TIT Podcast 63: Moving On Up!!!

(sorry for the poor sound quality….it’s been to long i guess)

• Welcome to episode 63
• Looooong over do for a new TIT cast
• Rebooting my life
• Difficult to know where to start it’s been so long…
• The joys of moving
• To buy or not to buy??
• It’s been a long 2 years
• Reflecting on rural Thai life
• And I thought we were laid back in the American South
• Bangkok vs. Thailand….2 completely different worlds
• Thailand elects 1^st female Prime Minister….
• Want to be PM?  Just start riots and burn down a few buildings
• Going home and then GOING HOME
• Long plane rides aren’t Tom’s favorite thing
• Trading the Big Mango for the Big Apple
• NYC  never fails to disappoint
• Thai consulate and Visa matters
• What to do in NY…..Ya gotta see a Broadway show!
• Wicked….just wow!
• Onwards to Bama and the kin folk
• Babies and fireworks
• Summer Time in Alabama=Thailand hot
• Back to Bangkok for good
• The Big city inspires TIT
• Off to spend Thai Mother’s Day in Udon Thani with the in-laws
• Really want to get the podcast going regularly again
• Check me out on the Facebook!!!
• Lurve to my listeners!
• Big thanks to Ernest for a lovely dinner
• The usual rambling closing remarks

Music on today’s show:

Movin’ On Up –  Ja’net Dubois and Oren Waters for Jefferson’s Intro.
For Good – Idina Menzel & Kristin Chenoweth in Wicked

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TIT Podcast 62: Pattaya….A Second Look…

• Welcome to episode 62
• The usual hellos
• Hello LM and thanks for the comment
• A niece and a nephew in the same week
• Tom’s not usually fond of babies but…
• On spring break…yes again!
• Teacher perks vs. cons
• Relieved I’m a Teacher abroad
• GOP going after teachers state by state
• Surely there are better ways to cut spending??
• Back in Issan yet again
• Friendlier folks upcountry
• Genuine smiles vs. Bkk Botox
• Big cartoon eyes = disturbing fashion trend?
• Amusing people watching in the big city
• Speaking of people
• TIT get’s a first “shame, shame, shame”
• Every southerner needs a Julia Sugarbaker!
• If I don’t care for something does that equal judgment?
• Other things Tom doesn’t care for…
• Tom expands on “yucky”
• Vocabulary degradation and 5-year-olds!
• Why I podcast….
• A second look at Pattaya
• Huge concentration of excellent restaurants
• Foreigner friendly environment
• Easy going and relaxed community
• Some of the finest “attractions” in Thailand
• Siracha Tigers, Koh Larn, Khao Keaw Zoo to name a few…
• Huge community of retired western men
• Prostitution more open than other parts of Thailand
• Sweeping generalizations to say Thais don’t judge
• Why my partner doesn’t visit…
• Tom’s take on the world’s oldest profession
• Age and love
• Just because it’s not for me….
• Carpe Diem my friends…because why not!
• Much Love and ramblings to close

Music on today’s show:

Go Eat Worms– Soundtrack of How to Eat Fried Worms

Only Girl (In the World) – Rihanna

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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 50: No Place Like Home…

• Welcome to episode 50
• Apologies for the absence
• Being busy when you thought you wouldn’t…
• Meetings and more meetings
• Tom’s Alabama Christmas
• Cold and wet
• Comforts of home
• Food, food and FOOD!
• Christmas shopping rage…
• Picking up where we left off
• Bonding with my sister
• How much alike we are
• A Thai’s take on Bama
• A week is to short
• Getting to meet my nephew
• The smallest male in the family
• Mexican margaritas and getting carded
• Nights by the fire with red wine
• Jet Lag and ancient flight attendants
• Between a baby and a fat man
• Wishing things were different
• Scammed right off the plane
• What else can go wrong…
• Moving 2 doors down
• Next stop……Hong Kong?
• Hello new Facebook friends and Tigger!!!
• Finally got me some Taylor on FB
• A new year and a new decade
• 10 years in Thailand
• Post holiday blues
• Another Year in Rayong?
• Encouragement from Facebook
• Rambling closing remarks and lurve

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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 49: A Christmas Vidcast

Ho, Ho, Ho!  I thought I’d record a special vidcast for Christmas this year, instead of a podcast episode.  My partner agreed to sit down with me for a quick Merry Christmas to everyone out there, so please sit down and have a look and meet my partner for Christmas this year.  Lots of love and a very, very Merry Christmas to all of you out there!  (WARNING:  for some reason it seems to have been recorded quite loud!)

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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 47: Gobble Gobble Ka!

