Half the world away...

When I can’t find what I’m looking for on the High Street I often think to myself “ if only I was nearer to Myanmar” with its swish shopping malls and plethora of pound shops.

So obviously that’s why it was our governments first choice for all things PPE.

But then I got to thinking...

Why?

Myanmar or Burma was still occupied and ruled by the Burmese military junta until 2011. A previously isolated country famous now for its government's barbaric treatment of ethnic minorities, its ongoing  genocide against the Rohingya Muslims and various other Human rights violations against unarmed protesters that have been widely condemned by the rest of the world. It is not a member of the Commonwealth of Nations having only had democracy for ten years and even now, most of the north of the country is still ‘off-limits’ and still today only 25% of the country has electricity.

It’s a perfect trading partner...fulfilling all our values and embracing the essence of Buddhism which is full of wisdom, strength and dignity...

 

“I can feel the warning signs running around my mind...”

So how did it go?

Obviously the email was missed/ignored/rejected that came from just across the water from our Ex-girlfriends in the EU so, ok we don’t want to play with you anymore so we contacted our new sexy Asian Tinder date to see what services they could offer.

Our new relationship would require a steady hand and lots of protection so our top man for the job, Matt Hand-Cock would be tasked to make a telephone order for ‘a 

plane load of face masks’ to arrive as early as last week, cash job, no questions asked from Laura Kronenburg...please?

Our new flame, Huw Flung Dung, Head of the Junta took the order and then scratched his head as he looked around the dusty streets of Rangoon to see who could make them and remembered that there used to be an old sewing machine up at the Buddhist temple that they use to make repairs to torn orange habits. He marched straight up there, got all the lazy, good-for-nothing monks together and told them “Right lads, Stop trailing about collecting alms and spinning them prayer wheels and start knocking out face masks, I want 100,000 by the end of the week!”