[Mortis]

The people in Thailand are some of the most polite people I have ever met, Japanese people are close, but not as real<?> I have never been to BK so the people I have met have all been from Northern Thailand. I have been to Phuket and the people are very friendly but I was always careful of my wallet, that is not to say I felt threatened by the Thai people, it was because every Westerner has some "Story" about how they got robbed in Phuket. I think if all the stories were true, there wouldn't be any tourists in Phuket.

My biggest rant, Expats, who the hell do you think you are?

I have lived here for close to 7 years and I have become one with Malaysia, ok thats not true, I still don't like chicken feet.

To be blunt and honest, I don't like Expats, although technically I am one but I have never been that arrogant ass who is always complaining about the way things are in Malaysia. My favorite complaint here is about the girls working in the clubs, I don't need to explain it to you. These guys always complaining about the girls being there, well if the girls weren't there, there would be nothing but a bunch of horny expats standing round holding their, errmm drinks. I don't condone the practice, but it's better than getting some local girl pregnant and giving the little lady a peck on the cheek, then buggering off home to where ever you came from. I accept that men of that young age need an outlet but there are so many local girls with little babies but no fathers, understand this isn't like in your country, these girls if Malays (Muslim) can go to jail for having a baby outside of marriage, its a very serious offense, but these young guys don't think about that, do they? granted there are some cases where the girl is looking for a way out, but I think these cases are far and few between.

The number of men that I have met with Malaysian girlfriends and a wife back home is staggering and they all give a little nod, that they think says "Good on ya mate" but to me says "I'm a lecherous bastard and I'll trade this one in as soon as I find someone younger"

I admit, I complain about a few things, the drivers are unbelievable, Montreal was tame in comparison. I do complain about the restraunts, not the food but the condition of the restraunts themselves, but for the most part I am happy living here.

Remember that the salaries for an expat middle manager is the same as it would be in say, England, Australia or Canada, but also includes rent in a nice apartment, a car and an expense account, but the cost of living is very low, for example a liter of petrol costs RM 2 ( $0.60 USD ). A good meal in a nice restaurant for 2, with wine and dessert would come in at about RM300, or about $100 USD. My rent on a 4 bedroom link house with a garden and about 1000 sqft is less than $250 USD.

So, whenever i meet a young 30 something expat thats got a maid, a BMW and weekends on the coast with a cooler of ice and beer, and I hear them complaining I usually ask them, "So back home in <Insert Country> you could afford to have a maid, a BMW and weekends at the coast? So why don't you go back there and enjoy <Insert Country>, rather than bitching about the country you "Chose" to come to, no one forced you to come. This invariably ends my dipping into their cooler of beer.

I have met expats from many countries but I refer above to only a few Western countries that I have seen this behavior: some Canadians, Americans, Australians and British. To be totally fair, I have met a lot of people from those countries that were very nice and loved living here, but for the most part they are married with children and about my age, mid 40's - early 50's. But by and large, the single guys with a good job, a BMW, Merc, Porsche are all pretty much asshats and really need a good old fashioned frozen muk-luk to the gentleman bits!

If I have offended any expats, I suggest you saunter back out to your BMW and...errr never mind.

Cheers