From Thai Roots to American Dreams: A Thai Man's Inspiring Life Story

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@_Alfa.Bravo_ 4 ай бұрын

Interviews with guests that know both worlds are always very interesting ... Thank you for this one, Pete

@nornill6885 4 ай бұрын

Im a Thai born in USA. I can speak Thai but cant read. Like this guest, i am a duel citizen and can relate to his experience with racism growing up. Me and my sister were the only asian kids in our grades. I am 47 now and will retire at 50. I will be moving back to Thailand with a government pension. My daughter is currently 4 years old and my plan is for her to go to a Thai school and also home school her with a US online home school program.

@williamhartz8707 4 ай бұрын

There are some good, accredited international schools in Bangkok. ( not all students are “spoiled rich kids” btw. Most students come from supportive parents that value a good education). My daughter, ( now 35 years old) attended a couple international schools in the Middle East and KL, Malaysia. Her education was the best and being with over 27 nationalities and having Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist friends was an education in itself. True, the tuition is expensive. ( My employer paid for my child’s tuition.) These authentic international schools will hire certified, experienced teachers from Western countries ( foreign contract). These schools are nonprofit so the tuition goes back into hiring good educators, keeping the curriculum relevant, and having a great extracurricular activities for students to choose from. Something you should consider.

@_Alfa.Bravo_ 4 ай бұрын

...May I ask where in Thailand you want to settle down?

@nornill6885 4 ай бұрын

@@_Alfa.Bravo_ Tao Poon area is where most of my family reside. Love it. Bangkok Pat did a review of this area. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3aQZ3xoeJ2IobMsi=pbaeHkAAPm6rys6Y

@scorpiorising577 4 ай бұрын

Swadee Krub. I'm the dude whom Pete was having the conversation with for this particular episode. There were only 4 Asian kids in the schools (middle school and then high school) that I attended in that small Northern Florida town called Gainesville back then in the early 1980s era with 2 being Chinese Americans while the remaining two were my older brother and myself. The 2 Chinese American kids weren't all that friendly with me in the school either as they were more of the 'Twinkies'. Oddly enough. it was mostly the Punk Rock, New Wave, and the Artsy kids who were more open-minded and became friends with me while in school.

@randomcommenter7414 4 ай бұрын

@@scorpiorising577- I understand what you mean about not having it as easy as some or harder for that matter. We all have to play with the hand we are dealt with in life be it a weak hand or a stronger one. My high school of 3000 had about 1000 Asian students. Being half Asian you’d think that was an advantage, but somedays it sure didn’t feel like it. 555 We all have our cross to bare. Chok dee,

@seanmcgoldrick1702 4 ай бұрын

Great interview! What a nice guy!

@chippywheesk9023 4 ай бұрын

Very nice interview.. awesome guest

@divyas1937 4 ай бұрын

Really interesting story..such strength and resilience to not go down destructive paths when living in the US without parents.

@BangkokPat 4 ай бұрын

Interesting guy with a couple of similarities to my own experiences with Thainess!! Nice one Pete.

@ThairishTimes 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Pat

@scorpiorising577 4 ай бұрын

@BangkokPat Appreciate your comment. I’m the dude whom Pete was having the convo with for this episode. Also, I have watched a few of your KZbin videos about different hoods of BKK during the past couple of years and might have walked right pass by you once while you were filming your KZbin video across from the Ashton Asoke-Rama9 condo property (I think it was right in front of the Fortune building, if I recall it correctly).

@fulltimeforeigner5640 4 ай бұрын

Loved this! Great interview mate.

@ThairishTimes 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@arg888 4 ай бұрын

Solid interview!

@ThairishTimes 4 ай бұрын

Thanks buddy🙏

@MynamesEARN 4 ай бұрын

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@ThairishTimes 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Earn! 50k here I come!

@williamhartz8707 4 ай бұрын

Emm has had a "privileged" life but was able to use his intellect, creativity, wisdom, and good value system to become a successful, focused adult. Too bad we didn't have a photo of his family. (I have lived over 45 years outside of the USA, I call myself "3rd culture senior" 555. Maybe that is what Emm is.}

@HyperspaceHoliday 4 ай бұрын

Interesting guest

@mangostickyrice555 4 ай бұрын

Thumbs up 👍 Pete & Emm….he should start a KZbin channel 😎

@mickvallantine2523 4 ай бұрын

Great interesting life and interview. Great guy, cheers Pete, FYI Bruce Lee is buried in Seattle as is Jimmy Hendrix Jime Hendrix

@mishalunintomsk4143 4 ай бұрын

its very nice.

