YORKIE wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 12:34 am To all the " UP YOUR OWN ARSE EX WESTERN SCHOOL TEACHER EXPATS " who live in Phnom Penh.

I once thought I could come and live in Phnom Penh, make a few friends, go for a few beers and hope I could actually meet someone who bordered on pleasant. However, I have decided " I am not worthy " to be in the cliquish CEO community after all. I have been ignored on far to many occasions.

I do not posses the adequate writing skills ( Creative Writing ) that you, the elite feel is so important on this forum. So I am now going to sit in the naughty chair, in the naughty corner with fingers on lips and sulk. Listed below are skills I am sure, you all posses.

PS. Is any of you arseholes responsible for the masses of a whole generation of 23 to 28 year old CHAV'S we currently have here in the UK ?. I mean, they can't even tell the fuckin time unless it's in digital form, read a book and do basic arithmetic FFS. Have fun Mods Please ban me forever

Arrogant
Big-Headed
Self-Centred
Vain
Boastful
Pompous
Callous
Cynical
Overcritical
Patronising
Aloof
Impolite
Incosiderate
Thoughtless
Confrontational
Defensive
Hostile
Belligerent
Supercilious
Sanctimonious
Bitchy
Nasty
Bossy
Cruel
Domineering
Deceitful
Dishonest
Machiavellian
Sneaky
Untrustworthy
Dogmatic
Inflexible
Cowardly
Intolerant
Narrow-Minded
Stubborn
Obstinate
Pig-Headed
Tactless
Handsome ( Just to make you feel better )

epidemiks wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 10:17 am

YORKIE wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 12:34 am To all the " UP YOUR OWN ARSE EX WESTERN SCHOOL TEACHER EXPATS " who live in Phnom Penh.

And what of us who aren't " UP YOUR OWN ARSE EX WESTERN SCHOOL TEACHER EXPATS "?

I once thought I could come and live in Phnom Penh, make a few friends, go for a few beers and hope I could actually meet someone who bordered on pleasant. However, I have decided " I am not worthy " to be in the cliquish CEO community after all. I have been ignored on far to many occasions.

Ignored on teh forum, or ignored in real life? I'd say most people are inherently cliquey. Living in a foreign land tends to amplify that for expats. Membership of whatever circlejerk you're trying to elbow in on can take time, no matter where you live.


What you're probably going through is the second stage of culture shock. It most often reveals itself as hostility and irritability towards locals, their customs, their seemingly illogical ways, but can also make people feel isolated from their 'own kind' who have been here much longer and are more deeply integrated into the place. Making some Khmer friends will help. They drink beer to, you know.

BklynBoy wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 7:23 am

kptic wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 6:24 am

BklynBoy wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 6:08 am

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 1:04 am

YORKIE wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 12:34 am To all the " UP YOUR OWN ARSE EX WESTERN SCHOOL TEACHER EXPATS " who live in Phnom Penh. I once thought I could come and live in Phnom Penh, make a few friends, go for a few beers and hope I could actually meet someone who bordered on pleasant. However, I have decided " I am not worthy " to be in the cliquish CEO community after all. I have been ignored on far to many occasions. I do not posses the adequate writing skills ( Creative Writing ) that you, the elite feel is so important on this forum. So I am now going to sit in the naughty chair, in the naughty corner with fingers on lips and sulk.

Drunk post?
Sounds like youre hanging around with the wrong people mate while i do know what you mean about some of the expat community as i'm a rough round the edges norvun monkey bricky/boxer...
But Is there really that many School Teachers that are regular posters here on CEO? All the posters i hang around with aren't teachers, they probably wouldnt hang out with me if they were (apart from Playboy, hes fun)

agree.. i met a bunch of cool people both expat, khmer and khmer americans.. Maybe its what you attract or going to the wrong places? I am still holding out to meet up w/ my boo Jamie tho.. we are like 2 ships passing in the ocean... or something like that..

Just throwing this out there, but I wonder if calling Jamie your boo is the best way to become bros...

Comfortable enough w/ my sexuality ..its all good boo...lol... but yea. seems kinda fishy as i am explaining this..... Jamie and I already are friends in my head..lol..but if u want more info, we been going back and forth since last summer when i was in cambo.. sending him unnecessary pics and sharing stories..

anyway, that is that..

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 2:51 pm

BklynBoy wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 7:23 am

kptic wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 6:24 am

BklynBoy wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 6:08 am

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 1:04 am
Drunk post?
Sounds like youre hanging around with the wrong people mate while i do know what you mean about some of the expat community as i'm a rough round the edges norvun monkey bricky/boxer...
But Is there really that many School Teachers that are regular posters here on CEO? All the posters i hang around with aren't teachers, they probably wouldnt hang out with me if they were (apart from Playboy, hes fun)

agree.. i met a bunch of cool people both expat, khmer and khmer americans.. Maybe its what you attract or going to the wrong places? I am still holding out to meet up w/ my boo Jamie tho.. we are like 2 ships passing in the ocean... or something like that..

Just throwing this out there, but I wonder if calling Jamie your boo is the best way to become bros...

Comfortable enough w/ my sexuality ..its all good boo...lol... but yea. seems kinda fishy as i am explaining this..... Jamie and I already are friends in my head..lol..but if u want more info, we been going back and forth since last summer when i was in cambo.. sending him unnecessary pics and sharing stories..

anyway, that is that..

WTF!?