• Happy Thanksgiving
• Holiday time is stressful for teachers
• Teachers start to snap at each other under pressure
• Have you seen New Moon?
• Tom’s take on the book series
• I’ve always avoided things that are trendy
• Turkey day!
• American holidays abroad
• My first Thanksgiving experience in Thailand
• My only thanksgiving dinner in 9 years
• Would you like a little turkey with your salt?
• Thanksgivings past….
• Over the river and through the woods…
• The Macy’s Day parade
• Wishing for cold
• almost still smell and taste the food
• The feast and compulsory naps afterwards
• Things I’m thankful for…
• One of the worst things about living in Thailand
• An upcoming important Thai holiday
• Andrea’s comment on the last episode
• Things we know but don’t talk about
• It’s much to easy to have language based misunderstandings
• One thing Thais take Very seriously
• Facebook and new listeners
• Pattaya Passion website and message board
• SBA and a month of daily podcasts
• Tom on an upcoming Tiggercast?
• Juggling the time difference between Thailand and home
• Stop by the blog and say hello
• Closing remarks and ramblings

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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 46: Winter in the Tropics

• Welcome to episode 46
• Sorry for so much time between shows
• Holiday season arrives
• A New approach to podcasting for Tom
• Love my gentle reminders…keep em’ coming!
• How did you celebrate Halloween?
• School carnivals and the failed costume
• Nostalgic Halloween movies
• Halloween heralds the holidays
• Brits don’t quite get Halloween
• Tom enjoys lounging at home
• Loy Kratong in Thailand
• First full moon in November
• Flower and banana leaf birthday cakes
• My take on Thai costumes and traditional music
• Winter arrives in Thailand over night
• No gradual seasonal changes in Thailand
• Lots of trips to Bangkok this month
• (sorry for the background noise!!!)
• Dean and the Stickman links on teachers
• My thoughts on the article (can’t find the link L)
• Education in Thailand
• Some aspects of the culture inhibit education
• Saving face and ‘Greng Jai’
• A lovely link from Ken!!
• Tigger’s Halloween cast was fabulous
• What do you think of the new site and flag counter?
• Matthew of SBA is doing a podcast a day this month
• Random hellos and love to my listeners
• Closing remarks and rambling bye!

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T.I.T. Episode 40: Pouring Down

•    Welcome to episode 40
•    How was your 4th?
•    Celebrating the 4th of July in Bangkok
•    Playing with fireworks
•    Tigger reminded me of firework fun
•    That “whoosh” sound bottle rockets made
•    July is wet, wet, wet in Thailand
•    EVERYTHING is damp and moist
•    Down time isn’t always good
•    Keeping busy to chase away the blues
•    Visiting the American Embassy
•    Lot’s and lot’s of paperwork to prepare
•    RPSN site is looking fierce again
•    Go visit the PowerGay
•    Emails and comments from listeners
•    Good friends and good memories
•    Tom loves Singapore!
•    Go visit Pattaya Passion
•    Dealing with the distance
•    It is what it is…
•    Always look on the bright side
•    Eagerly anticipating Oz
•    Closing remarks and love!

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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 28: Love in Thai

•    Welcome to episode 28
•    Mid-term break for Tom again
•    Teacher perks
•    Holiday time is no fun if your poor
•    Comments and emails
•    Happy Valentine’s Day from Bangkok
•    A nice Buddhist perspective on Love
•    “Have you eaten” means I care for you…
•    “ I love Farang”
•    What is love to you?
•    What is love in Thai?
•    Tom on relationships
•    Don’t wear your heart on your sleeve
•    Love yourself….no one wants an incomplete person
•    Vanity and pride are love’s worst enemy
•    Lust, Love, and attraction
•    Emotional or Rational person?
•    It is easier to say I Love you in another language
•    How closely do you guard your heart?
•    Closing remarks and some Valentine’s love to you!

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T.I.T. Episode 19: Crime and Punishment

•    Welcome to episode 18
•    Christmas Break for Tom
•    Clowns and French maids
•    I’d rather be traveling
•    Gifts NOT to get a teacher
•    Emails and Comments from my lovely listener Andrea
•    More Christmas in Thailand
•    Tom and Thai food
•    The two Thai anthems
•    Voicemail from Craig of the Royal Pains
•    Nationalism in the extreme
•    Conditioned not to question authority
•    Voicemail from Nee Nee
•    Being homesick over the holidays
•    I’ve been avoiding something
•    Tom tells his dark story
•    Being the victim of crime
•    Looking death in the eyes
•    Post traumatic stress
•    Tom is now on and off the Xanax
•    Scars on the inside and out
•    Closing remarks and love
•    Make sure you go comment on the blog!

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T.I.T Episode 14: Halloween with Teeth!

•    Welcome episode 14
•    Happy Halloween to one and all across the globe!
•    Hello to my new listeners: Gunner, Johnny, and Jeff
•    A special hello to my listener Bang Bang
•    Tom’s Halloween special memories
•    The costume I wore and wore again
•    Tom developed an obsession with vampires
•    I played Dungeons & Dragons secretly as a teen
•    Dungeons & Dragons, Ravenloft and “I…Strahd”
•    Tom discovered Anne Rice at the public library
•    The movie adaptations
•    Has Anne Rice gone a bit off as of late?
•    Her gay son and his books
•    Love Dracula, Frakenstein, and the Wolfman in old horror movies
•    Scary movies just aren’t the same anymore
•    Bram Stoker’s Dracula…the movie
•    Oldman played the part superbly
•    Tom loves visual and special effects
•    Inspired me to read the book
•    The costumes and the scene that gave me goosebumps
•    I found the interaction between Reeves and Oldman hot
•    Buffy, Forever Night, Angel, and the Munsters
•    Underworld trilogy
•    I’ve only seen one Thai vampire movie
•    The Rocky Horror Picture Show
•    Closing remarks and love
•    Email or Comment!
•    Please call and leave me a message on my listener line!

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