So Marky Mark just declared April 10 a holiday. It’s not like this year’s Songkran is going to be any safer, more of a morally festive event than before. It’s just another excuse for these protesters to go crazy.
I am annoyed.
When I was away in Cha-am last weekend, it was raining out so I was stuck at the resort with a news freak who couldn’t stop watching BBC.
And what did I see? Protests, protests and protests. Strasbourg, London, etc. People are protesting everywhere.
OK burning buildings and wrecking cars aren’t exactly a model conduct but at least they had a real purpose or goal for their protests. For our beloved colored-shirted crowd? Not so much.
People are blaming the UDD for crippling Bangkok today and how stupid they are for doing so. Hello? Don’t you remember the Suvarnabhumi incident? Or now that the yellows won it was all forgiven?
My mom’s cousin and her husband are here honeymooning. Instead of a tour of Wat Prakaew and the beautiful Rattanakosin Island, where did they end up? Siam Paragon then stuck in a taxi for another two and a half hours.
Fuck this shit. I mean seriously. Why don’t you reds and yellows just battle it out. Give these teams a designated space, and just let them go wild at each other. No interference from police, military, government, NO ONE, and see what happens. Idiots will cancel each other out and the civilized ones will survive and continue to evolve.
I’m sorry but seriously, among those 3,000 people in the streets of Bangkok, how many of them actually truly honestly give a shit about what is being protested and not what is being told to them. Heck, my maids were just there for free food and celebrity appearances at first but now that they’d been fed with constant vocal propaganda each time they queued for their bowl of noodles, they now can’t seem to stop praising the cause and The Man. Look at the street vendors selling the red shirts and headbands. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were the same ones selling yellow shirts and clappers a few months ago.
Stop being such a sheep. If you don’t really know what each side represents then don’t fucking join the march. It annoys us colorless crowd.
Thanks for the holiday but I’d rather be working than being confined and confused in my own city.


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I am so sick of this shit. I made a similar rant over on my blog.
By Ben on 04.10.09 8:40 am | Permalink
“Look at the street vendors selling the red shirts and headbands. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were the same ones selling yellow shirts and clappers a few months ago.
At least there are some winners out of this mess!
By hobby on 04.10.09 11:02 am | Permalink
Re. Hobby, the real winners are the Chinese export manufacturers who create the red/yellow shirts & headbands, including those lovely hand & foot clappers too ;-)
By Jet So on 04.10.09 3:17 pm | Permalink
“… Why don’t you reds and yellows just battle it out. Give these teams a designated space, and just let them go wild at each other. No interference from police, military, government, NO ONE, and see what happens…”
Best suggestion all week – possibly for the year!
By Jet So on 04.10.09 3:20 pm | Permalink
First battle: Reds v Blue
and the winner of the first round goes on to the next round where they fight Yellow.
Winner of round two go on to fight:(pick a color) for the title of Hah Hah you lost face.
By hobby on 04.11.09 12:18 pm | Permalink
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