There is so much talk

Living in Bangkok, I am hearing a lot of talk about what may happen in this country. I am not going to act on talk nor will I repeat it. However, I will say, as I often say, living here is like living in a Shakespearean play. It fits in with how I see this place existing in some type of time warp. It just is that the time warp takes you back socially and politically some 400 to 500 years. What is sad is that the time warp so negatively effects the ordinary, everyday Thai and especially the poor Thais. It all seems to be determined by the Thai elite for the sake of their own particular betterment at the expense of their own people. Sad but this is what happens in our world.

On Saturday, I go to Manila. I am away for 12 days as I go to be part of my Order's Intermediate General Chapter there. My basis for being invited is my experience of five years' living and working in Thailand. The Order is considering its position in Asia. So I am there to help in its reflections and deliberations.

We will see what happens next on a number of fronts. Life is never dull.