INTRODUCTION
Memoirs of a Trade Facilitator is a nostalgic review of Thomas's cross border trade facilitation expediencies. It is a luminary journey sprinkled with history, journalistic thoughts, people, events, and friends that contributed legends one believes to be historical. He later published these stories.
A well-known and interesting comment with a twist 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.
Those that have read my "Memoirs" say that it is a travelogue of places and events in the an ever evolving Pacific Rim.
https://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Trade-Facilitator-World-Oyster/dp/1638741328
INTRODUCTION
Princess Hsi Ling Shih was highly skilled in the arts, history, strategy, and tactics of warfare despite being only eighteen. However, her stepmother also bore an heir and jealousy festered into hate and assassination towards Hsi Ling Shih.
Somehow, the princess was able to find a hollowed-out log boat to escape. All alone she set sail with her pet cricket and her royal seal tied in a pocket to her kimono. All alone, she drifted at sea for days as streams of rain swelled up in the sky. Close to starvation gave Hsi Ling Shih a new perspective about life.
Waves continued to hammer into the boat that then beached her on an island. Wakegorō, a fisherman, launched his boat during the storms lull to collect his lobster pots and fish traps and found the princess.
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ARTICLE:
A Writer for All Seasons
Mr. Kaczur was the founder of CN-Eximus, Inc. A deal-driven cross-border equity initiatives firm for job creation within the U.S. and the Pacific Rim. In so doing he served as one of twelve Department of Commerce advisers to the US-China Housing Strategy Roundtable, the US–China Building Council, and the US-China Housing Initiative.
"Memoirs of a Trade Facilitator the World was my Oyster” A recording of his exploits and travels. Years later he published and decided to memorialize the stories told to him:
- “The Rogue Princess and the Onna Musha."
- “The Tea House Conspiracy.”
- "Return to Siam" projected release date June 2026
Now in Ayutthaya, Wake-hime sat on a teak bench overlooking the river.
Wake-hime and Tome Gozen were relaxing and sipping tea at their favorite pharmacy. Oddly enough it was a reconverted Opium Den.
The scent of jasmine drifted from a nearby stall.
She did not flinch. But her hand slowly moved to the hilt hidden beneath her robes. Tome Gozen gave a puzzled glance.
Wake-hime said, “Some ghosts never stayed buried.” She said to Tome Gozen.
They sat by the river. The scent was there. Jasmine, opium, old ghosts. It made her reach for the hilt. Always the hand knew before the heart.
The fight came fast. Sun on steel, blood in the sand. The blades worked, and the bodies dropped. That was the work. That was survival.
The aforementioned stories and legends were collected by Thomas during his travels within the Pacific Rim.
