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OPINION Page 6 n THE ASIAN REPORTER May 6, 2019 Volume 29 Number 9 May 6, 2019 ISSN: 1094-9453 The Asian Reporter is published on the first and third Monday each month. Please send all correspondence to: The Asian Reporter 922 N Killingsworth Street, Suite 2D, Portland, OR 97217 Phone: (503) 283-4440, Fax: (503) 283-4445 News Department e-mail: news@asianreporter.com Advertising Department e-mail: ads@asianreporter.com General e-mail: info@asianreporter.com Website: www.asianreporter.com Please send reader feedback, Asian-related press releases, and community interest ideas/stories to the addresses listed above. Please include a contact phone number. Advertising information available upon request. Publisher Jaime Lim Contributing Editors Ronault L.S. Catalani (Polo), Jeff Wenger Correspondents Ian Blazina, Josephine Bridges, Pamela Ellgen, Maileen Hamto, Edward J. Han, A.P. 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Back issues of The Asian Reporter may be ordered by mail at the following rates: First copy: $1.50 Additional copies ordered at the same time: $1.00 each Send orders to: Asian Reporter Back Issues, 922 N. Killingsworth St., Portland, OR 97217-2220 The Asian Reporter welcomes reader response and participation. If you have a comment on a story we have printed, or have an Asian-related personal or community focus idea, please contact us. Please include a contact name, address, and phone number on all correspondence. Thank you. have a strong marriage. I can prove it, too. How’s that, you say? How can I possibly know with complete certainty that my wife Maya and I are built to last? Well, there isn’t any written testimony or anything to that effect. It’s not based on the opinions of any relationship experts either. I know our marriage is strong by simply evaluating the type of arguments we usually have nowadays. It’s not about money. It’s not about fidelity. It’s not about our vows to each other. Hmm … Maybe it is a little about money. Maybe it’s better if I just describe our disagreement with some detail. A little while ago, Maya and I went out for our weekly date night. We ended up at a local Chinese hot pot restaurant not far from home. There was a line out the door when we arrived, so I put my name on the waitlist and included my phone number so they could text me when our table was ready. I was really hungry by the time we sat down, so we ordered quickly. I chose the assorted meat hot pot and Maya selected the spicy seafood hot pot. Note: What we were eating really doesn’t pertain to the story, but I thought you might be interested. It’s what we writers call, “adding color.” Anyway, the meal was terrific as it always is at this restaurant (more color for those who are interested). As we finished, I told Maya I wanted to use the restroom before we left. Shortly thereafter, I came back to the table and Maya wasn’t there, so I scanned the restaurant. I spotted her on the other side near the lobby. She was sitting near the entrance reading e-mails on her phone. I walked over to her, then we went to the car and drove off. A few minutes into our drive home, I received a call. It was the restaurant. “Yes, Mr. Chan?” the voice said. I “Yes,” I answered. The voice continued, “It looks like you forgot to pay your bill.” “Really?” I said, sounding incredulous. “I’m so sorry, we’ll come back right now.” I swung a U-turn and within a minute we were back in the parking lot of the restaurant. It was still very busy and there were no open parking spots, so I pulled up to the front of the restaurant. “Why don’t you go inside and take care of it?” I said to Maya. And what followed was a heated conversation in the car. Maya: Why do I have to go inside? Wayne: Because there are no parking spaces available. Maya: Well, why don’t you go inside and I’ll wait in the car? Wayne: Because this is your fault! Maya: My fault? You always pay the check! Wayne: I usually pay the check. But I was in the restroom! Maya: Why didn’t you pay for it when you came out? Wayne: Because you weren’t at the table! Who leaves the table when they haven’t paid? Maya: You should have paid anyways! Wayne: I WAS IN THE RESTROOM!!! Do you think the waiter was going to follow me into the restroom and give me the check there? With a slight grunt, Maya got out of the car and paid the tab. Then she got back in the car and we headed home. And that’s how I know we have a strong marriage. If that’s the biggest argument we’ve had in the last few years, we must be doing okay. We finished the argument and it hasn’t come up since. Well, except when we go out to eat and at the end of the meal, we now both shout, “Don’t forget to pay!” Opinions expressed in this newspaper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of this publication. Netflix announces deal for film about Thailand’s cave boys Continued from page 5 The rescue was a rare bit of feel-good news from Thailand, which has been mired in political conflict and heavy-handed military rule for more than a decade. The cave rescue also allowed the government of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who had seized power in a 2014 military coup, to share in some glory. An independent film about the adventure, The Cave, was shot soon after the rescue and is supposed to be released later this year. AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe The Asian Reporter welcomes reader response and participation. 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