Sunday, September 24, 2006

Smile, say cheese

The new directive today from the Junta is “Smile”

That’s the order gone out to the soldiers on the checkpoints around Bangkok. It seems it will reassure the people and look good in the press. If I was able to sit out in the sun as part of my job and have people bring me food all day, I would smile anyway.

Anyway, the order made me smile.

Yesterday I was out and about in western Bangkok and there did seem to be more troops knocking about, probably consolidating their positions. Everything as far as daily life goes is pretty much back to normal.

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