Archive for September 20th, 2006
One final Putsch…
Posted by: anothershore on: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
… and democracy will be born (again).
Hmm. The emergency holiday is proving very popular, with people taking the opportunity to go to the cinema or shopping. It is quite difficult to discern any tension or even mild concern as citizens go about their business. Apart from a few furtive glances from other [...]
From your own correspondent
Posted by: anothershore on: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
There’s still little official news about what is happening here, but people are talking privately at noodle stalls and markets. Overheard (and freely translated from the Thai by me):
Lady 1: Who’d’ve thought? Soldiers and tanks again.
Lady 2: Yes, but that general on the telly looked nice in his uniform, didn’t he?
Lady 3: Oooh, Doris, you [...]
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