What Life Is Like For An American Woman In Thailand
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ค. 2024
- I interview Alexandra, an American woman who has lived in Thailand on and off for a few years now. She tells me what life is like for an American woman in Thailand. We discuss her job and her future plans as well as her experience in China at the beginning of the pandemic. Everyone has a story and it was a pleasure to hear Alexandra's. I also thought this would be a great contrast to the previous interview with Tony Huge. Let's hear about a foreign woman's life in Thailand. #livinginthailand #thairishtimes #interview
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Her experience was a lot like mine when I lived in the far flung suburbs of BKK, but in the early 2000s. It is a completely different experience for western women, and she summed it up when she said it was lonely. I personally dated a bit, and ended up married to a Thai man. We just celebrated our 18th anniversary! But we made the USA our home. There are very few long-term female expats.
How did you not ask about dating and how power dynamics are completely different in Thailand than in the west???
Because there are so many things in the world to talk about rather than power dynamics.😀
I waited for that or a similar subject to come up the whole time too!
@@graerindley6312 Like 16 minutes of teaching? Don't be salty because you have no power over there ;)
@@deannicholas haha
Yeah, he really dropped the ball with this one. The overriding theme with Western women that come to Thailand, either as tourists or to work, is that they quickly realized that they are largely going to be lost in the crowd and not noticed if they go around behaving in a self-entitled, narcissistic type of way. A vast majority of Western women are grossly overweight and behave in a very masculine way, which doesn't really appeal to any man in the universe. In a nutshell, it's a man's world over here in Asia and I would have liked to have heard what she had to say about that shift in power dynamics as well, or you do not have a women first, feminist societal ideal.
Just caught up with this interview, nice job Pete. Seems a genuinely nice and caring person, the type of teacher Thailand could do more of having. Nice to see there is lots of mutual respect between the two of you.
Thanks mate, it was great to hear a females perspective on Thailand and she is a great friend
Peeth, I think you're really cool. Like a journalist without judging peoples outlook and lifestyles, you interview them. I immensely enjoy your content and the contrasting opinions and interesting people on it. Thanks, mister.
Thanks for the support mate
She's so right about grade 5. I taught grade 5 in Chanthaburi for 4 years, in an English Program, and it was a great experience for the reasons she mentioned.
Good discussion!! I'm from Boston area as well. Headed back to the South Shore in July/August. Great teachers LOVE teaching. Great to see it!!!
One more great interview Pete . With Alexandra who came across as a good friend.I think personally that she will always, always have a soft spot for Thailand .Desicions desicions, I wish her the best .
She’s been a great friend to me here. I wonder what she’ll do. Best of luck to her
it's nice to have the date the video was posted in the video header, for reference. :) you should add it back.
After the last lunatic this balances things nicely! Nice to see some teaching content too. Some of your shots of Benjakitti Park during the interview are stunning btw. As usual thanks for the hard work man, the content is much appreciated 🙏
Come on, someone can have a diff way of life, no need to be demeaning, as long as nobody is hurt whats the matter
You're welcome mate. Thanks for watching, I hope life is good
Alex isn't leaving Asia. I came in 2001 (Korea, Vietnam, Japan and now Thailand), and despite living in the West for a few stints, can't bring myself to leave permanently. Thailand is addictive, for sure!
Very addictive like a magic spell
How did you begin to find out how to set up your life overseas? Like receiveing mail, taxes, etc..
Nice video, your questions and knowing when to ask them and when to listen is great. Mahalo.
Thanks very much I appreciate that
Great interview! Thank you.
Southeast Asia is magical. It's an eclectic mix of modernity and inventiveness with tradition and spirituality. Ever since I left, I've been thinking about is how to get back. If Alexandra leaves, I have no doubt she will be bitten by the same bug.
And again a Very Nice and Good Interview Pete, with an Interesting Lady. You do interviews with all kind off people, that’s what we like. 🙏
Thanks Gert, I love to mix it up
Another great interview! Thailand really is addictive...so we hope to be back later this year again :)
It sure is Hans best of luck getting back over
Great interview Pete! Wishing you to hit 10K subscribers soon.
Thanks Nok🙏🙏
Great interview Pete Alex seems a great friend wish her well on her journey and thank you for sharing happy st Patrick’s day ☘️ to ya
Happy St Patrick’s Day to you too Margaret
She comes across as a nice and upbeat person, always good to see positive people like that :)
Cheers Alan, spot on
Your subscribers are flying now! Exciting times. Another amazing interview
Thanks mate 🙏🙏🙏
Another interesting interview from a first account of an American woman who is experiencing the delights of Thailand. Best of luck achieving 10K.
