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There was rioting on Tuesday and school was canceled on Wednesday. We have seen NONE of the action. We never have occasion to go by the government house, which is where all the protesters are. All I know is that the misnamed People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD)* want the current PM to resign for being a puppet (PAD says) for the last PM (who the PAD ousted from power). It's not my fight. I don't know enough nor can I really gather enough information from the few Thai who I've asked about it. From what I gather, there's displeasure with the PAD and the PM. No one really knows how this one will end. What I will say is that, coming from a fairly gun-happy place, the one thing that is refreshing is the lack of guns during the riots. Protesters were yielding weapons like bats and canes and machetes but very few guns. While these things are still dangerous, they are not as quick tempered and distant as guns and I find the absence of firearms very reassuring.
*PAD does not, from my VERY meager understanding, look well upon voting rights for the rural poor, opposes cheap health care as well as more even distribution of the country's wealth (but when do those who have the wealth get excited about redistributing it?)
In other, more self-centered news: Remember that whole "ode to our new home" post I wrote? Yeah, scrap that. We've decided to ditch the easy life for the money making life. In a fit of attempted fiscal responsibility, we have come to the realization that we might need some money in the future should we, I don't know, off the top of my head, ever want to afford an international plane ticket out of Thailand. While one can live quite comfortably in Thailand on the baht, it doesn't translate so well into other currencies. Bangkok has the most prospects of high paying jobs. We do like it here and are finding more and more nooks and crannies that we can attach ourselves to so we made the decision to hunt mostly around here. Please wish us luck and strength as I hate job hunting almost as much as I hate cockroaches.
Oh, and my little sister is getting married. Congrats Kit! Not surprised but very happy!!!!
