I'm in The Land Of Smiles - Good or Bad?

For anyone reading this, thank you. You are the first people to experience my writing capabilities. I am not sure as to whether any of my additions to this website will be good, funny, true, lies, bad, frequent or only a singular entry. But what I do know is I'll damn well try to make it interesting for you.

I've been in Thailand now for about 1 and a half years. Fortunately for me I work here as a Manager in an international company. So unlike the poor souls that constantly speak about their next pension check, or next 'quickie' job, I know when my paycheck's coming through. I've had both bad and good experiences whilst living in the proclaimed LOS. My first few months were so bad I'd already booked my ticket back home. But common sense kicked in and I decided to stick it out.

Things have definately changed. I love it here now. I'm currently sitting here and can easily look out the window and see the ocean. The clear, blue sparkling water with the sun reflecting off it into my eyes. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I've got a case of beer (most of it hidden in the spare room so the missus doesn't know), the footy's on the telly (sorry guys, I'm talking AFL, not English Footy or American Footy). I'm happy, and that is the main thing.

So with the good comes the bad, and with the bad comes the good. Typical life. Although back home the majority of the good didn't have bad following right behind it. I'm not a negative person, I'm just admitting that my experiences here have been definately 50 50. I'm from a very small country town in country NSW in Australia. Even when I moved to the "big city", it was only around 90,000 people. So coming over to Thailand was a big smack in the face. I live just outside of Pattaya now, and whenever the missus mentions shopping, movies, visiting her friends, or anything that involves going into Pattaya usually brings fear into me. The traffic really does piss me off. Even on a good day, when not many people are out, you still find at leasy 5 people you could confess to wanting to kill just for the way they drive, cut in front of you, cut you off, make you angry, or whatever.

Of course I've had other bad times, and some really good times, so if you'll stick with me, I'll try and share all of them with you. Heck, sometimes I might even make some up so y'all can have a laugh.

Enjoy yourselves