Never felt like so cut off from the world

popping in · Post by **popping in** » Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:37 pm

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:56 am

made me chuckle. about right tbf haha.

atst · Post by **atst** » Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:58 pm

Alex wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:52 am
cambo swa wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 6:45 am Speaking of "never felt so cut off from the world". How many decades has it been since "the missus" and "the wife" were the terminology of the day? Females are still property in 2020? Maybe in Cambodia.
I find your statement idiotic, but in case it just confused me and on the off chance that I can learn something, how does one properly refer to one's spouse on your planet, in 2020?

On my planet it's " she who must be obeyed"

tightenupvolume1 · Post by **tightenupvolume1** » Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:06 pm

The trouble and strife

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:34 pm

cambo swa wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 6:45 am Speaking of "never felt so cut off from the world". How many decades has it been since "the missus" and "the wife" were the terminology of the day? Females are still property in 2020? Maybe in Cambodia.

Agree that it's old hat, but it's a NKOTB thing. NKOTB likes to call his wife the missus, and yes that's old-fashioned. ( And a lot of posters here - including me - have taken the piss out of him for that.)
However, since He and She are separated by oceans,visas, and covid right now, I would cut him some slack.
It's tough times for families that are split up and living in different countries.

rozzieoz · Post by **rozzieoz** » Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:51 am

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:43 am
She’s my property. I’m her property.

What could possibly go wrong.

YouTube · Post by **General Mackevili** » Fri Oct 09, 2020 8:47 am

Alex wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:52 am ...how does one properly refer to one's spouse on your planet, in 2020?

'Zie' or 'Sie' of course.

Spoiler:

lagrange · Post by **lagrange** » Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:48 pm

popping in wrote: ↑Wed Oct 07, 2020 5:54 pm The realisation's sinking in suddenly that I'm not going to get to south east Asia again this winter.

For all I know I might never get the chance to go back.

I've been very lucky to see the world. I've been just about everywhere.

I've also lived in UAE, and for very short periods in Oman and Hong Kong.

I'm currently in Greece, just floating around. As a Brit we could be cut off even from here in a few weeks.

And I really feel increasingly cut off from the wider world. Covid is obviously a massive part in that, but increasing red tape makes it ever more difficult to find a job overseas.

I feel like I have no choice but to go back to my country, and to save Cambodia in a little piece of my heart and my memory, and if things go really well maybe I will get the chance to return one day and remember my travelling days and the feeling of belonging I finally found in some far flung corner of the globe.

I have always felt sorry for some girls in Cambodia, like they were stuck in this lawless place cut off from the rest of the world. But all of a sudden it seems like they are the ones in the right place, in their beautiful country, and it is us who are the ones who have been cut off and set adrift.

Hey how you doing. I am also in Greece, one of the few places with easy access these days. I was in Thessaloniki for a while, then Athens, now on one of the Cyclades, living the life of a lotus eater. But I now have scored an entry visa for Cambodia, so in a couple of weeks I will be back in Blighty to get my PCR test and a SIA flight to PP....good luck mate, its all possible if you try hard enough.

xandreu · Post by **xandreu** » Fri Oct 09, 2020 3:13 pm

I guess those of us already here should count our blessings. It's easy to take it for granted but reading posts like this brings it all home.

I haven't even bothered to keep up with the worldwide travel situation because I just can't be bothered to jump through all the hoops upon my return to Cambodia, but I was always under the impression that although it's nowhere near as easy as it once was, it's still possible to travel to most countries if you're prepared to put up with all the red tape.

i'm not sure why the op is so defeatist? People are arriving here every day? If you want it bad enough, there are ways of returning.

theKid · Post by **theKid** » Fri Oct 09, 2020 3:54 pm

xandreu wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 3:13 pm i'm not sure why the op is so defeatist? People are arriving here every day? If you want it bad enough, there are ways of returning.

I agree. People in this forum have shown that with a bit of creativity anyone can get to the KoW. I’ve been back home in HK now twice and also to Europe for business since the borders were shut. The worst parts are the quarantine days but in both, HK and PP, I was able to do them at home.
Hong Kong as well is still offering one year Working Holiday Visa’s so that’s another option for the OP (he wrote he had lived there before). The process to get the WHV takes about 3 weeks, plus the 2 week quarantine. I’ve just done that for a few out-of-contract rugby players that are now planning to play for HK premiership clubs.

It’s not all lost, just a bit more inconvenient.

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