Mekong Hotel

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Did I play it in Spanish,

yesterday?

Yes.

And as if it were buels too.

How did I play it?

It must be difficult.

Why am I playing this an octave lower ?

Wait a minute.

Damn, I forgot

my own melody.

What to do?

Each t-shirt bears the name "Joe".

I only have a pair of pants, and one jeans.

These loose ones

and these skinny ones.

They make my crotch look nice.

You need to lose weight.

I weighed 174 pounds,

now I weigh 161.

They are cut just

to show it.

Jeans stay tight,

they always do.

I think

you look better in your black t-shirt.

I have many black ones.

That with a dog.

The necked one.

I prefer the disco one.

The silver one.

- This one ?

- Yes.

She said:

"Being a Laotian,

"I think that the floods

in Thailand...

"are the

Emerald Buddha's weapons

"trying to go back to Laos"

Are you okay?

It 's disgusting.

What happened to him?

It seems he has been eaten

by a ghost, a pob.

- Is it your dog ?

- Yes.

Its interior has been devoured

like in a outdoor projected movie,

in a temple.

A pob is a female ghost.

Scary.

He lived with me

since he was two months.

Poor beast.

Yesterday we were still together.

- Oh yes?

- I played with him.

How'd you get in?

I live right here.

- At Aunt Jen's place?

- Yes.

The house with the green roof.

Why bury him here?

It is my home.

The bananas plantation.

And you came in...

I've never seen you before.

But I saw you.

I only know Aunt Jen,

no one else.

- You are ?

- Phon. And you ?

Tong.

So Aunt Jen has a daughter.

I'll come and say hello,

next time.

All right.

Poor dog.

Have you heard about the

ghosts, pobs?

Yes, but I did not know that

our village had one.

Aunt Jen told me

that pobs eat

humans beings and livestock.

They eat humans ?

That's what I have heard.

But I'm not sure.

Uncle Maan told me the same.

Do you know him?

I know him.

Be careful.

It's frightful.

Have I already asked your name ?

Yes.

What a memory!

I am Phon.

I am Tong.

You can forget my name

but you cannot forget my face.

And I know where you live.

My wandering soul has been condemned

to remain under water.

It was dark and cold.

I did not know to be

a ghost, a pob.

My daughter, I am so sorry.

I am so sorry.

I know,

I am not a human being.

But I could not tell you.

I was ashamed.

Please forgive me.

You're beautiful today.

Are you swimming today ?

No. The current is too strong.

Would you come with me?

No, I cannot swim.

You can hold on to my back.

This scares me even more.

Have you received a text message this morning?

Yes.

By whom ?

At the beginning

I did not know, but ...

It could only be you,

there is no one else.

Really ? From no one else ?

Who else ?

- Do you believe me ?

- No.

Your t-shirt is beautiful.

You bought it, remember ?

Of course I remember.

Shall we ?

All right.

- Watch out.

- Wait a minute.

What's this vase on the floor?

It's to imprison

the spirit of the pob.

Remember,

she ate my dog.

Yes.

Has the vase been blessed?

Yes, by a monk.

But it has to be blessed again.

They worship the princess.

This one here, not the other ones.

They hang her image

everywhere on the street.

They say

she saves them all.

She receives many gifts.

She gives a lot of herself.

not like the others.

- Have you already seen her ?

- No.

I was not there

when she came.

What she has visited?

Our village.

Why ?

She came to see

how its people were.

- An excursion.

- Yes, somehow.

To oversee the economic

self-sufficiency program.

"Repeats Guitar

second day - Hotel Thai-Lao ".

We do not grow any legumes,

nothing like that.

We take care of them

only when the princess comes.

When she leaves, fishes

turn into spicy lettuce.

Does she come frequently?

What about the others?

Not so often.

She is the only one.

- Don't you want to meet here ?

- No. I don't care.

- What about your mother ?

- No, we were in Bangkok.

But we watched the news.

And we saw my grandmother

in the front row.

So admired.

Elders are like that.

When the royal family

is visiting ...

But your generation

loves the movie stars.

- Not me.

- Why not ?

I do not go crazy

for them.

So you're not a fan of anyone ?

No. I would be indifferent

if a star would come by.

But people here say:

"How beautiful you are

with your new face lift."

They get excited for nothing.

- It's scary.

- Go on, go on.

What a shame.

How long have we resisted?

Masato...

Get up and go look at the sun.

I was 14, almost 15.

Did you have a gun?

The army has instill

love for the nation,

for the community in us.

It was incredible.

We were trained

like real soldiers.

They gave us guns

and they showed us how to load them.

- You know how to load them? ?

- Yes.

- Can you shoot ?

- Yes, I still remember the way.

There was a trainer

for each one of us.

They align us

in firing position.

Everything was very organized.

While also laying down too,

with a support

to place the rifle.

It was an easy position.

We were also standing,

and on one knee,

a position that I used for the M-16.

The M-16 had a strong recoil.

The effect was so abrupt

that I used to fall backwards.

We had a lot of fun.

I wasn't afraid

during these two or three months.

- Months ?

- Yes.

We were asked to love our nation,

our village and ourselves.

To protect them,

I was ready to kill.

They have trained us

everyday

until

we have been indoctrinated.

Your boyfriend.

the guy

you chat with?

What if the airport is closed?

- Will he come here?

- Yes.

He'll stay here.

- Here ?

- We'll stay together.

Will you get married?

I don't know.

We've are together at the moment.

- What's his name?

- Frank.

- Frank. Is he German?

- No.

He's Thai.

Oh no! He's American.

He speaks German.

He's been in the army in Germany

for two years.

With all these floods...

- Yesterday I called the owner ...

- The owner.

I asked him

when your sister

can leave.

He said the shop

remains open...

Until it'll be flooded.

Until light and

electricity will be cut off?

They announced several days

of vacation starting from tomorrow.

Really ?

- Today is the 26th.

- From the 26th to the 30th.

It's tomorrow, until the 31st.

She said:

"Who will look after my dogs?"

Buses don't accept

dogs.

She's also adopted a cat

at work.

She feeds it.

She said:
"I set aside

some instant noodles"

What if there's a power cut?

It'll happen sooner or later.

A lot off people

have uploaded their photos online.

I told her to save

her salary

to come up here by bus.

She'd better come here,

since we cannot predict

the water level.

Her boyfriend

cannot come.

No, the bank

is still open.

Banks

are not allowed to close.

Who is allowed to leave ?

The bank decides.

The Prime Minister

announced the vacations.

But it'll depends on the companies,

if they decide whether or not to close.

They should close.

Some people

should stay in their place.

Senior officers

can leave, they said.

The whole city of Bangkok will be flooded.

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