Hello there
I am new to the group and to Zen Buddhism. I joined this group to lean and to
make some new friends. My name is Tonya, I live in Illinois, USA and I am a
stay at home mother raising a 17-month old son. My fiancee is a caseworker for
CHAC ( a division of the Chicago Housing Authority)
I have applied to a college and have also applied for financial aid, so if
everything goes well I will be starting school in January. I am going for a
Bachelor in the Human Services Management field.
Bill Smart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Friday, December 23 Al posted:
>Dear Bill,
>If you don't mind answering, I was wondering how you came to live in such a
>remote area; are you retired or still working; do you have any family,
etc.?
>Best wishes,
>Al
I have the fortune of having a profession that allows me to travel all over
the world. I'm from the US and have during the course of my life have lived
in the US Midwest, West Coast and South. In the past 15 years I've also
lived for extended periods of time in England, Brazil, Argentina, South
Africa, Thailand, Australia and India.
I came to Thailand on a 7-months contract about 4 years ago working for a
large bank in Bangkok. I liked Thailand and decided to give living here a
try. When the contract was completed I relocated to Koh Samui, an island in
the Gulf of Thailand just off the extreme southeast coast. I lived there
about 1 year and met and married the woman who is now my wife. She has
family in the mountains of central Thailand near Petchabun. Shortly after
we were married first her mother and then her father became ill and started
requiring more and more of my wife's help. We finally decided to move near
them and did that a little over a year ago. We've built a small house here
for my wife's parents and are now sharing that with them. We are however
about 1-week away from completing a larger house next door just for us.
I am semi-retired. I like to work 4 to 6 months a year.
I have 6 'children' in the US with 9 grandchildren, and one more on the way.
My ex-wife lives in the US and was remarried 10 years ago. My wife here in
Thailand has one 20-year old son, both parents and 2 older brothers. I'll
be 60 in 1 week.
My professional website is www.BSC.BillSmart.com and my personal website is
www.BillSmart.com.
How about the other regular contributors to the forum. Were do you all
live? What do you do? I know there are profiles and lists available on
Yahoo! and the Zen Forum itself that are available to publish content like
this, but I've checked on a lot of you and most do not use them.
Merry Christmas! I get to say that first to most of you since I'm about
12-hours ahead of the US... (And yes, since I'm almost 60, I can say 'Merry
Christmas' if I want to.)
Gassho...Bill!
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