Well, here we are in the first 24 hours of the magical month of May. According to the dictionary, May Day is the time for "a celebration of the coming of Spring". Unfortunately, we don't experience Spring in Thailand and are still perspiring our way through the hot season, hoping Jupiter Pluvius might oblige with an occasional refreshing shower.
When I first arrived in Thailand one of the most popular songs was entitled First of May, released by the Bee Gees in 1969. It was a melodic number with a cute opening line, "When I was small and Christmas trees were tall…"
Apparently the inspiration for the May 1 title was a doggy, it being the birthday of a Pyrenean Mountain Dog called Barnaby owned by Barry Gibb. Not a lot of people know that.
