Normally hate free verse, apologies. Castle on a Cloud. There is a castle on a cloud I like to go there in my sleep There in the castle on the cloud Where all men reside in their sleep There is a castle here on earth It lays yonder on the hill The castle is small [...]
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Photo Credits go to Myself and Florian Witulski (@vaitor)
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This was found among the wreckage of the Dusit Thani, Michael Yom’s diary of what happened before that fateful night where people began following him 3:30 pm Early dinner at a noodle shop. The owner was very nice. 3:44pm Bathroom time, loud sporadic noises, then silence 4:00 pm Silence 4:10 pm The BTS is closed, [...]
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In response to http://www.somtow.org/2010/05/open-letter-to-red-shirts.html Dear Mr Somtow, I have had the chance to read your letter and its benevolent and kind terms to the people whose lives a few days prior you had argued were forfeit. How noble and kind you are to afford them such mellifluous and didactic words ascertaining their guaranteed eventual emancipation. [...]
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You guys are pretty lazy journalists anyway. Swanning around in your flak jackets and helmets all day, enjoying the weather, the ambience and the fireside chats. The REAL reporters are sweating it out trying to come up with something worth printing out of Panitan’s incoherent ramblings! Start doing your homework. Start finding out the things that make people uncomfortable talking about… and don’t fucking talk about them! Start interviewing the Silent Majority (if you can get them to say anything.)
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Tagged: CNN, Dan Rivers, Open Letter, Sattire, Thaksin
To Thailand in the Coming Times Oh to be a little mouse, or even a rat in these times. Eloping without disturbing , across the battle lines. Oh to be a stone perched atop the firmament Looking down at lasting peace and hoping for permanence I am not a hero. Nor have I ever been. [...]
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There has been much speculation and derision when some have mentioned Thailand/Bangkok in the same breath as Iraq or Burma. People say that Thailand is nowhere near as bad as the other two countries and this commentator is obliged to agree. However the bigger question underneath is, is Thailand a failed state? For this a [...]
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