Most Ex-Pats Go Home Eventually. True or False?

elem · Post by **elem** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:59 pm

There is also the bunch that does 'semi-retirement' and live here 6-8 months/y, and go home to wherever their original roots were....
And then there are the ones coming over for longer stays 3-4 times a year.
Baahhh... re-entry depression is really hard to deal with!!! It's raining, no-one smiles or talks on the public transport, and it costs a fortune to do just about anything outside your house

Post by **crazy88** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:30 pm

I think those that find it the hardest are the ones who cannot accept TIT .I hate that excuse with a passion but the fact remains things are different here .Those who would change everything to be the way it is at home with all the zeal and fervour of the early missionaries will quickly frustrate themselves .Those who make the effort to learn about the culture and the way things work here will adapt more quickly and learn to work around the little annoying foibles of the place .

Good luck to all of you

Crazy 88

Post by **big jimmy** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:46 pm

crazy88 wrote:I think those that find it the hardest are the ones who cannot accept TIT .I hate that excuse with a passion but the fact remains things are different here .Those who would change everything to be the way it is at home with all the zeal and fervour of the early missionaries will quickly frustrate themselves .Those who make the effort to learn about the culture and the way things work here will adapt more quickly and learn to work around the little annoying foibles of the place .

Good luck to all of you

I agree 100%..." when in Rome "...............if you don't adapt...you must be depart...........

Crazy 88

Super Joe · Post by **Super Joe** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:01 am

Well put crazyman, 'TiT' and all that goes with it is readily available on the net, we knew what we were letting ourselves in for, didn't we!?
After being married and doing business here I have 'had' to become ten times as tolerant, patient as I ever was.
Adapt or it will eat you up.

SJ

Post by **Cowtown Comedy** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:02 am

[/quote]I think those that find it the hardest are the ones who cannot accept TIT .I hate that excuse with a passion but the fact remains things are different here .Those who would change everything to be the way it is at home with all the zeal and fervour of the early missionaries will quickly frustrate themselves .Those who make the effort to learn about the culture and the way things work here will adapt more quickly and learn to work around the little annoying foibles of the place .

Crazy....head..nail...hit
I guess "each to their own"..but it does surprise me how many expats won't accept TIT, and air their frustations in daily conversation with any expat farang who will listen to them. Being in the service business, I tend to be the one listening to the same old :"Us vs. the Thais" comparisons. I smile and nod......

I agree with Crazy..."...make the effort to learn about the culture..."..and I'll add to that the language and religion. Nothing better than sitting with a group of Thai people that assume you dont understand what they're saying...haha

VincentD · Post by **VincentD** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:45 pm

False.

I don't consider myself an expat, and I'm not going back.

Plus point: they don't have wild horses here to drag you back...

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:08 pm

what exactely is the definition of EXPAT i know it means expatriot

Post by **dtaai-maai** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:10 pm

It's 'expatriate', sarge, and it simply means someone who live outside their native country.

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:15 pm

Oh good thanks for that DM i aint an expat then i eat cockroaches and bamboo and all sorts of funny stuff and this IS my country now

Post by **DawnHRD** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:25 pm

^ Thought you were just a guest, Sarge?

BTW, wtf do cockroaches taste like? I've had those locust type thingies & they were quite nice, but cockroaches???? Are they low-fat?

Bamboo? Naah, it's like carrots. Too chewy raw.

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:47 pm

The cockroaches you see on the street side markets you will see the girl break a leg of and stick it in the abdomen and then ask you to smell it if it is fresh it has a very strong smell of pears.I have them pestle and mortared with young Tamarind pods chillies and prawn paste and then eat that with FRESH emphasise fresh boiled bamboo shoots about a foot long . Lots of it about at the moment rainy season.

Called nam pik macarm mengdah sy nomeye lubberly grub

As for being a guest polite aint i

VincentD · Post by **VincentD** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:40 am

Sarge, the 'mengdah' you refer to is not a cockroach but some species of water beetle found out in the rice paddies. It is known for it's unique pungency, and is not to everyone's taste.

Mengdah is also Thai slang for gigolo..

Dawn, I've tried the locust type thingies, and the crickets as well, nice if they're fried crisp. Some of these exotic foods can be quite expensive, though.

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:55 am

How does that saying go if it looks like a cockroach smells like a pear then its a water beetle

I assure you a biologist will tell you it is a species of cockroach but whats in a name

Cricket.Grasshopper,or locust lubberly

and yes they are quite peang but nice

I have also eaten Monitor Lizard, Porcupine and quite a few species of weird small birds all purchased of the side street markets here in Hua Hin

Post by **Randy Cornhole** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:33 am

Ive eaten quite a few birds...

Post by **Norseman** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:34 am

Sargeant.
You really are a predator!!
I thought that eating porcupines would create havoc in your mouth!
Never tried eating toothpicks though so I can't tell.