Phnom Poon wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:51 pm one of the most creative things i've read all week
genius, pseudoepherdrine, a bit of tweaking and you'll have a real hit!

siliconlife wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 1:14 pm Meh, never been interested in fitting in anywhere, or ignoring or accepting things I don't agree with. Stay calm, don't guzzle too much cheap piss, and yes, avoid confrontation, but there's no harm calling a spade a spade in a non-confrontational discussion. Easy enough to say leave your Western cap at home, but that's never going to actually happen, because as Arget said, you will always be made very aware that you are the other here. Make your own mind up about your values, regardless of culture, and stick to them.

lagrange wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 5:16 pm

siliconlife wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 1:14 pm Meh, never been interested in fitting in anywhere, or ignoring or accepting things I don't agree with. Stay calm, don't guzzle too much cheap piss, and yes, avoid confrontation, but there's no harm calling a spade a spade in a non-confrontational discussion. Easy enough to say leave your Western cap at home, but that's never going to actually happen, because as Arget said, you will always be made very aware that you are the other here. Make your own mind up about your values, regardless of culture, and stick to them.

I agree. Born in Kent, went to Yorkshire, played in a band round the clubs. I was always the fookin southerner. Moved to NZ,after 40 years I was still the Pom. Worked in Saudi and Bahrain, I knew they were talking about me every time I heard the word kafir (unbeliever). I am happy here in SR, I don't give any sort of fuck whether I am accepted or not. I have mates, I have a khmer gf, a pretty one, not too young to be embarrassing when we go out. She checks the prices in the market, says she loves me - does she? F knows, but if she says so, thats good enough for me. I like the pace of life, the weather, the food, the cheap beer, the total lack of road rules (I am an anarchist at heart), and yes all the khmer I have met seem nice enough. I am sure they talk shit behind my back - but hey, when I sit with barangs in the ANZAC bar we talk shit about them, so fairs fair. To misquote Voltaire, everything is for the best, in this the best of all possible worlds. Living the dream.