On my usual path from Cambodia to the U.S. of A., I fly Korean Air. That means that from Cambodia to South Korea to Atlanta, Georgia I am in planes staffed by Koreans, run according to Asian professional norms. In many Asian settings, including Cambodia, staff behave in a very […]
The Rabbit on the Moon and the Language of Sound
I was sitting in my kitchen the other night in Cambodia, staring at my bathroom door, and it occurred to me: the bathroom, of course, has a three-inch threshold. You have to step over that to get in. This detail of architecture is so ubiquitous I never stopped to think […]