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Having Some Fun Before Becoming a Thai Monk. Ubon Ratchatani
Added:Well, good morning awesome beautiful people. Paige and Chuck here in Uborn, Ratchetani [music] so bright. Rolling green stretch left and right. A swing, a smile, it's [music] a perfect sight.
Hear the breeze, [music] it hums so light. No time for clouds, just blue and fly. [music] [singing] No time to be sad. No way, no how.
Life's a game now. [music] Chuck and page. Just laugh out loud. In Thailand's heart, we take a bow.
[music] No time to be sad. No way. No how.
Life's a game. We're winning now.
[music and singing] Chuck and Paige just laugh out loud in Thailand's heart. We take a bow.
>> Had a pretty good night stay here. Did you sleep good?
>> Yeah.
>> The bed was really comfortable here at the Sunni Sunny Sunny Hotel here in Ubon. We uh we're gonna go have the buffet breakfast this morning. Today I'm going to go play golf with Paige's friend. Uh I'll put the golf video stuff at the end. Hopefully the weather holds up. I don't know. It was raining really hard off and on all day yesterday, so probably going to have the same today.
We're not going to start playing till about 1:00. I'd like to go hit some balls and stretch out first. Um, he thinks I'm a He's actually lived in the States for a long time and probably plays really good golf. He actually thinks I'm a good golfer, but boy is he in for a surprise.
We'll see. It ought to be a fun day today uh on the golf course. We've got other things planned. We're supposed to He lives here in the city, so he's going to take us to show a couple us a few things tonight in town. And uh yeah, just have a relaxing day. Paige is going to enjoy her time here alone. She's got a lot of things that she can do here around the hotel between spa, massage, hair stuff, shopping, food, all kinds of stuff uh she can do. But anyway, she's happy to get out of the house also. So yeah, this is uh going to be our second day here in Ubon Ratani. Good morning. Good morning. Going to be a fun day. I know probably 90% of my viewers don't care about golf and I don't want to make anything about golf. It's just my entertainment while I'm here living in Thailand, but um that's why I try to put it at the end of the video, but this is a military base that I'm going to that has a golf course on it.
Um it I was reading some comments and said that there's a lot of water, so be prepared to lose a lot of balls and when it's wet a lot of times the balls just sink in the ground. So, I I bought a whole bunch of ugly balls to bring.
Maybe I won't have enough.
Okay.
Breakfast.
Okay. My low carb diet. This is some kind of egg.
>> Is it It's not a custard, right? It's like a kiche or something probably, right?
>> Yeah.
>> Let's try the seasoning. Steam.
>> Steamed egg. Is it like pumpkin too or No.
>> No. It's definitely >> reminds me of the military.
It's egg.
the the bronze >> egg and just >> I didn't want to video in the actual place with the food, but they have a lot of food in there. They've got PX and too, good salad, lots of Thai food.
Yeah, good stuff.
[laughter] Well, that was good. You know, we I think we spend more than half of our time in Thailand in hotels and a lot of times when we have breakfast, well, before I used to just get whatever they had, everything just cuz I want to show it on video or something or it was free or whatever was going on in my brain.
Now I just eat a little bit.
It's not worth it to be miserable even though it's free.
You >> got the cart.
Well, I can't sit here any longer. I'm going to go to the gym, do some cardio downstairs before my golf game.
Well, good morning everybody. It's the next day. I didn't do any video yesterday.
We um me and Paige went out with >> Thaw. He took us Well, he didn't take us. We got a Grab taxi and went about a 20 minute ride to this place. I played golf with him all day yesterday.
When we got there, the caddies weren't there yet. And um he goes, "Oh, they're not coming yet." And I said, "Well, there's another cat." He goes, "No, I picked some young pretty caddies." I'm like, "You picked them?" He goes, "No, I just called and asked him if that's what we could have." I said, "Okay, that's probably why they're late then." So, we had a couple of young caddies. We were having fun on the course, played. I shot a 96, which isn't bad for me. Uh, it was very wet and I'd never been there before and a lot of water hazards. But anyway, I we were having lunch after the game and I said, "Are you going to invite the girls to go eat dinner with you?" And he goes, "No." And then next thing I know, he's inviting them.
