While in Laos, Rick and I sat at Da's sister's house drinking beer, and he asked me, "Why do you spend so much in rent?" Rick then proceeded to tell me how he had done the same thing when he was my age, and how he regretted it.
He did stop and make me think. I'm now old enough to appreciate fatherly been-there/done-that advice when I get it.
When I got back from Laos and went over to Stan's house, I saw he had a brand new, large, flat-panel television.
He paid exactly one month of my rent to buy it.
That really settled it.
So now I'm house hunting. I'm looking for a 5-bedroom house with a large pool and 2 rai of gardens less then a mile away from Walking Street for 5,000 baht per month.
I might settle for less though.
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