Yesterday Chalerm said he had to get up ultra-early to go to Lopburi city. He will try again to get a replacement military exemption paper from the province military. He was supposed to leave at 4am and be back at 11am in time to go to his job in the office. I doubted it was possible to go there and back that quickly.
But when I called him this morning to hear how Lopburi was he was still in Bangkok, having overslept. Instead of answering the phone on the bus he was in Farang D’s office. He says he will try again tomorrow.
Farang D keeps coming up with improvements to the web site. I did more this morning. It is fairly easy stuff, just adjustments to what is already made.
I watch The Manager’s TV channel on cable for news about the demonstrations. They are mocking Thaksin now, rubbing his picture between their legs, supposedly a highly offensive gesture.
The demonstrations are not a political crisis in itself. What makes the situation unpredictable is that the opposition parties have decided to boycott the election, leading to all sorts of possible outcomes and robbing Thaksin of legitimacy. If he hangs on we could get a Marcos/Estrada/Fujimori situation here.
Not a Marcos situation - yet
I am thinking of going to Pattaya. It should be fairly quiet there by now. Temperatures are up and tourist numbers are down.
The Nation yesterday had a humorous piece about how to deal with pro-Thaksin taxi drivers, citing several people who had been kicked out of a taxi after getting into political arguments with the driver. The opposition slogan is “Thaksin get out!” The newspaper suggested people should say “Thaksin?” before entering a taxi. If the driver replies “get out!” the passenger can get in.
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