And they're like, they said, "Is he going to come?" I said, "Yeah, I'm going to come with my wife." And they're like, "Oh, no. We're not going to come then."
I was like, "She doesn't care. You can come. It ain't like we're going to go together."
So they came and it was a [music] [music] >> [music] [music] [music] >> Yeah, it was pretty rowdy. I didn't I didn't Yeah, I didn't video. I didn't bring my camera.
But I had a good time. Today I'm going to go play golf again. Uh I don't know if he's going to show up or not. I think he stayed out a little too late. Me and Paige were in bed by 10:00. I know.
Party animals, right? Anyway, this is the only thing we came here to ubon for was to relax by the pool, go to the gym, enjoy the hotel. Paige is having a really good time by herself, going to the mall, um getting some massage, swimming.
That's what we came here for was just to get to get out of the house. And we don't really have any commitments, so it's easy for us just to pick up and do stuff like this. I didn't come here really to do a bunch of touristy stuff or anything, which you guys know.
Uh uh today I think we're just going to or tonight go take you guys to the market. Uh there's a Japanese restaurant that's pretty good here outside.
Do that and go show you guys the uh the market. It's a really good stay. Anyway, that's what's happening uh on the second day here.
Well, I am back from golf. We got rained out um towards the end of our game, but and I playing golf like really horrible.
I don't know. My arms and my legs are just not working together [laughter] in sense. So maybe tomorrow.
>> He's going to drive tomorrow. We got an hour and a half drive to the the lake or the dam is what they call it. We're going to go We said we were going to go to the market or I said we're going to go to the market, but he wants to take us to a place where they have 90s music.
It's a place that I know Paige will like. So, we're just going to go there.
Not overdo it tonight. We're not bringing any. Our caddies today were like my caddy. She said she was 40.
She's looked like she was 60, but just cuz she has four tie teenage boys and a daughter, so she has five kids. I was like, "Oh, okay." And then uh his caddy was she was 50 but looked older than me. I think sometimes in Thai women they don't some of them I don't know like if they're hard workers or out in the sun they kind of age like don't take offense to this but they age like raisins you know [laughter] I'm not saying us foreigners are all beautiful. I know we're not but um seems like a lot of the ones that are hardworking ladies they they don't age well.
Maybe maybe I shouldn't be talking about that. Paige is looks like a teenager still. So anyway, um gonna gonna go there. What else happened today? That's about it.
How was your day? Did you have fun by yourself today?
>> Yeah.
>> Where'd you get that shirt?
>> All night.
>> Is that drinking Kool-Aid or what?
>> I don't know. We just >> You should have had made it a Leo on there.
>> All right.
Gonna get a grab grab taxi because it's easiest thing to do in the city. We don't have to worry about driving. I don't have to worry about losing my parking spot or finding a parking spot.
And the place we're going is not too far from here.
>> Just put it in your purse thing, your your new backpack.
I really really love the gym here. I am so sore. I was not able to work out today from using all that equipment.
I'm going to try to get up in the morning and um work out before breakfast. But the gym here is awesome.
The gym >> before breakfast.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay.
[laughter] >> Maybe we're depends on how late we stay out tonight.
Okay. They usually like to sit over here in the parking lot.
It's a white Nissan. Why are you calling me?
>> Hey, I'm right here, dude. You don't need to call me.
>> Is that one?
>> 2208.
Okay. So when they come >> see >> Oh yeah.
I got to try that volcano wings. The volcano wings.
So cute. So cute.
Where is it at?
>> Can you just drop us off somewhere?
Yeah. I don't know.
>> Okay. He said it's on the left.
>> No, he just said you get out on the left hand.
>> Oh, okay. Well, if it's not right here, he's not getting a tip.
Oh >> That way.
>> Across the street.
What the >> Over there.
>> Okay.
Watch out for all this little They got like little step all over the Okay.
See if we can cross the street without dying.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. Come on.
this here. Oh, it's right here.
>> You got the Chong girls here.
>> Chong girls.
>> Um, up to you.
