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Lek was born the eldest child of four in a typical rice farming family. She did not expect to do anything any different from the other girls in her class in the northern rice belt of Thailand. Typically that would be: work in the fields for a few years; have a few babies; give them to mum to take care of and back to work until her kids had their own children and she could stop working to take care of them. One day a catastrophe occurred out of the blue – her father died young and with huge debts that the family knew nothing about. Lek was twenty and she was the only one who could prevent foreclosure. However, the only way she knew was to go to work in her cousin’s bar in Pattaya. Translator: Owen Jones PUBLISHER: TEKTIME
Daddy's HobbyHet verhaal van Lek, een Thais barmeisje in Pattaya, ThailandAchter de glimlach Boek 1.Door Owen Jones.Lek is als oudste kind van vier in een typische rijstboeren familie geboren. Ze had niet verwacht dat ze iets anders zou doen dan de andere meisjes uit haar klas in de noordelijke rijstgordel van Thailand. Een typisch leven zou zijn: werken in de velden voor een paar jaar, een paar baby's krijgen, de baby's aan mama geven om voor te zorgen en weer aan het werk tot haar kinderen hun eigen kinderen zouden krijgen, en het haar beurt zou zijn om te stoppen met werken om voor hen te zorgen. Op een dag gebeurde er echter iets wat haar hele leven veranderde – haar vader stierf jong en met enorme schulden waar de familie niets van wist. Lek was twintig jaar oud en zij was de enige die inbeslagneming kon voorkomen. De enige manier was om in de bar van haar nicht in Pattaya te gaan werken. Ze besloot als serveerster aan het werk te gaan, maar toen ze zich realiseerde dat ze zwanger was van haar waardeloze, vervreemde echtgenoot, moest er iets veranderen. Ze kreeg de baby, gaf haar aan haar moeder om voor te zorgen, en ging weer aan het werk. Maar nu had ze echt geld nodig om haar kind een beter leven te geven. Ze dreef de toeristische seksindustrie binnen. Het boek vertelt enkele van haar 'avonturen', haar dromen en nachtmerries en haar 'modus operandi'. Het probeert te laten zien, vanuit Lek's oogpunt, hoe het echt is om een Thais barmeisje te zijn – de hoop en frustraties, teleurstellingen, leugens en bedrog die deel uitmaken van haar dagelijks leven. Op een dag ontmoet ze een man die ze leuk vindt en hij vindt haar ook leuk. Niets nieuws, het was honderden keren eerder gebeurd, maar ze voelt dat het deze keer anders is. Ze brengen vier weken samen door, en dan gaat hij naar huis – zoals alle mannen voor hem, liet hij beloftes en hoop achter. Hij komt terug, maar het echte leven met een echte vriend is niet zo makkelijk als ze had gedroomd. Ze maken goede en slechte tijden mee, maar blijven ze bij elkaar en voor hoe lang? Zal ze na alles wat ze heeft meegemaakt, in staat zijn om weer een gewone vriendin of zelfs een vrouw te zijn? Zal ze ooit nog eens echt in staat zijn om een man genoeg te vertrouwen? Of zou ze er beter aan doen om haar dromen op te geven en verder te werken in de bar? Wees voorzichtig met wat je wenst, Lek.. Achter de glimlach verwijst naar het feit dat Thailand wereldwijd bekend staat als 'het land van de glimlach'.
