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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2016 12:06:56 GMT 7
^ that would be me. menus and things on a wall. got it. hand me a newspaper and its "go to pieces" like you said  I usually just look at the pics of the dead bodies on the bottom of the front page and go hmmmmmm, like I have an effin' clue what the story is about !  |
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Post by Soutpeel on Nov 3, 2016 13:04:40 GMT 7
In Bangkok I have my doubts that it would be possible to live well on that amount- surviving would be easy enough if you knew the lie of the land. However, I want to do more than just 'survive'. Being able to afford nice meals, good wine, holidays to where I want and being able to save for my older years means quite a bit to me now-much more than it did in my early 20s. Wish I had started saving earlier- so for that reason I don't think I could recommend working for 30k- in TEFL circles this type of job would be unlikely to offer the professional development and growth that would be needed to sustain meaningful career. Funnily enough I know a few retired guys living here with damned good pensions. They do the TEFL gig, they aint doing it for the money or career development, they have been there and done that elsewhere. They are doing it because they were bored out their minds, it gives them a reason to get out of bed in the morning, and a feeling of self worth, in truth these guys are probably institutionalised. As for living on 30k per month, I concur it can be done, speaking and reading Thai helps a great deal, not something I would choose or consider. My perspective, 30k month for a 18-25 year old on a gap year(s) yeah why not, someone in their late 30 to middle 40s with no lump sum put away, decent pension provisions etc, one suspects they are deep in sh*t, i still have a few more years work in me before i take the retirement plunge, it will be before i am 60, and i am totting up the expenses, will have no cost for accomadation etc and my current monthly budget for my twilight years would be in the order USD 3k/month at current exchange rates Once you start running realistic numbers, not pie in sky ones, even for a relatively cheap country like Thailand, the numbers are quite an eye opener, currently me moving back to SA and retiring is actually cheaper than Thailand, given i would have no accomadation expenses there, factor accomdation in, and SA is a bit more expensive in CT |
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