BklynBoy wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 6:24 pm

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 2:51 pm

BklynBoy wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 7:23 am

kptic wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 6:24 am

BklynBoy wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 6:08 am

agree.. i met a bunch of cool people both expat, khmer and khmer americans.. Maybe its what you attract or going to the wrong places? I am still holding out to meet up w/ my boo Jamie tho.. we are like 2 ships passing in the ocean... or something like that..

Just throwing this out there, but I wonder if calling Jamie your boo is the best way to become bros...

Comfortable enough w/ my sexuality ..its all good boo...lol... but yea. seems kinda fishy as i am explaining this..... Jamie and I already are friends in my head..lol..but if u want more info, we been going back and forth since last summer when i was in cambo.. sending him unnecessary pics and sharing stories..

anyway, that is that..

WTF!?

hahah yea..that went off the rails pretty bad...lol.... .......i wasn't even drunk..lol that was natural nonsense.. wait..hahah unnecessary pics were of girls..!!!!

epidemiks wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 10:17 am

YORKIE wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 12:34 am To all the " UP YOUR OWN ARSE EX WESTERN SCHOOL TEACHER EXPATS " who live in Phnom Penh.

And what of us who aren't " UP YOUR OWN ARSE EX WESTERN SCHOOL TEACHER EXPATS "?

I once thought I could come and live in Phnom Penh, make a few friends, go for a few beers and hope I could actually meet someone who bordered on pleasant. However, I have decided " I am not worthy " to be in the cliquish CEO community after all. I have been ignored on far to many occasions.

Ignored on teh forum, or ignored in real life? I'd say most people are inherently cliquey. Living in a foreign land tends to amplify that for expats. Membership of whatever circlejerk you're trying to elbow in on can take time, no matter where you live.

I'm guilty of it myself. I'd say I have very few friends here, but those that are friends are lifelong friends. Those friendships didn't happen over 3 beers, but several years. There's plenty of acquaintances and people to shoot the shit with and drink a beer, but I'll probably never go to their kid's birthday party or interact with them outside of a bar. That's fine. They're good people, but doesn't mean we need to be pen pals.

After a few years of seeing people leave, the nth goodbye party, meeting endless people who are just passing through on 3-6 month stints, and those who find this place isn't for them after a year or so (which is fine, life's short, go be somewhere you can be happy), it becomes easy to not bother to make new friends.


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If your entire attempt at making friends is writing on internet forums full of anonymous droogs, then I think you need to rethink your approach. Does this work back at home? Find a hobby you enjoy, go do it, meet people with shared interests besides.
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That list is just a general rundown of 95% of humanity, nothing particularly exceptional about expats in Cambodia, other than we do tend to excel in the last trait, or so the girls keep telling me..


What you're probably going through is the second stage of culture shock. It most often reveals itself as hostility and irritability towards locals, their customs, their seemingly illogical ways, but can also make people feel isolated from their 'own kind' who have been here much longer and are more deeply integrated into the place. Making some Khmer friends will help. They drink beer to, you know.

epidemiks wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 10:17 am ....wise words ...


What you're probably going through is the second stage of culture shock. It most often reveals itself as hostility and irritability towards locals, their customs, their seemingly illogical ways, but can also make people feel isolated from their 'own kind' who have been here much longer and are more deeply integrated into the place. Making some Khmer friends will help. They drink beer to, you know.

bartender3042 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 7:55 am

epidemiks wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 10:17 am

YORKIE wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 12:34 am To all the " UP YOUR OWN ARSE EX WESTERN SCHOOL TEACHER EXPATS " who live in Phnom Penh.

And what of us who aren't " UP YOUR OWN ARSE EX WESTERN SCHOOL TEACHER EXPATS "?

I once thought I could come and live in Phnom Penh, make a few friends, go for a few beers and hope I could actually meet someone who bordered on pleasant. However, I have decided " I am not worthy " to be in the cliquish CEO community after all. I have been ignored on far to many occasions.

Ignored on teh forum, or ignored in real life? I'd say most people are inherently cliquey. Living in a foreign land tends to amplify that for expats. Membership of whatever circlejerk you're trying to elbow in on can take time, no matter where you live.

I'm guilty of it myself. I'd say I have very few friends here, but those that are friends are lifelong friends. Those friendships didn't happen over 3 beers, but several years. There's plenty of acquaintances and people to shoot the shit with and drink a beer, but I'll probably never go to their kid's birthday party or interact with them outside of a bar. That's fine. They're good people, but doesn't mean we need to be pen pals.

After a few years of seeing people leave, the nth goodbye party, meeting endless people who are just passing through on 3-6 month stints, and those who find this place isn't for them after a year or so (which is fine, life's short, go be somewhere you can be happy), it becomes easy to not bother to make new friends.


...

If your entire attempt at making friends is writing on internet forums full of anonymous droogs, then I think you need to rethink your approach. Does this work back at home? Find a hobby you enjoy, go do it, meet people with shared interests besides.
....
That list is just a general rundown of 95% of humanity, nothing particularly exceptional about expats in Cambodia, other than we do tend to excel in the last trait, or so the girls keep telling me..


What you're probably going through is the second stage of culture shock. It most often reveals itself as hostility and irritability towards locals, their customs, their seemingly illogical ways, but can also make people feel isolated from their 'own kind' who have been here much longer and are more deeply integrated into the place. Making some Khmer friends will help. They drink beer to, you know.

epidemics, your post contains all the Home Truths the OP forgot to mention. Great post.