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A tower of our glory, except the foreign bit
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 03/09/2016
» I happened to be there at the opening of the sparkling corn-cob skyscraper, the trophy of high-capitalism and symbol of wealth. No fireworks at the launch of the MahaNakhon Tower, that would have been tacky, but we had the beam-me-up light dance and iridescent sky painting, cued to booming music. Jose Carreras sang arias.
Rain bursting to let all hell break loose
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 13/06/2015
» Like hell, Bangkok is low-lying, hot like fire and prone to floods. It houses desperate souls punished by heat and rain, sometimes, miraculously, on the same day. It’s also extremely vulnerable to water falling from the sky, as evident again on Monday when the city was cursed by the crashing midnight downpour, transforming roads into lakes, gutters into geysers, and commuters into sinners looking for salvation. What have we done to deserve this? Everything.