Comments on: Tick Tock http://www.thaisabai.org/2010/02/tick-tock-thai-time/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:50:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hoo Don http://www.thaisabai.org/2010/02/tick-tock-thai-time/comment-page-1/#comment-15001 Hoo Don Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:34:52 +0000 http://www.thaisabai.org/?p=12193#comment-15001 John after all the time I spent in Pattaya in my early days I can honestly say that although I really enjoyed most of it village life is far better in many ways. I love the peace and quiet knowing that I can relax in the sun without the western world sticking its dog eat dog culture in my face and time really is my own. Lovely. John nobody has noticed the cobra in the bottom left hand corner of the second photo. It needs a lick of paint but it's still a cobra. John after all the time I spent in Pattaya in my early days I can honestly say that although I really enjoyed most of it village life is far better in many ways. I love the peace and quiet knowing that I can relax in the sun without the western world sticking its dog eat dog culture in my face and time really is my own. Lovely.

John nobody has noticed the cobra in the bottom left hand corner of the second photo. It needs a lick of paint but it’s still a cobra.

]]> By: john http://www.thaisabai.org/2010/02/tick-tock-thai-time/comment-page-1/#comment-14982 john Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:11:37 +0000 http://www.thaisabai.org/?p=12193#comment-14982 getting the last beer in before the local shop close.s up for the night is always a good idea village life can be boreing sometimes but what a way to relax forget spending Thousands on holidays of a lifetime get yourself to issan north east Thailand for the big chill getting the last beer in before the local shop close.s up for the night is always a good idea
village life can be boreing sometimes but what a way to relax
forget spending Thousands on holidays of a lifetime get yourself to issan north east Thailand for the big chill

]]> By: Hoo Don http://www.thaisabai.org/2010/02/tick-tock-thai-time/comment-page-1/#comment-14964 Hoo Don Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:30:43 +0000 http://www.thaisabai.org/?p=12193#comment-14964 Catherine mobile phone clocks are used nowadays as a source of time and mine is used for just that but after a quick calculation or two. With my old phone I don't bother resetting it for the hour change in the UK. It's either one hour fast or right and I just read it to suit. For some reason on my last LOS trip when I put in my Thai sim card it readjusted to four hours behind Thai time and three hours in front of the UK(something like that). At times due to lack of sleep, too much beer or feeling under the weather I had big problems working out the time in the UK and Thailand. Eventually I couldn't remember which country was three hours wrong and which was four. Next time I must put it right on my arrival. Catherine mobile phone clocks are used nowadays as a source of time and mine is used for just that but after a quick calculation or two. With my old phone I don’t bother resetting it for the hour change in the UK. It’s either one hour fast or right and I just read it to suit. For some reason on my last LOS trip when I put in my Thai sim card it readjusted to four hours behind Thai time and three hours in front of the UK(something like that). At times due to lack of sleep, too much beer or feeling under the weather I had big problems working out the time in the UK and Thailand. Eventually I couldn’t remember which country was three hours wrong and which was four. Next time I must put it right on my arrival.

]]> By: Hoo Don http://www.thaisabai.org/2010/02/tick-tock-thai-time/comment-page-1/#comment-14963 Hoo Don Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:19:45 +0000 http://www.thaisabai.org/?p=12193#comment-14963 John I think our village house is the last one to have lights out at night when I'm staying there. I'll sometimes stay up past midnight and that's way, way past the villagers bedtime. Life in the village has little on offer past the evening closing of the shops unless there is a rare event going on or at the local town. I'm an early riser myself irrespective of the time I went to bed and will often be up at half five. I love seeing the village slowly kick itself into life for the day. Snoring is normally induced by large quantities of beer. John I think our village house is the last one to have lights out at night when I’m staying there. I’ll sometimes stay up past midnight and that’s way, way past the villagers bedtime.

Life in the village has little on offer past the evening closing of the shops unless there is a rare event going on or at the local town. I’m an early riser myself irrespective of the time I went to bed and will often be up at half five. I love seeing the village slowly kick itself into life for the day.

Snoring is normally induced by large quantities of beer.

]]> By: Hoo Don http://www.thaisabai.org/2010/02/tick-tock-thai-time/comment-page-1/#comment-14962 Hoo Don Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:06:40 +0000 http://www.thaisabai.org/?p=12193#comment-14962 Rick I rarely watch TV here in the UK unless it's sport, I find UK TV to contain too much 'reality and talent' shows which are not to my taste. I've yet to find a 2-for-1 beer outlet in Udon although I have been told about one, but any type of happy hour bar is always welcome unless it's packed to the rafters. Western life is so reliant on time and that is basically the major difference I've noticed with that and Thai village life. Rick I rarely watch TV here in the UK unless it’s sport, I find UK TV to contain too much ‘reality and talent’ shows which are not to my taste. I’ve yet to find a 2-for-1 beer outlet in Udon although I have been told about one, but any type of happy hour bar is always welcome unless it’s packed to the rafters. Western life is so reliant on time and that is basically the major difference I’ve noticed with that and Thai village life.

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