Mandalay and other magical placesThanks to many readers who came up with their own memories in response to last week's column about places that sounded quite magical as a kid. There is wealth of literature that made the city of Mandalay sound exotic, starting with Rudyard Kipling's poem Mandalay, from which came the expression "road to Mandalay". Louie LouieToday is International Louie Louie Day -- not a lot of people know that. The celebration marks the birthday of Richard Berry who wrote the original Louie Louie song back in 1955. Unfortunately he only knew the opening line and kept repeating "Louie Louie oh no, me gotta go" in his magnificent Geordie lilt.

Source: Bangkok Post April 10, 2021 23:37 UTC