Status Updates From Bangkok Haunts (Sonchai Jit...

Thank Buddha my mother had the smarts and the ruthlessness to get out long for long enough to make a pile -- and start a brothel of her own: nobody escapes the cycle of karma, not even a Buddha.

In their hygienic anonymity, [the convention delegates] form a quite distinct tribe, prompting me to ponder that perhaps Bangkok is located on some cosmic intersection where visitors from different galaxies mingle, but never communicate.