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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 57: No Cake This Year Please!
June 28th, 2010
Posted in alien, Bangkok, birthdays, coming out, culture, Current Events, freaks, gay, Issan, Issarn, lesbian, outsider, pride, queer, Random Thoughts, Self Analysis, Thailand, Travel, violence, world cup
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- Welcome to episode 57
- Yet another podcast from ‘Issarn’
- The 9 hour journey to the NorthEast of Thailand
- Avoiding the rain during Monsoon season
- Being beyond tired just from sitting for hours
- A post birthday show
- Thanks sooooo much for all the well wishes!
- Facebook is amazing
- What did Tom do for his birthday?
- Summer break as a gift this year
- A 5-star cinema experience for Prince of Persia
- A Bangkok must do!
- Birthday dinner ‘faux pas’
- Joined the gym….again!
- Tom has just lost it….or at least that is how I feel!
- a long struggle with the weight issues
- on a lighter note….Pride month in the US
- Pride in Thailand is in October
- Tom and gay pride
- Tom’s own coming out story
- Coming out to my folks from abroad
- Not an easy road, but better for it today
- The World cup frenzy in Thailand
- Tom doesn’t care for most sports
- Soccer vs. football
- World cup dispute prompts axe murder
- The myth of the gentle Thai
- Sudden intense outbursts of anger
- Lack of self control and rules of war
- Thai rules is about 20 vs. 1
- If in doubt….always walk away!
- Interesting discussion on the way to Issarn
- Feeling more alien the longer I’m here
- More intense outside of Bangkok
- Integration not possible in Thailand
- Why not move home??
- Life would be easier if I were British or Australian
- Life in purgatory
- Making lemonade when life gives you limes!
- Go check out Tigger’s new vidcasts
- Check out Cocktails and Creampuffs!
- Lurve to my listeners!
- The usual rambling closing remarks
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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 52: Live From Issan…
February 28th, 2010
Posted in Bangkok, country, culture, esarn, Expat, freaks, gay, holiday, Issan, lesbian, Northeast, queer, Thailand, Travel
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- Welcome to episode 52
- Tom’s visiting Udon Thani this weekend
- On a much needed break
- Insane activity schedules at work
- Burn out
- Shop talk: accreditation malarkey
- Minor car trouble
- “Free flight” to Udon
- What is Issan?
- Issan sometimes gets a bad rap in Thailand
- Thais are so classist
- Monday is another National Holiday
- What is “Makha Bucha” day?
- Embassies jumped the gun yesterday with travel warnings
- Ex-Premier’s court date yesterday
- Thai Supreme Court seized 46 billion baht (1.4 billion dollars)
- Tom wonders what they will do with seized billion?
- A few ideas that I doubt will transpire
- I wish Thailand could put this wanna be dictator behind them
- Tom has done a little Pattaya exploring
- A lot more developed than I remember
- Saw the Wolfman movie there
- Surreal moment coming back over the mountain
- I wish there were more of those “moments” in life
- Comments and more comments
- Taylor, Ernest, and who is Little Bit!
- Email from a listener…Hey Brendan!
- Facebook friends
- Rambling closing remarks and lurve
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