@thevibeinc 3 ай бұрын

Was this guy giving the Thai guy a hard time about his lack of Thai communication skills? He said "popcorn my crap".. I wasn't sure if it was an intentional smackdown or if he was jokingly giving him a hard time.😆 It was definitely nice one either way tho! 🙌🏽 But the tone of interview, immediately changed after he revealed the level of combat training he has received over the years. He also realized it was Bruce Lee on the wall ..🥷🏼 It was then, when he stopped joking around. I personally loved the not so subtle reminders of how much bad he could sprinkle upon any unfortunate soul that dare bully him. Without hesitation, he would instantly stop bullying in it's "beeping" tracks. The process of him roughing up a bully into submission (a lovely fruitful friendship) is likened to a pizza man taking a rough, dry ball of dough, kneading it his version of perfection (lovely pizza crust that will turn the most ridged frown, upsidedown) This my friends, will remain among the most valuable lessons in this beloved day. Let's hope and pray that this will keep us all on the friendship side of this guy's beep beeping roughing up!🥺🙏🏽

@danielcully6047 4 ай бұрын

Cool interview Pete

@ThairishTimes 4 ай бұрын

thanks buddy

@seamusog100 4 ай бұрын

I feel like I met Emm at hurleys bar on w48st 😂 great video lads

@scorpiorising577 4 ай бұрын

Hurley's a decent sports bar in Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of NYC. Had a few shots of Jameson Irish Whiskey there occasionally ;-)

@seamusog100 4 ай бұрын

@@scorpiorising577 cool 😎 👌

@gertdrok9016 4 ай бұрын

Nice Interview. He has to speak English, his wife from Japan, his daughter born in the USA, and he speak English and Thai. 🙏

@nickeyfynn3270 4 ай бұрын

hell yeah, house music!

@scorpiorising577 4 ай бұрын

Indeed! I'm the dude who was having the chit chat with Pete for this particular episode. "Gotta have house music all night long" has been one of my personal fave line from a classic house track called Move Your Body by Marshall Jefferson. Good to know another fellow HouseHeadz ;-)

@petersutherland1985 4 ай бұрын

Hell no, luktung degwar😊

@scorpiorising577 4 ай бұрын

@@petersutherland1985 Luktung is certainly cool although Mor Lum is also quite funky to jam to, huh?

@orawancarlile6192 4 ай бұрын

Emm is corrected about classism that only real Thai would understand.

@johntheaccountant5594 4 ай бұрын

I would have guessed Emm's age as late 30's not in his 50's.

@MynamesEARN 4 ай бұрын

#Earnluckygirl congratulations your very soon 50.000 K fallowers 🎉

@johntheaccountant5594 4 ай бұрын

I would be concerned about the state of the condos built recently in 30 years time. I would not buy a condo in a building of more than 6 floors in Thailand. I would actually say that buying a second hand condo and refurbishing it is better than buying a new condo or an off-plan one.

@scorpiorising577 4 ай бұрын

Howdy. I'm the dude having the chit chat with Pete in this particular episode. It must be largely due to the Thai blood within me, but the majority of the Thais (at least those who come from the middle/upper middle class families, the 'Hi-So' included) tend to prefer buying brand spanking new properties (condos, townhouses, or single family homes) rather than condos that have been previously owned by other people. The first condo property, the 1 bdrm 1 bath at Venio Sukhumvit 10, that I bought from Ananda Development Group only has 8 floors total and mine is on the 6th floor of that building. The 2nd condo property, the 2 bdrm 2 bath at Ashton Asoke-Rama9, has 2 high-rise buildings of 42 floors where mine is a corner unit on the 15th floor of their Omega building. I'm not too concerned about 30 years from now and probably will consider buying at least 1 to 3 more condos (only the newly built or about to get built properties) within the next 3 - 5 years for some additional passive income while I'm still willing to tolerate working in the Corporate America before I decide to go walk the earth like Kane from Kung Fu.

@johntheaccountant5594 4 ай бұрын

@@scorpiorising577 I recall you took a mortgage on at least one of the condos. Difficult to make a profit on a condo when you are paying interest on a rented out condo. Other things to take consideration of is that the maintenance/service charge generally doubles every 5 years in Bangkok and one forgets that some of the furniture will need replacing and the kitchens and shower room need fixes/changes after 5 years.

@johntheaccountant5594 4 ай бұрын

Emm had a head start with wealthy parents in the UN.

@nicks3933 4 ай бұрын

Florida is not the deep south

@ccrider8483 4 ай бұрын

Well, geography it is, but culturally not so much. It is a unique state in that the farther south one goes, the more northern the culture.

@williamhartz8707 4 ай бұрын

It’s definitely full of MAGA cult members with rednecks in the smaller cities and rural areas.

@_Alfa.Bravo_ 4 ай бұрын

@@williamhartz8707 ... and there are many MAGAs with latinos, mexican and cuban genes - very contradictory. I'm all exited about the coming sentence on 11th of July in N.Y.

@nicks3933 4 ай бұрын

@@ccrider8483 yes I understand that. I also understand he said Deep South because ppl not from America equate that to being a racism. You’re allowed to tell any story you want in this life but hopefully it’s a true one

@ccrider8483 4 ай бұрын

@nicks3933 "Truth", is a tricky one and I am not going to comment on what is true or not, especially in an election year. If one were to equate racism with a particular geographic location then that would result in a disservice to all the racists that live in places you may think are progressive. To put it simply racism and geographic location have little in common, IMHO.