TIT 68: The Necessity of Reinvention…

• Welcome to Episode 68
• Room to breathe during Mid-term Break
• Holiday time in Issan
• I know…Been a few months
• Where does the time go?
• The blur of the holidays
• Finding spare time
• A typical day for Tom
• Work in Bangkok is very demanding
• The little school that could
• Did I mention I went to Hawaii?
• Lives up to hype!
• Transported back in time
• Pearl Harbor, Waikiki, and a Luau
• Snorkeling with the turtles
• Unpleasant LONG flights
• Never have good luck on airplanes
• New Year in Issan
• Did I mention work is demanding?
• Duties above and beyond teaching…
• Let’s do this….and let’s do this…and…
• Never good enough
• Contracts…it’s all about the contracts
• Opportunity vs. stability
• haven’t seen friends since before Christmas
• RIP to Whitney Houston
• What her music meant to Tom
• Her passing was difficult
• Got to see her in concert
• Life goes on….
• The future of the TIT podcast
• Wanna do something with the site
• Taking it to the next level?
• make podcasting more sustainable?
• Need to streamline the process
• Where to go next?
• Closing remarks and lurve

Music on today’s show:

How Are You (Welcome to Thailand) – Pamela Bowden

Step By Step – Whitney Houston

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TIT 67: The FloodCast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Welcome to Episode 67
• Water, water everywhere and…
• Where has Tom been on the issue?
• Overwhelmed by the depth and breadth of it all
• Keeping TIT light hearted and upbeat
• Letting you know I’m safe
• Where I am in relation to the floods
• International Media pays attention to late…
• A Natural disaster at a snails pace
• A Creeping Tsunami
• The worst flooding in 50 years
• The evolution of a disaster
• Keeping the water back to long
• The making of a perfect “storm”
• Bangkok residents had a month to prepare
• Remember that lack of forethought?
• Panic buyer Items of choice
• Noodles, water, and beer unavailable
• 2^nd and 3^rd wave of panic buying…
• Politicians bickering over who knows more
• Bangkok governor vs. National Thaksin party
• A leader in her Burberry water boots
• This is why electing competent leaders is important
• Cracking under pressure isn’t very inspiring
• Tom wasn’t being overly dramatic about the rains
• Heart breaking to see the smiles
• To donate or not….
• Evil politicians take credit for donations
• Happened after the Tsunami 2004
• Mass exodus from the capital city
• Sacrificing land to save the capital
• Why save Bangkok?
• The plan thus far…will the barriers hold?
• Tom is fine and still no wet feet….for now…
• Closing remarks and lurve

Music on today’s show:
Time After Time – INOJ

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TIT Podcast 66: Go Away Ms. Monsoon!!!

• Good morning, Afternoon, Evening or Goodnight…(Truman Show)
• Tom has his groove back..
• Being wary of things going well
• Interesting signs in Bangkok taxis
• Takes a few weeks to settle in
• How the classes divide up
• Tom wonders which group he was in?
• Are you ok, are you ok, are you ok?
• Feeling fine though, i’m not smiling
• How to give Tom a complex…
• Coming down off the moving high
• Do your moods go up, down and plateau?
• Movie news:  Fright Night with Collin Farrell
• 4D cinema experience in Bangkok
• Like a Disney ride
• Onwards to Thailand stuff
• Worst monsoon season in years
• Severe flooding in Pattaya
• Hundreds of Crocodiles escape from farm
• Why the crocs should be afraid more than the people
• Low point in the tourist season
• Getting caught out in the rain at just the right time
• Canals (Klongs) always in the back of my mind
• Sandbags on standby
• A little Thai lesson for ya’ll (rain and flooding)
• Attention straight guys!!!
• Thai woman strangles baby to fly to party
• I’ve seen these sort of gals in action
• Beware, beware, and beware!
• On a lighter Note
• Have purchased TominThailand.com
• Going to attempt to make the site more attractive
• What does it need?  What would you like to see?
• Facebook stuffs….why do i need 2?
• Closing remarks and lurve

Music on today’s show:
กระแซะเข้ามาซิ –Pumpuang Duangjan

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TIT Podcast 64: Behind the Thai Smiles…

