Le ndoda kade yaba inganekwane. Njengokuphila kwakhe okungaqondakali. Kumashumi amabili ekhulu leminyaka edlule, uJim Thompson wayenguJedentetter oyinhloko phakathi kwama-bangkok farags. Akukapheli kanye ngesonto, wanikeza amasu okunethezeka endle yakhe, amenywe ukuba abhekwe njengehloniphekile kakhulu.
UThompson waqoqa imisebenzi yobuciko, ngakho-ke indlu yakhe eBangkok isibe isikhathi eside emnyuziyamu. Ngokuqondile, akuyona indlu eyodwa, kepha igalari ephelele yezakhiwo, okuthi nge-Thompson ilethwe ezingxenyeni ezahlukene zeThailand. Inqubo ibingelula: okokuqala indlu oyifunayo endaweni ethile enyakatho ye-siam yahlaselwa ngobunono, bese iletha eBangkok, inikeze ukubukeka okuphambili.
UThompson wazalelwa evamile (yiminyaka evikelekile kakhulu) umndeni waseMelika. Ngafundela umakhi eyunivesithi ehlonishwayo kwathi nangesikhathi esithile sasebenza ngokukhethekile kwaze kwaqala impi yezwe lesibili. Ngemuva kokuya kokulwa, uThompson ezinye izindlela ezivumayo zafika eThailand, lapho anquma khona ukuhlala ukuze aphile. Bheka, wanqoba ubuhle bakhe obunye uThai Dira.
Bathi izinsizakalo zezobunhloli baseMelika zibandakanyeka ekunyamalalweni kukaJim Thompson. Photo: En.wikipedia.org.
Ukusungulwa eBangkok, uThompson wanquma ukwenza ibhizinisi. Wena phansi ngaleso sikhathi, njengoba abaningi bakholwa, ngcwele. UThompson wathi kukho konke ayezovuselela inkazimulo yangaphambili yesilika saseThailand. Futhi, ngokwanele, waphumelela. Kwanikelwa abasebenzi bakhe (abasebenza kufaka phakathi ngesandla) basebenzise upende wokwenziwa okhanyayo ovela eSwitzerland. Lokhu waqhamuka namaphethini, namhlanje asevele ebhekwa njengoMkhamithi wangempela (!) Futhi lokhu kuthokozela kuye ngezingubo zesilika "kusuka kuThompson" kwavela emphakathini iNdlovukazi yeVogue neze I-Fair yayigqoke usilika waseThai. Ngamafuphi, usilika waseThailand wathandwa emhlabeni wonke ngenkampani kaThompson.
Yebo, futhi iThompson uqobo lwakhuluma emhlabeni wonke ngo-1967. Ngemuva kwaloko, ephumule bangani bakhe enyakatho yeMalawi, waya ngosuku olucacile olunelanga endlini yabo, Milo wabe esekuhle kuwo wonke umuntu futhi - wanyamalala kuze kube phakade. Akasamboni ephila, futhi akafanga.
Ukusesha uThompson lapho kwaphonswa amabutho athile akufunekayo. Useshwa izinyanga ezimbalwa - leli cala alitholakali, noma lifika kumuntu ongenamqondo njengeqhawe lethu.
Amaphethini amaningi abhekwa ekuqaleni uThai asungule mathupha uThompson.
Kuyakhathazeka ukuthi ukunyamalala kukaThompson kwabandakanyeka eCia, iqiniso, cishe, ngeke sazi. Uyabona, emaphathini akhe amahle, wakwazi ukwembula izimfihlo ezibulalayo ... kahle, nengubo entsha evela ku-silk yaseThailand ekhanyayo - nakhu, wathatha indawo efanelekile ekhabethe lami. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izizathu zokugqoka ePhuket, njengoba kwenzeka ngemuva kokuhamba kwethu, kuvame. Sasinethemba ngemindeni esizohlala sihamba kuphela kuma-Flipmers shorts, kodwa lapha ngangidinga izingubo ze-cocktail, kanye nezingubo zakusihlwa phansi. Ngemuva kwakho konke, impilo yezwe ePhuket (izivakashi azazi nokuthi) ilimaza ukhiye. Kuliqiniso, nangu wathola amafomu angalindelekile kakhulu ...
Funda umlando owedlule we-Olga lapha, nokuthi konke kuqala kuphi - lapha.