In line with saying ‘yes’ to virtually any realistic request or suggestion, I agreed to play Santa Clause to a group of 30 Japanese pre-school kids here in Thailand. Many of these children were born here, to parents who are either retired Japanese who have started new families abroad, or who work for a Japanese [...]
Later today I go under the knife – again. The surgeon will cut open my left cornea, break my clouded lens into pieces and remove them, then insert a new plastic lens. It’ll take about 15 minutes, and soon afterward, I’ll walk the mile or so home under the clear, mid-autumn sunshine. You see, I [...]
