Double Thursday
A few words here of a young mother's emotional abuse of her child, a few seconds of the "Entertainment Tonight" theme. I'm back in the Western World.
dsaia, Manila & Sydney, August 22, 1996

Last Night in Asia
At the end of his speech, he stands there grinning, his foul breath cascading onto my face. I tell him I'm not comfortable with him standing so close to me. He backs off.
dsaia, Manila, August 21, 1996

Last Days
The cats flee me here. Dogs bark at me from half a block away. The streets have a kind of Bangkok feel, but without the hope, the excitement of a booming economy.
dsaia, Manila, August 20, 1996

Welcome to the Piliffines
Within 15 minutes of inviting himself to my table, this poor gayboy from Baguio City, Northern Luzon, is inviting me to invest in his sweet-foods business back home
dsaia, Manila, August 1996

Overdue Dog Reports
...I was simply not going to be able to embark on conversation with these Hong Kong dogs, because basically (sigh) I have to admit--I'm below their station
dsaia, Hong Kong & China, August 1996

Fall 2006

Death in Yangshuo
"The police only kill bad people. If you kill somebody, the police come and kill you," he apologized.
dsaia, Yangshuo, Guang Xi Province, China, August 1996

Xiao-Yi
...I noticed that the shirt he was wearing said, in English, "Wanted: Good Man. Must have Credit cards, Cash, High-powered sex drive."
dsaia, Yangshuo, Guang Xi Province, China, August 1996

Slow Bus Through China
The ride was so jarring that we had to stop a couple of times so that the driver could screw parts of the bus back on.
dsaia, Wuzhou to Yangshuo, China, August 1996

Monkeys of the World, Unite!
At one point we passed through a flotilla of little foam patches. At first I thought they were ice, and then guessed they were pollution.
dsaia, Yangshuo, Guang Xi Province, Monday, August 5, 9:15 pm

Breakfast with the Baby Trade
A fiftyish-looking Caucasian woman mashes her lips against the tiny head of a clueless Chinese infant.
dsaia, Guangzhou, PRC, August 2, 1996

Guangzhou, On Arrival
...she pulled some scraps of paper off of one of the toothpicks and just threw it over the counter, hitting a Chinese customer in the face! He hardly reacted at all.
dsaia, Guangzhou, PRC, July 31, 1996

Winter 2005

Jackie-Log!
"Be forewarned though that Jackie, well, cut his teeth in a different era, so his political sensitivities are... a little different from ours."
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Itinerary
"All of this I write in disappointment, in the mental vicinity of failure."
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Mosquito Hawks
"You can't know their world -- crayon-crisp blue and green helicopters landing, doing things with huge dome eyes -- but to catch one, you must try."
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

What About 1997?
My thoughts on Chinese rule are just, "the less rule, the better."
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Sunday in the Park, with the Cosmos
"I am doing my 'Victory' cool-down, walking lap when I notice that there are, scattered across the park, people, lying face up on the grass, close to midnight, just watching the clouds!"
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Summer 2004

Meet the Artist
"What, are you saying that if you knew I smoked, you wouldn't have asked me out?"
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Club '97
"I've finished my order-one/get-and-pay-for-two ginger ales, and the crowd is so dense in this small place that I just have no elbow room to operate."
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Gwailos Need Not Apply
"Oh, UBC?" No. "From Canada?" No."You're not Chinese?" No, I'm a U.S. citizen. "Oh," she says, with an enthusiasm lowered a couple of magnitudes.
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

For the Rice Queen
"Large, glossy colour photograph portrays Hong Kong artist Kary Ka-che Kwok, face covered with feminine makeup, dressed in black-and-white maid's uniform, holding a silver serving tray piled two feet high with mounds of fluffy, white rice."
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Suddenly we hear report: "Unknown Monsters Have Been Discovered in the Area! This is very dangerous! Run as fast as you can!"
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Morning in Kwun Tong
"Fortunately, Hong Kong trains start running at 6 am, even on Sundays. So I have only... about 4 hours to wait."
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Getting Lost on the Peak
My eyes locked onto his as if to say, "If he shoots me, call an ambulance, okay?"
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

How To Get To Me
"So how do you find Hong Kong?"
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Hong Kong: First Day
"By the way, bellman was all smiles, early 30s, Chinese, and cyooo-oo-oo-oooot!"
dsaia, Hong Kong, July 1996

Spring 2004

A Quiet Night
"...he pointed out the obvious huge, deep brush-burn that stretched the length of his leg and hip..."
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, May 1996

Magic Elephant Ride
"So basically, Bird, at the age of 28 decided to become a prostitute for the fun and money of it."
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, May 1996

Touched by Evil
"Then he came on to Bird, big-time, right there in front of everybody..."
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, May 1996

Boy-Boy Intrigue
"Reason, whispered to me over the phone by Jung, while I was standing there in Boy-Boy: 'no money.'"
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, May 1996

Fill
"Even if I understood their language, I doubt there would be enough of an intellectual connection here to keep me stimulated and healthy."
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, June 1996

E-Log '67!
"This e-log is in fact the Walrus!"
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, June 1996

Police Visits
"Sung... politely excused himself to go to the bathroom. His toilet trip led him out of Boy-Boy and out of the police's grasp."
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, June 1996

Dog Dharma
As the Buddha taught, "Wife Dog Chases Husband Dog With Meat Cleaver."
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, June 1996

Bad Times in Northern Thailand
Ants keep eating my money.
dsaia, Chiang-Mai, June 1996

Fall 2003

Songkran
"...a middle-aged Thai man approached the car, mischievously dipped a branch into a bowl of water and slashed at my window. 'Songkran,' laughed my driver."
dsaia, Bangkok, Apr 1996

Doi Inthanon
"...Bird is supporting his perch on the crowded bench with one hand on the girl's knee and the other on mine. I can't keep my eyes off his perfect fingers..."
dsaia, Northern Thailand, June 1996

NACLI? Exacli
"The Singaporean administratrix walked with me to the room to demonstrate that the doors were not locked. Of course, they were.... I scrupulously avoided calling her a 'hideous orangutan'..."
dsaia, Singapore, Apr 1996

Evidence of Dissent
"How do you tell whether you're in a totalitarian state? Check out the bathroom graffiti..."
dsaia, Singapore, Apr 1996

UnGrumpy Old Men
"The policeman heard me laughing, and said, 'Isn't that right, Mr. David? What will be, will be?' 'Que sera, sera,' I added."
dsaia, Singapore, May 1996

[CENSORED]gapore Revealed
"Either you rent a tape or not. You don't have to use my shop as a place for your research."
dsaia, Singapore, May 1996

Your Cheatin' Heart
"Leave this pathetic Island of Wretchedness; Come away with me and breathe the fresh breezes of Vancouver, Hong Kong, nay, Utopia City!"
dsaia, Singapore, May 1996

PHONE TRAP!
"I demanded she give me the boy's name and phone number. She refused and did so only when I caned her..."
dsaia, Singapore, May 1996

My Kids
"Although I was clearly the last to sit down every time, the whole group kept chanting 'Dey-Wit! Dey-Wit!' so that Boy and I won the prize..."
dsaia, Singapore, May 1996

In the Half-Planet of Believing
"Last night my water-spewing reappeared with a vengeance, setting me uncomfortably to think, 'Maybe it is HIV after all...'"
dsaia, Singapore, May 1996

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