Thanks 🙏🙏🙏
Another great interview. Genuine, good heart woman.
I've thought about visiting the rural areas but being Irish in Thailand suffering through the sun, humidity and heat. I don't know how you do it but apparently many love it. Thank you for the videos.
I find the rural areas super hot. The good thing about BKK is there’s a lot of shade and air con everywhere. I don’t hold up well in the countryside. Us Irish are not made for it
Way to go! Pete.
Great interview.
From Ithaca, NY
Thanks Ezra 🙏🙏🙏
I have not had the chance to visit Thailand. So I’m vicariously visiting thru you guys. Thx
That’s cool. Hopefully you can make it here one day
Thailand gets in your blood. I lived and worked there for 5 years prior to covid, absolutely cant wait to get back.... very soon (: Oh, just 1 thing regarding the rubbish... it is really noticeable that there are a distinct lack of rubbish bins all around the country. This would be an easy fix if there were simply more rubbish bins to place your discarded stuff!
Rubbish bins yes. Plus all the extra garbage trucks, staffing, infrastructure and other things necessary to take it away and dispose of it lol
They are on a downward slide
YES NO RUBBISH BINS. BKK IS DIRTY
Your interviews are getting better and better Pete
Thank you very much John
Great interview!
Thanks ☺️
Great interview Pete 👍 10k subs so close 👏😀
Nearly within touching distance Connie
Great channel, Wonderful interview, great setting at benchakitti
Thanks Ron 🙏🙏🙏
Good to hear about covid from her perspective. She is a good person. Good heart. I can understand that she is having a great time in thailand.
She is a fantastic person. Thanks for watching
I Don’t how your videos ended up on my feed and couldn’t give 2 💩’s about Thailand but I’m hooked. Great interview style and interesting people 👍🏻. Keep up the good work
haha cool, that's the YT algorithm at work. Thanks for watching
Great to see Alex, or should I say as Thai students call their teacher "Teacher Alex" go back home. However, it makes sense, we all miss home. What would be interesting is if possible, Alex could start a channel as well just to update followers (or would be followers) as to where she travels and works, as well as the reason for her decisions. Thank you for an very interesting interview.
I’m so glad you did this video I’m am American living in Thailand
Glad you liked it. If you’d be interested in sharing a story on the channel or you know someone who would. Here’s my email thairishtimes@gmail.com 👍🏼 I’d love to hear a woman’s story
Any women’s interviews are refreshing. As a western woman who used to live and work there.
great interview i think everyone misses thailand!
Thai people just have a special sense for delicate things food/art/architecture and also good humor. Combined with the climate and nature it creates an amazing and unique atmosphere. The other side of the medal, doing business or being in a corporate environment in Thailand, you may need some extra patience ;)
Well said
i said the same eact thing back in 1999 after my 1st time to bkk...i gotta go back..im addicted to thailand ..and its exactly like a drug...with pattaya being 1st class...it set a path for me in my life and like u also said we watchthailand vlogs so we can dissapear into the magical kingdom of thailand seeing that we sitting on the fence back home waiting waiting...very nice lady was alex to...all the best to her as well
Another great interview
Thanks ☺️☺️☺️
Imagine Alex bumping into Tony by accident and see the two interacting/talking about their lifestyle to eachoder:)).
Now that would be funny/interesting
Infectiously positive personality...I dig it!
Cool 🙏🙏🙏
That’s my best friendddddd 💖💖 such a beautiful soul!!! Love you Alex 💖💖💖
She’s been a great friend and manager to me in Thailand
good interview Pete, Keep up the interviews but also the everyday life stuff is good,
Will do Paul, I’ve just filmed one where I was out and about. Coming soon
Best interview.
Thanks ☺️☺️☺️
Great video Pete 👍
Cheers Paul
@@ThairishTimes you are making some great stuff mate 👍
What a nice and interesting lady. Interesting contrast to your last interview Pete. 👍🙏
Cheers Simon, it sure was. Keeps things interesting on the channel
Impressive..I get a good vibe from her~Good stuff!
For sure, she’s a very nice person
Pete. Check out a vlogger called ‘Vlogging a dead horse’ bit of an incident in Pattaya recently, you might have seen the video. Started watching his channel and it’s actually beyond good. This guy is a character! Very honest and he’s himself on cam. I dropped him a comment about your channel, that would be a fucking great interview!
I’ve seen his channel Sean. That would certainly be a good interview😂
I enjoyed this. Alex seems like a very nice person and best of luck to her in the future. I like that you don't just interview men Pete. Good variety
Wow surprised you are not at 10 k … as usual a very slick interview.
