A new life
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2024 11:12 am
Its fast approaching 1 year for my new life here in thailand, and what a pleasure it's been so far. I'm now very happily married to my Thai gf that I met some 3 years ago, but then marriage was never really spoken about, it was just a platonic relationship, but personal costs of me living here, especially considering the large amount of money I was conned out of, it just made sence. I was the first foreigner she had met personally, but there are a few living with inthe village with their Thai wives. Needed to go to Bangkok to get the documents giving me permission to marry, which was a bit of a hassle. We had the ceremony here in Buriram at the local Notary office, simple procedures, we sat there while he filled in the document, photo shoot for us all, our two witnesses and he. And that was it, no cost, no wedding vows, just a handshake.
So now I'm doing what I do best, finishing off the home and garden areas. It's the end of the rainy season now so quite hot during the day, but still manage 5/6 hours. My wife, Renie is an excellent work companion, mixing my sand and cement, concrete and loading up the job. She really looks after me, so finally, 3rd time lucky. We originally met through a mutual friend I had made here, she couldn't speak much English, but is now quite fluent, opposite to my Thai. And of course we have cats, 9 now as 1 had 5 kittens, 2 of which we have found homes for.
We don't go out much, usually to tired, but we have lots of expat friends we see for a coffee now and again after working.
It was a good decision to leave Egypt, a country that I will never visit again, it was good while it lasted, but now its declining at an alarming speed, from when I was still there to this moment in time, especially concerning the visa renewals. We have 2 expat food supermarkets here, yes items are expensive, but you can really re live those " I really miss my... times. My treat is a pint of cider at £3 a pint, cigs at £1.50 a pack.
I see from the on liners that it seemed possible that the Labour government could give us expats our full pension rights, now I see there is a partition to get them out
. There is no problems getting our yearly visa here, first 1 you get 15 months, cost around £75. But no need to use foriegn currency, thai baht is fine.
That's all for now, so I wish you all a very merry xmas and new year....don't know as yet what we are doing as we are spoilt for choice.
So now I'm doing what I do best, finishing off the home and garden areas. It's the end of the rainy season now so quite hot during the day, but still manage 5/6 hours. My wife, Renie is an excellent work companion, mixing my sand and cement, concrete and loading up the job. She really looks after me, so finally, 3rd time lucky. We originally met through a mutual friend I had made here, she couldn't speak much English, but is now quite fluent, opposite to my Thai. And of course we have cats, 9 now as 1 had 5 kittens, 2 of which we have found homes for.
We don't go out much, usually to tired, but we have lots of expat friends we see for a coffee now and again after working.
It was a good decision to leave Egypt, a country that I will never visit again, it was good while it lasted, but now its declining at an alarming speed, from when I was still there to this moment in time, especially concerning the visa renewals. We have 2 expat food supermarkets here, yes items are expensive, but you can really re live those " I really miss my... times. My treat is a pint of cider at £3 a pint, cigs at £1.50 a pack.
I see from the on liners that it seemed possible that the Labour government could give us expats our full pension rights, now I see there is a partition to get them out
. There is no problems getting our yearly visa here, first 1 you get 15 months, cost around £75. But no need to use foriegn currency, thai baht is fine. That's all for now, so I wish you all a very merry xmas and new year....don't know as yet what we are doing as we are spoilt for choice.