• Welcome to episode 64
• Told you I’d do better
• A few relaxing days in Issarn  (N.E. Thailand)
• Never try to out drink your father in law
• Tom’s beer of choice in Thailand
• Not a fan of bitter beer
• A 500 vs. 50 baht meal…
• Guess which one was is better??
• Flying around Thailand on a budget
• Things to be aware of…
• Tom LOVES questions from listeners
• Shout out to Paul J
• American vs. Thai culture
• Drawing from experience
• The 2 things you need to know
• Saving face and Kreng Jai
• These to aspects of culture affect everything
• Every day life and saving face
• Nothing is more important to Thais
• Saving face will drive you insane….trust me!
• The downfall of most expats…
• Arrogance on steroids
• Never saying sorry
• Kreng Jai = being super considerate to others
• Going out of your way not to make someone lose face
• Inconveniencing yourself
• not saying anything and smiling
• smiling isn’t always happy
• LEARN to read the smiles
• Deference to elders = not questioning them
• “Pee” older and “Nong” younger
• Age defines social relationships
• Younger NEVER questions older
• Referring to yourself in the 3^rd person
• Tom’s 1^st experience with culture differences
• It will drive you crazy if you let it
• Learning to let things go…take it easy
• Listener lurve on the facebooks!
• Thanks for hanging in there
• Closing out with an Issarn special
• One of my favorite Thai songs
• Look Tung or Thai country music
• The song is about a Thai country girl
• Doesn’t like her name….It’s country sounding!
• Have a great week babies!

Music on today’s show:
Khun-Lum-Yai – Looknok Supaporn

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TIT Podcast Episode 61: Finally Checking In….

• Welcome to episode 61
• Remember me?
• What Tom has been up too
• Was my last podcast really in October?
• Phuket for Christmas with the flu
• An Issan New Year
• The comforts of routine
• Work-home-sleep….repeat
• To much time on the road
• A typical week for Tom
• Job hunting blues
• Finally some good news
• Moving back to the big Mango
• New job equals new visa (kinda)
• Thai embassies in the US
• Whole consulate on vacation
• NYC or L.A.
• Home for the 4^th
• Babies, babies, and more babies
• A Pattaya report
• Having nothing nice to say…
• Retirement community
• Adventures on Pattaya public transport
• Russians….LOTS of Russians
• Slowly becoming my least favorite folks
• Helping a friend in need
• To publish or not?
• Check me out on the Facebooks!!!
• Lurve to all my listeners!
• The usual rambling closing remarks

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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 60: A Hallowed Cast

• Welcome to episode 60
• Happy Halloween from the Big Mango
• Ghosts and Goblins…Thai style!
• Where the Heck have you been?
• Just not feeling it…
• Hard to get back in the saddle again
• Saying something nice vs. not saying at all
• Haven’t been in a good place for a while
• Spent several days in the N.E. of Thailand
• Chillin in Issan
• Issan holiday
• Naga Fireball festival
• Unsolved mystery like Loch Ness
• Good eats in Issan
• Preparing to Job hunt again…
• Needed a recharge in the worst possible way
• How to snap out of it?
• The future of the T.I.T. podcast
• Tom isn’t the only Thailand Podcast anymore
• Go give the boys at Bangkokpodcast.com a listen!
• Excellent weekly podcast on all things Thai
• Worst flooding in decades….Global warming?
• Cool season should arrive next week!
• Tom’s favorite few weeks of the year
• Upcoming election week in the US
• What a bag of crazies, huh?
• Bigotry and hate just all out in the open now….
• Tell us what you really think, ok?
• Demonizing intelligence can’t be a good trend
• Dangerous roads ahead if these nuts get in office
• Fear seems to be a good motivator for the right….
• The difference between the ‘left’ and ‘right”
• Why can’t people see the strength in diversity?
• There’s a dragon quietly biding time…
• Check me on the Facebooks!!!
• Lurve to all my listeners!
• The usual rambling closing remarks

Music on today’s show:

The Headless Horseman – Bing Crosby
Sweet Transvestite – The Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack

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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 59: Beware of Pink Bears!

• Welcome to episode 59
• Rain, rain and more rain
• Afternoon rains like clockwork
• this much rain and still not handle traffic??
• 2 accidents in a row in the way home in the rain today
• 2 weeks and counting…..
• feeling a tad bored now
• Tom and the comfort of routines
• A fabulous new place will help
• Pics posted online already, so go be jealous!
• Will miss Bangkok when I leave again
• Safe to finally spill the beans
• Tom’s LONG ordeal with a former employer
• Being between a rock and a hard place
• Where’s the money gone?
• Didn’t realize power bills were paid 3 times a month
• The magic cup game with thousands of dollars
• Tom’s conscious got the best of him
• Deep depression at the time worsened by the mugging
• Begging for compensation for services rendered
• Employee salary vs. new cars, new branches, and overseas tuition
• Using our good nature against us
• When does helping you become using me?
• Strike? And counter threats…
• The system isn’t set up to help employees
• Tom needed the Visa to stay
• A sliver of hope finally presents itself
• Tom chooses to bow out quietly
• Darkest days behind me now…..i hope
• A lovely email from my listener Rod down on the Gold Coast
• Podcasts and music
• Comment from Jens….Hey Jens!
• Check me on the Facebooks!!!
• Lurve to all my listeners!
• The usual rambling closing remarks

today’s TIT musical selection:

“That Don’t Impress Me Much – Shania Twain”

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