What are the old farang and retiree doing in Cambodia?
What are the old farang and retiree doing in Cambodia?
Honestly i don't have any old farang friends and i also have never talked to any of them. So it is fair that i have no ideas about them. Are they working as English teacher or just living and exploring in Cambodia.
Most of my friends are in 20s and they are mostly working as intern at some international organisation like UN, UNDP and the embassies.
Most of my friends are in 20s and they are mostly working as intern at some international organisation like UN, UNDP and the embassies.
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។
If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
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Re: What are the old farang and retiree doing in Cambodia?
doing the same thing in Cambodia as they are doing anywhere in the world;
living although the ones i know in Cambodia seem to just sit in one place and get older.
some just have chosen Cambodia to do it
living although the ones i know in Cambodia seem to just sit in one place and get older.
some just have chosen Cambodia to do it
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Re: What are the old farang and retiree doing in Cambodia?
As an old barang (not farang) in Cambodia, I run a business, am raising a family, and enjoy studying Cambodian archaeology, culture and politics. I also like getting out on the town every other Friday night or so.
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Buy and sell stones. Live quietly and cheaply.
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Re: What are the old farang and retiree doing in Cambodia?
frank lee bent wrote:Buy and sell stones. Live quietly and cheaply.
Now that could be an interesting hobby for a retiree.
What are kidney stones worth these days.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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I live rurally with a women I met in PP. She was employed by an NGO to help handicapped Cambodians and I was a a teacher. Beyond working on our land and house, I no longer work, but support my family on
a very limited Social Security budget that is augmented by funds from a rural homestay that I designed around my wife's gifts as a cook and her natural charm. I no longer teach, except to my children whom I hope will one day leave this country with no future. I recognize them as Cambodian, but I want them to escape this sad excuse of a country. If they choose to come back, it's up to them. Yes, I am happy with my Cambodian friends and neighbors.
a very limited Social Security budget that is augmented by funds from a rural homestay that I designed around my wife's gifts as a cook and her natural charm. I no longer teach, except to my children whom I hope will one day leave this country with no future. I recognize them as Cambodian, but I want them to escape this sad excuse of a country. If they choose to come back, it's up to them. Yes, I am happy with my Cambodian friends and neighbors.
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Re: What are the old farang and retiree doing in Cambodia?
Taabarang , do you project those views about Cambodia having no future to your kids and it being a sad excuse, if so I would like to say well done on the educating bit, why dont you open a school....I think given a good education and a strong command of a second language or two a young Cambodian has great opportunities. Grumpy old git...
...OP, what I do in my free time is wonder why some people bother....Cambodia is fantastic place to chill whatever age...
...OP, what I do in my free time is wonder why some people bother....Cambodia is fantastic place to chill whatever age...
I was born with nothing , and I still have most of it left.
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Ture ...I now know that there is going to be times of boredom , and in the past I would move to a new country. Then I saw the pattern and accepted that here in Cambodia is the best place in the world for me at the moment ....getting old sitting under the mango tree , propping up a bar, walking the dog ,enjoying each dawn and dusk, feeding the fish is my daily routine ....no more rat race for mephuketrichard wrote:doing the same thing in Cambodia as they are doing anywhere in the world;
living although the ones i know in Cambodia seem to just sit in one place and get older.
some just have chosen Cambodia to do it
I was born with nothing , and I still have most of it left.
ChessCube Account name is generalchat
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Re: What are the old farang and retiree doing in Cambodia?
This is my favourite type of thread and I love reading about those who have found a chilled life, away from the madding crowd.
I look forward to something similar soon
I look forward to something similar soon
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Re: What are the old farang and retiree doing in Cambodia?
When I get older, I plan on giving that homeless Tarot Card reader a run for his money. He needs competition.
Or maybe see if any tourists on the RiverSide want to play cards.
Or maybe see if any tourists on the RiverSide want to play cards.
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