For whatever reason, when I moved to Thailand I pretty much stopped buying clothes for myself. There was one time I went to Zara and bought two T-shirts, but in general, I seem to accumulate items of clothing from other people, either as gifts or just general free stuff.

This phenomenon isn’t something I had ever come across before, but since moving to Thailand I have acquired:

• One pair of jeans
• Two pairs of smart trousers
• Two work shirts
• One polo shirt
• One pair of swimming shorts (since lost)
• More than 20 T-shirts

These clothes have included such gems as an Ultraman T-shirt and a T-shirt for a gameshow called “50-50”, which I’ve never seen. Being donated these clothes has meant that I’ve saved lots of money. My favorite T-shirt was given to me today by a friend who just returned from a trip to Isaaan.

The tag line of the T-shirt is, “Devil to kill something to do away with a withness.” It’s the whole doing away with a “withness” thing that I like the most. I’ve got no idea what the T-shirt means but I will be wearing it with pride over the weekend. I just wish people would start giving me socks, but as they so, don’t look a clothes horse in the mouth. (I thought was quite funny in my half-asleep state.)

Am I the only one who has become a clothes-magnet in Thailand?

Techno’ tags: Thailand, Clothes