Chanya & Wazza's Adventures in Thailand Set your dreams into action and retire early.
After 8 years of weekly videos, some days start in a cloud of reflection… and then Chanya calls me downstairs and everything makes sense again.
In this episode, I share a few thoughts about the recent Australian general election, which many see as a growing rejection of extremist politics—a topic close to heart for anyone watching the state of global affairs, especially as we count down to the next US election cycle.
But don’t worry—this isn’t all doom and gloom. Chanya’s lunch plans drag me out of my “man cave,” and we find ourselves heading to a seafood place nestled among the coconut plantations west of Bangkok. It looked like a rusty tin shack from the road, but (as always) she knew exactly what she was doing. The actual restaurant is tucked away behind the shed, and the food? Absolutely on point.
Over lunch, I chat a bit about a recent experience using AI to fix a coding project. ChatGPT started the fix, then asked me to pay to continue. So I bounced over to a Chinese AI called Deepseek and knocked out the rest in 45 minutes. It got me thinking about how Western commercialism thrives on manufactured scarcity—a concept many expats here in Thailand are deeply familiar with.
We close out with some errands, but the day reminded me: life here isn’t always easy, but it’s always real.
Baan Suay Rimnam Kitchen, Samphran Seafood
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