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Date Posted: 18:11:16 08/04/01 Sat
Author: Mock
Subject: SCI-FI: Thai Food [Year 2,000,001]

SCI-FI: Thai Food [Year 2,000,001]
� by Panuakdet Suwannatat (Mock)
Thai Scholar 2001
Group: Naresuan
July, 2001

"Thanks, Pong. It's really delicious. I promise that if you are a chef, you'll be the greatest chef of this world", Kanat said after he ate a lot of Thai food that Pong cooked for him at Brewster Academy. Pong felt very surprised because Kanat never admired him before. From that day, Pong changed. He didn't talk to any one except himself. He always asked himself, "Am I really a good chef?"

A few days later, he shouted from a canoe in the middle of Lake Winnipesaukee, "Yes! ABSOLUTELY." He left the canoe, swam to the shore and flew back to Thailand as fast as possible.

"Mom. I won't study anymore. I'll open a food shop in Loei - a North-Eastern province of Thailand. I won't hire any chefs because I'll be the chef by myself."

Pong changed his life from a scholarship student to a chef. But he still loved science. He spent all his free time on many research projects to improve the taste of his food. Few months later, Pong became the most popular chef in Thailand. He changed his food shop to a food company and sold his food all over the country.

The taste of his food was admired by everyone. Pong planned to export his food to the USA. Airplanes took too much time to deliver his food to the customers. He decided to research a new transportation system that could transfer his food from Thailand to USA in a very short time, and save costs in long term.

Three years later, he was successful. He introduced the first Sphere Train. Running directly from Loei to New Hampshire, it took less than an hour.* The railways were put in a hole dug from one side to the other side of the world. The train needed almost no energy to propel itself because the world's gravity was enough.

"What a rich man I am!" he said to himself. He had become the richest man in Thailand because his food was sold everywhere in Thailand and the USA. A few years later, other countries wanted to dig their holes for Sphere Trains to Thailand. The Sphere Train system would become very messy if there was no rule and no central organization to control digging it. The United Nations established a new international organization called World Dig Organization (WDO) to control the world's Sphere Train railway system.

As the owner of the idea, Pong was the chairman of WDO. Every hole that would be dug, he had to agree with. He tried many ways to maximize his business profit from the Sphere Trains. He had a right to close any holes that he thought were not useful enough.

A few years later, there were thousands of Sphere Train routes to Thailand, land of the most delicious food. Pong definitely became the richest man in the world. His business also helped Thai people have more work. He gained money from all over the world for his country. Thailand's economy became stronger and stronger until it was the strongest in this world.

One day, while he was checking a hole to make sure that it was built correctly according to the plan, he found something wrong. In the hole, there was a strange way to somewhere. He decided to drive alone through the hole by his Personal Earth Capsule. He didn't tell anyone because he thought the World Digger Company might cheat him by digging an extra way without his permission. He wanted to find more evidence.

Driving in the hole, it was dark and very deep. In his hand, there was a palmtop computer that could control the whole railway system. He turned his capsule into that suspicious way. He drove along and suddenly stopped by something.

Boom! The ship crashed into a big stone. Pong was thrown away from his capsule. There was no damage to his capsule nor to his equipment, and no serious injures to his body. However, he couldn't find his capsule.

"It's so dark. I can't see anything," Pong complained to himself. He walked alone in the hole, trying to find his capsule to take him back to his Outer World.

A few hours later, Pong felt sleepy. He slept for a while and woke up with a very uncomfortable feeling. "I'm hungry! Give me a dish," he unintentionally shouted before he realized that he didn't have his servant in this hole. He desperately continued walking. At that time, instead of the capsule, the thing that he wanted to find was some food.

A trillion baht on his credit card seemed to be valueless in this place. He couldn't buy any food. He couldn't hire anyone to help him seek for his lost capsule. He could use his money for nothing.

"Wow! That must be a smell of food," from his years of experience in food industry, his nose was very sensitive to all kinds of food. "Behind this rock, it must be some food," he thought. He wasn't sure where the food came from and why it was here but he didn't care. He just wanted to eat it.

He tried to put all his power to his right foot and kicked several times on the rock. "I AM VERY HUNGRY!!!" he shouted and shouted, kicked and kicked. Finally, the rock was broken. The food was seen. Unfortunately, he was so tired that he couldn't reach the food. A few minutes later, he fainted.

>>>...>>>...(Time passed.)...>>>...>>>

Two days later, Pong regained his consciousness. He found a very beautiful girl standing in front of him. "Who are you? Why do you help me? How can you be in this hole?" Pong doubtfully asked her. Without waiting for the answers, he whispered. "Oh! What a charming girl you are! You are so beautiful. I've never seen anyone as beautiful as you before."

The girl said, "Thank you very much. You should eat some food. The food is on the table. I cooked it for you."

Pong ate 5 dishes and said, "Thanks a lot. Generally, I eat 10 dishes for a meal but for today, 5 are enough. Do you know why? No matter who you are, no matter where here is, I need no more food because I am gratified by your beauty."

The girl's cheeks turned red. Although she was very happy and proud of that complimentary sound, she was solemn enough to show almost no feeling. She just asked, "How about the questions that you'd asked me? Do you need the answers?"

"Sure! First, what is your name?"

She answered with the same question, "Well, I'll tell you after I know your name. What is your name?"

Pong answered "My name is Pong, spelled P-O-N-G."

The girl was extremely startled. She shouted, "What a strange name it is! Why were you named with letters?"

Pong replied, "I don't think my name is strange. Tell me your name."

"50457505, that's me," said the girl. "Everyone in this world uses 8-digit number as his/her name."

Pong doubtfully said, "Hey! Where is here? What is the meaning of the words your world? Isn't it the same world as mine?"

"The same, but not exactly. OK, I understood everything and I'm going to explain it to you," said the girl.

After an hour of explanation, Pong realized that he was in the inner world - a city in a spherical space inside the world, surrounded with his outer world. Scientists had never known about its existence because its wall was very strong. Nothing could break it except the World Digger Company's digging machine. Pong was the first and the only person from the outer world that came to the inner world.

A few days later, Pong found his Personal Earth Capsule. He told 50457505 that he could use this vehicle to escape to the outer world. He wanted her to go with him, but the girl refused.

"Why don't you go with me? Do you know how much I love you? Don't you know that I'm the richest man in this world? If I go to the outer world and trade with the inner world, I'll be richer and richer. I can buy everything for you whatever you want," Pong said.

50457505 argued, "Can't you remember? Money is not everything. It can buy a house, but not a home. It can buy a bed, but not sleep. It can buy a clock, but not time." **

Pong was touched. 5047505 continued, "In here, you have no money, but you have something that money can't buy. Do you know what it is?"

"I'm not sure. Please tell me," Pong answered.

5047505 said, "You have my love. I love you. Please stay with me. Please don't leave me. I love you. I love you. I love you."

Undoubtedly, they fell in love with each other. Pong picked up his palmtop computer, turned it on, and pressed the button "CLOSE ALL".

### THE END ###

* Thank Mr.Share for calculation the time of travelling across the world.
* * The quotation about time came from somewhere on the Internet. Unfortunately, I can't find the owner's name.
Thank Mr.Pong for many helpful ideas and advices.

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