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...number, but it proved less auspicious for the millions who had their savings wiped out in the move. On the advice of astrologers, he also shot his reflection in a mirror to foil anyone plotting his assassination and rode on a rocking horse inside a plane that circled a pagoda nine times. Burma's feared former intelligence chief Gen. Khin Nyunt was rumored to have dressed up as a woman to perform black magic ceremonies, known as yadaya che in Burmese, supposedly to sap the power of his female archrival democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (See pictures of Burma...
USAGE: "Stylistically, narcotecture is incoherent and dizzyingly busy. Residences are composed of clashing globe-spanning elements: Asian pagoda tiers and eaves curving to points, Greek temple columns, mirrored skyscraper glass, medieval-castle balustrades and parapets." -TrueSlant.com...
...Certainly, the signs from the heavens haven't been auspicious of late. In May, the Danoke pagoda near Rangoon collapsed, killing three. Burmese with an eye for otherworldly coincidences noted that a pagoda ceremony earlier this year was officiated by the wife of Than Shwe, the junta's leader. Then, in June, an elevator inside a 32-story Buddha in Sagaing division failed, injuring several passengers. "Burmese people take omens very seriously," says a newspaper editor in Rangoon. "These coincidences aren't just coincidences. I can assure you that the generals are very worried...
...wobbly descent to the airport. It also gave us a nice visual primer of the capital, which we were using only as a way station. Looking back, I would have liked at least another day in Phnom Penh to take in the culture - the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, for example - and the laid-back, late-going bar scene. As it was, we had time only for dinner at the Foreign Correspondents' Club (363 Sisowath Quay, Phnom Penh; +855-23-210-142), where we stayed the night, and to hit up a couple of bars, including Love Orange - a disco...
...even as Burmese friends piled up caveats as high as the spires of the tallest pagoda, I could sense an awakening political consciousness that excited them. A young man in a remote town confided that he and his friends had organized a study group to debate the merits of electoral politics. (One of the participants also runs a free class called The Secrets of Gmail: A Pre-Advanced Course.) In northern Burma, where minorities recall that ethnic-based parties came in second and third in the 1990 polls--the army's party finished fourth--insurgent groups encouraged to feud...