INTRODUCTION

Memoirs of a Trade Facilitator is a nostalgic review drawing upon twenty-six years of experience as a trade facilitator, a luminary journey sprinkled with history revealed by my father, journalists, and those that have been there at the time. Many others to numerous to mention have related stories to me. All conversations are quantified by research upon my return home from the Pacific Rim.

A remarkably well-known and interesting comment with a twist at the end was passed along to me during one of my speaking engagements!

He who knows the past knows the present.

He who knows the present knows the future… only under new management.

In many respects, Memoirs is a travelogue of places and events in an ever evolving Pacific Rim 

INTRODUCTION

Princess Hsi Ling Shih was a compulsive woman, between eighteen to twenty years of age. She was highly skilled in the arts, history, strategy, and tactics of warfare. However, her stepmother also bore an heir and jealousy festered into dishonorable behavior towards Hsi Ling Shih. 

Somehow, God only knows how, she was able to find a hollowed-out log boat to escape. Was it possible that her father made the arrangements with a trusted eunuch. She climbed into the hollowed-out log, closed the waterproof hatch. All alone she set sail with her pet cricket in a bamboo cage. Her seal was in an ivory box tied in a pocket to her kimono, along with some extra clothing, and a small basket of cooked vegetables dumplings.  

All alone depending, she was drifting at sea, as streams of rain swelled up in the sky. Close to starvation due to food spoilage gave Hsi Ling Shih a new perspective about life.

Since the waves continued to hammer into the boat sides she was  unaware of the typhoon’s lull in ferocity. Wakegorō, a fisherman, decided to launch his boat and collect his lobster pots and fish traps during the lull. 

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