically. Old girlfriends were either fat or married with kids... (or both!)
The memories can sometimes be better than trying to relive reality!
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?
Mr.RC: Your heart is obviously here, and that's where you should be. Have you ever thought about teaching here? Despite what other websites might say, you can get a job and work permit without a degree. It's up to the school. I think you'd make a great teacher - probably far better than the 'straight out of university with no life skills' kids that can find a job here.
On a slightly serious note we'll be going back to the UK next April for three weeks. You're very welcome to house-sit our place while we're away. Free of charge. It's not in Hua Hin, but at least it's in Thailand.
Keep your pecker up (metaphorically speaking ). Where there's a will, there's a way. Don't you just hate people who use cliches.
VS
"Properly trained, man can be a dog's best friend"
It could be worse .... you could be in Qatar !! it must be the most boring place on the planet......glad I've only got a couple more months here [/quote]
Qatar - a veritable paradise island in the Arabian gulf with beer and debauchery aplenty compared with Kuwait which is just a tad better than Saudi
"Sometimes I sits and thinks, and then again I just sits" Punch 24th Oct 1906
Life is good anywhere if you're not struggling to get by financially. I lived in Saudi for four years and look back on it as one of the best times of my life.
I lived in a Western compound of 14 homes and a swimming pool and it was the best social life I've ever had. We all made our own beer and wine and there was a circulating party at one of the homes every night of the week.
The Red Sea was five minutes away so I could go scuba diving any day (or night) of the week. I had a sailboard and went wind surfing every weekend. There were wonderful unspoiled beaches where you could spend all day with your friends and not see another person.
I had seven weeks per year paid vacation and more money than I knew what to do with so all my vacations were first class/5 star.
Now, I live in a wonderful place but have no money to take advantage of what it has to offer (or ever to escape for a holiday elsewhere).
Everything's relative...
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?
HHF: Wasn't the compound in Yanbu next to the Holiday Inn by any chance!!!!!!.
Lived in Saudi myself for many many years and like you had a great time.
Still working abroad but Hua Hin will be the place i finally settle in about 2 more years
No, but I used to go diving near Yanbu though. Our compound was on the north edge of Jeddah but the city has expanded and I think that location is now within the city from what I have heard from people who live there now.
When were you there? I was there from 1980 to 1984.
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?
Pete 
