These are some of my pictures of the red shirt rally and then parade through town.
There were an estimated 5000 people there.
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Archive for March, 2010
Red Shirt Rally in Samut Prakan
12
Mar
There were an estimated 5000 people there.
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Red shirt Parade video
12
Mar
Short video clip showing red shirt parade through Samut Prakan.
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Red Shirts arrive in Samut Prakan
12
Mar
I am at the city hall in Samut Prakan. There are about 300 red shirts in this area so far.
Many more are expected. They will pay respect to Rama V statue here before moving out by bus to Bang Saothong at about 1 p.m.
Riot police on duty here and outside police station and courthouse. Follow events on Twitter @RichardBarrow.
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Sunset by the Sea
11
Mar
We are at Rabieng Ta-le restaurant alongside the Gulf of Thailand in Samut Prakan. It is a great place to come to enjoy the sunset in the evening.
The restaurant is at Bangsaen 2. They have some great seafood. We have ordered softshell crab curry, spicy crispy catfish curry, fried shrimp, and fried crab rice.
The food has just started to arrive so excuse me while we get started.
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Graduation Ceremony
11
Mar
I am at the graduation ceremony for my Primary 6 students. Always a sad time of year.
I teach them English and Computer. I used to get close to the students but that always makes this time of year much harder.
None of my students were born when I first came to teach at Sriwittayapaknam. Not only that, some of the children of my former students are starting to learn here. One of them starts Primary 1 this year. Makes me feel old.
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Visiting the National Science Museum
10
Mar
I am at the National Science Museum north of Bangkok with Nong Grace and her cousins. This is the first time I have been here.
It is an impressive place with many hands-on activities for the kids. Grace is certainly enjoying herself. But for me it is way too crowded with too many school children.
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At Suvarnabhumi Airport
09
Mar
I am at the airport saying goodbye to our foreign English teachers. They have been teaching at our school for the last year. In May we will be welcoming a new group of university graduates.
The red shirts will be rallying in Bangkok this weekend. They are expecting 1 million but it is more likely to be half that. I was surprised that there isn’t any extra security here at the airport. Maybe they haven’t learned their lesson after last time. Tourists have already started to cancel their trip to Thailand.
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Renewing my Work Permit
08
Mar
It has come to that time of year again to renew my work permit and visa. This allows me to stay in Thailand for another year. In the past my work permit was done by my school, but two years ago I changed it to my company. So much more difficult now.
This is the local business center where we have come to get an up-to-date copy of the company registration. I need this to apply for the annual report at the local tax office. The form cannot be older than about 6 months so we need to come and waste 240 baht and about 30 minutes each time. Next we will go to the tax revenue office at the other side of town. We also need to go to immigration to pick up the application form and also the list of required documents. It will be a long list for sure.
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Buying Thai Wine
07
Mar
I saw Dan Rivers on CNN this morning doing a piece on Thai wine. He made a comment at the end that one day it might be a real possibility that Thailand could become just as famous for it’s wine as for it’s food.
I don’t buy wine that often as the imported versions are very expensive. Even Thai wine can be like 500 baht. I just saw this Thai wine in Foodland and bought the “apple white” one. At 169 baht the price is good but what about the taste?
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Old Paknam Prison
06
Mar
They moved the prisoners and pulled down the buildings of the old prison some years ago. All that remains today are some of the watch towers and short stretches of wall.
There is a plan to build a 137 meter high tower here for tourists. But no sign of that starting yet. Just as well. What Paknam needs more than anything is some park area for the local kids to play.
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Growing a Pineapple
05
Mar
A year and a half ago, I bought a pineapple from Foodland Supermarket, ripped off the stalk at the top, and then stuck it into a pot of earth. I didn’t seriously think that it would grow. But it has as you can see by this photo!
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better than KFC and McDonalds lol but the name...