Gay Boy Thailand

It was the astronomers fault (Reuters)

The International Astronomical Union is to blame for the coup and assorted upheaval in Thailand, say Thai astrologers. The union should have known that they could not strip Pluto of planet status without upsetting the balance of the universe.
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This photo is from Reuters.
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I checked Farang D’s business website to see how the coup news had affected his business. I had expected it would hurt his bookings from the Internet. I waited for a graph showing sharp decline to appear on my computer screen.
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Bangkok has returned to normal after the coup. There are still soldiers guarding government buildings, but I have yet to see a soldier with my own eyes. The only one I saw was one on a bicycle fetching food in a soi. I don’t even know if he was involved in the coup.
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The ruling Council For Peace Democracy Anti-Corruption Reform and Prosperity has annunced that Bangkok fashion week will be held early this year.

The blog brings an exclusive interview with the Oracle, the all-seeing all-knowing entity with an ear for Thai gossip and conspiracies.

Former Prime Minister Thaksin waves goodbye

Q: Who were behind this coup?
Oracle: The usual people. The elite in Thailand, the great and the good, the men in the shadows.

Q: Why did they do it?
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Wednesday the day after the coup is quiet in Bangkok. There is less traffic in the streets than on an ordinary Sunday. I don’t see any protests, but nobody are dancing in the streets either. People look resigned.

Middle class Bangkokians are ambivalent about the coup. Even if they are happy to see the back of Thaksin they feel a military coup is something old fashioned, an act worthy of a banana republic.
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Traffic is light Wednesday morning. The skytrain is running but with few passengers. There are no traffic jams; it looks like a Sunday morning.

We are under martial law. I don’t know what that means in practice. But schools and banks are closed and we stay home. The soldiers the coup makers sent are adult men and elite units. There are no conscripts or youngsters. I heard they sent four military vehicles down Silom road with loudspeakers, telling everyone to leave.
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Military units in front of Government House in Bangkok, the evening of the 19th of September 2006.

I have been yelling on the phone to Chalerm to get home. I don’t want him out on the main road when there is a coup going on. He has been helping the Noodle Family with their stall.

I first heard of the coup via a friend who sent me a text message. I was in a taxi and the driver spoke of a coup. But the Thai guy I was with didn’t prove an adequate translation.
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