I can't pretend to understand yet how it feels to be in a life-threatening situation, but now I am beginning to understand what an unstable country feels like. On one hand you expect developments all the time and it feels like waiting for the other shoe to drop, on the other hand there is apathy and many people just put their head down and try to go on with business as usual.
The chief of police in the town closest to us went missing as the navy took over last night. The kids are home due to the government shutting down all schools. Should I take Analeah to the mall to shop for a prom dress? Is there going to be a prom as the new curfew is 10pm to 5am and prom was supposed to go late and is it safe to shop? Pattaya business owners will be losing lots of money over the curfew. Is there going to be a lot of tension broiling? Everyone is just holding their breath and hoping to come up for normal life air any minute.
I wonder if I should be stock-piling rice (The mormon in me response I know!) I wonder if I should be buying plane tickets to go home this summer.
Living in Thailand I read the headlines, "Coup Leader is new PM", "Dem's Chuan warns party members not to express political opinions", "A Reckless Coup", and pause. What do I do? Anything different than normal? I think I might try shopping for food and check out the mall. Then I check the headlines again...
We got caught in the early version of this Bangkok congestion last night as people hurried home to keep curfew...took us 3 hours to get home instead of 1.5 hours.
A difficult dilemma ... hopefully things will be quickly clarified. I was reading an article today that expressed the hope that the king (now 86 years old and an important stabilizing force) remains healthy until there is some resolution of the country's differences.
ReplyDeleteSO crazy! thanks for sharing, does it feel personally threatening? i think i'd get sick with worry, or is it more survival mode of getting through it? Be safe!
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