>> You want Regency? I can drink Regency.
DNC.
>> Okay. [music] >> DNC better.
>> There's Tony. Tony.
>> I can't say Tony.
>> Yeah. Tony again.
>> Th is easier.
Th I played golf like for two days in a row.
>> We have We have one more chance tomorrow.
>> One more chance tomorrow. Yeah. Well, we'll see. Hopefully, too.
>> Hopefully. No. No. Not not rain. Not raining.
>> So do you go out every night here in Uban?
>> Do you do you go out every night?
>> Yeah.
>> Not not like if you have friend come I go out >> in no pain no I just stay home with my mom.
>> He's getting prepared to become a monk.
>> A monk for 3 months.
>> [music] [music] >> Oh, our fan mate.
>> Yeah, we're from >> Dolly.
>> [music] [music] >> You can probably ask [music] [singing] [music] [singing] >> [music] >> Okay, we moved because the ladies behind us were like ear piercing.
>> He wants to make a fang song.
He's going to play a fang song, but he says he doesn't speak English really clear. [music] >> Okay.
>> We'll see what he plays.
>> [music] [music] [music] >> Yeah, I was going to say maybe it's the next song cuz it's not really clear enough.
[music] Yeah. [music] [singing] [music] [music] [singing] Glory [music] God.
[music] Heat. Heat.
[music] Heat.
[singing] Heat. [music] [music] >> [singing] [music] >> Heat. Heat.
[music] Oh my god. [music] >> Well, that was fun. Very loud. Uh, it's too too loud. I'm guess I'm an old man, huh?
>> Come on, Grandpa.
>> They want us to go to another club tomorrow night, but um yeah, we're not going to make it. Paige has a friend who lives in Ubon that's going to meet her tomorrow. Oh, >> she don't live in Uban.
>> She in the border of She in Sisak, but in the border of Ubon.
>> Anyway, >> 70 kilometers.
>> Paige had three beers tonight. Big beers.
>> We'll see you guys tomorrow on the next video.
>> Bye.
>> Bye.
>> Well, I am here at the golf course. I got a lot of active training going on this morning here for a Monday morning.
Duck and cover.
In 300 m, turn left.
I had to give up my driver's license.
Um, if you don't have that, you can uh make sure you bring your passport, your tie tie driver's license or passport.
>> Turn left, then turn right.
>> Okay, turn left. Turn right.
Well, Thaw here got us a couple of caddies. He called and said, "I want the best looking caddies you have." I said, "Normally, I get the farm girl. It doesn't really matter to me." So, anyway, we're we're a little early.
Okay. Well, let's meet my caddy. Caddy.
No, no, no. Sorry.
Something like that. Like, like my Yeah, they say there's a lot of water, so I brought a bunch of ugly golf balls today. Actually, I have more in my bag, but just in case.
>> You mean the white or the blue?
>> Uh, laun.
>> Whatever you want.
>> White.
>> Okay, we'll do the old man tea.
>> Old man tea.
Same. Old man.
>> Yeah.
Yeah. out.
>> I think we're the same age though, right?
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
We've never been here before. So, I'm going to play the front nine without the video just to get warmed up. I I came to go driving, but I couldn't find it. So, I'm going to play the nine holes here.
And then this is actually a 18hole course >> and maybe I'll show you this drive.
>> [laughter] >> 140 15 over there somewhere.
>> That thing went so straight.
That went really really straight.
>> Why?
>> You're over there with me.
>> Yeah.
>> All right. Well, I'm not going to video.
I'm doing okay. I'm getting mostly bogey. I think I've got a bogey. Double bogey. No par.
>> One par.
>> Oh, one par. One par. That was my birdie shot. Got a par.
Anyway, I'm not going to video. Sorry.
But um this this could be a nice place if they mow the grass, but they can't cuz it's too wet right now.
So, okay.
I'll video one time here.
I got about 160 yard. I'm just going to use a five iron, not put everything into it. I could probably get there with a seven.
Okay, par 330 yards.
I'm going to go with eight iron.
What?
We ball. Good ball.
>> [music] >> Everything is destined.
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