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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 57: No Cake This Year Please!
June 28th, 2010
Posted in Bangkok, Current Events, Issan, Issarn, Random Thoughts, Self Analysis, Thailand, Travel, alien, birthdays, coming out, culture, freaks, gay, lesbian, outsider, pride, queer, 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 56: Hot Fun in the SummerTime
June 13th, 2010
Posted in Bangkok, Chang Mai, REdShirts, Thailand, Travel, beaches, culture, freaks, mountains, pattaya, sports, summer, vacation, world cup
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- Welcome to episode 56
- A Sunday morning in Bangkok
- Personal catch up episode
- Hooray! No more weekends in Rayong
- Almost summer break
- No down time at all
- More activities than teaching
- Tom’s summer plans
- Someone has a birthday coming up soon!
- I like birthdays less and less the more I have them
- Last birthday was atop Central World
- A friend’s 40th
- Brits and their ‘theme’ parties
- The World cup just isn’t Tom’s thing
- Just don’t enjoy sports…never have
- American College football being the exception
- More fast paced in my opinion
- A visit to Chang Mai?
- The Rose of the north
- Different dialect of Thai spoken
- Different ethnicity evident….more Chinese influence
- Doi Intanon, the highest peak in Thailand
- Stunning beauty in rolling mountains
- Mountains vs. beaches in Thailand
- The summers of my youth
- Family vacations = mountains or beaches
- Always big ‘to dos’ in my family
- No big travel plans this summer though
- Moving expenses are HUGE here!
- Pattaya bound for sure
- Hopefully only one more year there
- New room, new class, new neighborhood
- Not much of a peep out of the RedShirts
- The calm after the storm
- Considering doing an episode on Thai flaws
- Tom doesn’t like to ruffle feathers
- Fundamental flaws in Thai culture keep it down
- Do I keep quite or speak up cause I care….
- A video link from my friend Ken
- Hello to a new listeners: Tom, and Arizona Chris
- Go check out Tigger’s new vidcasts
- Rambling closing remarks
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