Stories from Around SEA

I hear a muffled sound; the source is uncertain. I try to listen. I turn over. Someone is speaking in the other room. It sounds like a familiar voice… It is the small piping voice of a child. The voice is answered by a gleeful prattle. I prick up my ears more. I recognize my daughter’s elocution with her unique pitch and tone. This can’t be.

After breakfast, I check my e-mail account in the internet shop opposite Charoen Thani hotel. Funny, I can't sign out. When I click "sign out", the page with my new e-mails comes back. Even after restarting the PC, the PC brings back my fresh inbox – no password needed. Other computers in this shop proudly present my inbox, too. If I leave now, anybody can see my e-mails. I talk to service. They tell me it has to to do with their proxy server. They assure me they will solve the problem – tonight.