THE THROWING AXE
It is 10 pm. You are at a Bangkok night market, throwing axes with a client. A fee equivalent to the price of two Starbucks Frappucinos gets you one hour of unlimited axe throwing - at a target on a wooden board, of course. This isn t that kind of place.
The experience, while novel, isn t new. Axe-throwing competitions, after all, are rumoured to have originated with North American frontiersmen, or with the Celts in Europe. There are now axe-throwing clubs all over the world. How the practice travelled halfway around the world, you will never know.
This is globalisation, you think to yourself as you quaff your Full Moon Chalawan beer from a plastic cup. This is South-east Asia. THE MOBILE PHONE Inner warrior placated, you call it a night. The median age of South-east Asia s population is 30 years, but unlike them, you aren t as young and dynamic. So you do what everyone in South-east Asia does when they need something - whip out your mobile phone.