Monday, September 24, 2007

Hour 6 of the funeral next door

I've been at my desk all day listening to a Khmer funeral on the loudspeakers next door. Not so much "listening," actually as suffering through, attempting to ignore, and ultimately going every so slightly more insane thanks to. Sometimes it's tinny, tuneless music being played over blown-out speakers, sometimes it's chanting, sometimes it's just one guy yelling a lot. But it's all very, very loud. Head-filling loud. October 28th cannot come quickly enough.

I''m going to go to Bangkok after my last day at work, before Dad arrives for the temple tour. I'll go for a few days to hang out with myself, see the Asian Metropolis I've been looking for. Wander around an air conditioned mall. Look for a Goldfish proprietor. Then I will have had my fill.

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