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Originally Posted by Sir Burr
Here are a few things I picked up on the way:
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Thanks for the post, and welcome to the board. I am also fairly new to this board. I lived in SEAsia for much less than your self (3 in SEAsia, of which 2 were in Thailand). I have also lived in different non SEAsia countries, changing locations (where I lived) quite often.
I also thought your observations were "spot on" and per your subject, I too learned some things along the way (even though I was in SEAsia for a much shorter time).
One thing (amongst many things) of the fundamental things I learned during my 3 years in SEAsia was more about myself. In particular I learned a lot about my morals.
In the west, to a certain extent my morals were dictacted by what the "law" could easily enforce, and in the area of the west where I lived, that served as a "guideline". Being fairly conservative, I never ventured into the border-line areas of the law.
In SEAsia, I found my morals were dictated by within myself, as the SEAsia moral borderline was in a different location. Not better, not worse, but different. Sometimes the activities that one could easily do in SEAsia, were not an area that I wanted to explore. That reluctance on my part was a surprise to me, as for the first time I realized my morals were not strictly dictated by that of the common law. I learned something fundamental about myself, and it surprised me.
Of course, this is all relative to me and my path to learning about myself, and for sure it doesn't apply to everyone. And also, for certain, absolutes dont' necessarily apply when reviewing the above.
Anyway, I diverge and ramble. Welcome to phuket-info.com.