PriMarina

Funny British snobbery I have heard about it before.

bakedbean

DG, me neither. I thought it might be one of those spam bot thingys but I guess not, heh heh.

Hi Primarina, yup the British sense of humour is not understood by all but of course you are in fact on a British Expat forum, so I guess we will carry on regardless.

DigitalGhost

Yeah, she's going to see a lot more of it anyway if a load of us move to Russia with her like she asks us to do.

nonthaburi

if I had to choose between the weather in Bangkok or Vladivostok there is only going to be one winner.

I won't be learning Russian any time soon !

DigitalGhost

The best thing about Vladivostok for me would be that you can get a train to Pyongyang from there.

PriMarina

I agree, we have a little problem with understanding, but it's funny.
But it's all offtopic.
Our Russian men also go to Thailand, the Philippines, Taiwan and etc, have their own business in the form of hotels, restaurants. I think it boring to live without work, without self-realization.

nonthaburi

That sounds great ! Pyonyang has always been on my must visit list.

What about the booze ? vodka ? Russia ?

nonthaburi

Everyone's got to work for a living. Well most people anyway. Not too many Russian businesses in Thailand though. A lot of Russians and a lot of businesses catering for Russians but that's about it.

I think most of them come for a holiday to escape the harsh winter.

PriMarina

Not only because of the desire to have summer all year round. Rather, a more relaxed way of life with minimal investment.
And about vodka, believe me, it's a stereotype...there are various social groups. ..

bakedbean

Ya but some us used to work and now retired :-)

nonthaburi

Rainy summer at the moment as it's rainy season. A British summer in fact.

I was watching BBC world the other day and they did say that beer drinking is on the rise in Russia and Vodka drinking is going down.

you have a point.

the troubadour

Self realization can come by many means. Unless one makes a living from the creative arts or some altruistic means then i would argue then it may well be something else.
Often the two don't go together in my view.Often we are what we do and how we behave after working hours. Hence the work persona.

PriMarina

Yes, you're right, I mean to professional self-realization, of course .....