Unexpected Danger...
I was walking around at work and deliberating the day’s activities that were ahead of me, when my mobile phone rang. It was my wife calling who had dropped me off, not more than thirty minutes before. She was frantic and crying. “I’m in the car. Something bit me – I’m Pain – I’m pain!”
The best I could do was to tell her I was coming and would meet her at the hospital. I dropped everything and ran for the door. As quick as I could make my way down to the first floor, I notified someone in the office that I had an emergency, and I was leaving. I ran to the front of the building and flagged down a motorcycle taxi. They are easy to spot by the blue vests they wear, with the large numbers printed on the front and the back. Of course I can’t speak enough Thai to tell him where I wanted to go and he could not understand my English. But in my haste, he understood my emergency and I just pointed. Away we went, with me pointing the turns out, until we got to the hospital.
I dashed to the front desk and wrote my wife’s name on a piece of paper with a question mark below it……
Press
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'Siamese Dreams' released as e-book (18 Jan 2012 05:58) Set amid economic booms and epic disasters, Johnson's work is rich with emotion, wit and insights into relations across cultures and sexes.
Italiano-Khmer released (28 Nov 2011 08:06) Dizionario fonetico Italiano-Khmer (Inglese)
per gli Italiani che vogliono parlare in Khmer
for Italians who want to speak Khmer
Seven Years in Asia - A Wanderer's Tale (28 Nov 2011 01:13) The stories in this book describe life in other worlds across the Asian continent where customs and cultures are far removed from our own.
Thai Tales - A Year on Koh Samui (14 Nov 2011 07:33) Dumped by his girlfriend and sacked from his job, Brit journalist Justin Dunn took a plane to Thailand.
'Tiger Heart' released! (12 Nov 2011 09:04) Alcoholic former doctor lives an idyllic life of drunken idleness in Pattaya with his gorgeous Thai girlfriend...
4th book by Guy Lilburne released! (09 Nov 2011 23:48) 'Cocktails & Dreams': the 4th book by Guy Lilburne, author of bestselling books 'The Thai Dragon', 'My Thai story' and 'The Kiss of the Dragon'.
'Black Arts in South East Asia' released (25 Oct 2011 07:13) Meet the dark worlds of prostitution, pimps, transvestites, killers, thieves, human trafficking and counter culture.
'Skirts in the Boardroom' released (21 Oct 2011 02:02) Insight into life in Japan as it actually is and in particular the growing number of young professional women who want more out of life than their traditional roles. It's very real, it's life in Japan
