I saw this daubed on a bridge near the canal on a Soi off Sukhumvit (Bangkok's main road), the sign resonated with me for obvious reasons and then within about 30 seconds I spotted this lady walking down the road, so I shot her handbag and decided to ask my friend Dave to put the two shots into one frame for me.
I think one of the most poignant truths for anybody living in Asia is the huge disparity between poverty and wealth and the negative effect this has in cultural and social terms. Not just on the poor but the rich too.
In a city like Bangkok these issues are bipolar, but there only ever seems to be one winner in the propaganda war between the needy and need nots.
Devotion to money manifest, appears to create a convenient cycle of myopia, the force of consumerism creates useless needs for the need nots, whilst the really needy watch the trend cycle by.
I believe the tide will turn one day and that's why I bring these shots to your attention.
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Thoughts from Thailand as we bring up our first son in 21st Century Asia. The reason the blog is called China Bamboo Gate is because if we would have had a girl she would have been called China, a boy, Bamboo. This blog is for all our family and friends dotted all over the world (but mainly in the UK and Laos) and dedicated to our little gem of a son.
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- Boothy, Dtocky and Bamboo
- Isaan, Thailand
- Lao/English family living in exile in Thailand having loads of adventures trying to live in harmony and get out all at the same time.
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- A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. Bob Dylan
- All I have to remind me of all this (4 years in Thailand) is two pots of Tiger Balm, 700 Baht and my memories. Me
- Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot. Bob Dylan
- Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. Buddha
- Call the coroner there's gonna be a lot of slow singin' and flower bringin' if my burgular alarm starts ringin'. Biggie Smalls
- Chaos is a friend of mine. Bob Dylan
- How would you like to suck my balls... Mr Garrison? Eric Cartman
- I aint no number, I don't need no ID round my neck, so Mr. Politician, I got born and named like blood runs red, Cause I, I ain't no number, don't need no ID card round my neck, so Mr number maker, ID cards won't stop no hijacked jet. Ian Brown
- I would like to live in Manchester, England. The transition between Manchester and death would be unnoticeable. Mark Twain.
- I'm trying to work out what I've done that is so loathsome, all I did was turn up and play some records. Moby
- In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements. Mao Tse-Tung
- It is better to travel well than to arrive. Buddha
- It's not where you're from it's where you're at. Ian Brown
- Just because you're free to move doesn't mean you're free. Bob Dylan
- Life is bliss. Man is born to enjoy. Within everyone is an unlimited resevoir of energy, intelligence and happiness. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
- My alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading. Malcolm X
- Nancy Astor "If I was your wife I'd poison your coffee!", "If I was your husband I'd drink it." Winston Churchill
- Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive. Mao Tse-Tung
- Practise not doing and everything will fall into place. Tao Te Ching
- The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't. Mao Tse-Tung
- The Communists hold that fascism can be beaten by alliance with sections of the capitalist class (the Popular Front); their opponents hold that this manoeuvre simply gives fascism new breeding grounds. The question has got to be settled; to make the wrong decision may be to land ourselves in for centuries of semi slavery. George Orwell, 1937.
- The future's owned by you and me. There won't be fighting in the street. They think they've got us beat, but revenge is going to be so sweet. Jarvis Cocker
- There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants. Mao Tse-Tung
- Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. Buddha
- Vertrauen ist gut, Kontrolle ist besser. Lenin
- What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness. Leo Tolstoy
- You know it's serious when these same media outfits are spending millions of dollars on a PR campaign to try to convince you they're fair and balanced when they're some of the most ignorant and racist people giving that type of mentality a safe haven, we act like we share in the spoils of war that they do, We die in wars, We don't get the contracts to make money off 'em afterwards! We don't get weapons contracts, nigga! We don't get cheap labor for our companies, nigga! We are cheap labor, nigga! Turn off the news and read, nigga! Read... read... read... Immortal Technique
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