Livin without a watch.

It´s a dream of many. Just allow oneself to float through the day and only listen to one´s inner clock.

In the western hemisphere this is hardly possible, especially not, when you are employed.

In Thailand this may be possible. Even in the city, you don´t need a watch since Bangkok has it´s own sequence and most often a look out the window is enough to estimate the time:

At 6 the sun comes up.


At 7 the soup at the noodle shop is ready.

At 9 people start queuing in front of the post office, which I can see from my window.

At noon my house doesn´t have a shadow.

At 2 p.m. the smog is so dense that I can´t see the Royal palace anymore

At 3 p.m. the noodle shop closes.

At 4 p.m. the traffic jam starts.

At 7 p.m. the Karaoke brothel next door opens up.

At 8 p.m. the cockroaches come out.

At 10 p.m. the rats follow.

At 2 a.m. a water tanker of BMA waters the bushes and trees.

If your are still out at after that time, you probably don´t care anymore.

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