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31 Jan, 2000
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The Happy Farang: Contents

the happy farang monk-lovers bangkok: city of angles thomas pynchon & the art of anonymity maintenence cities on the move tuk-tuk the postman of kowloon non-touristic trek the chao le takraw monkey oh blossom mountains of pai mr tui emaciated buddha the boys on thanon lim khong low season,...
30 Jan, 2000
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the happy farang

hello! - i am so happy to be a farang in your country relieved to discover this word that describes me & pleased to be here spending all my money on trinkets & going to the toilet - hooray! now even my shit is farang! a foreign body yearning...
29 Jan, 2000
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monk-lovers

she loved me for a matter of seconds but her affair with the monks promises to be a lifelong obsession hey that hurts - right there doc can you lance jab pop it cut it out? look at this it's a postcard she sent me - monks! you think...
28 Jan, 2000
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bangkok: city of angles

timpani crash /tuk-tuk caged verandah /air-con little bells /squid vendor fecund waterway /chao phraya police helmet /city intersection pollution viaduct /sky train hardware section /chinatown pirate tape stand /thanon khao san shining stupa /urban wat
27 Jan, 2000
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thomas pynchon & the art of anonymity maintenence

the choice of sunglasses is important but on the maple leaf? ray-bans are out too miami vice ... beatle specs no dead giveaway (tint in sunlight) chem-mart? anonymous average ok collared shirt i'd prefer a gaudy hunter s. thompson hawaiian no. but beige is a city colour camouflage same...
26 Jan, 2000
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cities on the move

it is the year 2542 BE - in bangkok the streets are flooded with people 543 years in advance of the western world but only 7 hours ahead of GMT - in the meantime football grips the nation & entropy invades every available thanon & soi art flourishes in...
26 Jan, 2000
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Tuk-Tuk

life - cough-cough go-go fast-fast slow-slow break-break flow-flow honk-honk hel-lo where-you go-go tuk-tuk hi-ho same-same no-no thao-rai cheap-cheap silk-silk wat-wat guess-so o-kay go-go gem-shop strip-show no-no go-slow wait-wait oh-ho go-go bang-kok tuk-tuk cough-cough stop-go one-two i-know left-left no-no go-go tuk-tuk cough-cough khao-san face-mask whiz-whiz cough-cough poi-son cough-cough tuk-tuk cough-cough...
25 Jan, 2000
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the postman of kowloon

given the unenviable task of delivering mail in a cantonese walled city charged with entropy & chaos criss-crossing its aerial corridors conduits they call them linked towers that change positions days how the garbage piles up forming strata to be studied by future archaeologists - he can never decipher...
24 Jan, 2000
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Non-Touristic Trek

COME & SEE THE HILL TRIBES PLOUGHING UP THEIR OPIUM FIELDS IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT YEAR’S CROP OF NESCAFE! THIS TREK HAS BEEN APPROVED BY BOTH THE THAI & US GOVERNMENTS ALONG WITH JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES IT WILL CONSTITUTE THE MAIN THRUST OF THEIR WAR AGAINST DRUGS NO RAFTING...
23 Jan, 2000
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