Guest Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 >>>The term I use to describe the people, like Fly, that have all but severed any connection to their home country is wannabe immigrants. <<< i definately am somewhat of a wannabe immigrant. it just ain't that easy to be one. it's a struggle of years. i have to say though that i have not severed all connections to my country of birth. i do make a point of going there once a year, and regularly take the missus along. you never know what the future might bring, and i believe that one should leave as many options open as possible. it is though a constant struggle to keep up those ties, if my dad would not be alive anymore i don't know how long i would/could keep up going to a country i do not particularly like that much. how do i really define myself according to the poll? dunno, beats me. i was a traveller/backpacker for many years (and yes, occasionally i had an inflated ego :, but it was great fun to live that lifestyle for a while, and i made some brilliant experiences. i live here because i like living here in asia, since i was a child it was my aspiration to live somewhere else, preferrably asia (and yes, i still have at times an inflated ego :. but yeah, i can live with the term of wannabe immigrant, hopefully i can be a real one some day in the future. not though because i wanna be thai or something. just because i am fascinated by the whole continent, and i feel that even though all the problems here thailand is still the best place to live in asia. but who knows what the future might bring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Propaganda? Dontchaknow everyone wants to immigrate to the USA Gotta keep up that illusion for the kiddies. Seriously, I have no idea. Heck, most cannot even spell it. I even remember a US magazine article with big headline of the cover spelling "expatriate" as "expatriot." Boy was that a major flub (due to the obvious implications) and ruffled some feathers LOL! Wish I could remember the mag's name -- it was a major one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 >>>I think that is a good explanation and I couldn't agree more. But why are westerners living in Asia always called "expats" and Asians living in the west are "immigrants"? TH <<< good question. :: maybe because "illegal" is so easily attached with it? or because the term implies that every asians who stays for a while in the west automatically wants to live there 'coz everybody wants to live in the great west while, how would westerners want to immigrate into a dirty third world country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiHome Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 "how would westerners want to immigrate into a dirty third world country? " I suspect that is probably pretty close. TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Hi Brink Same as Lazyphil ...visit family and friends in the main. So i guess Tourist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 Suadum say: "Webster's Dictionary defines expatriate as: ...2) to leave one's country to live elsewhere..." I only feel alive in Thailand, does that make me an expatriate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadaBing Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 1. Red Wing & Lion junkie... Now to your poll ( no pun intended ) 1. Sexpat , currently in love with Costa Rica.. 2. jAckAsS.... BadaalwayswankingBing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 I would say basically a pathetic lonely loser, never found my nitch in life, or my real purpose, always battling a personal demon...yet, a few weeks a year it all seems to fall into place when in LOS...funny how that goes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattaya127 Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 OH, your self-loathing humour reminded me that a lot of guys become that again (or never quite shook it off), once the dust settles after moving to LOS. You are what you is?...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soongmak Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 You are what you is?...... Like frank zappa said, and very, very true! worthy to be a sig file IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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