Getting beat up

[mgm]

I've been in this exact situation too. I lived in Tokyo for 4 years and felt non-Australian, I'm home now and still do. It was difficult to explain to the BG's of LOS and Philippines at the time, but funny. In the Philippines a few times I've BF'd girls who are more accustomed to Japanese customers, therefore, their Japanese is much stronger than their English and we end up speaking a language which is foreign to both of us for the night.

 

[brdevane]

anyone deliberately smashing bottles in or outside a bar is looking for trouble (see story)

same instigating factors here as anywhere else...don't pay your bill....acting like an @sshole, being overly aggressive to the women etc.....people often forget they are in a red light district, in a foreign land, with all that attracts when in the Bangla zone

 

[sassy k]

Yeah totally. My theory is that 15% of every nationality are arseholes. With this in mind I can generally determine the types to avoid. Unfortunately, I think my estimate of 15% is higher in Australia.

 

[shereif]

You cunning linguist you! Sounds a bit kinky! I like it! 555555

 

[`Jana]

Spot on post Nelce.

 

[Donna E]

yeah I'm with ya on that.... Esp over in the LOS, I don't know if its me but Aussie's seem to be more badly! So I avoid them like the plague....

 

[prettyparadoxal 1]

i think times are changing because Canada, as a country, now stands at the head of the pack and that trickles down to people's thinking
i see nothing wrong at all in trying to win. that is wrong with kids these days in North America, they are taught it is ok to come in 3rd and 4th place, they are still champions

you are 100% right about French's influence in the West, it is non-existant
except on bags of chips 5555

 

[msjinx39]

Sometimes it seems we get 80% of that 15% for each nationality in Patong.

 

[James M]

Mate, I'm Aussie and I generally avoid Australians in Patong! more so the ones getting around in singha singlets, bright boardshorts, wearing a those shitty fedoras sold on bangla road and sporting a southern cross tattoo (or similar) and chanting "aussie aussie aussie". Last time i was on Bangla a group of them turned up at the blue lotus bar and were chanting like crazy, yelling and being complete wankers. They asked me where i was from and I didn't want to be associated with them so I said New Zealand.... they then proceeded to make as many references as they could to "sheep rooting".

 

[Mommy to 2 Nis and Teagan]

Granted it's been abooot (sorry) 15 years since I visited Canada, I've only experienced the western part of the country between Calgary and Toronto...Went through places that were mentioned earlier like Moose Jaw, Medicine Hat, Swift Current, Balzak, Yorkton, Saskatoon, Regina...and further east to London to Toronto...It was only when I reached the far eastern part of Ontario towards Ottawa that I felt a growing since of French influence...BTW, had a great time at the "peeler bars" in Toronto and Calgary (during the Stampede).

 

[agent 007]

act like a d1ck gonna get hit no matter what country you are in simple

 

[AffessyAdjurf]

My Uncle went there in 1959 from Rochdale. Never looked back.

Pissed most of the time which helps I guess!

 

[Pompal 09.]

Classic! I say the same thing even when the locals ask me if i"m from Australia I say "Nah I'm Kiwi bro choice"

 

[Antiman]

As always the facts are in short supply.

First of all I hope the guy is not permanently damaged.

Other than that, it looks like these guys were begging for it and a passing tout obliged.

Patong Assault on Tourist: Tout Expected to Surrender - Phuket Wan

 

[Hawk M]

Mate, there is something about hearing the Japanese language. Reminds me of my glory years aged 23-27 and running amok on the streets of Tokyo and banging some fine tail. Hearing it just makes my **** harder than normal. I'm only 30 now, but perhaps I'll feel this way about Thailand in a few more years when I'm running this same game elsewhere.

 

[Danika]

In comparison to 'home' , total acts of random violence are virtually unheard of here.
Gangs of kids dont just go around jumping a foreigner like they might an 'asian' or somebody 'different' back home.
But if the farang is involved in some sort of disagreement or small altercation, and doesnt walk away, then an inordinate amount of force will often be used to sort him out, and then random acts of violence by random Thai passer-bys will be included in that beating. Of course we dont hear about incidents where-in disagreements are amicably resolved.

Having said that , I would also state that Im often gobsmacked by the amount of farangs that exhibit bad behavours whilst here. From the shirtless young Australians wandering down Bangla with their bikini topped sheilas yelling out stuff like ,"Look at all these sluts!", to the steroid charged Northern Europeans shoulder charging passer byes, to mouthy little chavs , and grubby Latins , and oggling Indians all misshandling girls AND the situation, Im genuinely surprised that you can have so many 'fcuked up' people on one street and not have way more brawls...

I had to listen to a Brit the other day, talk in glowing terms of how much he'd 'improved' his useless ( and young and pretty ) Thai girls life, and that her villiage and family were total failures as human beings....and he was being nice!
If I were the girl, who understood all that was said, even I would have bottled him.

If you can remember that you are a visitor and act with decorum, and refrain from challenging anyone, you will not have any problems.
This is in sharp contrast to my best friends brother, who returned to Aus after living in the Canarys for 10 years , and promptly had his jaw broken by a gang of marauding kids hed never seen before, as he and his wife left a restaurant after his first meal 'back home'.

 

[essassin]

I've hooked up with a couple of chicks who don't speak English and speak Japanese, but aren't Japanese. One was Brazilian, one was Chinese, and one was Taiwanese. It's interesting having sex in a 3rd language!

 

[I Need Coffee]

Great post Dean!

Pretty much exactly my thoughts.

 

[madeleinew]

I tell them I'm French. I bought this Kangol beret in Paris years ago and it was just stuck in a cupboard. Might as well give it an airing! It was trez exspensieeeve!

Popping garlic pearls in addition to the stripy burglers t-shirt and a string bag of onions around my neck normally has them refusing me entrance to most bars and nightclubs.

I'm going as a 'golfer' next time. Plus fours, Big bag of Calloways at Hollywood.....'In you go Sir'

I tell you, it'll be swingin'

 

[Hedwig Loves Pigwidgeon]

Pretty much sums up my amazement as well. 555