Лек была четвертым ребенком в обычной семье, занимающейся выращиванием риса в северном рисовом поясе Таиланда. Она не ожидала, что ее жизнь будет как-то отличаться от жизни ее одноклассниц: несколько лет работы на полях, рождение нескольких детей, передача их маме и снова – а поля, пока у твоих детей не появятся свои дети, и ты сможешь перестать работать, чтобы присматривать за ними. Но внезапно произошла катастрофа – ее отец умер молодым и оставил после себя огромные долги, о которых его семья ничего не знала. Лек было двадцать, и она была единственной, кто мог предотвратить продажу их дома за долги. Но единственный способ сделать это – поехать работать в Паттайю, в бар кузена.Лек была четвертым ребенком в обычной семье, занимающейся выращиванием риса в северном рисовом поясе Таиланда. Она не ожидала, что ее жизнь будет как-то отличаться от жизни ее одноклассниц: несколько лет работы на полях, рождение нескольких детей, передача их маме и снова – а поля, пока у твоих детей не появятся свои дети, и ты сможешь перестать работать, чтобы присматривать за ними. Но внезапно произошла катастрофа – ее отец умер молодым и оставил после себя огромные долги, о которых его семья ничего не знала. Лек было двадцать, и она была единственной, кто мог предотвратить продажу их дома за долги. Но единственный способ сделать это – поехать работать в Паттайю, в бар кузена. Изначально она устраивалась как официантка-кассирша, но все изменилось, когда она поняла, что беременна от своего бесполезного бывшего мужа. Она родила, отдала дочь на попечение матери и вернулась на работу. Но теперь ей нужно было зарабатывать больше, чтобы обеспечить ребенка и компенсировать то, что он растет вдали от матери. Она перешла в индустрию секс-туризма. В этой книге описываются некоторые ее «приключения», мечты, кошмары и стиль поведения. Она пытается показать – с точки зрения Лек – настоящую жизнь таиландской барной «девочки»: надежды и разочарования, надежды и неудачи, надежды, ложь и обман, которыми она живет каждый день. Однажды она встречает мужчину, который нравится ей и которому нравится она. Ничего нового, такое с ней бывало уже тысячу раз, но на этот раз все по-другому. Они проводят вместе чудесные четыре недели, а потом он уезжает домой – как и все, оставляя обещания и надежды. Этот мужчина возвращается, но настоящая жизнь с настоящим бойфрендом оказывается не такой, о какой она мечтала. Они переживают и плохие, и хорошие времена, но останутся ли они вместе, и на сколько? После всего, что она пережила, сможет ли она быть обычной женой? Сможет ли она когда-нибудь снова довериться мужчине? Или будет лучше, если она откажется от мечты и вернется в бар? Лек начинает понимать, что исполнение желаний не всегда приносит радость. «Что скрывает улыбка» ссылается на то, что Таиланд называют Страной Улыбок.
This copy of the book is no longer available, but the new version is here:https://www.createspace.com/4296805 Behind The Smile:The Story of Lek, a Thai Bar Girl in Pattaya.Book One: Daddy's HobbyLek was born the eldest child of four in a typical rice farming family. She did not expect to do anything any different from the other girls in her class in the northern rice belt of Thailand. Typically that would be: work in the fields for a few years; have a few babies; give them to mum to take care of and back to work until her kids had their own children and she could stop working to take care of them.One day a catastrophe occurred out of the blue - her father died young and with huge debts that the family knew nothing about. Lek was twenty and she was the only one who could prevent foreclosure. The only way she knew was to go to work in her cousin's bar in Pattaya.She went as a waitress-cum-cashier, but when she realised that she was pregnant by her worthless, estranged husband, things had to change. She had the baby, gave it to her mum and went back to work. However, now she needed real money to provide a better life for her child and to make up for spending its whole youth 500 miles away. She drifted into the tourist sex industry.The book relates some of her 'adventures', her dreams and nightmares and her 'modus operandi'. It tries to show, from Lek's point of view, what it really is like to be a Thai bar girl - the hopes and frustrations, the hopes and the let-downs, the hopes and the lies and deceit that are part of her every day life.Thailand is often referred to as the Land of Smiles and the author of this book agrees that it is, having spent nearly a decade there.
Asian shorts by Owen Jones,Trevor Aindow,Jennifer J. Chow Pdf
Asian Shorts came about because of a sequence of events on one weekend in May 2015. A friend was telling me that he had several short stories with Asia as a backdrop, I was saying that I had a few as well, another friend sent me an email that he wanted to write a short on Pattaya, and one of my Thai cousins sent me her latest photo, the one on the cover of this book. It was like somebody was trying to tell me something, or several were anyway. Translator: Owen Jones PUBLISHER: TEKTIME
The information in this ebook on various aspects of Thailand and life in Thailand is organized into 15 chapters of about 500-600 words each. (This pack contains one article on Sepak Takraw that is 388 words long) I hope that it will interest those who have visited Thailand or intent to do so. As an added bonus, I am granting you permission to use the content on your own website or in your own blogs and newsletter, although it is better if you rewrite them in your own words first. You may also split the book up and resell the articles. In fact, the only right that you do not have is to resell or give away the book as it was delivered to you.
Memories of a Depression Baby ... Just Kidding Around by Sonja G. Farr Pdf
Memories of a Depression Baby paints a vivid description of surviving as a kid growing up during the Great Depression. Times were hard, but kids always found a way to amuse themselves in spite of the hard reality of the times. There was very little money to spend on entertainment, so we devised our own methods of amusement. There were no televisions, cell phones, video games, iPods, etc. Heck, we didnt even have electric typewriters, but we thought we had it all. We just didnt know any differently. Eventually, this generation put us on the moon and helped to invent many of the electronic wonders of today.
Perched amid the leaves of the Osage orange tree in her stepfather’s backyard, Beryl Fonteyn observes the life around her—Mama’s desperate attempts to gain Jack’s approval by writing her novel, which he mercilessly critiques; her brother Stevie’s unhealthy fascination with acting out events from the Bible; and Jack’s obsession with his bees—all the while imagining that her runaway father will one day return. But as Beryl’s adolescent turmoil collides with the confines of Jack’s eccentric home, a shattering secret will divide their loyalties—and in one irrevocable moment the home that Beryl’s family has found, their shelter in the storm, will be torn apart forever. . . .
