rmorris22 Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 After just returning from 4 weeks in Thailand I was wondering if the following is normal: 1. As soon as you get home you download all the songs you heard in the Thailand bar beers such as: Baby One More Time, My Love, I'm Alive and Crooked letter. 2. You play those song repeatedly and try to dance like a bar girl in front of your bathroom mirror admiring the fact you lost 10 pounds because you do not particularly like Thai food. 3. The Taxi at the airport quotes you $130.00US to take you home and you immediately look for a green and yellow TAXI METER. 4. You brush your teeth for the first time and reach for the bottled water that is not there. 5. You take your first shower and you make sure you keep your mouth closed. 6. You exit the bathroom with a towel wrapped around you and are surprised to find that your bed is empty except for your cat. 7. You take what seems like your first normal s%%t in four weeks and reach around for the garden hose that is not there. 8. You leave your apartment to go to the supermarket and there is no Baht Bus to take you. 9. At the food store you wonder about the asian girl in line in front of you as to what bar she works at. 10. A little surprised at the checkout girl since she does not call you "hansom man". And your a bit miffed anyway since the only reason you went to the store was because someone forgot to put the Rum in your apartment. 11. You start to empathise with the expats that have burned their passports. It is now 6am sat morning and I have been up all night. I have done my laundry, feed the cat and watched all the video I took in thailand. In two more days total reality will hit me in the face when I return to work. How to view it? We get to live in a fantasy world for 4 weeks. Look to deep, and yes you can find bad, but we are extremely fortunate that we do have the opportunity to have this experience. Accept it for what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Hi, "4. You brush your teeth for the first time and reach for the bottled water that is not there." Nope, just use the tap water here in BKK. "5. You take your first shower and you make sure you keep your mouth closed." See above Besides my showerhead doesn't reach above my shoulders unless I pick it up. "6. You exit the bathroom with a towel wrapped around you and are surprised to find that your bed is empty except for your cat." My bed isn't empty Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 <<"6. You exit the bathroom with a towel wrapped around you and are surprised to find that your bed is empty except for your cat." My bed isn't empty >> You cruel heartless so and so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris22 Posted July 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Mr. Sanuk, Meaning no disrespect sir, but, YOU LIVE in Thailand!! I am speaking upon the RETURN from Thailand. Of course the shower does not reach above your shoulders, nor does it mine. In addition my bed was not empty in thailand either..........but maybe you are just trying to make me feel worse than I already do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 While I certainly don't agree with everything on your list, it sounds like a fairly typical case of the Thailand Blues. Quite normal in my estimation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Thanks Morris, Just had a good night out. No! A great night out, with an old friend. Got home, checked the board.... alas, how I do miss Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvarpala Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Says rmorris22: Are These Feelings Normal? Yes, I'm afraid they are ! (Well, most of them.) I don't know if it makes you feel any better knowing that, though... Try to look at it another way - to quote yourself... Says rmorris22: ...but we are extremely fortunate that we do have the opportunity to have this experience... , ...and remember, you can always go back. Good luck Monday morning ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 >After just returning from 4 weeks in Thailand I was wondering if the following is normal I don't live in Thai but nothing on your list seems to be normal for me. Some things even feel paranoid. It does not mean I feel better than you when coming back to farangland. People on the board call it "Bangkok blues". Shakes you for about 3 weeks, then keeps on rattling forever...welcome to the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattaya127 Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 One of the most underrated experiences is to be alone in your empty bed. And if you love yourself, you are never quite alone :: . Plus, great to get up, open up the curtains, crank up the stereo, without worrying about waking up that lass whose inner clock seems to tell her it's always the crack of dawn, even at 4pm. hey, I use to know a Dawn, so i know about these cracks too ::! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llso Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 LOS " You can check out anytime you want but you can never leave" LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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