the protest... 7 May 2010

First, I hope my mom is not reading this post (she has BB now..can see my fb oopss)
Second,pls dont tell my mom if you read this post..

after having dinner at a Japanese restaurant (yeah..i was in bangkok,but eating Japanese food,hahaha), I followed Bo to sit with the protesters..actually the initial plan was following Waranya and her friend watching movie. oh no..the first plan was going to a night market, I asked about Pat Pong (since all A lounge gank kept saying 'pat pong' 'pat pong'),but they said it's sooo 'dirty' and the things there were expensive.. I dunno why,but we ended up walking among the protesters..

I think, I already looked scared and worried by that time till Bo asked me "Are you ok? Do you feel tired?" and assured me that it's safe coz SHE (yes,she..so brave...i was amazed) had been sitting there the whole day.. and yeah..the situation looked normal. I saw the big screen projecting the political leader talking at another side of protest, people queuing up to sign up as 'red shirt supporter' by paying 50baht, people selling stuff,including 'red shirt merchandise', and even they checked our bags before we entered the main area of protest.



well,in my whole 19 almost 20 years of life, I have not been in any demonstration. but that time,It was not like a demonstration for me. The protest was like..hmmm..people were camping there..sleeping on the streets, bathing, selling stuff, and even some middle-age ladies offered us free snack (yes,they had stove there,on the streets). Bo and Waranya were involved in a conversation with the women, talking about what they were fighting for, is it a democracy? and so on....

Then we reached the main area of protest. it was an OCEAN OF PEOPLE!! They were sitting there (and we were too),listening to a political leader speaking on the stage with a huge banner "WE ARE PEACEFUL PROTESTERS,NOT TERRORIST" i WISH i could understand what he said.. The shopping centers around the street had closed for a month (equivalent with Spore's Paragon and orchard road)







then we walked from protest area to buy snacks and we saw this board "Message for the government". There was a note "Abhisat, je detest beaucoup" that time,I　only knew that it meant "I hate you". This note was also interesting coz even though it was supposedly for the government, they wrote in English to 'someone else', e.g. the green board on the picture..

btw,forgive me for the layout of the photos..It was so random. I　had to cut-paste the code coz it kept moving up to the top of the post :(

anyway,I felt very sad coz a few days later,the army started shooting the protesters. I was among them and it's true there were lots of women and children, and most of them might not understand what they were fighting for.They were victims... :( I　hope the situation is getting better. I　love Bangkok, even though I was there only for 3 days. Thank God I was safe..*sorry to make some people worry..T.T* and Thank God in 3days,I learned a lot..and I　ｅｘｐｅｒienced many interesting things. I　wish next year I　could come back to Thailand and go around Thailand (not only Bangkok).

:)