Thanks mate, hopefully it’s coming soon
Corcaigh, wow ten thousand subs since 15 march👏
Up da Dubs!!!
Pete great job but am a bit disappointed you didn't ask her about relationships.....dating etc because for a single man here is paradise but for a western woman different kettle of fish ...............would have been interesting to know her experience
Wasn’t up for discussion Harry
@@ThairishTimes That is VERY interesting and telling by itself!
I taught English in Japan for 14 years. I truly miss the students but not the other bs that you have to deal with.
Great job Pete
Thanks Judy🙏
Great
Hiya Pete, great interview. Alex is lovely. Nice to hear her experiences. I wish her all the best. Thanks for sharing. Have a great week.
Thanks Nicky you too
@@ThairishTimes Thank you
I can attest about the "X Factor". Sapodilla will be in season next month -- a must try if you guys have not tasted it. I was fortunate to taste it when I was in BKK back in January.
Sounds interesting. I never had it
I’m not being negative because she seems lovely, but it does always make me laugh when children attending an international school In Thailand speak with a strong American accent.
Really enjoy ur intw vid❤️
Thank you so much
Amazing interview! Could anyone tell me the exact location where this interview was shot? Thank you!
Benjakitti Park 👍🏼👍🏼
pre-pandemic Bangkok was the #2 tourist destination worldwide after Paris
Where do you do your interviews? Is this in Bangkok?
Yep, this is Benjakitti Park
Love your interviews Pete. Great channel. Glad to see other perspectives of life in Thailand. All expats living in Thailand are not Mongers. hahaha Alex looks like a very nice lady, wish her the best as a teacher. Really like the framing and editing of this one.
Haha cheers Thomas, Yes that’s right not all mongers
Really enjoy your interviews. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Frank 🙏🙏
So odd I just did a video on how dirty the beaches are in Thailand. Went back this morning with more new garbage a never-ending cycle. For being from Boston she oddly has little or no accent but a very nice interview a total turnaround from your last one and I admit more enjoyable. Thankfully I am half Italian so I just get darker in the sun.
It was a terrible sight to see the photos of the beach like that
@@ThairishTimes I clear just a small section of the beach where I live daily I can,t clean it fast enough. Mostly the local's garbage cans within eyesight are just too lazy to walk twenty feet better to just toss on the beach. As far as the Full Moon Party morons tons of garbage but hey it's all about $$$ nothing more. Money won,t save us in the end. Give the oceans another ten years I really don,t see us getting out of this mess. A bit too late.
Pete: "I want to show a contrast between Tony Huge and Alex".
Alex: "it's super cool here and I love teaching".
Huge: "Steroids are good; Bayer makes steroids".
Alex "it's hard being away from home".
Huge: "I hate when my multiple GFs don't get along".
Me: "Ah yeah Pete, job done":)
Haha Charlie that made me laugh cheers
@Thairish Times I watched the Tony video and then this one with your friend Alex.
I waited throughout the whole interview for a question about her love life or how she meets potential romantic partners but no . . . 😄 just a very nice well done interview with an interesting pleasant woman.
That’s cool that she taught in Suphan Buri. That’s where my fiancé is from.
It’s a beautiful part of Thailand. Great land there
Here’s one more for your 10K,👍. Thanks
Thanks very much 🙏🙏🙏
I finally worked out why your interviews work so well, it’s because you don’t say much (I mean that in a good way 😂) you let your “guest” tell their own story without interruption, also just wondering have you considered setting up a separate channel for interviews? I think longer interviews would be awesome.
Yes, I have thought about that Steven. I’d love to do a podcast
Interesting
Boston Mass. Kick Ass!1 Happy St.Pats day Pete,,Happy algorithm!!
Happy St Patrick’s Day Sean 🇮🇪🇹🇭🍺👍🏼
delightful person ! .... sunny disposition and has found her niche
Absolutely
Yes!!!!!! its such a drug , just arrived back in the US and I`m already booking my next trip back to Thailand : )
Haha it is. Best of luck Stephen
I hope you can sell enough fentanyl for your plane ticket.
Did she ever work with Do More Life? I think he taught in Ban Chang or maybe Rayong. He's back in the states now.
I don’t think so Mark he may have been gone before then
In Thailand time progresses differently, the days can seem like weeks,and the weeks can seem like days.
Yeah, I noticed that too. What's your opinion on why that is?
Here's crCk
When she returns and teaches in the states with more "diverse" classes in the cities, she'll realize it's help
Great interview! 👍 As a New Yorker, allow me to say that Alexandra has the prettiest Boston accent I have ever heard 😉
Yes there’s no hint of “cawfeeee” in Alex’s accent
Zero regional Boston accent.
