I never intended to be a writer. But, some of the stories contained in this book are simply stranger than anything I could make up and I felt that they were interesting enough to share with others.

“One-hour oil massage, please,” he said. “Is anyone available to do the massage?” he asked. “I am, but I think you might want someone — strong. Can you wait a bit?” I asked. “No. You’ll be fine.” We both looked at each other and burst out laughing. We both laughed hard. This man, I’d never met before, and I were laughing until we were almost crying. You see, I’m tiny. Well, for a Thai woman, I am an average height. Compared to Westerners, I am really, really small. But, I don’t have the strength that many other masseuses have. I tend to do fine, almost surgical, work on muscles. The massage I do is done more with intention than strength.