Harry:
From what you posted earlier you would be a fool for not coming
just kidding)
Being single and not wanting the nightlife is a definite plus...... Lots of time and money can be wasted in the Thai nightlife.
You can gamble on line here you just cant legally go someplace in country and gamble.... although there are many gambling dens throughout the city if you know the right people and where to go!!
I cook a lot myself.... you can get most things that you can get back home but you may pay more or a lot more. Good beef is at a premium. Most things are cheap here but not as cheap as they were a few years ago. In BKK Villa and Foodland are the best places for imported foods.
An example: cherries when you ca get them are 10-15 dollars a pound. but that is an extreme example!
From what you posted earlier you would be a fool for not coming
just kidding)Being single and not wanting the nightlife is a definite plus...... Lots of time and money can be wasted in the Thai nightlife.
You can gamble on line here you just cant legally go someplace in country and gamble.... although there are many gambling dens throughout the city if you know the right people and where to go!!
I cook a lot myself.... you can get most things that you can get back home but you may pay more or a lot more. Good beef is at a premium. Most things are cheap here but not as cheap as they were a few years ago. In BKK Villa and Foodland are the best places for imported foods.
An example: cherries when you ca get them are 10-15 dollars a pound. but that is an extreme example!
You will have forgotten every woman you've dated in america within a few months after moving to thailand or anywhere else In asia. You are foolish if you don't accept this offer. Plus you'll receive a 25% raise? You will live very well on an american salary in thailand. Have fun and best of luck to you. Don't be an idiot like so many farangs and marry the first thai woman that treats you good.
Sure is.
If thats case it sounds like this is something you should do for a year or 2.
If you don't like it move back
You know if you would be equalized? Meaning you would be required to pay the same amount of taxes had you not went on assignment? Thats what I would aim for, but even if not - you can always claim Thai taxes against US taxes (but if company is paying them - it would make sense for them to equalize you).
You guaranteed a spot with your job when you come back? I have seen it where people don't have a job for them once the assignment ends.
Sounds like a pretty good setup to me, but personally - i dont think I could adjust to a new country altho there is probably an expat community that you would live near
Still figuring out some of the details before I make a decision one way or the other. I asked if I'd have a "this sucks I wanna go home" safety valve. They came back with "we will give you a 25k bonus at the end of the assignment if you stay the whole time, is that incentive enough to not have to go down that road?" Hahahaha
Jebus!!!
If they can add in "You still have a job here when you get back reagardless of when that is", my next response is "He Gone!"
I would love a chance to move, bro. good luck in what you decide.
I'd suggest anyone considering a move to Thailand consider spending a good amount of time reading through the archives of Stickman Bangkok's weekly columns, he goes through both the good and the bad when it comes to Thailand.
http://www.stickmanweekly.com/
http://www.stickmanweekly.com/
Do it.
One thing is for sure if you don't go 20 years from now you are going to say yourself "what if?"
If you do go. 20 years from now you won't say "what if?"
what if? Is always the worst question anyone could ever ask themselves.
One thing is for sure if you don't go 20 years from now you are going to say yourself "what if?"
If you do go. 20 years from now you won't say "what if?"
what if? Is always the worst question anyone could ever ask themselves.
