Pabung Khelchandra calls and says he is going to Mandalay on Tuesday. Could we meet Monday? Now he tells me. But it is a chance in a lifetime to meet him. I will change my schedule again.

Dave is getting nervous at my schedule. And the rest too. Maybe I should not have shown anyone the tentative schedule, Flaherty Seminar style. But I know my friends will yell at me. But, Lordy, why are we so literal and time-bound? Maybe Tamo Somo has a point when he quotes Lin Yutang and calls punctuality an American vice.