From award-winning author Tom Piccirilli comes what Lee Child calls “perfect crime fiction,” a wholly original novel introducing the Rands, a vipers’ nest of crooks and cons, one generation stealing from the next. Upon the razor-thin edge between love and violence lives a pair of brothers, their bonds frayed by betrayals and guilt, their loyalty to each other their last salvation. Raised to pick a pocket before he could walk, Terry Rand cut free from his family after his older brother, Collie, went on a senseless killing spree that left eight dead. Five years later, only days before his scheduled execution, Collie contacts Terry and asks him to return home. Collie claims he wasn’t responsible for one of the murders—and insists that the real killer is still on the loose. Dogged by his own demons, Terry is swept back into the schemes and scams of his family: His father, Pinsch, a retired cat burglar, brokenhearted because of his two sons. His card-sharp uncles, Mal and Grey, who’ve incurred the anger of the local mob. His grandfather, Shep, whose mind is failing but whose fingers can still slip out a wallet from across the room. His teenage sister, Dale, who’s flirting dangerously with the lure of the family business. And Kimmie, the woman Terry abandoned, who’s now raising a child with Terry’s former best friend. Terry pieces together the day his brother turned rabid, delving into a blood history that reveals the Rand family tree is rotten to the roots, and the secrets his ancestors buried are now coming furious and vengeful to the surface. A meditation on how love can confine a person just as easily as it can free him, juxtaposing shocking violence and sly humor, The Last Kind Words is the brilliantly inventive family saga that only a singular talent like Tom Piccirilli could conjure. Includes a preview of Tom Piccirilli’s next book, The Last Whisper in the Dark. Praise for The Last Kind Words “A crime noir mystery as hard-boiled as any in recent memory, recalling the work of Chandler, Pelecanos and Connelly . . . Readers literally will be pinned to their seats until the last page is turned.”—Bookreporter “At once a dark and brooding page-turner and a heartfelt tale about the ties that bind.”—Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Heartbroken “[A] caustic thriller . . . The characters have strong voices and bristle with funny quirks.”—The New York Times Book Review “[Piccirilli] deserves a breakout novel, and this just might be it.”—Booklist (starred review)
In Daddy's Hobby, volume one, Lek met a man, Craig, who actually did come back for her, and then took her home to meet his mother. Her dreams seem to be coming true, but not everything is running as smoothly as they had both hoped, so will she wake up and be back in the nightmare she thought she had just put behind her? In Daddy's Hobby, Craig had promised Lek an exciting future, if she threw caution to the wind and went with him, and this volume picks up the story as they are flying back from Wales. Translator: Owen Jones PUBLISHER: TEKTIME
A beautifully illustrated record book to chronicle all the special moments in a baby's first year. It begins before the birth and runs through to the baby's first birthday. The book includes simple promptsto ensure no special moments are forgotten, and encourages the reader to record day-to-day routines, such as feeding and sleeping patterns; likes and dislikes, for example, "my favorite bathtime toy" and "what I liked to eat"; and the baby''s "firsts", from her first night at home, to her first smile, and her initial tottering steps. A month-by-month section includes advice from Annabel Karmel on the baby's development and handy tips to encourage her development. Eight recipes are punctuated throughout the book to inspire parents to make delicious, healthy food for their babies at various stages and also recipes for celebrations, such as a cake for the first birthday. This book is a wonderful and unique memento of a child's first year that parents will look back on and share with their child in future years.
“This biography provides valuable insight into the personality behind one of the most influential disability rights publications. A genuine page-turner.” —Fred Pelka, author of What We Have Done Author, advocacy journalist, disability rights activist, feminist, and founder of Mouth magazine, Lucy Gwin (1943—2014) made her mark by helping those in “handicaptivity” find their voice. Gwin produced over one hundred issues of the magazine—one of the most radical and significant disability rights publications—and masterminded its acerbic, sometimes funny, and often moving articles about people from throughout the disability community. In this engrossing biography, James M. Odato provides an intimate portrait of Gwin, detailing how she forged her own path into activism. After an automobile accident left her with a brain injury, Gwin became a tireless advocate for the equal rights of people she termed “dislabled.” More than just a publisher, she fought against corruption in the rehabilitation industry, organized for the group Not Dead Yet, and much more. With Gwin’s story at the center, Odato introduces readers to other key disability rights activists and organizations, and supplies context on current contentious topics such as physician-assisted suicide. Gwin’s impact on disability rights was monumental, and it is time her story is widely known.