March 5, 2006
Today is the day the anti-Thaksin people will gather again at the Grand Park and around the Democracy Monument.
This last leg of demonstration is expected to be lengthier than previous ones, for there is a march planned for March 6, 2006, to the PM Head Office, the "Thai Koo Fah" Building.
The military have been on full alert in case of physical clashes between the pro-government and the anti-Thaksin groups. I just hope this never happens.
I am leaving around 3PM and planning to meet the group of friends from last week.
God, please be with the right and help us open the blind's eyes.
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I joined the Sunday rally along with the same group of friends. As usual, there were a wide varieties of people; in fact, they were mostly the same group who came to previous demonstrations--except for more students had shown up. Final examinations and national test dates were behind, and they were free on summer vacation now. I looked around and couldn't help feeling overwhelmed. Groups of high school students in uniform, whole families of parents with grown or teenage children, older people, urbanites, ruralites, etc., all shared the same ideal. Their hearts united.
Only a few things they wanted done right--getting rid of the evil tyrant, restoring true democracy, and diffusing economic and political monopolies. We listened to music, talks, and watched a political Chinese opera until around 10PM. The crowd started marching to the Democracy Monument and onward to the Government House a few miles away. We ran into a police barricade.
After an intense negotiation, however, they finally let us through. We got to the Government House and Mr. Sondhi staged a talk. We hung around until midnight then agreed to go home.
The event of the day was more than ordinary. The organizers' colossal task of maneuvering people in the scale of close to 200,000 in a calm and orderly fashion should be acknowledged with a great kudos. This said a lot about the quality of the participants--a civilized and rational class of people. I was truly honored to be among them.
I felt compelled to record this. I stopped by a friend's house on my way to the Grand Park. My friend said a few things that gave me a chill. She said when he was cornered, this PM would use a tactic to draw attention away from himself. Before I left, she told me to wait and see that an unexpected event of monumental importance would occur.
Something would happen to a person or persons who was/were well respected or revered in Thailand. I laughed off her prediction/prophecy as ridiculous. Who would dare to do such a thing? Anyone knows better. Harming well regarded public figures only hurts your cause.
No sooner had my friend's resonance subsided from my ears than the bomb sounded outside the Privy Council President's residence.
Finger pointing and mudslinging followed. Blames were exchanged. To date, there was no suspect.
Then around 1AM March 22 2006, a mentally ill man allegely got into a highly revered shrine of the god Brahma in the middle of Bangkok and pounded down the statue. Shocked, a stall vendor screamed for help. A few cab drivers beat the man to death.
Superstitious, Thais viewed this incidence as an omen and made prediction that the current political turmoil could develop into a chaos or a riot or even a bloodshed.
I am now waiting to see what unexpected thing is to happen next.
This last leg of demonstration is expected to be lengthier than previous ones, for there is a march planned for March 6, 2006, to the PM Head Office, the "Thai Koo Fah" Building.
The military have been on full alert in case of physical clashes between the pro-government and the anti-Thaksin groups. I just hope this never happens.
I am leaving around 3PM and planning to meet the group of friends from last week.
God, please be with the right and help us open the blind's eyes.
==
I joined the Sunday rally along with the same group of friends. As usual, there were a wide varieties of people; in fact, they were mostly the same group who came to previous demonstrations--except for more students had shown up. Final examinations and national test dates were behind, and they were free on summer vacation now. I looked around and couldn't help feeling overwhelmed. Groups of high school students in uniform, whole families of parents with grown or teenage children, older people, urbanites, ruralites, etc., all shared the same ideal. Their hearts united.
Only a few things they wanted done right--getting rid of the evil tyrant, restoring true democracy, and diffusing economic and political monopolies. We listened to music, talks, and watched a political Chinese opera until around 10PM. The crowd started marching to the Democracy Monument and onward to the Government House a few miles away. We ran into a police barricade.
After an intense negotiation, however, they finally let us through. We got to the Government House and Mr. Sondhi staged a talk. We hung around until midnight then agreed to go home.
The event of the day was more than ordinary. The organizers' colossal task of maneuvering people in the scale of close to 200,000 in a calm and orderly fashion should be acknowledged with a great kudos. This said a lot about the quality of the participants--a civilized and rational class of people. I was truly honored to be among them.
I felt compelled to record this. I stopped by a friend's house on my way to the Grand Park. My friend said a few things that gave me a chill. She said when he was cornered, this PM would use a tactic to draw attention away from himself. Before I left, she told me to wait and see that an unexpected event of monumental importance would occur.
Something would happen to a person or persons who was/were well respected or revered in Thailand. I laughed off her prediction/prophecy as ridiculous. Who would dare to do such a thing? Anyone knows better. Harming well regarded public figures only hurts your cause.
No sooner had my friend's resonance subsided from my ears than the bomb sounded outside the Privy Council President's residence.
Finger pointing and mudslinging followed. Blames were exchanged. To date, there was no suspect.
Then around 1AM March 22 2006, a mentally ill man allegely got into a highly revered shrine of the god Brahma in the middle of Bangkok and pounded down the statue. Shocked, a stall vendor screamed for help. A few cab drivers beat the man to death.
Superstitious, Thais viewed this incidence as an omen and made prediction that the current political turmoil could develop into a chaos or a riot or even a bloodshed.
I am now waiting to see what unexpected thing is to happen next.
posted by A Desperate Seeker at 5:24 PM
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