Having "Me" Time

If you live in Bangkok, drive, and find yourself caught in rush hour rain, then your usual simple journey back home can take on an entire new life and become an adventure of sorts. An adventure from the seat of your car. Today it took me two hours to arrive home. It usually takes me half an hour. There’s something about rain in Bangkok that just causes havoc. When it rains, it floods on certain roads. These floods cause cars to drive slowly. Slow cars means slow traffic. Then you have the crazy drivers that think they can push their cars through the traffic and end up blocking everyone else’s path, therefore causing even more road blocks. Some end up causing accidents, thereby resulting in even more traffic. I see these cars like characters in a racing game. You have the good obedient drivers that follow the rules no matter what : the perpetually calm driver . You have the usual obedient driver that suddenly realises following the rules results in being constantly over...

I wonder if the same phenomenon happens in other countries.  In Thailand, you can tell when its the month-end Friday by simply looking at the traffic jam on the streets and the number of people eating out in restaurants.  The streets are packed with cars, crawling as if they were old men and women walking.  Motorcycles zoom in and out through the cars as if they were bees buzzing around looking for pollen. Cars and people fill up every nook and cranny.  The city is bustling with life and sounds.  It's Bangkok. The first indication that pay day has arrived is when you noticing long queues along the ATM machines.   If there is no queue, and its an ATM in an accessible spot, there is a good chance it'd be out of money.   If you happen to pass by one of the AEON machines, which is easy credit or personal loans for those who have limited funds, you'd be surprised at the queue at the snakes around outside the office as peopl...