I doubt she is actuall from the city itself, likely one of the more affluent suburbs where the accent isn't as prevalent.
@@IdeaStudioBKK Yeah exactly, she just has a standard American, upper middle class suburban, newscaster sounding accent. You can have that accent in all 50 states.
@@IdeaStudioBKK KENNEDY GHETTO
You have brought balance to the force !!!!!! Pete with this interview 👌👌 Alex is really happy and has done so well for herself. I wish Alex all the best back in the states if she goes.
Now Pete can we have the unedited part where Alex really said what she thought of being your boss 😂😂😂
Hehe Jimmy I have that kept locked away 😂😂
Not watched the video yet bit i guess its a big fat yes!
Yessssss😂
The sun shines differently in ASEAN (except Singapore), and so with the people...
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☺️☺️😬
I think she'll not like teaching as much when she returns to the states. Asian kids are way more obedient than American kids, lol.
Yeah and Irish kids
And Asian parents respect teachers and education.
Dear Alex:Three years ago ,i have known an elder serving as a missionary in thailand with his name J Ferrin coming from masschusette .I don't know if he is sill living in thailand or has been back home since pandamic has started last two years.Is bang chang in rayong far from the city municiple?Next week seems to have to lds church meeting for youth members to be holding there in hotel in rayong.Will you be there?
Alex is back in the US visiting her family
Great interview, but living in Ban Chang must be limiting for Alex.
I’ve never been there but it does sound quiet
Really nice woman.
Absolutely Mick
Fake it till you make it, the way every true person lives their live
10 k here we go...
Let’s get it ✊🏻✊🏻
As a career international teacher, ( having taught at five different accredited international schools in three continents for over 35 years), I wish Alex the best in her future career; however, the creativeness and joy of teaching in the USA has been taken away due to clueless politicians that know nothing about education and the lack of parent support. I wish Alex the best when she returns to the USA. We need young, enthusiastic teachers in America
Very nice interview! Intelligent lady! I am Swiss, 75,and in Thailand on and off since 1985 when I landed in Phuket on my little yacht.
Thailand is a wonderful, beautiful and welcoming country. Not to speak about the food and fruit, and I am Swiss Italian! The fact that it is relatively cheap allowed me to be creative and do things that would never be possible in Europe or US. All that living on a beach like in Paradise!
I agree that Thailand is like a drug! And that Thai women are so nice and friendly is like the cherry on a cake!
It’s the crack pot teachers unions destroying education in parts of the USA
American school was always pretty bad.
Hope you make your 10k subscriber goal soon. You work hard. "How you doin. Hows it goin? As we'd say in Ireland" I know "Top of the morning" is something only leprechaun's say and usually not real Irish. But as an American "How you doin? Hows it going" just sounds more American to my ears than Irish for some reason. :-)
I haven’t heard one Irish person say top of the morning. That was made up in Hollywood
A more Irish thing to say would be what's the story or what's the craic.
@@ellk1991 Thanks. Had to look up that last one on youtube. It sounds uniquely Irish.
Love all your Great videos Pete Jo Ann Age 64 North Florida..Lake City,Florida USA
Thanks Joann🙏🙏
Great interview! Too bad she is not going 2 teach in a public school in the US. So much easier to teach in Asia than the US. Expectations are very different. What about her social life as a single woman?
Subscribed! Once you're at 10k subs it'll snowball to 25k before you know it ;)
I hope so mate. I’d just love to hit 10k
Very interesting interview Pete. Please suggest to Alex to read the book Mai Pen Rai Means Never Mind. Its about an American woman who lived and taught in Bangkok in the 1950s.😀 I think she will really like it.
Sounds like an interesting book
Rambutan…..I never knew what that fruit was called until now. I always just called it the hairy red fruit lol
😂😂😂😂
She looks like a nice person, all the best for her next step in life
sometimes you see some of the funniest things on the roads in bangkok.i was driving and next to me was a skinny thai man on a motor scooter with his big thai woman and he was rubbing the side of her leg while he was in heavy traffic HAHAHA
😂😂😂😂
Catch the 10k!
I’m gonna grab that 10k!!!!
Nice to see something different. Not the usual " so why did you become a bar manager?"
Cheers, I like variety. It keeps things interesting
Thanks for covering a female's perspective on this topic!
You’re welcome Bonnie☺️
Ha ! I used to live in a condo right by her shoulder between the 2 glass buildings. Shame the owner tore it down and is now trying to build a Best Western hotel -- Soi 16 .
There're reason to call this place Thai (Freedom, Independence) though XD
That’s what’s up