european vs thai

[Cool like fire!!!!]

King for a day, foul for a lifetime, that's me heheheeheheheheheh :bangin:

 

[KMA]

Great story, Mike!!!!

Long ago I read a book called "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac. Great book about young men who travelled the country and then the world looking for adventure back in 1940s. They saw the way their other friends took, of settling down, 9 to 5, kids, boring desk jobs, as all part of a competitve rat race. Everyone was competing for the prettiest woman, the biggest car and house, the most status symbols. The level of competition for what seemed like questionable goals of material possessions made them feel like they were already beat before they started. They decide they were "beat", and would drop out of the race, drink wine, **** loose women, sit around beating bongo drums, reading their poems, singing songs, enjoying the good company of their friends, and, generally, live life to the fullest without worrying about the consequences or the fact that they weren't going to fit in. They called themselves the "beats", from which came the words beatnik, deadbeat, and "beat generation." Too bad they never got as far as LOS!!
After I read that, I decided that I, too, was beat. Like you, Mikey,I felt that I never fit in in the first place. Sometimes, when I was making a lot of money, very successful, had the car, the huge house, the pretty wife, I thought "**** being beat. I can win this rat race" But I never found happiness in that stressed-out world, and always came back to the beat philosophy. When I discovered LOS, everything seemed to make sense to me again.
There are all kinds that go to LOS, but I think among them are many like us, the ones who felt they never fitted in the first place. Maybe next time I'll bring a bongo drum with me!

 

[Niofania F]

Good story Jaybee although I sort of live my life like this unfortunately I still have to work to pay necessary bills to survive if I thought I could get by playing a bongo drum I'd be the first to sign on.

 

[joyal]

I defitnatley was depressed for 2 years going to San Francisco from Hong Kong. I just loved Asia and visted many countries during my stay in HK.
I just loved Phuket and the laid back atmosphere and the beaches.
Well now I live here and I still love Asia and will do just about anything to not be forced back to the states.
Do I make much money? Not much but I get by.
Do I have the car and House (The so called American dream)? No
Do I wake up everyday amd look forward to going to work? YES!
Do I sometimes say to myself "Maybe I go home tonight and not have sex with a beautiful little thing" Yes! but rarely
So really Nicke, Steve, Geespot they are the beats of their culture going to the beat of a differant drummer.
Life is short enjoy yourself, find something you can enjoy in LOS and just do it!

Cheers!

 

[iAm]

You and me both, River!!

But I like what Urtheman has to say, and I think that he is right. The last year I had some setbacks, but I feel that I am pointed in the right direction again. I hope that at sometime in the next 3 or 4 years, that I will be able to take the plunge, and figure out a way to cash in my ticket at the end of a tour and say "**** it. Here is where I want to be and here is where I'll stay." I haven't reached that point yet.

Urtheman, Nick, Steve, and Geespot have. I admire their spirit, guts and determination to live life to their own Beat.

 

[yoshiii]

Hi all,

Don't know what to say.
Thanks anyway for every thinking.except someone who talked specially oneself.which i think that is not opinion.. :aan: it's just some idiot personal life and basely.. ( i am sure that all of us good know that who is he :thumbsdow )

So,i think every women of this world want a men who's rich and being as a family man.and include thai gal too.

May

 

[Ava is Dank <3]

i love going to LOS and i definitely enjoy talking to you guys on the forum but i love my life at home! im planning on maybe staying in Phuket for a long period in the near future but more becuase ive been working for the past 10 years in a very hectic job and would like to take a year away before i finish maybe another 10 years of work. i enjoy experiencing different cultures and places but am always ready to go home. im actually questioning if i can stay away from home for a full year. i think its just from living in such a fast paced city like NYC and having a very hectic job that i cant just sit back and lay on a beach for a long period of time. im hoping i change and can sit back and relax more

 

[Lloyd J]

I say, "More power to you, Marc!!!!"

We are all not alike, and what makes this forum a great place is that it is a place where many people can and do bring diverse attitudes and points of view, and share various perspectives on the LOS experience. I certainly have enjoyed hearing about your adventures and relationships, how you process it all in your mind and the conclusions you draw and the questions that you ask of yourself and others. Keep those posts coming!!!!!! I will be very interested to see how the experience of living long time in LOS is for you, and whether or not it brings about any changes in your views on life, love, and LOS !!!