A positive view

fax · Post by **fax** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 6:57 pm

John Bingham wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 9:02 am When was the last time you saw a headline like "Everything Was Just Dandy Today, Absolutely No Problems"?

How about a positive LSD story? Wouldn't that be newsworthy, just the once? To base your decision on information rather than scare tactics and superstition and lies? I think it would be newsworthy. "Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration. That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we're the imagination of ourselves... Here's Tom with the weather."

Bill Hicks

hdgh29 · Post by **hdgh29** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:24 am

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What's exotic about Cambodia exactly? I'm not saying that as a snappy comment, I just never thought of Cambodia as much of a travel destination. Hawai'i, The Bahamas, etc, that was my idea of exotic, but not SE Asia.
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I am not sure if Hawaii (beach playground for Yanks and Japs) or the Bahamas (beach playground for wealthy Brits) meet the definition of exotic, which Merriam Webster gives as "foreign, alien; exciting, mysterious, strikingly different ", but Cambodia...jungles, temples, ancient civilizations, hot weather, lots of little brown people chattering away in an impenetrable language....fits the definition for me.

AndyKK · Post by **AndyKK** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:11 am

fax wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 6:57 pm
John Bingham wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 9:02 am When was the last time you saw a headline like "Everything Was Just Dandy Today, Absolutely No Problems"?
How about a positive LSD story? Wouldn't that be newsworthy, just the once? To base your decision on information rather than scare tactics and superstition and lies? I think it would be newsworthy. "Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration. That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we're the imagination of ourselves... Here's Tom with the weather."

Bill Hicks

Nearly thought! But no, let me explain, a few years ago a guy was sitting at my bar, he picked up his empty can asking for another. But first I want to tell you my story, pointing at his can, he said and that is where we all are. Inside a container somewhere else, because here on the outside we are not real and this is not reality.
I think cheap beer as a lot to answer for in this country alone.

A10 · Post by **A10** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:08 am

clutchcargo wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 6:15 pm TBH all them sound exotic to me ...perhaps Hawaii less so coz it strikes me as americanised (caveat: I haven't been there tho).

Your post made me check the meaning of exotic:

Cambridge dictionary: exotic definition: 1. unusual and exciting because of coming (or seeming to come) from far away, especially a tropical country: 2. unusual and specially ..

So, I guess it depends where you come from and your perceptions...

That makes sense.

I remember being younger, one of the places I wanted to visit most was Russia for who knows why. Maybe it's because my good friend was from there, but whatever the reason, I found the language and literary culture fascinating, and although I suspect most people don't consider Russia an ideal tourist spot, to me it was very interesting at the time (still is).

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:48 am

clutchcargo wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 6:15 pm So, I guess it depends where you come from and your perceptions...

^exactly this.

An 'exotic' girl I frequently do business with in Bangkok went on a holiday to.... The Netherlands, to see the flowers.

Having worked in that sector when I was young I would consider it anything but exotic, but she spent quite a lot of money to experience 'the tulips'. So it truly is all about perceptions.

hdgh29 · Post by **hdgh29** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:06 am

Of course you are correct, and to someone from SEAsia Amsterdam would certainly be exotic. But I was asked "what's exotic about Cambodia", so I am giving my pov. And there is a distinction between what is exotic and what is an interesting or attractive place to visit. Russia? Interesting. Bahamas? Attractive. Battambang? Exotic. Also about the guy in the bar inside a beer can, that wasn't David Bowie was it? "For here am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world, planet earth is blue and there's nothing I can do."

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:21 am

hdgh29 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:06 am Of course you are correct, and to someone from SEAsia Amsterdam would certainly be exotic. But I was asked "what's exotic about Cambodia", so I am giving my pov. And there is a distinction between what is exotic and what is an interesting or attractive place to visit. Russia? Interesting. Bahamas? Attractive. Battambang? Exotic. Also about the guy in the bar inside a beer can, that wasn't David Bowie was it? "For here am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world, planet earth is blue and there's nothing I can do."

I've been to Battambang once, after I'd been in Cambodia for just over a year, and I just found it extremely, and I mean EXTREMELY hot (OK, it was in the last week of April...). Not exotic.

What do you find exotic in Battambang?

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:29 am

got offered a job in Batt back in 2012, spent a week and left
Fuji, Tahiti, Maldives exotic,......Battambang BORING

Everyone sees things differently....Thank god!!!

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