“No, Wan, that’s true,” and he smiled warmly at his loving wife. Ψ The building crew consisting of his cousins arrived at eight the next morning and cleared the downstairs of the guest house of its contents. By the time the materials had arrived at ten-thirty, they had also dug out the cesspits for the toilets. They worked well as a team and had the toilets and showers functional by the end of the day. Those who could lay tiles agreed to come back the fol owing day to finish the job. Heng and his family surveyed the work with some pride. They were better than the family shower room and had sit-down toilets as opposed to the squat toilet that the Lees had, which were common throughout rural Thailand. Heng left the tilers to do their job, since tiling was not h

